| Regular season | |
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| Duration | September 4, 2025 – January 4, 2026 |
| Playoffs | |
| Start date | January 10, 2026 |
| Super Bowl LX | |
| Date | February 8, 2026 |
| Site | Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California |
| Pro Bowl | |
| Date | February 3, 2026 |
| Site | Moscone Center, San Francisco [1] [2] |
The 2025 NFL season is the 106th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season began on September 4, 2025, with reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia defeating Dallas in the NFL Kickoff Game, and is set to end on January 4, 2026. The playoffs are scheduled to start on January 10, and will conclude with Super Bowl LX, the league's championship game, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on February 8.
The 2025 NFL league year and trading period began on March 12. On March 10, teams were allowed to exercise options for 2025 on players with option clauses in their contracts, submit qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents, and submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2024 contracts and fewer than three accrued seasons of free agent credit. Teams are required to be under the salary cap using the "top 51" definition (in which the 51 highest paid-players on the team's payroll must have a combined salary cap). On March 12, clubs were allowed to contact and begin contract negotiations with players whose contracts had expired and thus became unrestricted free agents. [3] The season's salary cap increase $23.8 million per team for a total of $279.2 million per team. [4]
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Free agency began on March 12, 2025.
The following notable trades were made during the 2025 league year:
Notable retirements
Other retirements
The 2025 NFL draft took place at Lambeau Field and its adjacent Titletown District in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on April 24–26. [89] Tennessee, by virtue of having the worst record in 2024, held the first overall selection and selected Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward. [90]
The following rule changes for the 2025 season were approved at the NFL Owners' Meeting on March 30–April 2: [98]
The following rule change for the 2025 season was approved at the Spring League Meeting on May 20–21: [102]
The Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Chargers played in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on July 31, with the Chargers beating the Lions 34–7. [104]
The season is being played over an 18-week schedule which began on September 4. Each of the league's 32 teams plays 17 games, with one bye week. The regular season will end on January 4, 2026; all games during the final weekend will be intra-division games, as it has been since 2010. [3]
Each team plays the other three teams in its own division twice, one game against each of the four teams from a division in its own conference, one game against each of the four teams from a division in the other conference, one game against each of the remaining two teams in its conference that finished in the same position in their respective divisions the previous season (e.g., the team that finished fourth in its division would play all three other teams in its conference that also finished fourth in their divisions), and one game against a team in another division in the other conference that also finished in the same position in their respective division the previous season. [105]
The division pairings for 2025 are as follows: [105]
Four intra-conference games | Four interconference games | Interconference game by 2024 position |
Highlights of the 2025 season are planned to include the following:
This will be the third season of the league's flexible scheduling system that includes Thursday Night Football , Sunday Night Football , Monday Night Football , and increased the amount of cross-flexing (switching) of Sunday afternoon games between CBS and Fox. [117] [118] [119]
In March 2025, NFL owners voted to change the deadline to flex Thursday Night Football games from 28 to 21 days before kickoff. The other rules regarding TNF remain the same: only two games can be flexed between weeks 14 and 16, [119] [120] teams are not required to flex into TNF more than once, teams are not allowed to play more than two Thursday games on short rest during the season, and teams cannot play multiple away TNF games during the season without their approval. [119]
The other flexible scheduling rules remained the same as in 2024. Any Monday Night Football game is allowed to be flexed between weeks 12 and 17, provided that the league announces its rescheduling no later than 12 days before the contests. For Sunday Night Football, no more than two games could be flexed between weeks 5 and 10, while any game between weeks 11 to 17 could be flexed; the league is required to give weeks 5 to 13 SNF games a 12-day notice, and weeks 14 to 17 a 6-day notice. All Week 18 games will initially be listed as "TBD", with the league announcing its schedule after Week 17 games are completed. [120]
CBS and Fox are still able to protect games from being moved (except for Week 18 contests), whether from a change to another network or a change of the Sunday afternoon time slot. When the initial season schedule was created, the two networks select a limited number of games involving a specific number of teams from their respective conference. Otherwise every game can be initially scheduled on any network regardless of conference. [121] After the season starts, the two networks are allowed to protect one game each week from getting flexed. [117]
