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2024 NFL schedule features 9 playoff rematches, 2 in week 1​

Even though the Super Bowl rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will not occur until almost the midpoint of the season, NFL fans will be treated to a pair of playoff rematches on the opening weekend. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs begin their quest for an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl title when they host the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5 in the kickoff game, while the Los Angeles Rams are at the Detroit Lions in the Sunday night game on Sept. 8. The two playoff rematches in Week 1 are among nine on this year's regular-season schedule, which was released by the league Wednesday night. The Ravens-Chiefs matchup is a rematch of last season's AFC Championship Game, won by Kansas City 17-10. Kansas City heads to San Francisco on Oct. 20, after it defeated the 49ers 25-22 in the second overtime game in Super Bowl history. It also marks the second straight season the Chiefs will have a Super Bowl rematch after they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in a Monday night game last season.

Kansas City will then travel to Buffalo on Nov. 17. The Rams' Mathew Stafford and Detroit's Jared Goff will face their former teams for the third time The rematch of the NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and Lions won't happen until Dec. 30. the Lions will host Tampa Bay on Sept. 15 in a rematch of a divisional-round game won by Detroit. The other playoff rematches are Baltimore at Houston on Christmas Day, Philadelphia at Tampa Bay on Sept. 29 and San Francisco at Green bay on Nov. 24. Including the kickoff game, "Thursday Night Football" and Thanksgiving, 14 teams will play multiple Thursday games. The league amended its policy last season to allow teams to make more than one appearance on Thursday nights.

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2024 NFL schedule features 9 playoff rematches, 2 in week 1​

Even though the Super Bowl rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will not occur until almost the midpoint of the season, NFL fans will be treated to a pair of playoff rematches on the opening weekend. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs begin their quest for an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl title when they host the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5 in the kickoff game, while the Los Angeles Rams are at the Detroit Lions in the Sunday night game on Sept. 8. The two playoff rematches in Week 1 are among nine on this year's regular-season schedule, which was released by the league Wednesday night. The Ravens-Chiefs matchup is a rematch of last season's AFC Championship Game, won by Kansas City 17-10. Kansas City heads to San Francisco on Oct. 20, after it defeated the 49ers 25-22 in the second overtime game in Super Bowl history. It also marks the second straight season the Chiefs will have a Super Bowl rematch after they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in a Monday night game last season.

Kansas City will then travel to Buffalo on Nov. 17. The Rams' Mathew Stafford and Detroit's Jared Goff will face their former teams for the third time The rematch of the NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and Lions won't happen until Dec. 30. the Lions will host Tampa Bay on Sept. 15 in a rematch of a divisional-round game won by Detroit. The other playoff rematches are Baltimore at Houston on Christmas Day, Philadelphia at Tampa Bay on Sept. 29 and San Francisco at Green bay on Nov. 24. Including the kickoff game, "Thursday Night Football" and Thanksgiving, 14 teams will play multiple Thursday games. The league amended its policy last season to allow teams to make more than one appearance on Thursday nights.

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Notable Games Of 2024 NFL Season

DATE	MATCHUP
Sept. 5	Ravens at Chiefs
Sept. 8	Rams at Lions
Sept. 8	Steelers at Falcons
Sept. 8	Titans at Bears
Sept. 9	Jets at 49ers
Sept. 12	Bills at Dolphins
Sept. 15	Bucs at Lions
Sept. 15	Bears at Texans
Sept. 29	Eagles at Bucs
Oct. 20	Chiefs at 49ers
Oct. 27	Bears at Commanders
Nov. 17	Chiefs at Bills
Nov. 24	49ers at Packers
Nov. 28	Bears at Lions
Nov. 28	Giants at Cowboys
Nov. 28	Dolphins at Packers
Dec. 25	Chiefs at Steelers
Dec. 25	Ravens at Texans
Dec. 30	Lions at 49ers

 

