The 2024 NFL schedule has been launched. The season begins Sept. 5 when the Ravens go to the Tremendous Bowl-champion Chiefs. The following evening in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Packers play the Eagles within the league’s first-ever sport in South America. There are additionally three video games in London, together with two that includes the hometown favourite Jaguars, and one in Munich. And the NFL will play a Wednesday doubleheader on Christmas.
Tom Brady makes his FOX Sports activities broadcasting debut with a Cowboys-Browns matchup in Week 1 and might be within the sales space on Feb. 9, 2025, on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans when FOX broadcasts Tremendous Bowl LIX.
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Whereas rather a lot is sure to alter from mid-Might to kickoff at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 5, our specialists broke down each group’s schedule, predicting closing data and providing perception and evaluation.
Arizona Cardinals
Closing file prediction: 8-9
The Cardinals began 1-8 final season with out beginning quarterback Kyler Murray. However with the Oklahoma product now wholesome, Arizona expects to return out of the gate quicker this 12 months. Doing that, plus the addition of offensive playmakers like first-round choose Marvin Harrison Jr., rookie RB Trey Benson and free-agent pickup Zay Jones — together with an improved move rush on protection — might assist the Cardinals double their 4 wins from final 12 months. They’re going to need to study to shut out video games, nevertheless, as they went 2-5 in one-score video games in 2023. —Eric D. Williams
Atlanta Falcons
Closing file prediction: 9-8
The Falcons take a pleasant step ahead in Raheem Morris’ first season, and Kirk Cousins ought to elevate the offense considerably after they totaled 17 passing touchdowns and 17 interceptions in 17 video games final 12 months. I am nonetheless stunned they have not executed extra to improve their outdoors move rush, hoping as an alternative {that a} wholesome Grady Jarrett and rookie Ruke Orhorhoro inside can create stress up the center. Can new OC Zac Robinson get greater than eight TDs out of Bijan Robinson within the operating again’s second season? This division has produced just one wild card previously seven years, however it ought to sneak a second group into the playoffs this season. —Greg Auman
Baltimore Ravens
Closing file prediction: 11-6
The Ravens misplaced some key items from final 12 months’s run to the AFC Championship Recreation, and we can’t have to attend lengthy to see how effectively they’ve changed them. The season-opening rematch with Kansas Metropolis goes to dominate offseason conversations, however Baltimore could have so many extra challenges in 2024. The Christmas Day showdown towards C.J. Stroud and the Texans is among the juiciest video games on this 12 months’s slate, and there will even be showcase video games towards Buffalo, Dallas, Philadelphia and, in fact, Cincinnati. If the Ravens are going to duplicate final 12 months’s 13-4 file, Lamar Jackson & Co. must earn it. —David Helman
Buffalo Payments
Closing file prediction: 10-7
The Payments very clearly have the hardest energy of schedule, with matchups towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions — oh, and towards the opposite two AFC East contenders, the Jets and Dolphins. Josh Allen will spend the beginning of the season determining life after Stefon Diggs. Buffalo is not more likely to have a real No. 1 choice within the passing offense, and that’ll take some getting used to for the QB. His protection may not be as a lot of a assist to start out the season because it figures out the best way to fill the holes at security, with Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer gone. With Allen nonetheless one of many league’s most difficult quarterbacks to cease, the Payments are removed from out of the Tremendous Bowl hunt. However between their insanely robust schedule and their turnover, they end just under the Dolphins when it comes to file. —Henry McKenna
Carolina Panthers
Closing file prediction: 5-12
What constitutes a strong enchancment from the NFL’s worst file in 2023? Carolina has made life simpler for quarterback Bryce Younger, upgrading his offensive line and giving him higher targets to throw to, buying and selling for receiver Diontae Johnson and utilizing excessive draft picks on receiver Xavier Legette and operating again Jonathon Brooks. The Panthers protection has had appreciable turnover, and the last-place schedule they obtained isn’t any present, lining them up with the Bengals, Bears and Cardinals, who ought to all be improved. Something greater than six wins can be an enormous debut for first-year coach Dave Canales. —Auman
Chicago Bears
Closing file prediction: 9-8
Step-by-step, folks. On paper, this 12 months’s Bears roster appears to be like rock strong, with a humiliation of riches within the broad receiver room for perhaps the primary time in my lifetime. In No. 1 total draft choose Caleb Williams, they’ve the perfect quarterback prospect in years on the helm and a brand new offensive coordinator with a observe file of getting nice issues out of his signal-callers.
