2024 NFL season : National Football League 2024

Draft

The 2024 NFL Draft took place around Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza in Detroit, Michigan, from April 25 to 27. Chicago held the first selection, acquired through a trade with Carolina, which had the league’s worst record in 2023. Chicago chose USC quarterback Caleb Williams.

Pro Football Hall of Fame members

Larry Allen

Allen played 14 seasons in the NFL as an offensive guard for the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013. Allen was an 11-time Pro Bowler, seven-time All-Pro (six first-team, one second-team), and a champion of Super Bowl XXX. He was also selected for the 1990s and 2000s NFL All-Decade teams and the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. He passed away on June 2 at the age of 52.

Jimmy E Johnson

Johnson played 16 seasons in the NFL as a cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994. Johnson was a five-time Pro Bowler, eight-time All-Pro (four first-team, four second-team), and won the George Halas Award in 1972. He passed away on May 9 at the age of 86.

Jim Otto

Otto played 15 seasons in the AFL and NFL as a center for the Oakland Raiders and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980. He was a nine-time AFL All-Star and three-time Pro Bowler, earning 12 All-Pro or All-AFL selections (nine first-team All-AFL, one first-team All-Pro, one second-team All-Pro, and one second-team All-AFL). Otto was also selected for the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team and the AFL All-Time Team, and he was a 1967 AFL Champion. He passed away on May 19 at the age of 86.

Joe Schmidt

Schmidt played 13 seasons in the NFL as a linebacker for the Detroit Lions and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973. He was a 10-time Pro Bowler and 10-time All-Pro (eight first-team, two second-team), winning two NFL championships (1953 and 1957). Schmidt was selected for the NFL 1950s All-Decade Team and the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. He also served as the head coach of the Lions for six seasons. He passed away on September 11 at the age of 92.

O. J. Simpson

Simpson played 11 seasons in the NFL as a running back for the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers, and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985. He was a five-time Pro Bowler and five-time first-team All-Pro, winning the 1973 NFL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year. Simpson was also a four-time NFL rushing yards leader (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976), a two-time NFL rushing touchdowns leader (1973, 1975), and the NFL scoring leader in 1975. Notably, he was the first player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season. He passed away on April 10 at the age of 76.

Active personnel

Khyree Jackson

Jackson was a rookie cornerback for Minnesota, selected in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft. He passed away on July 6 at the age of 24 in a car accident.

Joe D’Alessandris

D’Alessandris served as the offensive line coach for Baltimore since 2017. He passed away on August 24 at the age of 70.

Rule changes

The following rule changes for the 2024 season were approved during the NFL Owners’ Meeting held on March 25–26.

• Hip-Drop Tackle The hip-drop tackle, defined as a maneuver where a player “grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms” and “unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee,” has been made illegal. It will be penalized as a personal foul (15 yards) and result in an automatic first down if committed by the defense.
• Coaching Challenges Coaches will receive a third challenge if either of their first two challenges is upheld. Previously, both challenges needed to be successful to earn a third.
• Major Fouls on Change of Possession Major fouls committed by the offense will now be enforced if both teams commit a foul on a play that results in a change of possession. Previously, major fouls by the offense were ignored in such situations.
• Kickoff Rule Changes The following changes for kickoffs will be implemented on a one-year trial basis, subject to renewal in 2025.
• Kickoffs will still be taken from the kicking team’s 35-yard line, but all players from the kicking team, except the kicker, must line up at the receiving team’s 40-yard line.
• The receiving team must have at least nine players in the “set-up zone” (the area between its own 35- and 30-yard lines) and may have a maximum of two returners.
• Except for the kicker and returners, no player on either team may move until the ball touches the ground or a receiving team player. The kicker must also remain behind midfield until those other players are allowed to move.
• Kickoff Landing Zone The kickoff must land in the “landing zone,” which is defined as the area between the 20-yard line and the end zone.If the kick lands short of the 20-yard line, it will be treated as a kickoff out of bounds, and the receiving team will start at its own 40-yard line.
• If the kick bounces into the end zone for a touchback, the receiving team will start at its own 20-yard line.
• If the kick sails into or beyond the end zone for a touchback, the receiving team will begin at its own 30-yard line.
• No fair catch or signal is allowed, and officials will blow the play dead.
• Onside Kicks During the fourth quarter, the trailing team may attempt an onside kick using the pre-2024 kickoff formation. If an onside kick goes untouched beyond the receiving team’s setup zone, the receiving team will gain possession at the kicking team’s 20-yard line.
• Passer Reviewable Rulings Rulings regarding a passer being down by contact or out of bounds before throwing a pass are now reviewable.
• Game Clock Replay Reviews Replay reviews are authorized when there is “clear and obvious visual evidence” that the game clock expired before the snap.
• Trade Deadline The trade deadline has been moved from the Tuesday following Week 8 to the Tuesday following Week 9.

Preseason

The majority of training camps were opened on July 24. The preseason began on August 1 with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, in which Chicago (represented in the 2024 Hall of Fame class by Devin Hester, Steve McMichael, and Julius Peppers) defeated Houston (represented by Andre Johnson).

Regular season

The season will take place over an 18-week schedule starting September 5. Each of the 32 teams in the league will play 17 games, with one bye week included. The regular season is set to conclude on January 5, 2025, featuring intra-division games during the final weekend, a practice established since 2010.

Each team faces the other three teams in its division twice. Additionally, they will play one game against each of the four teams from a division in their own conference, and one game against each of the four teams from a division in the opposite conference. Teams also match up against the remaining two teams in their conference that finished in the same position in their divisions the previous season (for example, a team that finished fourth in its division would play all three other fourth-place teams in their conference). Finally, they will play one game against a team from another division in the opposite conference that also finished in the same position in its division last season

The division pairings for 2024 are as follows

Most watched regular season games……

• TV networks include corresponding Spanish network broadcasts through Telemundo, Universo, ESPN Deportes, Fox Deportes, and SAP.
• For regional windows (such as Late DH), viewership figures include across all regional games on the indicated network and timeslot (for single games this includes games aired in both the early and late slots). Percentage under “Window” refers to proportion of U.S. media markets that received the indicated featured game.

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