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2024 NFL schedule features 9 playoff rematches, 2 in week 1​

Even though the Super Bowl rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will not occur until almost the midpoint of the season, NFL fans will be treated to a pair of playoff rematches on the opening weekend. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs begin their quest for an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl title when they host the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5 in the kickoff game, while the Los Angeles Rams are at the Detroit Lions in the Sunday night game on Sept. 8. The two playoff rematches in Week 1 are among nine on this year's regular-season schedule, which was released by the league Wednesday night. The Ravens-Chiefs matchup is a rematch of last season's AFC Championship Game, won by Kansas City 17-10. Kansas City heads to San Francisco on Oct. 20, after it defeated the 49ers 25-22 in the second overtime game in Super Bowl history. It also marks the second straight season the Chiefs will have a Super Bowl rematch after they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in a Monday night game last season.

Kansas City will then travel to Buffalo on Nov. 17. The Rams' Mathew Stafford and Detroit's Jared Goff will face their former teams for the third time The rematch of the NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and Lions won't happen until Dec. 30. the Lions will host Tampa Bay on Sept. 15 in a rematch of a divisional-round game won by Detroit. The other playoff rematches are Baltimore at Houston on Christmas Day, Philadelphia at Tampa Bay on Sept. 29 and San Francisco at Green bay on Nov. 24. Including the kickoff game, "Thursday Night Football" and Thanksgiving, 14 teams will play multiple Thursday games. The league amended its policy last season to allow teams to make more than one appearance on Thursday nights.

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Notable Games Of 2024 NFL Season

DATE	MATCHUP
Sept. 5	Ravens at Chiefs
Sept. 8	Rams at Lions
Sept. 8	Steelers at Falcons
Sept. 8	Titans at Bears
Sept. 9	Jets at 49ers
Sept. 12	Bills at Dolphins
Sept. 15	Bucs at Lions
Sept. 15	Bears at Texans
Sept. 29	Eagles at Bucs
Oct. 20	Chiefs at 49ers
Oct. 27	Bears at Commanders
Nov. 17	Chiefs at Bills
Nov. 24	49ers at Packers
Nov. 28	Bears at Lions
Nov. 28	Giants at Cowboys
Nov. 28	Dolphins at Packers
Dec. 25	Chiefs at Steelers
Dec. 25	Ravens at Texans
Dec. 30	Lions at 49ers

 

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Former All-Pro RB David Johnson retires after 8 NFL seasons​

David Johnson, who amassed 6,876 yards from scrimmage and 58 touchdowns in eight seasons, announced his retirement from the NFL on Sunday. Johnson, who last played in a regular-season game in 2022, for the New Orleans Saints, made the announcement on instagram. The Arizona Cardinals selected Johnson out of Northern Iowa in the third round of the 2015 draft. Two games into his pro career, his jersey and cleats were sent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, after he became the first player in NFL history to score a rushing touchdown, receiving touchdown and kickoff return touchdown within the first two games of a career.

In his second season, Johnson led the NFL in both yards from scrimmage (2,118) and total touchdowns (20) en route to being selected first team All-Pro and earning the only Pro Bowl selection of his career. Johnson ran for 1,239 yards that season, the only time he surpassed 1,000 rushing yards in his career. He finished his career with 4,071 yards rushing and 2,805 yards receiving. Of his 58 touchdowns, 39 came rushing, 18 receiving and one on a kickoff return. He had 33 rushing touchdowns with the Cardinals, tied for third in franchise history.

