2026 NFL season

This article is about the American football season in the United States. For the Gaelic football season in Ireland, see 2026 National Football League (Ireland).

2026 NFL season

Regular season
Duration	September 10, 2026 (2026-09-10) – January 10, 2027 (2027-01-10)
Playoffs
Start date	January 16, 2027 (2027-01-16)
Super Bowl LXI
Date	February 14, 2027
Site	SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
Pro Bowl
Date	February 2027
Site	TBD
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Patriots

Bills

Dolphins

Jets

Bengals

Ravens

Steelers

Browns

Colts

Titans

Jaguars

Texans

Broncos

Chiefs

Raiders

Chargers

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AFC teams: West, North, South, East

Cowboys

Giants

Eagles

Commanders

Bears

Lions

Packers

Vikings

Falcons

Panthers

Saints

Buccaneers

Cardinals

Rams

Seahawks

49ers

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NFC teams: West, North, South, East

The 2026 NFL season is the upcoming 107th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season is scheduled to begin on September 10, 2026, with the NFL Kickoff Game, and will end on January 10, 2027. The playoffs are then set to begin on January 16 and will conclude with Super Bowl LXI, the league's championship game, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on February 14, making it the NFL's latest date to end the season.

Player movement

The 2026 NFL league year and trading period is scheduled to begin on March 11. On March 9, teams will be allowed to exercise options for 2026 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 2025 contracts and fewer than three accrued seasons of free agent credit. Teams were 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 11, clubs will be allowed to contact and begin contract negotiations with players whose contracts had expired and thus became unrestricted free agents. ^[1]

Positions key

Offense	Defense	Special teams
QB — Quarterback RB — Running back FB — Fullback WR — Wide receiver TE — Tight end OL — Offensive lineman T — Tackle G — Guard C — Center	DL — Defensive lineman DE — Defensive end [a] DT — Defensive tackle [b] LB — Linebacker [c] DB — Defensive back CB — Cornerback S — Safety [d]	K — Kicker [e] P — Punter LS — Long snapper RS — Return specialist [f]
Sometimes referred to as an edge rusher (EDGE) Includes nose tackle (NT) Includes middle linebacker (MLB or MIKE), outside linebacker (OLB, WILL, SAM), and off-ball linebacker Includes free safety (FS) and strong safety (SS) Also known as a placekicker (PK) Includes kickoff and punt returners

Free agency

Free agency is scheduled to begin on March 11, 2026. ^[1]

Retirements

Notable retirements

• CB Xavien Howard – Four-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro (one first-team, one second-team). Played for Miami and Indianapolis during his nine-year career. ^[2]
• QB Philip Rivers – Eight-time Pro Bowler and 2013 NFL Comeback Player of the Year. Played for the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers and Indianapolis during his 18-year career. ^[3]

Other retirements

• Rick Lovato ^[4]
• Dan Skipper
• Za'Darius Smith ^[5]
• Adam Thielen ^[6]

Draft

The 2026 NFL draft is scheduled to take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 23–25, with events held at Acrisure Stadium, Point State Park, and other venues throughout the city. ^[7] Las Vegas, by virtue of having the worst record in 2025, hold the first overall selection.

Rule changes

The amount of time allowed to select a draft pick in the first round of the NFL draft will be reduced from 10 to 8 minutes beginning with the 2026 NFL draft. ^[8]

Regular season

The season is planned to be played over an 18-week schedule, beginning on September 10. Each of the league's 32 teams plays 17 games, with one bye week. The regular season is then scheduled to end on January 10, 2027; all games during the final weekend will be intra-division games, as it has been since 2010.