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| 1 | x – Denver Broncos | West | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 3–1 | 7–2 | .393 | .351 | W11 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | East | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 3–1 | 6–3 | .372 | .344 | L1 |
| 3 | Jacksonville Jaguars | South | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 3–1 | 7–2 | .485 | .429 | W5 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | North | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 3–1 | 7–3 | .525 | .429 | W2 |
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| 5 [a] | Los Angeles Chargers | West | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 5–0 | 8–2 | .423 | .421 | W3 |
| 6 [a] | Buffalo Bills | East | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 3–2 | 7–3 | .480 | .450 | W3 |
| 7 | Houston Texans | South | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 4–1 | 7–2 | .556 | .460 | W6 |
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| 8 | Indianapolis Colts | South | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 2–2 | 6–4 | .495 | .375 | L4 |
| 9 | Baltimore Ravens | North | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 3–2 | 5–5 | .462 | .357 | W1 |
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| 10 [b] | Kansas City Chiefs | West | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 1–3 | 3–6 | .548 | .369 | L3 |
| 11 [b] | Miami Dolphins | East | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 3–2 | 3–7 | .474 | .345 | L1 |
| 12 | Cincinnati Bengals | North | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 3–2 | 4–6 | .574 | .500 | L2 |
| 13 [c] | New York Jets | East | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 0–4 | 2–8 | .523 | .286 | L2 |
| 14 [c] | Cleveland Browns | North | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 0–4 | 2–7 | .477 | .417 | L3 |
| 15 [d] | Las Vegas Raiders | West | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 0–5 | 2–8 | .579 | .464 | L8 |
| 16 [d] | Tennessee Titans | South | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 0–5 | 1–9 | .596 | .214 | L1 |
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| 1 | x – Seattle Seahawks | West | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 3–2 | 7–3 | .476 | .432 | W5 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | North | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 1–3 | 6–3 | .403 | .346 | W1 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Eagles | East | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 2–2 | 7–3 | .500 | .457 | W1 |
| 4 [a] | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | South | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 2–2 | 5–5 | .525 | .465 | L2 |
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| 5 | x – Los Angeles Rams | West | 11 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 3–2 | 6–4 | .557 | .516 | L1 |
| 6 | San Francisco 49ers | West | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 4–1 | 8–2 | .447 | .366 | W4 |
| 7 | Green Bay Packers | North | 9 | 4 | 1 | .679 | 4–0 | 7–2–1 | .462 | .421 | L1 |
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| 8 | Detroit Lions | North | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 1–3 | 5–5 | .480 | .388 | L1 |
| 9 [a] | Carolina Panthers | South | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 2–2 | 5–4 | .497 | .465 | L1 |
| 10 | Dallas Cowboys | East | 6 | 7 | 1 | .464 | 3–1 | 3–6–1 | .462 | .310 | L2 |
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| 11 | Minnesota Vikings | North | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 2–2 | 4–5 | .538 | .423 | W2 |
| 12 | Atlanta Falcons | South | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 2–3 | 4–5 | .518 | .443 | W1 |
| 13 [b] | New Orleans Saints | South | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 3–2 | 4–7 | .545 | .411 | W2 |
| 14 [b] | Washington Commanders | East | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 2–1 | 2–7 | .492 | .286 | W1 |
| 15 | Arizona Cardinals | West | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 0–5 | 3–7 | .593 | .417 | L6 |
| 16 | New York Giants | East | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 1–4 | 1–9 | .577 | .679 | L8 |
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The 2025 playoffs are scheduled to begin with the Wild Card Round from January 10–12, 2026, with three games played in each conference. In the Divisional round, scheduled for January 17–18, the top seed in the conference will play the lowest remaining seed and the other two remaining teams will play each other. The winners of those games advance to the Conference Championship games scheduled for January 25. Super Bowl LX is scheduled for February 8 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Offseason
On April 1, the NFL announced All-America Football Conference records and statistics will be recognized in its official records. [127] This primarily affects the two teams surviving from the AAFC's 1950 merger with the NFL: the Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers.
