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2022 NFL season

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2022 National Football League season
Regular season
DurationSeptember 8, 2022 (2022-09-08) – January 8, 2023 (2023-01-08)
Start dateJanuary 14, 2023
Super Bowl LVII
DateFebruary 12, 2023
SiteState Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
DateFebruary 5, 2023
SiteCamping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
2022 NFL season is located in the United States
Patriots
Patriots
Bills
Bills
Dolphins
Dolphins
Jets
Jets
Bengals
Bengals
Ravens
Ravens
Steelers
Steelers
Browns
Browns
Colts
Colts
Titans
Titans
Jaguars
Jaguars
Texans
Texans
Broncos
Broncos
Chiefs
Chiefs
Raiders
Raiders
Chargers
Chargers
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2022 NFL season is located in the United States
Cowboys
Cowboys
Giants
Giants
Eagles
Eagles
Commanders
Commanders
Bears
Bears
Lions
Lions
Packers
Packers
Vikings
Vikings
Falcons
Falcons
Panthers
Panthers
Saints
Saints
Buccaneers
Buccaneers
Cardinals
Cardinals
Rams
Rams
Seahawks
Seahawks
49ers
49ers
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The 2022 NFL season is scheduled to be the 103rd season of the National Football League (NFL). The season is scheduled to begin on September 8, 2022, with the defending Super Bowl LVI champion Los Angeles Rams hosting the NFL Kickoff Game, and end on January 8, 2023. The playoffs are scheduled to start on January 14 and will conclude with Super Bowl LVII, the league's championship game, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on February 12.[1]

The Washington Football Team was renamed to the Washington Commanders prior to the start of the season.[2]

Player movement

The 2022 NFL league year and trading period began on March 16. On March 14, teams were allowed to exercise options for 2022 on players with option clauses in their contracts, submit qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents, and submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2021 contracts and fewer than three accrued seasons of free agent credit. 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 combined salary cap). On March 16, clubs were allowed to contact and begin contract negotiations with players whose contracts had expired and thus became unrestricted free agents.

Positions key
C Center CB Cornerback DB Defensive back DE Defensive end
DL Defensive lineman DT Defensive tackle FB Fullback FS Free safety
G Guard HB Halfback K Placekicker KR Kick returner
LB Linebacker LS Long snapper OT Offensive tackle OL Offensive lineman
NT Nose tackle P Punter PR Punt returner QB Quarterback
RB Running back S Safety SS Strong safety TB Tailback
TE Tight end WR Wide receiver        

Free agency

Free agency began on March 16, 2022. Notable players to change teams included:

Trades

The following notable trades were made during the 2022 league year:

  • March 16: Denver traded QB Drew Lock, TE Noah Fant, and DE Shelby Harris along with their 2022 first, second, and fifth round selections, and their 2023 first and second round selections to Seattle in exchange for QB Russell Wilson and a 2022 fourth round selection.[3]
  • March 16: Indianapolis traded QB Carson Wentz and a 2022 second round selection to Washington in exchange for a 2022 second round selection and a 2023 conditional third round selection.[4]
  • March 16: Chicago traded LB Khalil Mack to the Los Angeles Chargers in exchange for 2022 second and sixth round selections.[5]
  • March 16: Indianapolis traded CB Rock Ya-Sin to Las Vegas in exchange for DE Yannick Ngakoue.[6]
  • March 16: Dallas traded WR Amari Cooper and a 2022 sixth round selection to Cleveland in exchange for a 2022 fifth and sixth round selection.[7]
  • March 16: New England traded LB Chase Winovich to Cleveland in exchange for LB Mack Wilson.[8]
  • March 17: Green Bay traded WR Davante Adams to Las Vegas in exchange for a 2022 first and second round selections.[9]
  • March 18: Houston traded QB Deshaun Watson and a 2024 sixth round selection to Cleveland in exchange for 2022 first and fourth round selections, 2023 first and third round selections, and 2024 first and fourth round selections.[10]
  • March 21: Atlanta traded QB Matt Ryan to Indianapolis in exchange for a 2022 third round selection.[11]
  • March 23: Kansas City traded WR Tyreek Hill to Miami in exchange for 2022 first, second, and fourth round selections along with 2023 fourth and sixth round selections.[12]

Retirements

Notable retirements

  • QB Ben Roethlisberger – Six-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion (XL and XLIII), and 2004 Offensive Rookie of the Year. Played for Pittsburgh during his entire 18-year career.[13]
  • FS Eric Weddle – Six-time Pro Bowler, five-time All-Pro (two first-team, three second-team), and Super Bowl LVI champion. Played for the San Diego Chargers, Baltimore, and the Los Angeles Rams during his 14-year career.[14]

Other retirements

Draft

The 2022 NFL Draft is scheduled to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from April 28–30, 2022.[30]

2022 deaths

Pro Football Hall of Fame Members

Don Maynard
Maynard played 15 seasons in the NFL as a wide receiver with the New York Giants, the New York Jets, and the St. Louis Cardinals, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987. He was a four-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro (two first–team, two second–team). He died on January 10 at the age of 86.[31]
Charley Taylor
Taylor played 14 seasons in the NFL as a wide receiver/halfback with the Washington Redskins, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984. He was an eight-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro (one first–team, four second–team). He died on February 19 at the age of 80.[32]

Others

Preseason

Training camps are planned for late July through August.

