With the 2023 NFL draft now in the books, the next big event on the NFL calendar is the 2023 NFL season schedule reveal.
Before the dust has settled in Kansas City, we already know when that might be coming for the Chiefs and the rest of the NFL. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league’s scheduling head Howard Katz will soon meet to finalize the schedule for the upcoming season.
Schefter says the league is currently targeting Thursday, May 11 as their release date for the schedule, citing that big quarterback moves such as Aaron Rodgers’ trade to the Jets and Lamar Jackson’s extension have paved the way to move forward.
NFL is targeting Thursday May 11 as the date to release its 2023 schedule, per sources. Roger Goodell and scheduling czar Howard Katz will meet Monday as they continue attempts to finalize it. But with Aaron Rodgers traded and Lamar Jackson signed, the coast is clear to move…
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 30, 2023
There have been some pre-releases of various games in years past. During the first round of the 2022 NFL draft last year, the league revealed the first “Thursday Night Football” game on Amazon, which the Chiefs were a part of. With the draft behind us and no game announcements, it might be a new gimmick they focus on this year.
With more international games coming this year, including an expected matchup between the Bears and Chiefs in Germany, expect that some international games will officially be announced up to a week early. The same thing happened last year.
Teams were also permitted to announce their first home game opponent two hours prior to the full schedule reveal. I expect that will be allowed again to get the hype rolling into the schedule release shows.
You can find a reminder of the team’s home and away opponents here.