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The following were named the top performers during the season:
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| 1 [171] | Josh Allen QB (Buffalo) | J. J. McCarthy QB (Minnesota) | Foyesade Oluokun LB (Jacksonville) | Nate Landman LB (LA Rams) | Chris Boswell K (Pittsburgh) | Kameron Johnson WR (Tampa Bay) |
| 2 [172] | Jonathan Taylor RB (Indianapolis) | Jared Goff QB (Detroit) | Roquan Smith LB (Baltimore) | Fred Warner LB (San Francisco) | Antonio Gibson RB (New England) | Brandon Aubrey K (Dallas) |
| 3 [173] | Jonathan Taylor RB (Indianapolis) | Caleb Williams QB (Chicago) | Derwin James S (LA Chargers) | Isaiah Rodgers CB (Minnesota) | Andre Szmyt K (Cleveland) | Jordan Davis DT (Philadelphia) |
| 4 [174] | Patrick Mahomes QB (Kansas City) | Puka Nacua WR (LA Rams) | Devin Lloyd LB (Jacksonville) | Quinyon Mitchell CB (Philadelphia) | Marcus Jones CB (New England) | Josh Blackwell CB (Chicago) |
| Sept. [175] | James Cook RB (Buffalo) | Bijan Robinson RB (Atlanta) | Devin Lloyd LB (Jacksonville) | Byron Young LB (LA Rams) | Spencer Shrader K (Indianapolis) | Brandon Aubrey K (Dallas) |
| 5 [176] | C. J. Stroud QB (Houston) | Rico Dowdle RB (Carolina) | Nik Bonitto LB (Denver) | Kool-Aid McKinstry CB (New Orleans) | Chimere Dike WR (Tennessee) | Eddy Piñeiro K (San Francisco) |
| 6 [177] | Patrick Mahomes QB (Kansas City) | Bijan Robinson RB (Atlanta) | Jonathon Cooper LB (Denver) | Jamel Dean CB (Tampa Bay) | Cameron Dicker K (LA Chargers) | Ryan Fitzgerald K (Carolina) |
| 7 [178] | Ja'Marr Chase WR (Cincinnati) | Christian McCaffrey RB (San Francisco) | K'Lavon Chaisson LB (New England) | Micah Parsons DE (Green Bay) | Grant Delpit S (Cleveland) | Sam Martin P (Carolina) |
| 8 [179] | James Cook RB (Buffalo) | Jordan Love QB (Green Bay) | Jordyn Brooks LB (Miami) | Anthony Nelson LB (Tampa Bay) | Isaiah Williams WR (NY Jets) | Chase McLaughlin K (Tampa Bay) |
| Oct. [180] | Jonathan Taylor RB (Indianapolis) | Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR (Seattle) | Marcus Jones CB (New England) | Micah Parsons DE (Green Bay) | Wil Lutz K (Denver) | Eddy Piñeiro K (San Francisco) |
| 9 [181] | Lamar Jackson QB (Baltimore) | Colston Loveland TE (Chicago) | Alex Highsmith LB (Pittsburgh) | Tre'von Moehrig S (Carolina) | Cam Little K (Jacksonville) | Levi Drake Rodriguez DL (Minnesota) |
| 10 [182] | Jonathan Taylor RB (Indianapolis) | Jahmyr Gibbs RB (Detroit) | Danielle Hunter DE (Houston) | DeMarcus Lawrence DE (Seattle) | Kene Nwangwu RB (NY Jets) | Nathan Shepherd DT (New Orleans) |
| 11 [183] | Josh Allen QB (Buffalo) | Bryce Young QB (Carolina) | Jordyn Brooks LB (Miami) | Jordan Davis DT (Philadelphia) | Wil Lutz K (Denver) | Ethan Evans P (LA Rams) |
| 12 [184] | Kareem Hunt RB (Kansas City) | Jahmyr Gibbs RB (Detroit) | Myles Garrett DE (Cleveland) | Ji'Ayir Brown S (San Francisco) | Andrés Borregales K (New England) | Zane Gonzalez K (Atlanta) |
| 13 [185] | Drake Maye QB (New England) | Jordan Love QB (Green Bay) | Christian Benford CB (Buffalo) | Ernest Jones IV LB (Seattle) | Evan McPherson K (Cincinnati) | Riley Dixon P (Tampa Bay) |
| Nov. [186] | De'Von Achane RB (Miami) | Matthew Stafford QB (LA Rams) | Myles Garrett DE (Cleveland) | Nahshon Wright CB (Chicago) | Austin McNamara P (NY Jets) | Jason Myers K (Seattle) |
| 14 [187] | Josh Allen QB (Buffalo) | Puka Nacua WR (LA Rams) | Rasul Douglas CB (Miami) | Al-Quadin Muhammad DE (Detroit) | Marvin Mims Jr. WR (Denver) | Rashid Shaheed WR (Seattle) |
| 15 [188] | Trevor Lawrence QB (Jacksonville) | Kyle Pitts TE (Atlanta) | Alohi Gilman S (Baltimore) | D'Marco Jackson LB (Chicago) | Cameron Dicker K (LA Chargers) | Jason Myers K (Seattle) |
