2023 NFL season

The 2023 NFL season is scheduled to be the 104th season of the National Football League (NFL). The season is planned to begin on September 7, 2023, with defending Super Bowl LVII champion Kansas City hosting Detroit in the NFL Kickoff Game, and end on January 7, 2024.

This article is about 2023 National Football League season in the United States. For the National Football League season that ended in 2023, see 2022 NFL season. For the Gaelic football season in Ireland, see 2023 National Football League (Ireland).

2023 National Football League season
Regular season
DurationSeptember 7, 2023 (2023-09-07) – January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07)
Playoffs
Start dateJanuary 13, 2024 (2024-01-13)
Super Bowl LVIII
DateFebruary 11, 2024
SiteAllegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada
Pro Bowl
DateFebruary 4, 2024
SiteTBA
2023 NFL season is located in the United States
Patriots
Patriots
Bills
Bills
Dolphins
Dolphins
Jets
Jets
Bengals
Bengals
Ravens
Ravens
Steelers
Steelers
Browns
Browns
Colts
Colts
Titans
Titans
Jaguars
Jaguars
Texans
Texans
Broncos
Broncos
Chiefs
Chiefs
Raiders
Raiders
Chargers
Chargers
AFC teams: West, North, South, East
2023 NFL season is located in the United States
Cowboys
Cowboys
Giants
Giants
Eagles
Eagles
Commanders
Commanders
Bears
Bears
Lions
Lions
Packers
Packers
Vikings
Vikings
Falcons
Falcons
Panthers
Panthers
Saints
Saints
Buccaneers
Buccaneers
Cardinals
Cardinals
Rams
Rams
Seahawks
Seahawks
49ers
49ers
NFC teams: West, North, South, East

The playoffs are then scheduled to start on January 13, and conclude with Super Bowl LVIII, the league's championship game, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, on February 11.

Player movement

The 2023 NFL league year and trading period began on March 15. On March 13, teams were allowed to exercise options for 2023 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 2022 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 15, clubs were allowed to contact and begin contract negotiations with players whose contracts had expired and thus became unrestricted free agents.

Positions key
C Center CB Cornerback DB Defensive back DE Defensive end
DL Defensive lineman DT Defensive tackle FB Fullback FS Free safety
G Guard K Kicker[lower-alpha 1] KR Kickoff returner LB Linebacker
LS Long snapper OT Offensive tackle OL Offensive lineman NT Nose tackle
P Punter PR Punt returner QB Quarterback RB Running back
S Safety SS Strong safety TE Tight end WR Wide receiver
  1. Also known as Placekicker (PK)

Free agency

Free agency began on March 15.[1] Notable players to change teams included:

Trades

The following notable trades were made during the 2023 league year:

  • March 15: The Los Angeles Rams traded CB Jalen Ramsey to Miami in exchange for TE Hunter Long and a 2023 third round selection.[2]
  • March 15: Indianapolis traded CB Stephon Gilmore to Dallas in exchange for a 2023 fifth round selection.[3]
  • March 15: Las Vegas traded TE Darren Waller to the New York Giants in exchange for a 2023 third round selection.[4]
  • March 15: Carolina traded WR D. J. Moore, 2023 first and second round selections (Nos. 9 and 61), a 2024 first round selection, and a 2025 second round selection to Chicago in exchange for a 2023 first round selection (No. 1).[5]
  • March 22: The New York Jets traded WR Elijah Moore and a 2023 third round selection to Cleveland in exchange for a 2023 second round selection.[6]
  • April 19: The Los Angeles Rams traded WR Allen Robinson and a 2023 seventh round selection to Pittsburgh in exchange for a 2023 seventh round selection.[7]
  • April 24: Green Bay traded QB Aaron Rodgers and 2023 first and fifth round selections to the New York Jets in exchange for 2023 first, second, and sixth round selections, and a conditional 2024 second round selection.[8]
  • April 29: Detroit traded RB D'Andre Swift and a 2023 seventh round selection to Philadelphia in exchange for a 2023 seventh round selection and a 2025 fourth round selection.[9]
  • May 16: Minnesota traded DE Za'Darius Smith along with 2025 sixth and seventh round selections to Cleveland in exchange for 2024 and 2025 fifth round selections.[10]

Retirements

Notable retirements

Other retirements

Draft

The 2023 NFL Draft was held outside Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 27–29.[27] Chicago, by virtue of having the worst record in 2022, was awarded the first overall selection. However, it was traded to Carolina, who selected quarterback Bryce Young out of Alabama.