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Hall of Fame center Jim Otto, 'Mr. Raider,' dies at 86​

Jim Otto, a Pro Football Hall of Fame center whose iconic No. 00 jersey anchored the middle of the Oakland Raiders' offensive line for 15 seasons, has died at age 86. The Raiders, who moved from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020, announced his death Sunday night, calling him "The Original Raider." The cause of death was not immediately known. Otto was the dominant center of his era -- many would argue of any era -- as he had a singular goal: "Never will they kick my butt." Indeed, Otto did most of the kicking in a 15-year career that never saw him miss a game. From the AFL's initial season of 1960 through the 1970 AFL-NFL merger and his retirement following the 1974 season, Otto started 210 straight regular-season games, 223 including the playoffs, and was a Pro Bowler 12 times, a first-team All-Pro selection 10 times. He was known later in life as "Pops" in the Raiders organization.

He was the only All-AFL center in the league's entire existence from 1960 to 1969, and he was one of only three players who played in all 140 AFL regular-season games (George Blanda and Gino Cappelletti were the others). In his 15-year career, the Raiders won seven division titles and were AFL champions in 1967, losing to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl II. Otto later returned to the Raiders to work in the front office. Otto was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980, his first year of eligibility. In 2019, he was named to the NFL 100 all-time team. He was undrafted by the NFL but turned himself into the face of a generation of AFL offensive linemen with a grudge against the establishment. Yes, as the team called him, the "Original Raider."

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source: nfl to use optical tracking for yardage ruling in preseason
The NFL has experimented with the system in the past but would need to install it in every stadium for functional use in the regular season. The league's competition committee approved the matter in March. It is not on the agenda at this week's owners meetings in Nashville.

nfl announces pittsburgh to host draft in 2026
Pittsburgh will host the 2026 NFL draft, the league announced at its spring meetings Wednesday, marking the first time the city has hosted the draft since the event moved out of New York in 2015. Green Bay is slated to host the 2025 NFL draft, and Detroit hosted the 2024 edition last month, setting a record with more than 775,000 fans in attendance.

 

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texans, wr nico collins agree to 3-year, $72.75m extension
Collins, 25, is coming off a career-best season in which he had 80 receptions (ranked 23rd in the NFL last season) for 1,297 yards (ranked 8th) and eight touchdowns (tied for 8th) in 15 games.

49ers sign wide receiver jauan jennings through 2025
A former seventh-round pick out of Tennessee, Jennings has played in 45 regular season games with 78 catches for 963 yards and seven touchdowns while also serving as one of the team's best outside run blockers.

 

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Chiefs gift helmet to President Biden during White House visit​

President Joe Biden saw it as an omen for his upcoming reelection attempt that the Kansas City Chiefs were back at the White House on Friday, being honored as Super Bowl champions for the second year in a row. Biden noted that the Chiefs were the NFL's first repeat champions in 20 years. He paused and then said, "Back to back. I like that." The Chiefs seemed at home on a sunny, warm afternoon. They arrived at the ceremony on the South Lawn via dual staircases from the White House, with wide receiver Rashee Rice leading the way in one of the lines. Several players, including Rice, paused for photos at the podium in the White House briefing room. During the ceremony, Biden mentioned the shooting after the Super Bowl championship parade in February and the role that many players and coaches had in providing comfort to fans.

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Sources: Falcons, Eagles tampering rulings likely this week​

A resolution in the alleged free agent tampering cases of the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles is likely to come this week, per league sources. The Falcons have been investigated for the contact they may or may not have had with then-free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins before he signed with Atlanta. The Eagles have been investigated for the contact they may or may not have had with then-free agent running back Saquon Barklry. The NFL has spoken to various members of both organizations. One league source indicated that the Falcons' alleged transgressions are considered more significant, and the discipline is expected to be more severe for Atlanta. In the past, the league has taken tampering seriously and disciplined teams accordingly.

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Colts' NFLPA rep Ryan Kelly: 18 games would be 'too many games'​

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's vision of adding an 18th regular-season game to the schedule will certainly be met with resistance from the NFL Players Association. Kelly's comments likely foreshadow what will be significant pushback from the union, which reluctantly agreed to the expansion from 16 to 17 games in 2021. Goodell did not put a timetable on his goal of migrating to 18 games. The current collective bargaining agreement between players and owners is in place through the 2030 season, but it can be amended or renegotiated. Any change to the length of the season would need to be collectively bargained.