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| Chicago Bears | Matt Eberflus | Thomas Brown | Ben Johnson | Fired | After a 4–8 (.333) start including a 6-game losing streak, Eberflus was fired as head coach on November 29, 2024, after being hired in 2022. During his two and a half season tenure, Chicago was 14–32 (.304) with no playoff appearances. [191] Brown, the team's offensive coordinator, was named as interim head coach. This was his first head coaching position at any level. He finished the season with a 1–4 (.200) record. Johnson, who spent the previous three seasons as the Detroit Lions' offensive coordinator, was hired on January 21, marking his first head coaching position at any level. [192] |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | Doug Pederson | Liam Coen | Pederson was fired on January 6, after three seasons with the Jaguars. During his tenure, the team was 22–29 (.431), with one playoff appearance. [193] Coen, who spent the previous season as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offensive coordinator, was hired as the head coach on January 24. It is his first head coaching position at any level. [194] | ||
| Las Vegas Raiders | Antonio Pierce | Pete Carroll | Pierce was fired on January 7, after one and a half seasons with the Raiders. During his tenure, the team went 9–17 (.346) with no playoff appearances. [195] Carroll was hired on January 25. He has eighteen seasons of experience as head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots, and Seattle Seahawks, with a combined record of 170–120–1 (.586), twelve playoff berths, two Super Bowl appearances, the Super Bowl XLVIII championship, and an overall playoff record of 11–11 (.500). Carroll was also head coach of USC for nine seasons, accumulating a record of 97–19 (.836) and two national championships. At 73 years old, Carroll will become the oldest head coach in NFL history. [196] | ||
| New England Patriots | Jerod Mayo | Mike Vrabel | Mayo was fired on January 5, after one 4–13 (.235) season with the Patriots and no playoff appearance. [197] On January 12, the Patriots hired Vrabel as their new head coach. As the head coach of the Tennessee Titans from 2018 to 2023, he compiled a record of 54–45 (.545), with three playoff appearances and a 2–3 (.400) playoff record. [198] | ||
| New Orleans Saints | Dennis Allen | Darren Rizzi | Kellen Moore | After a 2–7 (.222) start including a 7-game losing streak, Allen was fired on November 4, 2024, after two and a half seasons as the team's head coach. During his tenure, the Saints were 18–25 (.419) with no playoff appearances. [199] Rizzi, the team's special teams coordinator, was elevated as interim head coach. He finished the season with a 3–5 (.375) record. Moore was hired on February 11. He previously served as the Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator from 2019 to 2022, the Chargers in 2023, and the Eagles in 2024, winning Super Bowl LIX with the Eagles. This is his first head coaching position at any level. [200] | |
| New York Jets | Robert Saleh | Jeff Ulbrich | Aaron Glenn | Saleh was fired as head coach on October 8, 2024, with a 20–36 (.357) record (2–3 in 2024). along with no playoff appearances after being hired in 2021. Ulbrich, the team's defensive coordinator, was named interim head coach. [201] This was his first head coaching position. He finished the season with a 3–9 (.250) record. Glenn was hired on January 22 after spending the previous four years as the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions. This is his first head coaching job at any level. [202] | |
| Dallas Cowboys | Mike McCarthy | Brian Schottenheimer | Contract expired | McCarthy's contract was not renewed by the Cowboys on January 13 after five seasons together. During his tenure, the team went 49–35 (.583), with two NFC East division titles in three overall playoff appearances, and a playoff record of 1–3 (.250). [203] Schottenheimer, who served as Dallas' offensive coordinator for the previous two seasons, was hired as the head coach on January 24. It is his first head coaching position at any level. [204] | |
| Team | Departing coach | Reason for leaving | Interim replacement | Notes |