2023 deaths

Pro Football Hall of Fame Members
Bobby Beathard
Beathard was the general manager of the Washington Redskins from 1978 to 1989 and the San Diego Chargers from 1990 to 2000, as well as serving as the Miami Dolphins' director of player personnel from 1972 to 1977, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018. He was a four-time Super Bowl champion (VII, VIII, XVII, and XXII). He died on January 30, age 86.[28]
Bud Grant
Grant was the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings from 1967 to 1983 and the 1985 season. He won an NFL championship with the Vikings in 1969 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994. He died on March 11, age 95.[29]
Jerry Green
Green was a journalist for The Detroit News from 1963 to 2004. He was the only sportswriter to cover each of the first 56 Super Bowls, from 1967 to 2022, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005. He died on March 23, age 94.[30]
Art McNally
McNally was the director of officiating for the NFL from 1968 to 1991. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022, becoming the first official to receive the honor. He died on January 1, age 97.[31]
Dave Wilcox
Wilcox played 11 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers as a linebacker, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000. He was a seven-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro (two first-team, two second-team). He died on April 19, age 80.[32]

Others

Rule changes

The following rule changes for the 2023 season were approved at the NFL Owners' Meeting on March 28: [33][34][35]

  • The jersey numbering system was modified to allow the number 0 to be worn by all positions currently allowed to wear single-digit numbers. Placekickers and punters are now allowed to wear numbers 0–49 and 90–99. Previously 0 was not permitted to be used after the jersey numbering system was standardized in 1973 and kickers and punters could only wear numbers 1–19.
  • Timing rules were modified after a ruling on the field is reversed. If outside the two-minute warning, the play clock will be set to 40 seconds instead of 25. If inside the two minute warning and a 10-second runoff is used, the play clock would be set to 30 seconds.
  • Plays resulting in a turnover on downs were added to the list of booth reviewable plays (not challengeable by coaches).
  • Tripping was upgraded to a personal foul (15 yards) from its current 10 yard penalty, reverting a rule change from 1974.
  • Launching from one foot to attack an opponent became illegal, changing the current rule of both feet.
  • Illegally handing the ball forward behind the line of scrimmage (such as a quarterback handing the ball forward to an offensive lineman to avoid a sack) is now a loss of down, consistent with the same foul occurring beyond the line of scrimmage.
  • All illegal kicks (beyond the line of scrimmage or after the ball returns back behind the line) are now penalized the same as an illegal forward pass (five yards and loss of down).
  • If the offense commits a live-ball penalty and the defense commits a dead-ball penalty on the last play of either half, the period will not be extended for an untimed down.
  • Language referring to "butt, ram, or spear" with the helmet was combined under the umbrella of "impermissible uses of the helmet" and clarified legal incidental contact.

Preseason

The majority of training camps are planned to open on July 26. The preseason is scheduled to begin on August 3 with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, featuring the New York Jets (represented in the Hall of Fame Class of 2023 by Joe Klecko and Darrelle Revis) and Cleveland (represented by Joe Thomas)[36]

Regular season

The season is planned to be played over an 18-week schedule beginning on September 7. Each of the league's 32 teams plays 17 games, with one bye week for each team. The regular season is scheduled to end on January 7, 2024; 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.[37]

The division pairings for 2023 are as follows:[37]

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 East
AFC North vs NFC West
AFC South vs NFC South
AFC West vs NFC North

Interconference game by 2022 position
NFC East at AFC West
NFC North at AFC North
NFC South at AFC East
NFC West at AFC South

Highlights of the 2023 season are planned to include (unless otherwise noted), specific teams and kickoff times was announced on May 11, 2023:[38][39]

