The 2023 NFL season is finally here!
The season will feature 18 weeks and 272 total games, a follow up to the biggest season ever (17-game schedule started in 2021). We have a full slate of games on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, along with another Christmas tripleheader and an expanded prime-time schedule that will feature plenty of the league's best matchups each week.
This year will see some changes to the CBS and Fox slate, thanks to the new television contract in place. CBS will identify a specific number of teams that it wants to carry for a specific minimum of games, only picking AFC teams since the network has the AFC package (Fox will do the same with the NFC). Under the former contract, CBS aired games between two AFC teams and inter-conference games where the AFC team is on the road. The league could "cross-flex" games between CBS and Fox to expand the presence of noteworthy games.
Games can also be flexed to "Monday Night Football" in the final four weeks of the season, which will increase the amount of "cross flexing games on Sundays between CBS and Fox. The NFL has the flexibility to give no primetime games to teams or give a team a maximum of seven on the season (up from five in the previous television contract).
The 2023 NFL schedule will look different, yet its an exciting change for the league. Here is the 2023 NFL week-by-week schedule:
Note: All times are Eastern. All CBS games can be streamed on Paramount+. All NBC, Fox and ESPN games can be streamed on FuboTV.
Week 1Thursday, September 7
Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:15 p.m., NBC
Sunday, September 10
Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS
Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS
Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., CBS
Tennessee Titans at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., CBS
Arizona Cardinals at Washington Commanders, 1 p.m., CBS
Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., Fox
San Francisco 49ers at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., Fox
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Philadelphia Eagles at New England Patriots, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Miami Dolphins at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, September 11
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 2Thursday, September 14
Minnesota Vikings at Philadelphia Eagles, 8:15 p.m., Prime Video
Sunday, September 17
Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox
Las Vegas Raiders at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS
Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS
Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox
Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS
Kansas City Chiefs at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS
Chicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m., Fox
Los Angeles Chargers at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS
New York Giants at Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m., Fox
San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m., Fox
New York Jets at Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Washington Commanders at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, September 18
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers, 7:15 p.m., ESPN
Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:15 p.m., ABC
Week 3Thursday, September 21
New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers, 8:15 p.m., Prime Video
Sunday, September 24
Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS
Tennessee Titans at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS
Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox
New Orleans Saints at Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox
Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., Fox
Denver Broncos at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles Chargers at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox
New England Patriots at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
Buffalo Bills at Washington Commanders, 1 p.m., CBS
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Chicago Bears at Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Pittsburgh Steelers at Las Vegas Raiders, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, September 25
Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 7:15 p.m., ABC
Los Angeles Rams at Cincinnati Bengals, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 4Thursday, September 28
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers, 8:15 p.m., Prime Video
Sunday, October 1
Atlanta Falcons at Jacksonville Jaguars (London), 9:30 a.m., ESPN+
Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS
Minnesota Vikings at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox
Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., CBS
Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS
Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles Rams at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., Fox
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., Fox
Washington Commanders at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., Fox
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., Fox
Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m., CBS
New England Patriots at Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, October 2
Seattle Seahawks at New York Giants, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 5Thursday, October 6
Chicago Bears at Washington Commanders, 8:15 p.m., Prime Video
Sunday, October 9