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| Tennessee Titans | Brian Callahan | Fired | Mike McCoy | Callahan was fired as head coach on October 13 with a 4–19 (.174) record (1–5 in 2025) after being hired in 2024. [205] McCoy, the team's senior offensive assistant, took over as interim coach. This is his second NFL head coaching position, having previously been the head coach of the San Diego Chargers from 2013 to 2016, with a record of 27–37 (.422) and one playoff appearance. [206] |
| New York Giants | Brian Daboll | Mike Kafka | Daboll was fired as head coach on November 10 with a 20–40–1 (.336) record (2–8 in 2025) after being hired in 2022 and appearing in the playoffs once in 2022. [207] Kafka, the team's assistant head coach & offensive coordinator, took over as interim coach. This is his first head coaching position at any level. [208] |
| Team | Departing GM | Interim replacement | Incoming GM | Reason for leaving | Notes |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars | Trent Baalke | James Gladstone | Fired | Baalke was fired on January 22, after four and a half seasons. [209] On February 21, the Jaguars named Gladstone, the Los Angeles Rams' director of scouting strategy, as their new general manager. [210] | |
| New York Jets | Joe Douglas | Phil Savage | Darren Mougey | Douglas was fired on November 19, 2024, after six seasons. Savage, the team's senior personnel advisor, was named interim GM. Savage previously served as general manager of the Cleveland Browns from 2005 to 2008. [211] On January 25, the Jets named Mougey, former assistant general manager of the Denver Broncos, as the new general manager. He previously served for the Broncos from 2012 to 2024 in various executive roles. [212] | |
| Las Vegas Raiders | Tom Telesco | John Spytek | Telesco was fired on January 9, after only one season. [213] Spytek was hired on January 24, previously serving as the vice president of player personnel from 2021 to 2022 and assistant general manager for the past two years, both positions with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [214] | ||
| Tennessee Titans | Ran Carthon | Mike Borgonzi | Carthon was fired on January 7, after two seasons. [215] Borgonzi was hired on January 17. He previously served for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2009 to 2024 in various executive roles and in the final three years as the assistant general manager. [216] | ||
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| Miami Dolphins | Chris Grier | Mutual agreement | Champ Kelly | Grier and the Dolphins mutually agreed to part ways on October 31, after almost ten seasons as Dolphins' GM with a 77–80 (.490) record and three play-off appearances. Kelly, the team's senior personnel executive, was named interim GM. Previously, he was the interim general manager of the Las Vegas Raiders in 2023. [217] |
This is scheduled to be the final season in which the Buffalo Bills will play their home games at their current Highmark Stadium. The new stadium, also to be called Highmark Stadium, is scheduled to be completed by the start of the 2026 season. [218]
The NFL announced a policy change that allows teams to wear their alternate or throwback designs four times per season, up from the previous limit of three. Teams are now permitted to pair alternate helmets with non-alternate uniforms. [219] Additionally, qualifying teams can wear alternate pants during playoff games. [220]
For the first time, five award-winning players from the previous season will have a golden NFL emblem on their jersey collars throughout the season: Josh Allen (Most Valuable Player), Saquon Barkley (Offensive Player of the Year), Patrick Surtain II (Defensive Player of the Year), Jayden Daniels (Offensive Rookie of the Year) and Jared Verse (Defensive Rookie of the Year). [221]
During the 2025 NFL draft, Nike and the NFL announced a "Rivalries" uniform program, which will feature new designs for home teams playing against a divisional opponent. [222] AFC East and NFC West teams will debut these uniforms this season. The plan is for teams to wear these uniforms at one home divisional game per season. [223] [224] The Arizona Cardinals were the first team to wear the Rivalries uniforms, which they did in their Week 4 match-up with the Seattle Seahawks.