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. ^[9]

The division pairings for 2026 are as follows: ^[9]

Four intra-conference games AFC East vs AFC West AFC North vs AFC South NFC East vs NFC West NFC North vs NFC South

Four interconference games AFC East vs NFC North AFC North vs NFC South AFC South vs NFC East AFC West vs NFC West

Interconference game by 2025 position AFC East at NFC West AFC North at NFC East AFC South at NFC North AFC West at NFC South

Highlights of the 2026 season are planned to include the following (with the full schedule expected to be announced in Spring 2026):

• NFL Kickoff Game : The season will begin with the Kickoff Game on September 10, 2026, hosted by the defending Super Bowl LX champion.
• NFL International Series : The first regular season game in Australia is planned to be held in 2026, with the Los Angeles Rams as the designated home team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. ^[10] London, England will again host games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ^[11] and at Wembley Stadium. ^[12] Games will also be held at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ^[13] Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany; ^[14] and at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico. ^[15]
• Thanksgiving : Three Thanksgiving Day games are planned to be held on November 26, with Detroit and Dallas expected to host their traditional afternoon doubleheaders, and a primetime game between opponents that have yet to be announced. Another game will be scheduled on the Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving. ^[16]
• Christmas : Christmas Day, December 25, lands on a Friday. When this happened the last time in 2020, that week's Thursday Night Football was played on Christmas Day instead of Christmas Eve.

Flexible scheduling rules

This will be the fourth 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. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

Postseason

The 2026 playoffs are scheduled to begin with the Wild Card Round from January 16–18, 2027, with three games played in each conference. In the Divisional Round, scheduled for January 23–24, the top seed in the conference will play the lowest remaining seed and the other two remaining teams play each other. The winners of those games advance to the Conference Championship games scheduled for January 31. Super Bowl LXI is scheduled for February 14 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Head coaching and general manager changes

Head coaches

Off-season

Team	Departing coach	Interim coach	Incoming coach	Reason for leaving	Notes
Arizona Cardinals	Jonathan Gannon		TBA	Fired	Gannon was fired on January 5, after three seasons with a 15–36 (.294) record (3–14 in 2025) and no playoff appearances as the Cardinals' head coach. [20]
Atlanta Falcons	Raheem Morris		Kevin Stefanski		Morris was fired on January 4, after two seasons with a 16–18 (.471) record (8–9 in 2025) and no playoff appearances as a full time head coach. [21] Stefanski was hired on January 17. Previously he was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 2020 to 2025 with a 45–56 (.446) record and two playoff appearances. [22]
Baltimore Ravens	John Harbaugh		Jesse Minter		Harbaugh was fired on January 6, after 18 seasons with the Ravens. During his tenure, the team had a 180–113 (.614) record (8–9 in 2025), with the Super Bowl XLVII championship, six AFC North division titles in 12 overall playoff appearances, and a playoff record of 13–11 (.542). [23] Minter was hired on January 22, after serving as the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2024 and 2025. This is his first head coaching job. [24]
Buffalo Bills	Sean McDermott		TBA		McDermott was fired on January 19, after nine seasons with a 98–50 (.662) record (12–5 in 2025) and eight playoff appearances as the Bills' head coach. [25]
Cleveland Browns	Kevin Stefanski		TBA		Stefanski was fired on January 5, after six seasons with the team. During his tenure, the Browns had a 45–56 (.446) record (5–12 in 2025), with two playoff appearances. [26]
Las Vegas Raiders	Pete Carroll		TBA		Carroll was fired on January 5, with a 3–14 (.176) record after being hired in 2025, with no playoff appearances. [27]
Miami Dolphins	Mike McDaniel		Jeff Hafley		McDaniel was fired on January 8, with a 35–33 (.515) record (7–10 in 2025) after being hired in 2022 and appearing in the playoffs twice in 2022 and 2023, with no playoff wins in four full seasons as coach. [28] Hafley was hired on January 19. He previously served as the defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers from 2024 to 2025 and was the head coach at Boston College from 2020 to 2023 with a 22–26 (.458) record. [29]
New York Giants	Brian Daboll	Mike Kafka	John Harbaugh		Daboll was fired as head coach on November 10, 2025, with a 20–40–1 (.336) record (2–8 in 2025) after being hired in 2022 and appearing in the playoffs once in 2022. [30] Kafka, the team's assistant head coach and offensive coordinator, took over as interim coach. This was his first head coaching position at any level. He finished the season with a 2–5 (.286) record. [31] Harbaugh was hired on January 17. Previously he was the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens from 2008 to 2025 with a 180–113 (.614) record, 12 playoff appearances, and the Super Bowl XLVII championship. [32]
Pittsburgh Steelers	Mike Tomlin		TBA	Resigned	Tomlin resigned on January 13. During his 19-season tenure, the Steelers had a 193–114–2 (.628) record (10–7 in 2025), winning Super Bowl XLIII and eight AFC North titles in 13 overall playoff appearances, with an 8–12 (.400) playoff record. [33]
Tennessee Titans	Brian Callahan	Mike McCoy	Robert Saleh	Fired	Callahan was fired as head coach on October 13, 2025, with a 4–19 (.174) record (1–5 in 2025) after being hired in 2024. [34] McCoy, the team's senior offensive assistant, took over as interim coach. This was 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. He finished the season with a 2–9 (.182) record. [35] Saleh was hired on January 22. He previously served as the defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers in 2025 and was the head coach of the New York Jets from 2021 to 2024, with a 20–36 (.357) record and no playoff appearances. [36]

