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The 2024 NFL schedule is expected to be released either this Thursday evening or on the 16th at the latest. The NFL has always released the schedule on a Thursday.
A few years ago it switched for releasing the schedule in April to early May.
There will be a schedule release show on the NFL Network, likely starting at 7 p.m. on whichever Thursday the league does decide to release it on.
The complete week-by-week schedule, and all 32 teams' schedules as well, should be released that same night.
The defending champion Kansas City Chiefs will host the first game of the season on Thursday, September 5th. We won't know who they will play until the official schedule releases.
The following evening, the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers will play in Brazil.
That game will be televised exclusively on Peacock. Which means the NFL learned nothing from its playoff game fiasco last year.
Seeing how little Cowboys' fans like either the Eagles or Packers, this news probably comes as no great disappointment.
We also know who the home teams will be for the NFL's other international games in 2024 – while Dallas is not a home team, they still could be a visiting team.
The Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings will all serve as the home team for games played in London in 2024.
The Carolina Panthers will play a home game in Germany. The Cowboys are scheduled to play a road game against Carolina this fall.
Whether or not the Panthers-Cowboys game is the one slated for overseas remains to be seen.
The playoffs are set for the weekend of Jan. 11-13, 2025, this year. The Conference championship games would be played on Jan. 26th.
Super Bowl LIX will be played on Feb. 9th at the Superdome in New Orleans.
The rest of the blank spaces between Sept. 5th and Feb. 9th will be filled in soon – hopefully by this Thursday.
The Cowboys draw the AFC North again for four of its 2024 contests.
In the 2020 season, Dallas finished 1-3 against those four teams. The Cowboys lost to Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore before downing Cincinnati.
In 2016, Dallas swept the four teams by a combined 54-point margin of victory.
In 2023, all four AFC North teams finished the season with a winning record as the division went 43-25 combined for the year.
We won't know if Dallas starts the season at home or on the road until the official release.
One hopes its not another Sunday night season opener against the Giants.
Dallas plays its annual home and away series of six games against its' three NFC East rivals. The Cowboys went 5-1 against those teams last year.
The Eagles finished 11-6 on the season in...
