2024 Regular Season Schedule Preview
By: Will Ferran
Washington D.C. - The 2024 season looks to start out with great matchups and exciting storylines that will be sure to capture plenty of attention. With fans already guessing their team’s winning record, and unrealistically announcing a 17-0 finish, we take a closer look at the 2024 NFL Season Schedule.
Opening Week:
The 2024 season will kick things off with the defending Super Bowl Champions Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Baltimore Ravens for Thursday Night Football, (TNF), on September 5, 2024. For week 1 of the season fans will be greeted with several great matchups and rivalries, including:
• The Pittsburg Steelers visit the Atlanta Falcons with each team debuting their newly acquired QBs having Russel Wilson going against Kirk Cousins.
• The Dallas Cowboys will open their season by visiting the Cleveland Browns; a game that will see the broadcasting booth debut of legendary quarterback, Tom Brady.
• The first primetime Sunday night game (SNF) will be led by the LA Rams visiting the Detroit Lions.
• Week 1 will be concluded with Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets’ second try at a consecutive opening Monday Night Football, (MNF), against the tough defense of the Super Bowl 58 runner up, the San Francisco 49ers. Last year Rodgers suffered a season-ending injury after just four plays in the same first MNF of the season.
Primetime Games:
The Jets, the Cowboys, and the 49ers will have the most primetime games for the upcoming season, with each team having a total of six. This year almost half of the League’s teams will have four to five primetime games, with nine of them having one to two primetime games throughout the season. The Panthers will be the only team with zero primetime games. Here’s the roundup of teams with primetime games for the 2024 season:
International Games:
For the first time in league history, the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil will host an NFL game when the Green Packers play as visitors to the Philadelphia Eagles following the TNF season opener on Friday September 6th. In addition, the NFL is going back to Europe with a slate of international games for the upcoming season that will include three games hosted in London, England, and one game hosted in Munich, Germany. Here’s the roundup of teams participating in this season’s international games:
Holiday Games:
The 2024 NFL regular-season schedule will also serve several games to enjoy around the holidays! As per Thanksgiving tradition, early games will have the Detroit Lions hosting the Chicago Bears, as well as the Dallas Cowboys facing off against division rivals the New York Giants. Thanksgiving festivities will be capped off by an interesting matchup when the Miami Dolphins visit the Green Bay Packers. Also, in the second edition of the Black Friday games, (Nov. 29th), the Chiefs will host the Raiders.
With Christmas day falling on Wednesday December 25th, this season will feature special mid-week games that for the first time will be available exclusively on Netflix. These games include the Chiefs facing off against the Steelers, and the Ravens against the Texans. Games start at 1PM and 430PM ET, respectively. TNF will follow with the Seahawks visiting the Bears on Amazon’s Prime Video. No games are scheduled around New Year’s Eve/day. Week 18 will be wrapping up the season on January 5th, 2025. The playoffs begin January 11th and continue to Super Bowl LIX, scheduled on February 12th and hosted by the city of New Orleans.