The first set of "Rivalries" uniforms were unveiled on August 28. [225]
This will be the third season under 11-year U.S. media rights agreements with CBS, Fox, NBC, and ESPN family of networks along with its Spanish counterparts Fox Deportes, Telemundo Deportes, and ESPN Deportes. [255] Under these linear television rights:
All four broadcast partners will air at least one Wild Card round game, with CBS and Fox airing an AFC and NFC Wild Card game, respectively. NBC will air the Sunday night game under the fifth year of its seven-year deal. [280] [281] [282] ESPN/ABC will broadcast the Monday night Wild Card game, its last in a five-year deal. [283] [284] Fox will air a second Wild Card game this season as part of the rotation with NBC and CBS. This will also be the second postseason under a multi-year deal that Amazon Prime Video will exclusively stream a Wild Card playoff game. [285] [286]
This will be the third season that all four broadcast television partners air one divisional playoff game per season (ESPN/ABC, Fox, CBS, and NBC). [287]
NBC will televise Super Bowl LX in the annual rotation of Super Bowl broadcasters. [288] Under this rotation, the league awarded NBC the Super Bowl during the same years it has its Winter Olympics coverage. Super Bowl LX will join Super Bowl LVI as the second time that the game is scheduled on a date within the date range of an ongoing Olympics event (the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy). [289]
On March 3, Fox NFL Sunday studio analyst Jimmy Johnson announced his retirement from broadcasting. [294] Johnson was replaced by Rob Gronkowski.
On March 26, CBS announced that J. J. Watt would replace Charles Davis as the network's No. 2 color commentator, moving from The NFL Today . Watt will work with play-by-play commentator Ian Eagle. [295] Davis would move to the #4 team with Andrew Catalon and Jason McCourty, replacing Tiki Barber. [296] After a trial during the 2024 season, Adam Schein became the anchor for in-game updates during CBS telecasts; the role had previously been held by a rotation of The NFL Today analysts. [297] [298]
On July 14, Fox added Allison Williams to its roster of NFL sideline reporters. Williams joined the #5 team with Kevin Kugler and Daryl Johnston, replacing Laura Okmin, who retired from the network. [299] [300]
On August 11, ESPN elevated sideline reporter Laura Rutledge to join the lead broadcast team for Monday Night Football full-time alongside Lisa Salters, who was also given a contract extension with the network. Rutledge had previously been part of ESPN's #2 broadcast team and joined Salters on the sidelines for marquee MNF games and the NFL playoffs. Replacing Rutledge on the #2 team are college football and NBA reporter Katie George and recent hire Peter Schrager. [301]
On November 7, Fox hired Drew Brees as a game analyst. Brees replaced Mark Sanchez on the #3 team with Adam Amin, after Sanchez was arrested on October 4 following a stabbing incident in Indianapolis. Sanchez was subsequently fired by Fox. [302] [303]
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)The Wild Card deal, which was originally reported as a one-year pact this time last year, will run through the 2032 season ... Amazon reportedly paid around $150 million to stream the game in 2024, but it is not known what the escalators are for the subsequent seven years.
When the NFL's 11-year television contract starts in 2023, NBC's spot in the Super Bowl rotation lines up the same year as the Winter Olympics.