General managers

Off-season

Team	Departing GM	Interim replacement	Incoming GM	Reason for leaving	Notes
Atlanta Falcons	Terry Fontenot		TBA	Fired	Fontenot was fired on January 4, after five seasons with the team as a general manager with a 36–48 (.429) record and no play-off appearances. [21]
Miami Dolphins	Chris Grier	Champ Kelly	Jon-Eric Sullivan	Mutual agreement	Grier and the Dolphins mutually agreed to part ways on October 31, 2025, 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. [37] Sullivan was hired on January 9. He previously served for the Green Bay Packers from 2003 to 2025 in various executive roles and in the final four years as the vice president of player personnel. [38]

Stadiums

This is planned to be the first season that the Buffalo Bills will play at the new Highmark Stadium. The team had played at the previously-named Highmark Stadium (known without its naming rights sponsorship as Ralph Wilson Stadium) since 1973. ^[39]

This is scheduled to be the final season in which the Tennessee Titans will play their home games at their current Nissan Stadium. The new stadium, also to be called Nissan Stadium, is scheduled to be completed by the start of the 2027 season. ^[40]

Uniforms

Rivalries series

AFC South and NFC North teams are scheduled to unveil their "rivalries" uniforms in 2026, designed to be worn at one home divisional game per season. ^[41]

Uniform changes

• Atlanta filed for uniform changes for the 2026 season. The team teased a uniform update in January with an April 2026 announcement date. ^[42]
• Baltimore has apparently filed for jersey changes for the 2026 season. In November 2025, reports indicated that the Ravens had filed for new uniform designs for the upcoming season, suggesting that changes are in development. The team has already taken steps toward potential updates according to sources. ^[43]

Media

National

Pending ESPN–NFL Media merger

ESPN and NFL Network's 2026 media rights are contingent on the pending ESPN–NFL Media merger and whether the deal receives regulatory approval prior to the announcement of the 2026 season schedule. ^[44] Under the agreement announced in August 5, 2025, the NFL would take a 10 percent equity stake in ESPN in exchange for ESPN acquiring NFL Network (including taking over production of the NFL Network Exclusive Game Series and its rights to air select International Series and late season Saturday games), television distribution rights to NFL RedZone and the RedZone brand, and the league's official fantasy football service. ESPN's existing deal to produce Monday Night Football , the doubleheader on the last Saturday of the season, ABC simulcasting select MNF games and the Saturday doubleheader, and ESPN2 featuring the alternative Manningcast on select games, and ESPN DTC simulcasting all ESPN-produced games (including any alternate telecasts), would be unaffected. However if the deal closes, the league would no longer schedule Monday night doubleheaders (whether traditional doubleheaders on ESPN and/or ABC, or "split doubleheaders" in which ESPN and ABC air separate games) with ABC gaining three additional simulcasts as a result of the loss of those doubleheaders, and instead resell the rights to those four extra games to interested broadcasters. ^{[45] [46] [47] [48]}

Other media rights

Linear television

This will be the fourth year of the existing 11-year U.S. media deals with CBS, Fox, and NBC, along with its Spanish counterparts Fox Deportes, and Telemundo Deportes.