Changes to flexible scheduling rules

As part of the new media agreements, the league's flexible scheduling system has been modified this season to include Monday Night Football games, and increase the amount of cross-flexing (switching) of Sunday afternoon games between CBS and Fox. Games can now be flexed into Monday Night Football similar to how games can be flexed into NBC Sunday Night Football or into Saturdays on the final four weeks of the season. CBS and Fox will still be able to protect a limited number of games involving a specific number of AFC or NFC teams, respectively.[50][51]

Scheduling changes

Week 15: Five games have been set aside to potentially be moved into a tripleheader on Saturday, December 16: Atlanta–Carolina, Chicago–Cleveland, Denver–Detroit, Minnesota–Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh–Indianapolis. Of these games, three will be selected to play on Saturday at 1:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 8:15 p.m. ET, while the remaining two will be scheduled as Sunday or Monday games.[52]

Week 18: Two games with playoff implications are planned to be moved to Saturday, January 6, at 4:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. ET as a Monday Night Football doubleheader. Another game with playoff implications will be moved into Sunday Night Football at 8:20 p.m. ET. The rest will be scheduled as Sunday afternoon games.[53]

Postseason

The 2023 playoffs are scheduled to begin with the wild-card round, with three wild-card games played in each conference. Wild Card Weekend is planned for January 13–15, 2024. In the Divisional round, scheduled for January 20–21, 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 will advance to the Conference Championship games scheduled for January 28. Super Bowl LVIII is scheduled for February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

Notable events

Gambling suspensions

On April 21, the NFL suspended five players, three indefinitely (Detroit wide receiver Quintez Cephus and safety C.J. Moore, and Washington defensive end Shaka Toney), and two for six games (Detroit wide receivers Jameson Williams and Stanley Berryhill) for violations of the league's gambling policy. Cephus, Moore, and Toney can apply for reinstatement after one year, although reports indicated Detroit released both of its players who were suspended indefinitely.[54]

Head coaching and front office changes

Off-season
Team Departing coach Interim coach Incoming coach Reason for leaving Notes
Arizona Cardinals Kliff Kingsbury Jonathan Gannon Fired Kingsbury was fired on January 9, after 4 seasons with the Cardinals. During his tenure, the team was 28–37–1 (.432), with one playoff appearance and no playoff wins.[55]

Gannon, who spent the previous two seasons as the Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator, was hired on February 14. This is his first head coaching position at any level.[56]

Carolina Panthers Matt Rhule Steve Wilks Frank Reich After a 1–4 start, Rhule was fired on October 10, 2022, after 2+ seasons with the team. During his tenure, the Panthers were 11–27 (.289) with no playoff appearances.

Wilks, the team's defensive pass game coordinator and secondary coach, took over as interim coach. This is his second NFL head coaching position, having previously been the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals for one season.[57]

Reich was hired on January 26. As the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2018 to 2022, he compiled a record of 40–33–1 (.547), with 2 playoff appearances and a 1–2 (.333) playoff record.[58]

Denver Broncos Nathaniel Hackett Jerry Rosburg Sean Payton Hackett was fired on December 26, 2022, after a 4–11 (.267) tenure, missing the playoffs in his only partial season with the team.[59]

Rosburg, the team's senior assistant to the head coach, was named interim head coach. This is his first head coaching position; he previously served as the Baltimore Ravens special team coordinator for 11 seasons.[60]

Payton was hired on February 3. In 15 seasons with the New Orleans Saints, he compiled an overall record of 152–89 (.631), with nine playoff appearances, seven NFC South division titles, and a Super Bowl championship. He was the AP NFL Coach of the Year in 2006.[61]

Houston Texans Lovie Smith DeMeco Ryans Smith was fired on January 8 after one season, compiling a record of 3–13–1 (.206) and missing the playoffs.[62]

Ryans was hired on January 31. A former Texans linebacker and defensive assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers since 2017, this is his first NFL head coaching position.[63]

Indianapolis Colts Frank Reich Jeff Saturday Shane Steichen Reich was fired on November 7, 2022, after starting the season 3–5–1 (.389). In 5+ seasons with the Colts, Reich was 40–33–1 (.547), with 2 wild card playoff appearances and a playoff record of 1–2 (.333).[64]

