2017 NFL season
| 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 |
| Site | Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida |
The 2017 NFL season, the 98th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL), will begin on September 7, 2017, with the defending Super Bowl LI champion, New England Patriots hosting a game. The season will conclude with Super Bowl LII, the league's championship game, on 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 began on March 9 at 4:00 p.m. EST. On March 7, clubs are allowed to contact and enter into contract negotiations with the agents of players who became unrestricted free agents upon the expiration of their contracts two days later. On March 9, clubs will exercise options for 2017 on players who have option clauses in their contracts, submitted qualifying offers to their restricted free agents with expiring contracts and to whom desire to retain a Right of Refusal/Compensation, submitted a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2016 contracts and who have fewer than three accrued seasons of free agent credit, and 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 collected salary cap hit below the actual cap). The 2017 trading period also began the same day.
A total of 496 players became free agents on March 9.
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 August 10. The preseason will begin on the evening of August 3 with the 2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, featuring the Dallas Cowboys hosting the Arizona Cardinals. It will be televised nationally on NBC. The 65-game preseason schedule will end on August 31.
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