2017–18 NFL playoffs
| Regular season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | September 7, 2017–December 31, 2017 |
| Playoffs | |
| Start date | January 6, 2018 |
| Super Bowl LII | |
| Date | February 4, 2018 |
| Site | U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Pro Bowl | |
| Date | January 28, 2018 |
The 2017 NFL season, the 98th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL), will begin on Thursday, September 7, 2017, with the defending Super Bowl LI champion hosting a team yet to be determined in the NFL Kickoff Game. The season will conclude with Super Bowl LII, the league's championship game, on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
For the second consecutive year, a team relocated to the Los Angeles metropolitan area, as the former San Diego Chargers announced their intent to relocate to the city on January 12, 2017.
The 2017 NFL League year will begin on March 9, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. ET.
The 2017 NFL Draft will be held on April 27–29, 2017 in Philadelphia.
Training camps for the 2017 season will be held in late July through August. Teams will start training camp no earlier than 15 days before the team's first scheduled preseason game.
Prior to the start of the regular season, each team will play four preseason exhibition games, beginning on Thursday, August 10. The preseason will begin on the evening of Thursday, August 3 with the 2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game which will be televised nationally on NBC. The 65-game preseason schedule will end on Thursday, August 31.
The 2017 regular season's 256 games will be played over a seventeen-week schedule which will begin on Thursday, September 7. Each of the league's 32 teams plays a 16-game schedule, with one bye week for each team. The slate also features games on Monday nights. There are games played on Thursday, including the National Football League Kickoff game in prime time on September 7 and games on Thanksgiving Day. The regular season will conclude with a full slate of 16 games on Sunday, December 31, all of which will be intra–division matchups, as it has been since 2010.
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