Saturday, a 6-time Pro Bowler who played 13 seasons as a center in the NFL (12 of them for the Colts), and consultant for the team, was named interim head coach. His only previous coaching experience at any level was for Hebron Christian Academy in Dacula, Georgia.[65]

Steichen, who spent the previous two seasons as the Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator, was hired on February 14. This is his first head coaching position at any level.[66]

Off-season
Team Position Departing office holder Reason for leaving Interim replacement Incoming office holder Notes
Arizona Cardinals General manager Steve Keim Resigned N/A Monti Ossenfort Keim stepped down on January 9 for health-related reasons. He had served as the Cardinals' GM for 10 seasons.[55]

Ossenfort was hired on January 16. He was previously the Tennessee Titans' director of player personnel from 2020–2022.[67]

Chicago Bears President Ted Phillips Retired Kevin Warren Phillips retired after the 2022 season, after 24 seasons as the Bears' president.[68]

Warren was hired on January 12. He was previously the Big Ten Commissioner from 2020–2023.[69]

Tennessee Titans General manager Jon Robinson Fired Ryan Cowden Ran Carthon Robinson was fired on December 6, 2022, after 6+ seasons as the Titans' GM, despite a relatively successful tenure with the Titans, including 2 AFC South titles, 4 playoff appearances, and an AFC Championship appearance in 2019.

Cowden, the team's vice president of player personnel, served as interim GM for the rest of the season.[70]

Carthon was hired on January 18. He had been in management positions with several teams since 2008, after playing two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts from 2004–2006. His most recent position was as the San Francisco 49ers' director of pro/player personnel since 2017.[71]

Stadiums

Uniforms

Uniform changes
  • Arizona unveiled new uniforms April 20.[74][75] The new designs feature simplified uniform striping. The previous color scheme was retained with silver added as an accent color.[76] A large "Arizona" word mark was added above the numbers on the home uniform and does not appear on the away or alternate uniforms. The home uniform's numbers are accented with a silver outline and forgoes a sleeve pattern included on the alternate and away jerseys. Black remains the primary color of the alternate uniform. Its numbers are red with a silver outline. Arizona's primary helmet was modified to feature silver facemasks, silver reflective flakes on the shell, and a larger logo.[77][78]
  • Carolina announced an adjustment in the team's shade of blue. The team will retain its preexisting uniform design otherwise.[79]
  • Detroit unveiled a modification to their uniform template as part of their initiatives which celebrate the team's 90th season in the city.[80]
  • The Los Angeles Rams will feature a new alternate uniform.[81]
  • Philadelphia announced the return of their Kelly green throwback uniforms for the 2023 season on March 29, 2022. According to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, this version will be modeled after the set worn from 1985–1995.[82] The Eagles last featured Kelly green uniforms during the 2010 season.[83][84]
  • Seattle announced that they would reintroduce their 1990s era uniforms as a part of the "NFL's classic uniform program" during the 2023 season on November 27, 2022.[85]
  • Tampa Bay announced the return of the throwback "creamsicle" uniforms worn from 1976–1996 on February 28, 2022. The team intended to wear the design during the 2022 season but delayed its reintroduction until 2023, citing supply chain issues.[86] The team will wear this design for the first time since the 2012 season.[87]
  • Tennessee will wear an iteration of a Houston Oilers-era uniform for one home game.[88][89] The Titans last wore Oilers uniforms during the 2009 season as part of the NFL's commemoration of the American Football League's 50th anniversary.[90]

Alternate helmets
  • Denver announced that they will wear an alternate helmet for up to two games.[91][92]
  • Detroit will introduce an alternate helmet in 2023.[93]

Patches
  • Detroit will feature a patch that commemorates their 90th season in the city.[94]
  • Indianapolis will wear a patch that commemorates the team's 40th season in the city during their home opener.[95][96]

Media

This will be the first season under new 11-year media rights agreements with CBS, Fox, NBC, and ESPN/ABC, renewing their existing packages through the 2033 season. All four networks retain their respective slates of games (AFC, NFC, Sunday Night Football, and Monday Night Football respectively), digital rights for their respective streaming services (including Paramount+, Peacock, and ESPN+), and rights for their respective Spanish networks (including Fox Deportes, ESPN Deportes and Universo/Telemundo). Changes beginning this season include the following:[97][98][99][100]