However (you knew it was coming), let’s not put the cart in entrance of the horse. I wish to mood the exaggerated expectations for this group in 2024. Going from a seven-win group to creating the playoffs or being within the hunt for the division is a tall order — particularly within the NFC North, which may very well be the hardest division within the NFL this 12 months. Plus, there’s numerous new in Chicago. The method and plan may have a while to take maintain. That would end in a bumpy starting, however I feel the Bears will lastly determine it out by the tip of the season and cross successful file off their roadmap to sustained success. Let that be sufficient for now. And in the event that they exceed these sensible expectations, all the higher for Bears followers. —Carmen Vitali
What are the expectations for the Bears and Caleb Williams?
Cincinnati Bengals
Closing file prediction: 13-4
Can the Bengals lastly keep away from an 0-2 begin to a season? The Week 2 matchup in Kansas Metropolis will make that tough, however at the very least Joe Burrow will get to open his 2024 season towards a rebuilding New England group. The schedule was at all times going to be robust resulting from enjoying within the nasty AFC North, however the Bengals will play solely three groups from outdoors their division that had a successful file final 12 months. If Burrow can keep wholesome, there is a large alternative for a bounce-back season. —Helman
Cleveland Browns
Closing file prediction: 9-8
Feels so unusual to see a group this stacked however really feel so not sure about them. That is what occurs whenever you’re led to the postseason by a backup quarterback who’s not with the group. Joe Flacco’s run was magical, however now it is time for Deshaun Watson to justify that large contract. The Browns have the most effective rosters within the NFL, from high to backside. However they play within the league’s hardest division, and on high of that, they will face off towards league heavyweights like Dallas, Philadelphia, Kansas Metropolis and Miami. They’re going to want Watson to lift his stage of play dramatically to enhance on final 12 months’s end. —Helman
Dallas Cowboys
Closing file prediction: 10-7
In the event you’re on the lookout for a check to see if the Dallas Cowboys are the Tremendous Bowl contender that Jerry Jones thinks they’re, search for their midseason stretch in October and November. From Oct. 6 via Nov. 18, the highway is perilous. They play at Pittsburgh, house towards Detroit. Then, after a bye, they journey to San Francisco. The one delicate spot is a visit to Atlanta, however the reward for surviving that’s back-to-back house video games towards Philadelphia and Houston. If the Cowboys survive that, they’ve an opportunity to coast down the stretch and be battle-tested for the playoffs. That is perhaps an enormous if, although. –Ralph Vacchiano
Will the Cowboys or Eagles win the NFC East?
Denver Broncos
Closing file prediction: 7-10
The 2023 season was a curler coaster with head coach Sean Payton (and all the Broncos franchise) showing to have a poisonous relationship with quarterback Russell Wilson. By way of all of that, Denver nonetheless gained eight video games final season. The Broncos then drafted Bo Nix to play quarterback, and he suits the system Payton wish to run on offense. He ought to slot in properly there. The offensive line is OK and the weapons round Nix are a lot. The protection is missing a little bit of a move rush however is strong within the again finish. You must account for some rookie development on the quarterback place on their total file. Vegas has the Broncos at 5.5 wins, however I feel that is too low. I’ve the Broncos 7-10. —Geoff Schwartz
Detroit Lions
Closing file prediction: 11-6
The factor about successful the division is that you just then need to play a first-place schedule the next season. That is the predicament the Lions discover themselves in. Their schedule is headlined by the Buffalo Payments, Houston Texans (sure, they belong right here), their high competitors for the NFC North title within the Inexperienced Bay Packers and an NFC Championship rematch with the San Francisco 49ers.