The move to 17 games was a contentious issue among players during the most recent CBA negotiations, with the contract ultimately passing narrowly with 51.5% of players voting in favor. Kelly also addressed a related conversation. The NFLPA has proposed eliminating offseason workouts in favor of an earlier report date ahead of training camp and a ramp-up period leading into camp. The union's position is that the current structure of offseason workouts is not ideal and restricts players' ability to control their own offseason periods. Currently, NFL teams conduct voluntary workouts through April and May with mandatory minicamps typically coming in early June before training camps begin in late July.

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Randy Gregory sues NFL, Broncos over $500K fines for THC use
The complaint said Gregory was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder in 2021 and with post-traumatic stress disorder in February 2023. Gregory was a second-round draft pick of the Cowboys in 2015. He played five seasons with Dallas, where he was suspended numerous times for violating the NFL's drug policies.

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Gregory, who has collected 22 career sacks and appeared in 72 games over seven NFL seasons, signed a one-year deal with the Buccaneers this spring.

Chiefs BJ Thompson awake, alert after cardiac arrest
Thompson, 25, suffered seizures and went into cardiac arrest Thursday while in a special teams meeting at the Chiefs' practice facility. Thompson regained consciousness Friday and was removed from the ventilator.

 

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College Football Playoff to begin Dec. 20, oppose NFL on Dec. 21​

The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff will kick off with a first-round game on Dec. 20 and conclude with the title game one month later in Atlanta, it was announced Wednesday. The four first-round CFP games will be Dec. 20 and 21. ABC and ESPN will televise games on Friday and Saturday night with an 8 p.m. EST kickoff, while TNT will have the Dec. 21 afternoon games at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. The afternoon games will go up against a pair of NFL games with Houston-Kansas City at 1 p.m. and Baltimore-Pittsburgh at 4:30 p.m. The four first-round games, which will be played on college campuses, will be announced on Dec. 8. TNT has a pair of games through a sublicense with ESPN. ESPN's $7.8 billion deal with the CFP, which was announced in March, allowed it to sublicense games to other networks. Financial terms of the sublicense were not announced.

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Sources: Falcons, Eagles tampering rulings likely this week​

A resolution in the alleged free agent tampering cases of the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles is likely to come this week, per league sources. The Falcons have been investigated for the contact they may or may not have had with then-free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins before he signed with Atlanta. The Eagles have been investigated for the contact they may or may not have had with then-free agent running back Saquon Barklry. The NFL has spoken to various members of both organizations. One league source indicated that the Falcons' alleged transgressions are considered more significant, and the discipline is expected to be more severe for Atlanta. In the past, the league has taken tampering seriously and disciplined teams accordingly.

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Falcons forfeit draft pick, fined for tampering; Eagles cleared​

The Atlanta Falcons on Thursday were docked a fifth-round pick in the 2025 draft and fined $250,000 for violating the NFL's anti-tampering policy related to free agent signings, while the league cleared the Philadelphia Eagles of tampering while signing running back Saquon Barkley this offseason. The tampering violations for the Falcons were a result of "improper contact" with three players prior to their official unrestricted free agency period: quarterback Kirk Cousins, wide receiver Darnell Mooney and tight end Chris Woemer. In addition to the team penalties, the NFL fined Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot $50,000.

Teams are allowed to speak only with agents during the 52-hour free agent negotiating window after the start of the new league year and cannot speak directly with players -- unless the player represents himself and doesn't have an agent. Cousins is represented by Mike McCartney, who had announced on social media two days prior to the start of the new league year that the quarterback had agreed to terms with the Falcons.