The preseason is scheduled to begin on August 4 with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. Las Vegas, represented in the Hall of Fame Class of 2022 by Richard Seymour and Cliff Branch, will face Jacksonville, represented by Tony Boselli.[33]

Regular season

The NFL is expected to release its regular season schedule by May 4, 2022.[citation needed] The season is planned to be played over an 18-week schedule beginning on September 8. Each of the league's 32 teams plays 17 games, with one bye week for each team. The regular season is scheduled to end on January 8, 2023; all games during the final weekend will be intra-division games, as it has been since 2010.

Each team plays the other three teams in its own division twice, one game against each of the four teams from a division in its own conference, one game against each of the four teams from a division in the other conference, one game against each of the remaining two teams in its conference that finished in the same position in their respective divisions the previous season (e.g., the team that finished fourth in its division would play all three other teams in its conference that also finished fourth in their divisions), and one game against a team in another division in the other conference that also finished in the same position in their respective division the previous season.

The division pairings for 2022 are as follows:[34]

Four intra-conference games
AFC East vs AFC North
AFC South vs AFC West
NFC East vs NFC North
NFC South vs NFC West

Four inter-conference games (by division)
AFC East vs NFC North
AFC North vs NFC South
AFC South vs NFC East
AFC West vs NFC West

Fifth inter-conference games (by position)
AFC North at NFC East
AFC South at NFC North
AFC West at NFC South
AFC East at NFC West

Highlights of the 2022 season will include:

  • NFL Kickoff Game: The 2022 season is scheduled to begin with the Kickoff Game on Thursday, September 8, hosted by the defending Super Bowl LVI champion Los Angeles Rams.
  • NFL International Series: There will be at least three games in London in 2022. Two will be played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, hosted by Green Bay[35] and New Orleans.[36] Another game, hosted by Jacksonville, will be played at Wembley Stadium.[37] The current agreement to hold regular season games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium runs through 2027.[38] The league will also stage one game in Germany for the first time. The game will be played at Munich's Allianz Arena,[39] hosted by Tampa Bay.[40] A game at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City will be hosted by Arizona.[35]
  • Thanksgiving: As has been the case since 2006, three games are scheduled for Thursday, November 24, with Detroit and Dallas each hosting a contest in the traditional afternoon doubleheader, and a primetime game with opponents to-be-announced at a later date.
  • Christmas: Christmas Day, December 25, falls on a Sunday in 2022. When this occurs (which most recently happened in 2016), the Sunday afternoon games are instead played on Saturday, Christmas Eve, with one or two games on Christmas Day.
  • New Year's Day: New Year's Day, January 1, 2023, lands on a Sunday. When this occurs, the NFL plays a regular Sunday schedule as the college football bowl games and NHL Winter Classic, normally played on New Year's Day, are moved to Monday, January 2.

Scheduling changes

Week 18: Like last season, two games with playoff implications will be moved to the last Saturday of the regular season, January 7. Those games are scheduled to be played at 4:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time that day, and will be airing on ESPN, ABC, and ESPN+. This move will be in the same manner that the final NBC Sunday Night Football game will be announced following the conclusion of Week 17.[41]

Postseason

The 2022 playoffs are scheduled to begin with the Wild Card Round, with three Wild Card games played in each conference. Wild Card Weekend is planned for January 14–16, 2023. In the Divisional Round scheduled for January 21–22, the top seed in the conference will play the lowest remaining seed and the other two remaining teams will play each other. The winners of those games will advance to the Conference Championships scheduled for January 29. Super Bowl LVII is scheduled for February 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.[42]

Notable events

Brian Flores' discrimination lawsuit

See also: Brian Flores § Lawsuit against NFL and teams

On February 1, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores sued the NFL, the Dolphins, the New York Giants, and the Denver Broncos, alleging racism, violations of federal employment law, and that his interviews were a sham meant solely to fulfill the Rooney Rule.[43] The lawsuit also alleges that during Flores' tenure with the Dolphins, team owner Stephen M. Ross pressured him to deliberately lose games, offering him $100,000 for each game he lost in order for the Dolphins to get better draft picks for the following season and that Ross fired Flores after he refused to comply with this pressure.[44] The lawsuit seeks damages and injunctive relief in the form of changes to hiring, retention, termination, and pay transparency practices for coaching and executive positions in the NFL.[45]