The excellent news is, the Lions ought to be up for it. Normal supervisor Brad Holmes shored up the secondary this offseason, buying three top-tier corners by way of commerce and the draft, whereas additionally offering depth to the trenches on each side of the ball. Quarterback Jared Goff obtained the richest vote of confidence he might have requested for in an extension that makes him the second-highest paid quarterback by annual contract worth. He now has each incentive to dwell as much as it. Dan Campbell’s guys know what it is wish to have the Tremendous Bowl of their sights solely to have it ripped away from them — and so they’re not seeking to really feel that means once more this 12 months. —Vitali
Inexperienced Bay Packers
Closing file prediction: 11-6
The Packers would be the Lions’ largest challengers within the NFC North. This division race is just too near name this far out, however contemplating the quantity of success Inexperienced Bay had final season with a first-year beginning quarterback and the youngest group within the league, I’ve to assume the Packers are simply getting began. Offered QB Jordan Love can proceed his personal ascent and the protection lives as much as its potential underneath new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, I count on the Packers to be firmly within the combine for the NFC North crown in addition to staring down one other playoff run, seemingly a fair deeper one than in 2023. —Vitali
Houston Texans
Closing file prediction: 10-7
The reigning AFC South champion Texans will not be creeping up on anybody this season. They’ve a Saturday sport plus 5 primetime showdowns, together with three straight in the midst of the season from Weeks 9/11 (Thursday evening on the Aaron Rodgers-led Jets, Sunday evening vs. the Lions, Monday evening on the Cowboys) sandwiched between division video games. Houston additionally has the evening sport on Christmas towards Baltimore, a rematch of the AFC divisional spherical from final season. It caps a frightening three-game stretch (preceded by the Dolphins and Chiefs, respectively). The Texans’ energy of schedule is eye-grabbing on paper (fourth) however the reinforcements they’ve made round C.J. Stroud this offseason nonetheless offers them one of many AFC’s greatest rosters. Houston ought to safe double-digit wins for the second straight season. —Ben Arthur
What are sensible expectations for the Texans?
Indianapolis Colts
Closing file prediction: 9-8
The Colts aren’t revered nationally coming into 2024, as they’ve only one primetime sport (Week 11 Sunday Night time Soccer on the Jets). However a wholesome Anthony Richardson paired with star operating again Jonathan Taylor, who has performed simply two regular-season snaps with final 12 months’s No. 4 choose, may very well be deadly underneath second-year coach Shane Steichen. The franchise has confused continuity this offseason too, re-signing and increasing most of its core. Having a tame closing stretch of the season on paper (Patriots, Broncos, Titans, Giants and Jaguars) might reap big rewards for Indianapolis in playoff jostling —Arthur
Jacksonville Jaguars
Closing file prediction: 9-8
The Jaguars might be examined from the soar. Their first 4 opponents are AFC playoff groups from final season (Dolphins, Browns, Payments, Texans). Division video games apart, Jacksonville’s schedule eases up (on paper) towards the tip of the season and the group has a late bye (Week 12), which may very well be an enormous assist for the stretch run. The early assessments might fortify the Jaguars for a playoff run, too. Final season’s historic collapse did not sit effectively with the group, so that ought to supply loads of motivation. However whereas the Jags ought to be aggressive within the closing weeks of the season, they fall just under a top-heavy AFC. —Arthur
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Closing file prediction: 12-5
The Chiefs have gained at the very least 11 video games in 9 of Andy Reid’s 11 seasons as head coach. They’ve gained at the very least 11 video games in every of the six seasons with Patrick Mahomes because the beginning quarterback, together with their worst regular-season file of 11-6 final season. The Chiefs are higher this 12 months, including extra weapons for Mahomes whereas sustaining most of their protection from final season.