  • Flexible scheduling has been expanded to include Monday Night Football, and increase the amount of "cross-flexing" (switching) Sunday afternoon games between CBS and Fox. CBS and Fox will be able to protect a limited number of games involving a specific number of teams from their respective conference.[99][101]
  • There will be three weeks featuring two Monday Night Football games split between ABC and ESPN, expanding from one in the 2022 season.[97][99]
  • NBC will stream one exclusive national game on Peacock per season.[99][97]
  • Fox will air national Christmas Day games as the schedule permits.[102][103]
  • The four broadcasters will now each air one divisional playoff game per season, with ABC/ESPN taking over the slot that was previously rotated annually between CBS and Fox.[99][104]
  • ABC has been added to the annual Super Bowl rotation, with four broadcasters in the following order: CBS, Fox, NBC, ABC.[99]

NBC, CBS and Fox will continue to hold the rights to the extra Wild-Card Weekend playoff games granted by the 2020 expansion, ESPN will continue to hold rights to only a single Wild-Card Game each year.[99][100][102][105][106] NBC Sports holds the rights to three games this season (Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening and Sunday evening, the Sunday evening game will be the third season of their separate seven year deal to air that game). For the first time, the Saturday evening game will be exclusive to the Peacock streaming service (that one-year deal is worth about 110 million dollars)[107] .[106][108] CBS and Fox will air one Sunday afternoon Wild-Card game each.[99][100][102][105] ESPN, with a simulcast on ABC and a Manningcast on ESPN2 will continue to air the Monday evening Wild Card game, their third year out of their five year deal in doing so .[99][100][109]

This will be the second season of a 12-year deal with Amazon Prime Video and Twitch to broadcast Thursday Night Football.[110][111][112] For the first time, Amazon will also air a game on the Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving. Unlike the other Thursday Night Football games, whose free broadcasts are exclusive to sister live streaming platform Twitch, this game will also be carried for free within the main Amazon Prime Video platform.[44][113][114]

The 2023 season will be the second season of scheduling three games on Christmas Day, consisting of a doubleheader split between CBS and Fox, and that week's Monday Night Football contest (which will exclusively air on ABC due to ESPN’s coverage of NBA Christmas games).[115][116] Due to ESPN's coverage of that year's Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, its Monday Night Football game that weekend was instead moved to Saturday, December 30.

NFL Network will continue to televise select regular season games, including four International Series games[43][117]and four late-season games.[118][119] NFL+ will continue to simulcast all local and national primetime regular season games on mobile devices, all out of market preseason games live (national games for mobile devices only), along with replays of all games.[120]

NFL Sunday Ticket

For residential customers in the United States, this will be the first season that the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market sports package will exclusively be on YouTube TV, as well as on YouTube's Primetime Channels service as a standalone subscription option.[121] DirecTV declined to renew its exclusive rights to NFL Sunday Ticket, which it held since the package's debut in 1994.[122][123]

On March 28, 2023, the league announced that it has partnered with RedBird Capital to form a new company called EverPass Media to distribute NFL Sunday Ticket to bars, restaurants, and other commercial venues by way of existing cable and satellite providers, allowing them to continue showing games without having to reconfigure their systems to accommodate a streaming-only platform.[124]

Radio

This will be the second season of a multi year deal with its national radio contract with Westwood One, with its package including rights to all primetime, marquee, and playoff games, along with audio coverage of other events such as the NFL Draft and NFL Honors.

This will also be the second season that Westwood One expands the ability for its broadcasts to be distributed for free via digital platforms, including via local affiliates' "primary digital platforms", and via the NFL app.[125]

Compass Media, ESPN Radio and Sports USA will continue to broadcast select Sunday afternoon games nationally on radio.

International

On February 7, 2023, the NFL announced a new deal with DAZN to become the worldwide rightsholder of its NFL Game Pass streaming service outside of the U.S. and China. DAZN had already held the rights to Game Pass and Sunday Ticket in Canada.[126]

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