Head coaching and front office changes

Head coaches

Off-season

Team Departing coach Interim coach Incoming coach Reason for leaving Notes
Chicago Bears Matt Nagy Matt Eberflus Fired Nagy was fired on January 10 after four seasons with the Bears. During his tenure, the Bears were 34–31 (.523) with one NFC North division title in two overall playoff appearances, both ending with first round losses.[46]

Eberflus, who spent the previous four seasons as the Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator, was hired on January 27. This is his first head coaching position.[47]

Denver Broncos Vic Fangio Nathaniel Hackett Fangio was fired on January 9 after three seasons with the Broncos. During his tenure, the Broncos were 19–30 (.388) with no playoff appearances.[48]

Hackett, who spent the previous three seasons as the Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator, was hired on January 27. This is his first head coaching position.[49]

Houston Texans David Culley Lovie Smith Culley was fired on January 13 after one season with the Texans, finishing with a 4–13 (.235) record and missing the playoffs.[50]

Smith, who spent the previous season as the Texans defensive coordinator and associate head coach, was hired on February 7. This will be his third head coaching position in the NFL. As the head coach of the Chicago Bears from 2004–2012, the team's overall record was 81–63 (.563), with three playoff appearances, three NFC North division titles, and an appearance in Super Bowl XLI, and a 3–3 (.500) playoff record. He also won AP NFL Coach of the Year Award in 2005. As the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2014–2015, the team was 8–24 (.250), with no playoff appearances.[51]

Jacksonville Jaguars Urban Meyer Darrell Bevell Doug Pederson Meyer was fired on December 16, 2021, due to a season full of on-and off-the-field issues. During Meyer's single partial season in Jacksonville, the Jaguars were 2–11 (.154).[52][53]

Bevell, the team's offensive coordinator since 2021, was promoted to interim head coach. This is his second head coaching position, after serving as interim head coach for the Detroit Lions in 2020, where he obtained a record of 1–4 (.200). He finished out the 2021 season with a 1–3 (.250) record.[52]

Pederson was hired on February 3. He was the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 2016 to 2020 with a total regular season record of 42–37–1 (.531), three playoff appearances with a record of 4–2 (.667), two NFC East division titles, and the Super Bowl LII championship.[54]

Las Vegas Raiders Jon Gruden Rich Bisaccia Josh McDaniels Resigned Gruden resigned on October 11, 2021, due to the publication of controversial emails prior to becoming the Raiders head coach. In Gruden's 3+ seasons during his second stint with Oakland/Las Vegas, the Raiders were 22–31 (.415) with no playoff appearances.[55][56]

Bisaccia, the team's special teams coordinator and assistant head coach since 2018, was promoted to interim head coach. This was his first head coaching position after 20 years as an assistant coach in the NFL. He finished out the 2021 regular season with a 7–5 (.583) record, leading the Raiders to a Wild Card playoff appearance.[57]

McDaniels, who spent the previous ten seasons as the New England Patriots offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (and a total of eighteen seasons as an assistant coach with New England in two stints), was hired on January 31. He was the head coach of the Denver Broncos from 2009 to 2010 with a total regular season record of 11–17 (.393) and no playoff appearances.[58]

Miami Dolphins Brian Flores Mike McDaniel Fired Flores was fired on January 10 after three seasons with the Dolphins. During his tenure, the Dolphins were 24–25 (.490) with no playoff appearances.[59]

McDaniel, a former long-time assistant of Mike and Kyle Shanahan who spent the previous four seasons as the San Francisco 49ers offensive and run game coordinator, was hired on February 6. This is his first head coaching position.[60]

Minnesota Vikings Mike Zimmer Kevin O'Connell Zimmer was fired on January 10 after eight seasons with the Vikings. During his tenure, the Vikings were 72–56–1 (.562) with two NFC North division titles in three overall playoff appearances, one NFC Championship Game appearance, and a playoff record of 2–3 (.400).[61]

O'Connell, who spent the previous two seasons as the Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator, was hired on February 16. This is his first head coaching position.[62]

New Orleans Saints Sean Payton Dennis Allen Retired Payton retired on January 25 after 15 seasons with the Saints. His overall record was 152–89 (.631), with 9 playoff appearances, including 7 NFC South division titles, one Super Bowl championship, with a playoff record of 9–8 (.529). He also won AP NFL Coach of the Year Award in 2006.[63][64][65]

Allen, who spent the previous seven seasons as the Saints defensive coordinator, was hired on February 8. This is his second head coaching position; he had previously served as head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 2012–2014, with a record of 8–28 (.222) with no playoff appearances.[66]

New York Giants Joe Judge Brian Daboll Fired Judge was fired on January 11 after two seasons with the Giants. During his tenure, the Giants were 10–23 (.303) with no playoff appearances.[67]

Daboll, who spent the previous four seasons as the Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator, was hired on January 28. This is his first head coaching position.[68]

Front office personnel

Off-season

Team Position Departing office holder Incoming office holder Reason for leaving Notes
Baltimore Ravens President Dick Cass Sashi Brown Retired Cass retired on February 4 after 18 years with the team, during which the Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII.