They at all times play a tricky schedule, however they get the Ravens and Bengals within the first two weeks, which favors the fast-starting Chiefs. (Mahomes is 15-4 in September.) Kansas Metropolis has a pair of robust highway contests in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, however however, the AFC West is paired with the NFC South this season, which implies 4 winnable video games towards a poor division. And there is additionally the six division video games, the place Mahomes has gained 30 of 35. Although I consider the Chiefs will coast via the common season, simply doing sufficient to win the division and protect their older gamers, I’ve the Chiefs going 12-5. —Schwartz
Will the Chiefs repeat once more as Tremendous Bowl champions?
Las Vegas Raiders
Closing file prediction: 6-11
Relying on how you’re feeling about Bo Nix in Denver, the Raiders have the worst quarterback room within the division — and the group with the worst quarterback room in a division tends to lose greater than its wins. Exterior of Davante Adams, the Raiders’ talent group is both common or unproven (Brock Bowers). The offensive line is common at greatest and operating again Josh Jacobs is gone. I do just like the addition of Christian Wilkins on protection, however the secondary is regarding.
The Raiders completed second within the AFC West final season, so their 2024 schedule contains highway journeys to Miami and Los Angeles to face the Rams, each video games by which the Raiders might be decent-sized underdogs. Vegas has their win complete at 6.5, a decrease quantity than Raiders followers would have thought after ending with eight wins final season. I’ve the Raiders going 6-11 resulting from their schedule and their lack of a playmaker at quarterback. —Schwartz
Los Angeles Chargers
Closing file prediction: 9-8
I am a fan of Justin Herbert and, outdoors of when he performs the Chiefs, I am rooting for him. I additionally respect and admire the work new Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh has executed at each place he is been. He gained on the College of San Diego, at Stanford, with the 49ers and most just lately, he gained a nationwide championship at Michigan. I consider Harbaugh will win a lot in Los Angeles, however not this season. The Chargers have improved their offensive line however have a small margin for error with out quite a lot of passing choices for Herbert. The protection has playmakers in any respect three ranges, however I am undecided concerning the depth of that unit although new DC Jesse Minter could have them able to play every week. All of this screams 8-9 or 9-8 for the Chargers. I’ll give them the advantage of doubt with Harbaugh and a fourth-place schedule. —Schwartz
Los Angeles Rams
Closing file prediction: 10-7
The Rams improved the offensive line in free company to raised shield an growing old Matthew Stafford. Nevertheless, additionally they misplaced the most effective defensive linemen ever to play the sport with the retirement of Aaron Donald, leaving a tall activity for brand spanking new defensive coordinator Chris Shula to determine the best way to fill the void. The Rams do have 9 house video games and ought to be one of many high scoring offenses within the league with playmakers Puka Nacua, Cooper Kupp and Kyren Williams all again. —Williams
Miami Dolphins
Closing file prediction: 12-6
The Dolphins may not end effectively, however they’re completely stellar out of the gate. And they’re completely a regular-season group. So it is easy to think about them taking the AFC East this 12 months, although they let the division crown slip via their fingers final 12 months. Their schedule is simply so so so(!) a lot simpler than Buffalo’s. And it is rather less treacherous than the Jets’ slate. Miami has been fine-tuning its roster and is aware of its largest drawback is chilly climate. However even when the Dolphins wrestle to complete robust, they need to nonetheless be capable to construct a sufficiently big result in end in first — and perhaps even compete for the highest seed within the convention. —McKenna
Minnesota Vikings
Closing file prediction: 8-9
I feel Minnesota goes to be higher this season than many different folks assume. Sure, it is a transition 12 months for the Vikings. They introduced in who they hope might be their quarterback of the longer term in J.J. McCarthy, however additionally they obtained themselves a bridge QB in Sam Darnold — and paid him handsomely for it. You do not give a man $10 million with out anticipating him to start out a good quantity of video games. That is the good play, too, because it affords endurance with McCarthy, who has the least quantity of tread on his tires of the main rookie quarterbacks this 12 months. He is a venture, one who could not have requested for a greater touchdown spot given the offensive expertise, a protection that ought to be the most effective within the NFL and a former quarterback as a head coach. The Vikings’ number of McCarthy was maybe the largest vote of confidence in Kevin O’Connell the group might have given him, and I am betting their gamble pays off. It nonetheless places them within the cellar of the division however with a good file and an upward trajectory. —Vitali
New England Patriots
Closing file prediction: 3-14
There are greater than three winnable video games on the Patriots’ schedule. I’ve circled the Colts, the Chargers, the Bears and the Titans as beatable for New England. However part of me thinks this might be a very robust 12 months for New England, particularly if it decides to maintain first-round choose Drake Maye on the bench whereas Jacoby Brissett acts as a steward on offense. The Patriots are going to undergo numerous robust losses and should even end 0-6 in its division. The protection is nice — however Invoice Belichick is gone. The offense appears to be like too much like the one from final 12 months that ended up being abominable. It is robust to get optimistic about this group. —McKenna
Will the Patriots sit Drake Maye in favor of Jacoby Brissett?