The NFL did not discover sufficient evidence to support a finding that the anti-tampering policy was violated by the Eagles in the lead-up to signing Barkley. Shortly after Barkley agreed to terms with the Eagles on a three-year, $37.75 million contract in March, his former coach at Penn State, James Franklin, suggested general manager Howie Roseman spoke to Barkley directly during the "legal tampering" period to sell him on playing for Philadelphia, which has a large Nittany Lions fan base. "In coming to this conclusion, the league reviewed phone logs, text messages and other documents related to Philadelphia's free agency and decision to sign Barkley," the league said in a statement. "The NFL also interviewed several members of the organization, including Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni, as well as Barkley and Penn State head coach James Franklin. As with every review, should new evidence be uncovered, the league may reopen the investigation."

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Sources: Jaquars , Trevor Lawrence agree to 5-year, $275M deal
Lawrence is fourth all time in Jaguars history in passing yards (11,770) and passing touchdowns (58) and is 21-31 as a starter (including playoffs). He led the Jaguars to the AFC South title in 2022 and rallied the team from a 27-0 deficit to a 31-30 victory over the Chargers in a wild-card playoff game before losing to the Chiefs in a divisional playoff.

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Lawrence has 60 turnovers in his first three seasons, which includes an NFL-high 21 in 2023 (14 interceptions, 7 lost fumbles).

Dolphins signing 6-time Pro bowl DE Calais Campbell
Campbell eclipsed 100 career sacks last season and, with 105.5, is tied with Elvis Dumervil for No. 32 on the official all-time sacks list (since 1982) and 48th on the unofficial list (since 1960).

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The NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year award winner in 2019, Campbell has been a first-team All-Pro once and made six Pro Bowl appearances.

 

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Chiefs receive Super Bowl rings, set sights on three-peat​

On his way to collect his third Super Bowl championship ring, Patrick Mahomes already was thinking about winning another one. The Chiefs made more than 400 rings to distribute for this championship, their second straight and third in the past five years. Each one contains 529 diamonds, 38 rubies and 14.8 carats worth of gems, according to the rings' maker, Jostens. Among the features: a display celebrating "Tom & Jerry," the Chiefs' name for the play on which they scored the touchdown in overtime that allowed them to beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22. The play, on which Mahomes threw a 3-yard scoring pass to Mecole Hardman, is diagrammed on the ring in coach Andy Reid's writing. The Chiefs have had other celebrations of last season's title, including their championship parade days after winning Super Bowl LVIII and the White House visit with President Joe Biden two weeks ago. To the Chiefs, the ring ceremony ended their 2023 season.

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Lions sighning UFL kicker Jake Bates to 2-year del
Bates, 24, ranked second in the UFL this season with 17 field goals for the Michigan Panthers. That includes a 64-yard game-winning kick in the season opener against the St. Louis Battlehawks -- just two yards less than Justin Tucker's NFL record of 66.

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Bates visited the Lions, Packers and Commanders before opting to stay in Michigan.

Veteran saftey Tony Jefferson ends retirement. join Chargers
Jefferson spent last season as a scouting intern with the Baltimore Ravens after announcing his retirement in May 2023. As an intern, he worked under current Chargers general manager Joe Hortiz, who was then the Ravens' director of player personnel.[size]

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Jefferson last played with the New York Giants in 2022, where he appeared in nine games and had 23 tackles.

 

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Kansas governor signs to offer Chiefs, Royals stadium help​

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation Friday enabling the state to lure the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball's Royals away from neighboring Missouri by helping the teams pay for new stadiums. Kelly's action came three days after the Republican-led Legislature approved the measure with bipartisan supermajorities -- an unusually quick turnaround that signals how urgently Kansas officials consider making the offers. Missouri officials have argued that discussions about building new stadiums are still in the early stages. They said construction of a new one typically takes about three years and pointed out that the lease on the existing complex that includes the teams' side-by-side stadiums doesn't end until January 2031. The Kansas-Missouri border splits the 2.3 million-resident Kansas City area, with about 60% of the people living on the Missouri side.

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