Brown was hired the same day, effective April 1. He was previously the Cleveland Browns' GM from 2016–2017.[69]

Chicago Bears General manager Ryan Pace Ryan Poles Fired After seven years with the Bears, Pace was fired on January 10.[46]

Poles was hired on January 25. He previously served for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2009 to 2021 in various executive roles and in the final year as the executive director of player personnel.[70]

Las Vegas Raiders Mike Mayock Dave Ziegler After three years with the Raiders, Mayock was fired on January 17.[71]

Ziegler was hired on January 30. He previously served for the New England Patriots from 2013 to 2021 in various executive roles and in the final year as the director of player personnel.[72]

Minnesota Vikings Rick Spielman Kwesi Adofo-Mensah After sixteen years with the Vikings and ten years as the GM, Spielman was fired on January 10.[61]

Adofo-Mensah was hired on January 26. He previously served as the vice president of football operations for the Cleveland Browns from 2020 to 2021 and also served for the San Francisco 49ers in football research and development.[73]

New York Giants Dave Gettleman Joe Schoen Retired After four years as the Giants GM and fourteen years total over two tenures with the team, Gettleman announced his retirement on January 10.[74]

Schoen was hired on January 21. He previously served as the assistant GM for the Buffalo Bills from 2017 to 2021 and also served for the Carolina Panthers and Miami Dolphins in various executive roles.[75]

Stadiums

  • 2022 is the final year on the Buffalo Bills' lease on Highmark Stadium. The Bills are in negotiations with local municipalities and the state of New York regarding a replacement for the aging stadium and have placed an ultimatum demanding a firm agreement on the stadium before the lease expires as a condition of remaining in Western New York.[76]

Uniforms

Uniform changes

  • The former Washington Redskins revealed a new branding as the Washington Commanders on February 2. The Commanders had played the 2020 and 2021 seasons under the moniker "Washington Football Team".[77] They retained their burgundy and gold colors while introducing a new logo and new uniforms.[78]
  • In June 2021, the NFL approved a rule that would allow teams to wear alternate helmets for the 2022 season. The league put a one helmet rule in place in 2013, which forced teams to discontinue throwback uniforms that required a secondary helmet. Thus, with the unveiling of a new alternate set with black helmets, the Washington Commanders became the first team in the league to unveil secondary helmets on February 2.[79]

Media

This will be the ninth and final season under the current broadcast contracts with CBS, Fox, and NBC; while ESPN will be operating under a transitory deal this season before new 11-year contracts for all four broadcasters begin in 2023.[80] This includes "cross-flexing" (switching) Sunday afternoon games between CBS and Fox before or during the season, regardless of the conference of the visiting team. NBC will continue to air Sunday Night Football, the Kickoff Game, and the Thanksgiving night game. And also continuing from the previous season, ESPN's rights to Monday Night Football also allow ABC to simulcast a doubleheader on the final Saturday of the season. Under ESPN's 2022 transitory deal, there will also be one Monday Night Football doubleheader on ESPN and ABC and an International Series game streamed on ESPN+.[80]

The 2022 season will be the first year in which Thursday Night Football will exclusively stream on Amazon Prime Video and Twitch. Fox and the NFL Network opted out of its final season of their 2018–2022 TNF deal, allowing Amazon to take over one season earlier before their original 2023–2033 TNF agreement went into effect.[81] NFL Network will continue to televise select late-season Saturday games.[82]

This will be the final season under DirecTV's deal for exclusive rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market sports package. DirecTV has held exclusive rights since the package's launch in 1994. DirecTV executives have questioned the current value of NFL Sunday Ticket after losing money for the past few years. They cite the fact that they have only been able to attract half of the subscribers needed to break even on the package, and that the league has increased moving games into Monday night, Thursday night, Saturday, and the Sunday morning window for the International Series. In September 2021, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suggested that NFL Sunday Ticket could be more attractive on the digital platform.[83]

Personnel changes

With Brian Griese leaving ESPN for a coaching job with the San Francisco 49ers,[84][85] ESPN announced on March 16, 2022 that it had hired Joe Buck and Troy Aikman—who had been Fox's long-time lead commentary team—to a multi-year deal to become the new lead commentators of Monday Night Football.[86][87]

On March 23, 2022, Amazon announced that Al Michaels (NBC's previous lead play-by-play announcer) and Kirk Herbstreit (a college football analyst for ESPN) would serve as its lead broadcast team for Thursday Night Football.[88][89]

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