
The NFL schedule is expected to be released between May 12 and May 14, 2024.
The schedule release date is important for fans as it allows them to plan for games, travel, and other related events.
Yes, the NFL has released its schedule on Wednesdays in the past two years, but it also released it on Thursdays in 2022 and 2023.
Adam Schefter announced the potential NFL schedule release dates during a recent podcast episode.
The NFL schedule is expected to be released between May 12 and May 14, with a likely announcement on May 13 or May 14. Fans should mark their calendars for the week of May 11th for the official schedule release.

If you've been waiting patiently for the NFL schedule to be released, you're not going to have to wait much longer. The release date isn't set in stone just yet, but the schedule will be coming out at some point in mid-May and it appears that the NFL is eyeing one of two or three dates.
According to ESPN, the NFL is targeting a date between May 12 and May 14 to release the full schedule.
"Circle your calendars for the week of May 11th," Adam Schefter said on the latest episode of his podcast. "I would think that we'll get a schedule release announcement sometime around May 12th, May 13th, May 14th. Somewhere between Tuesday the 12th and Thursday the 14th."
In each of the past two years, the NFL has released the schedule on a Wednesday, so if the league sticks to that plan, then the release date will fall on May 13. However, the league did release the schedule on a Thursday in both 2022 and 2023, so May 14 could certainly be possibility this year. Either way, it seems pretty safe to assume that the schedule will be coming out one of those two days, so be sure to clear your calendar.
Although we won't know the full schedule until next month, there are plenty of things we do already know about this year's slate of games, so let's check out a few of them.
The NFL has already announced two games that will take place during the opening week of the season.
Notes: The Seahawks game will mark just the second time over the past 75 years that the NFL will open its season on a Wednesday. Since the Seahawks are the home team, that means they'll face either the Cardinals, Cowboys, Giants, Bears, Chiefs, Chargers or Patriots (We ranked all the options here). However, it likely won't be Kansas City. Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said the league likely won't tab his team to play in the opener since't it's not yet clear if Patrick Mahomes would be available for the Sept. 9 game.
As for the NFL's first game in Australia, that game won't technically be kicking off on Thursday night. Due to the time 14-hour difference, the game will kick off at 10:35 a.m. on FRIDAY in Melbourne, which will create an 8:35 p.m. ET kickoff on Thursday night in the United States. The iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground will be hosting the NFL's first game Down Under.
There will be nine international games on the schedule this year, which is the most in NFL history. We know the home teams involved for each game, but right now, the Australia game is the only matchup where we also know the visiting team.
Here's what the international schedule looks like so far:
Notes: There are a lot of rumors floating around about the international games, so let's cover those.
As for the London games, the NFL generally puts those on the calendar in consecutive weeks starting in early October, so that will likely be the case again. The Jaguars will be serving as the home team for two straight games in London, marking the first time in NFL history that a team has played consecutive international games as the home team.
Here are a few other notes about the upcoming schedule:
The 2026 schedule will feature 272 games and although we don't know the time or date for most of those games, we do know who each team will be playing and you can check out the home-and-away opponents for all 32 teams by clicking here.
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