New Orleans Saints
Closing file prediction: 7-10
The Saints did not have the cap room to essentially tackle their issues, so the offensive line will rely on first-round choose Taliese Fuaga enjoying effectively and third-year professional Trevor Penning taking an enormous step ahead. Do they get the Derek Carr who threw for 12 touchdowns and one interception within the closing 4 video games? That can assist them keep in rivalry for his or her first playoff berth since 2020. If Chase Younger is not wholesome, the move rush is a priority, ending 2023 with 14 fewer sacks than that they had in 2022. The schedule is not sort, going through the Browns and the Rams as a part of ending second a 12 months in the past. Does Dennis Allen maintain his job in the event that they go 7-10? —Auman
New York Giants
Closing file prediction: 8-9
After a disastrous 2023, the Giants desperately must get off to a quick begin in 2024 — and the chance is there. They open with two video games towards groups which may be beginning rookie QBs — vs. Minnesota (J.J. McCarthy) and at Washington (Jayden Daniels). That is at the very least a delicate opening to arrange a brutal subsequent six video games, that includes journeys to Cleveland, Seattle and Pittsburgh, plus three primetime video games. That is the worst stretch, although. Total, 9 of the Giants’ 17 video games are towards groups that did not make the playoffs final 12 months, and so they face solely a kind of playoff groups in December. Whether or not the Giants might be any good most likely hinges on QB Daniel Jones. However the schedule, particularly within the second half of the season, will not be an impediment. —Vacchiano
New York Jets
Closing file prediction: 10-7
The Jets, Dolphins and Payments are extraordinarily comparable groups. I feel the Payments are the perfect of the bunch, if solely due to Josh Allen. I feel the Dolphins have the best schedule. And I feel the Jets are proper in between, the least confirmed however close to the Dolphins when it comes to energy of schedule. That is how I landed on New York sitting at this spot, tied with the Payments in file — however beneath Miami. Aaron Rodgers might be again, although there is no saying how efficient he’ll be. However GM Joe Douglas injected some huge cash and, hopefully for New York, numerous expertise into this roster, notably on offense. There’s a lot to love about this group on paper. —McKenna
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Philadelphia Eagles
Closing file prediction: 12-5
After a disastrous 1-6 end to final season, the Eagles want to show the web page rapidly. And it positive appears to be like just like the schedule offers them an opportunity to do it. After a tricky opener in Brazil towards the Packers, they’ve a lot simpler video games towards the Falcons and Saints. Their hardest highway journey within the first seven video games is at Tampa and so they’ve obtained an early bye (Week 5). Not all of them are simple video games, however none of these opponents is a top-tier group, giving the Eagles an actual probability to open robust. It additionally offers them an opportunity to get used to new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore and work out the perfect methods to make use of their new weapon, Saquon Barkley. It will additionally assist that they will see the Panthers, Commanders and Giants of their closing 5 video games, making it unlikely they will have a late-season collapse once more. —Vacchiano
Pittsburgh Steelers
Closing file prediction: 8-9
It should be a hell of a house stretch in Pittsburgh. The early weeks look pretty manageable for a group that reached the playoffs final 12 months, however the enjoyable actually begins after the Nov. 3 bye week. The Steelers play all six division video games, to not point out big-time matchups towards the Eagles and Chiefs, within the second half of the season. Eight straight video games towards groups that completed with a successful file in 2023 is a frightening impediment for Russell Wilson if he’ll assist Mike Tomlin obtain one other successful file. —Helman
San Francisco 49ers
Closing file prediction: 13-4
