If you’ve been waiting patiently for the NFL schedule to be released, you’re not going to have to wait much longer and that’s because it appears that the release date is now set. According to the Sports Business Journal, NFL teams have been informed in a memo that the 2024 schedule will be released on Wednesday, May 15, which makes it the latest schedule release since at least 1990.
If you want full coverage of the schedule release, here’s everything you need to know:
Date: Wednesday, May 15 | Time: 8 p.m. ET
TV: NFL Network
CBS Sports HQ: We’ll have full coverage on CBS Sports HQ starting at 8 p.m. ET on May 15.
The 2024 release will mark the fifth straight year that the schedule has come out in May, so you can probably just plan on that happening for the rest of time. Before 2020, the NFL schedule was generally released in April, but the date got moved to May during the pandemic. The NFL liked the May release date so much that the league has decided to stick with it.
The later release date means the league doesn’t have to finalize the schedule until after the draft, which allows the NFL to potentially put some of the league’s newest stars in prime time. For instance, the Bears likely became a much more attractive team for the schedule-makers now that they have Caleb Williams.
It’s not clear why the NFL pushed the schedule release so far back this year and the league didn’t offer any explanation in the memo that it sent to teams.
Although we won’t know the exact schedule until May 15, we do know the home-and-away opponents for all 32 teams. The 2024 schedule will include a rematch of both conference title games from last season, plus a rematch of Super Bowl LVIII.
Here’s a look at some of the top games on the schedule:
- Chiefs at 49ers (Super Bowl LVIII rematch)
- Ravens at Chiefs (AFC title game rematch)
- Lions at 49ers (NFC title game rematch)
- Ravens at Chargers (Harbaugh bowl)
- Falcons at Vikings (Kirk Cousins revenge game)
- Raiders at Saints (Derek Carr revenge game)
- Steelers at Broncos (Russell Wilson revenge game)
- Broncos at Saints (Sean Payton back in New Orleans)
- Rams at Lions (Matthew Stafford returns to Detroit after losing playoff game to Lions)
- Eagles at Giants (Saquon Barkley returns to New York)
- Bills at Texans (Stefon Diggs faces Bills)
- Bears at Commanders (Caleb Williams vs. Jayden Daniels if both are starting)
It won’t be surprising at all if…
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