Who Plays Next Week in the NFL?

Check out our blog post to find out who is playing in the NFL next week!

Introduction

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world.

AFC

The AFC playoff picture is pretty clear heading into Week 17. The Patriots have clinched the AFC East and home-field advantage throughout the conference playoffs, while the Steelers have clinched the AFC North. The Jaguars have clinched a spot in the playoffs, but they can still earn a first-round bye with a win and some help.

Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its home games at M&T Bank Stadium and is headquartered in Owings Mills.

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium, an outdoor stadium in Houston; which opened in 2002, making them the youngest franchise in the NFL currently. The Texans were founded in 2002, joining the NFL as an expansion team that same year. The team’s majority owner is Cal McNair; who purchased the team in 2000.

While interior lineman Ben Jones and outside linebacker Whitney Mercilus will miss Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens with injuries, head coach Bill O’Brien said Friday that everyone else on the roster should be available to play.

Indianapolis Colts

The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 season, the Colts have played their home games in Lucas Oil Stadium. Previously, the team had played for over two decades (1984–2007) at the RCA Dome.

Los Angeles Chargers

The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) West division. They were founded on August 14, 1959, and began play on September 10, 1960, as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), before joining the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970.

The Chargers play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, which they shared with the Rams until 2020. The stadium is located about 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Los Angeles. The Chargers are the only NFL team to be based in Greater Los Angeles since 1994, when the Raiders and Rams moved out of the area.

Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Dolphins compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The Dolphins play their home games at Hard Rock Stadium in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens, and are headquartered in Davie, Florida.

New England Patriots

The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region. The Patriots compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference East division. The team plays its home games at Gillette Stadium in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is located 28 miles southwest of downtown Boston.

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC.

NFC

The NFC is the National Football Conference. It is made up of 16 teams. The teams are divided into four divisions: North, South, East, and West. Each division has four teams.

Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the National Football League (NFL) and compete in the NFC West division. The Cardinals were founded as the Morgan Athletic Club in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States. They have won two NFL championships, both while they were based in Chicago.

The Cardinals play their home games at State Farm Stadium, which opened in 2006 and is located in Glendale. Since moving to Arizona from St. Louis in 1988, the Cardinals have been aligned with the NFC West division of the NFL. The Cardinals have a rivalry with the Seattle Seahawks and also maintain rivalries with the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers, although all four teams have been infrequent playoff contenders since the early 2010s.

Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys will play the Green Bay Packers next week in the NFL. This will be a very tough game for the Cowboys, as the Packers are one of the best teams in the league. However, if the Cowboys can win this game, it would be a huge victory for them.

Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions will play the Green Bay Packers at home next week. The game is scheduled for Sunday, December 3, at 1:00pm EST.

Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are set to take on the New Orleans Saints in a rematch of last year’s NFC Championship game. The Packers will be looking to avenge their loss and prove that they are still the top team in the NFC. This should be a great game and it will be interesting to see how the two teams match up.

Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in Los Angeles, California. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) West division.

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division.

New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints currently compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The team was founded by John W. Mecom Jr., David Dixon, and the city of New Orleans on November 1, 1966. The Saints began play in Tulane Stadium in 1967.

The name “Saints” is an allusion to November 1 being All Saints Day in the Catholic faith, as New Orleans has a large Catholic population. The team’s primary colors are old gold and black; their logo is a simplified version of the Fleur-de-lis symbol. They played their home games in Tulane Stadium through the 1974 NFL season. The following year, they began playing their home games in the newly constructed Louisiana Superdome (now Mercedez-Benz Superdome).

Conclusion

That’s all for this week! Check back next week to see who’s playing. Thanks for reading!