When Does the 2021 NFL Football Season Start?

The 2021 NFL football season is set to begin on September 9th. All 32 teams will be in action on opening weekend, with the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Houston Texans on Thursday night.

Introduction

The 2021 NFL season is right around the corner, so it’s time to start getting prepared! Here are all the important dates and information you need to know to make sure you don’t miss a moment of the action.

The regular season will begin on September 9th, 2021 and will conclude on January 3rd, 2022. The playoffs will then begin on January 10th, 2022 and will end with the Super Bowl on February 7th, 2022.

What Happened in 2020?

The regular season was originally scheduled to begin on Thursday, September 10, 2020, with the annual Kickoff Game between the defending Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the season was pushed back to September 17. The season was also reduced from its usual length of 16 games per team to just 15 games.

The playoffs were set to begin on Saturday, January 9, 2021, and conclude with Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, February 7 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. However, due to the rescheduling of several games due to positive COVID-19 tests among players and staff members of various teams, the playoffs were pushed back one week and will now begin on Saturday, January 16.

As of right now, there are no plans to cancel or postponethe 2021 NFL season. However, given the current state of the pandemic and the fact that several players and staff members have already contracted the virus, it is possible that there could be changes made to the schedule at some point during the season.

The 2021 Season

The NFL has not released the official schedule yet, but it is typically released in the spring. The regular season usually starts the first week of September and ends the first week of January. The playoffs start the following week and end in February with the Super Bowl.

Pre-Season

The 2021 NFL preseason will feature eight weeks of exhibition games, beginning with the annual Hall of Fame Game on Sunday, August 8. Preseason games will continue through Thursday, September 2. The regular season is scheduled to begin on Sunday, September 12.

weekly preseason schedule will be released in April.

Regular Season

The 2021 NFL football regular season is tentatively scheduled to begin on September 9th, 2021 and end on January 9th, 2022. The playoffs are scheduled to begin on January 15th, 2022 and end with the Super Bowl on February 6th, 2022.

Post-Season

The NFL post-season begins the weekend after the final regular season games are played. The playoffs start with Wild Card Weekend—four playoff games that feature the lowest-seeded division winners and two wild card teams. The following weekend, four Divisional Playoff games match up the highest seeded team in each conference against a wild card team, and the two remaining division winners. The winners of those four games move on to the Conference Championships. Finally, the last two teams standing face off in the Super Bowl.

Conclusion

The 2021 NFL football season is tentatively scheduled to begin on September 9th. However, this is subject to change due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.