2024 NFL schedule release: Everything you need to know about this season’s slate

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• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 8:24 PM MDT

  Cowboys, 49ers, Jets to have 6 prime-time games each this season

  The 2024 NFL schedule was released on Wednesday night, and get ready for a lot of Dak Prescott, Aaron Rodgers and Brock Purdy in prime time this fall.

  The Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets lead the way with six prime-time games each across ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and NBC this season.

  The Cowboys will be on “Sunday Night Football” three times throughout the season. They’ll host the New York Giants in their annual Thanksgiving game, too. The 49ers, who will host the Cowboys on “Sunday Night Football” in Week 8, will host the Jets to open the season on “Monday Night Football” in Week 1. They’ll also close out “Monday Night Football” in Week 17. The Jets are split evenly among the three networks in prime-time slots.

  There are nine teams in the league with five prime-time games each this season. Four teams — the Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals — will appear in just a single prime time game. The Cardinals’ game is an ESPN+ exclusive.

  The Carolina Panthers are the only team in the league that didn’t get a prime-time game.

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 7:48 PM MDT

  Panthers are odd man out

  The Carolina Panthers are the only NFL team without a prime-time game this season — maybe they can paint a better picture next year.

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 7:45 PM MDT

  Full NFL schedule: Every single game that will be played in 2024

  Want to know when every single game of the 2024 season will be played? We’ve got you covered right here.

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  Wed, May 15, 2024 at 7:18 PM MDT

  Chargers drop another creative schedule release video, with a dig at Harrison Butker’s commencement address

  No one out-tries the Los Angeles Chargers on NFL schedule release day, and the team lived up to its reputation on Wednesday.

  After two years of the most disrespectful anime trailers you will ever see, the Chargers went in a different direction for 2024. They used a Sims-style animation to hurl jokes and references at their future opponents, and it is a delightful few minutes.

  should we REALLY make our schedule release video in the sims?

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  — Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) May 16, 2024

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  Wed, May 15, 2024 at 7:03 PM MDT

  How did the NFL do with its matchups for Amazon, ESPN+, Netflix and Peacock?

  The NFL has many mouths to feed when it comes to their broadcasting partners and the regular season schedule. And it’s not just the traditional networks anymore.

  Netflix has entered the fray with a pair of Christmas games. The NFL announced that partnership, which will include Christmas games the next three years on Netflix, on Wednesday. Peacock, NBC’s streaming service, had a regular season game and a playoff game last season. The playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs set a record as the largest streamed event in U.S. history. ESPN+ also got a game last season, when the Atlanta Falcons played the Jacksonville Jaguars in London during Week 4, and was given another exclusive game this season.

  The NFL has many broadcast partners including its own NFL Network to satisfy with quality matchups, and a lot of subscriptions for fans if they want all the games. Here’s how the NFL handled handing out matchups to the streaming services this season.

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:50 PM MDT

  Chicago Bears go back to school for 2024 schedule release

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:39 PM MDT

  Cowboys to host Giants on Thanksgiving, holiday games feature first-ever contests on Netflix

  Get out your calendars, NFL fans. It’s time to make some holiday plans.

  It doesn’t matter that it’s only May. The NFL released the full schedule of holiday games for the 2024 season on Wednesday night.

  Old traditions, like the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions playing on Thanksgiving, continue to endure, but the offerings have expanded in recent years to include games on Black Friday and Christmas Day.

  Check out all the holiday games here.

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  Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:28 PM MDT

  We think you should…watch this schedule release video

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  Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:20 PM MDT

  Fan of great QB matchups? Chiefs’ schedule is full of them.

  

  Week 1: Patrick Mahomes vs. Lamar Jackson

  Week 2: Mahomes vs. Joe Burrow

  Weeks 4, 14: Mahomes vs. Justin Herbert

  Week 11: Mahomes vs. Josh Allen

  Week 16: Mahomes vs. CJ Stroud

  + Super Bowl rematch vs. Niners Week 7.

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  Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:10 PM MDT

  NFL schedule release: The top 10 must watch games of the regular season

  In about four months, we get NFL regular-season games back in our lives. And now we know who is playing who, and when.

  The NFL released its 18-week regular-season schedule on Wednesday. There are 272 games now on the calendar. Not all of them are equal.

  Here are the 10 (well, actually 11) best games on the schedule for the 2024 regular season.

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:08 PM MDT

  How do you say NFL schedule in Simlish? Nice job, Chargers.

  should we REALLY make our schedule release video in the sims?

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  — Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) May 16, 2024

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:03 PM MDT

  Titans bring back an old friend to announce their schedule

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:02 PM MDT

  Rams take their NFL schedule for a ride

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:02 PM MDT

  The Sunday Night Football schedule is here

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 5:59 PM MDT

  Chiefs, Jets, 49ers and Cowboys rule prime time

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 5:40 PM MDT

  The wait is almost over…

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 5:07 PM MDT

  Who’s hungry…for the NFL schedule release?

  The Chargers, as always, had some fun before tonight’s official schedule release, posting their opponents as Pop-Tarts on X.

  The Pop-Tarts Bowl mascot might like a word.

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 4:20 PM MDT

  Kirk Cousins marvels at ‘unbelievable’ excitement around NFL schedule release

  VIDEO: We are about 3 hours away from the NFL Schedule release for the #Falcons.

  Kirk Cousins gave his thoughts on the, now, “big day” of sorts for teams and fans. pic.twitter.com/dRag2H2InK

  — Miles Garrett (@MilesGarrettTV) May 15, 2024

• Wed, May 15, 2024 at 4:09 PM MDT

  Giving thanks for Bears-Lions

  The Chicago Tribune’s Colleen Kane reports that Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions will face off on Thanksgiving (Nov. 28) this year at Ford Field. The Bears and Lions last met on Thanksgiving in 2021.

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  Wed, May 15, 2024 at 3:55 PM MDT

  How to watch the NFL schedule release

  With the NFL Draft settled, it’s time for one last major event in the NFL offseason: the 2024 NFL schedule reveal. After a lot of suspense surrounding the official date that the league will drop the full 2024-25 NFL season schedule, it has finally been confirmed. The NFL schedule reveal is happening tonight, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET. While each network gets to tease a game or two from the season that their channel(s) will be broadcasting, you can catch the complete schedule reveal on NFL Network and ESPN2 this evening. Here’s everything you need to know about ways to watch the 2024 NFL schedule reveal.