Regardless of a three-game dropping streak in the course of the first half of final season, the 49ers nonetheless completed within the high spot within the NFC West for the second 12 months in a row. With most of final 12 months’s frontline gamers again from a group that misplaced the Tremendous Bowl in additional time, the Niners will make it three straight division titles. Brock Purdy proved he can lead a group to the Large Recreation and stays on his rookie deal, permitting for San Francisco to proceed so as to add items round him. However the 49ers should shield Purdy and play higher towards the run defensively. For a Tremendous Bowl group, the 49ers’ 2024 schedule is fairly manageable: Their opponent successful proportion of .505 is tied for twelfth within the NFL. —Williams
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Seattle Seahawks
Closing file prediction: 7-10
The Seahawks repeatedly log among the many most miles within the league, and that would be the case once more in 2023. Seattle will journey 25,797 miles this season for the group’s eight highway video games, third-most within the NFL. The Seahawks have an improved roster and ought to be higher defensively, however with new head coach Mike Macdonald and his workers in the beginning phases of making a brand new tradition, there might be rising pains. The Seahawks completed 7-9 in Pete Carroll’s first two seasons as head coach. Count on the same displaying in Macdonald’s first 12 months. —Williams
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Closing file prediction: 9-8
Tampa Bay faces a vastly vital month from Weeks 5-8: each video games towards the Falcons, each on brief weeks, and a sport at New Orleans, arguably the hardest three division video games in a span of 24 days. With a a lot more durable schedule than their division rivals, the Bucs must go at the very least 2-1 in these three video games, or actually overachieve in pulling off more durable wins. Tampa Bay had by no means gained back-to-back division titles as of two years in the past, and now the Bucs are going for 4 in a row. Can first-year offensive coordinator Liam Coen discover a long-missing run sport and get the Tampa offense again into the highest half of the league? —Auman
Tennessee Titans
Closing file prediction: 8-9
The Titans have only one primetime sport (Week 4 Monday Night time Soccer towards the Dolphins, a rerun of final season) and an early bye (Week 5), however Tennessee’s slate is a coaches and gamers’ dream for routine. At the very least 14 of its video games are at present scheduled to be performed within the early Sunday afternoon slot. The stronger groups on the schedule are moderately unfold out. Three of the Titans’ first 5 video games are at house. Three of their final 5 video games are additionally at house. With an offseason outlined by constructing round second-year quarterback Will Levis, Tennessee’s brass ought to be seeking to 2024 with optimism. —Arthur
Washington Commanders
Closing file prediction: 5-12
Welcome to the NFL, Jayden Daniels. In your first project, you get a Tampa Bay Buccaneers group coached by defensive whiz Todd Bowles that ranked seventh total in protection and tenth in sacks. After that, you get to return house to face a Giants group that added stud pass-rusher Brian Burns within the offseason. After which you need to face the Bengals, Browns and Ravens in three of the following 4 weeks. Issues will get a little bit simpler after that. In late October, Daniels can take a deep breath with a three-game stretch towards the Panthers, Bears and Giants. However there are actually no simple video games for a rookie quarterback and a rebuilding group. The Commanders are the homecoming sport on each group’s schedule, till Daniels proves he is the star the franchise thinks he’ll be. —Vacchiano
This evaluation was compiled by:
AFC South reporter Ben Arthur (@benyarthur)
NFC South reporter Greg Auman (@gregauman)
Dallas Cowboys reporter David Helman (@davidhelman_)
AFC East reporter Henry McKenna (@McKennAnalysis)
NFL and betting analyst Geoff Schwartz (@GeoffSchwartz)
NFC West reporter Eric D. Williams (@eric_d_williams)
NFC East reporter Ralph Vacchiano (@RalphVacchiano)
NFC North reporter Carmen Vitali (@CarmieV)
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