• Sunday afternoon games will continue to be split between CBS and Fox, with the two networks carrying the Sunday afternoon AFC and NFC packages, respectively. When the initial schedule is created, CBS and Fox will be able to specify a limited amount of games involving teams from their respective conference that they want to air, but otherwise the league is free to schedule games regardless of conference. ^[49] Each network will air ten Sunday doubleheaders, with both networks airing one in Weeks 15 and 18. On Thanksgiving afternoon, CBS will have the early Detroit game and Fox will have the late Dallas game, Fox also has the option to air any Christmas Day games at its discretion. ^[50]
• NBC will continue to air Sunday Night Football , the NFL Kickoff Game, and the primetime Thanksgiving game. ^[50]
• Like in previous seasons, any additional one-year modifications or separate deals to these linear TV rights are expected to be announced with the 2026 season schedule.

Streaming

• This will be the fifth year of a 12-year deal with Amazon Prime Video and Twitch to exclusively stream Thursday Night Football . ^[51]
• Fox One will simulcast in market and national Fox games. ^{[52] [53]}
• Paramount+ will simulcast in market and national CBS games. ^[50]
• Peacock will simulcast NBC's games. ^[50] This will also be the fourth season in a six-year deal that the platform will exclusively stream one regular season game. ^[51]
• This will be Netflix's third and final year to exclusively stream select Christmas Day games. ^{[54] [55]}
• This will be the fourth season out of a seven-year deal that the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market sports package will stream on YouTube TV, as well as on YouTube's Primetime Channels service as a standalone subscription option. ^[56]
• Like in previous seasons, any additional one-year modifications or separate deals to these streaming rights are expected to be announced with the 2026 season schedule.

Postseason

During the Wild Card round, CBS and Fox will air an AFC and NFC Wild Card game, respectively. NBC will air the Sunday night game under the sixth year of its seven-year deal. ^{[57] [58] [59]} ESPN/ABC will broadcast a Wild Card game on a date to-be-determined, as its previous deal to air the Monday night Wild Card game expired after the previous postseason. ^{[60] [61] [62]} NBC will air a second Wild Card game this season as part of the rotation with Fox and CBS. This will also be the third postseason under a multi-year deal that Amazon Prime Video will exclusively stream a Wild Card playoff game. ^{[63] [64]}

This will be the fourth season that all four broadcast television partners air one divisional playoff game per season (ESPN/ABC, Fox, CBS, and NBC). ^[65]

Under the annual rotation of Super Bowl broadcasters, Super Bowl LXI will be the first time that the game will be an ESPN/ABC simulcast, ^[66] , the first time ABC will have aired the Super Bowl since 2005's Super Bowl XL, and the first time ever that ESPN will air a live Super Bowl. ^{[55] [67]}

Radio

• Westwood One Radio has rights to air all games televised by the national partners (including streaming). ^[68]
• ESPN Radio and Sports USA Radio Network has rights to air select Sunday afternoon games on its radio networks. ^{[69] [70]}
• This is the fifth and final season of the league's five-year deal with SiriusXM to simulcast all 32 teams' local regular season and postseason broadcasts, including a wraparound show called SiriusXM NFL Sunday Drive. ^[71]

International

• ESPN will air its slate of games in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania and the Netherlands; and through Disney+ in select markets in Asia and Europe. ^[65]
• In the UK and Ireland:
  • This will the second year of a three-year deal that Sky Sports will broadcast select games on either their dedicated Sky Sports NFL Channel or through their Sky Sports+ channels. ^[72]
  • This will the second year of a multi-year deal that the free-to-air Channel 5 will broadcast games through their main channel as well as 5Action. ^[73]
• This will be the fourth year of a ten-year deal that DAZN will distribute NFL Game Pass International. ^[74]

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