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2019 National Football League season
File:NFL100th.png
The NFL's centennial emblem, which will be used throughout 2019.
Regular season
Duration September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05) – December 29, 2019 (2019-12-29)
Playoffs
Start date January 4, 2020
AFC Champions
NFC Champions
Super Bowl LIV
Date February 2, 2020
Site Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Champions
Pro Bowl
Date January 26, 2020
Site TBD
National Football League seasons
 < 2018 2020 > 

The 2019 NFL season will be the 100th season of the National Football League (NFL). The season will begin on September 5, 2019 with the NFL Kickoff Game with the Chicago Bears hosting the Green Bay Packers. The season will conclude with Super Bowl LIV, the league's championship game, scheduled for February 2, 2020, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.

Player movement[]

The 2019 NFL League year and trading period began on March 13. On March 8, teams were allowed to exercise options for 2019 on players who have 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 2018 contracts and who have 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 11 clubs were allowed to contact and begin contract negotiations with the agents of players who were set to become unrestricted free agents.

Free agency[]

Free agency began on March 13. Notable players to change teams include:

Trades[]

  • March 13: Baltimore traded QB Joe Flacco to Denver for their 2019 fourth round selection (113th overall).
  • March 13: Denver traded QB Case Keenum and a 2020 seventh round selection to Washington for their 2020 sixth round selection.
  • March 13: The New York Giants traded WR Odell Beckham Jr. and DE Olivier Vernon to Cleveland for G Kevin Zeitler, SS Jabrill Peppers, their 2019 first round selection (17th overall), and their 2019 third round selection (95th overall)
  • March 13: Pittsburgh traded OT Marcus Gilbert to Arizona for their 2019 sixth round selection (207th overall).
  • March 13: Philadelphia traded DE Michael Bennett and a 2020 seventh round selection to New England for their 2020 fifth round selection.
  • March 13: Pittsburgh traded WR Antonio Brown to Oakland for their 2019 third round selection (66th overall) and their 2019 fifth round selection (141st overall).
  • March 13: Oakland traded G Kelechi Osemele and their 2019 sixth round selection (196th overall) to the New York Jets for their 2019 fifth round selection (140th overall).
  • March 13: Tampa Bay traded WR DeSean Jackson and their 2020 seventh round selection to Philadelphia for their 2019 sixth round selection (197th overall).
  • March 13: Kansas City traded OLB Dee Ford to San Francisco for their 2020 second round selection.
  • March 15: Miami traded QB Ryan Tannehill and their 2019 sixth round selection (188th overall) to Tennessee for their 2019 seventh round selection (233rd overall) and their 2020 fourth round selection.
  • March 28: Miami traded DE Robert Quinn to Dallas for their 2020 sixth round selection.
  • March 28: Chicago traded RB Jordan Howard to Philadelphia for their 2020 sixth round selection.
  • April 1: Cleveland traded DE Emmanuel Ogbah to Kansas City for SS Eric Murray.
  • April 23: Seattle traded DE Frank Clark and their 2019 third round selection (92nd overall) to Kansas City for their 2019 first round selection (29th overall), their 2019 third round selection (84th overall), and a 2020 second round selection.
  • April 26: Arizona traded QB Josh Rosen and a 2020 fifth round selection to Miami for their 2019 second round selection (62nd overall).
  • April 27: San Francisco traded LB Dekoda Watson and their 2019 sixth round selection (212th overall) to Denver in exchange for their 2019 fifth round selection (148th overall).
  • April 27: Indianapolis traded DE Hassan Ridgeway to Philadelphia in exchange for their 2019 seventh round selection (246th overall).
  • April 29: New England traded TE Jacob Hollister to Seattle in exchange for their 2020 seventh round selection.
  • May 6: Oakland traded K Eddy Pineiro to Chicago for their 2021 seventh round selection.
  • May 15: The New York Jets traded LB Darron Lee to Kansas City for their 2020 sixth round selection.

Retirements[]

Other retirements

Draft[]

For more details on this topic, see 2019 NFL Draft.

The 2019 NFL Draft was held from April 25–27 in Nashville, Tennessee.[22] The Arizona Cardinals selected Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray with the first overall selection.

Officiating changes[]

Combined with the 2018 offseason retirements of Ed Hochuli, Terry McAulay, Gene Steratore, and Jeff Triplette, the league has been forced to replace seven of its 17 referee positions within a two-year period.[25]

In July 2019, the NFL announced that all of the league's officials would return to part-time status. For the previous two seasons, under a pilot program, a small number of NFL officials were classified as full-time employees of the NFL.[29]

Rule changes[]

The following rule changes have been approved for the 2019 season at the NFL owners' meeting on March 26, 2019:[30]

  • Make permanent the experimental kickoff rules from the 2018 season.
  • Abolish all blindside blocks anywhere on the field (personal foul, 15 yards).
  • Allow as a one-year experiment to make the following plays reviewable, subject to coaches' challenges outside of the final 2:00 of each half, and subject to booth review after the two-minute warning of each half:
    • Pass interference, whether called or not (modified in June 2019)
    • Scoring plays and turnovers negated by penalties.
    • Any extra point or two-point conversion attempt.
  • Change how double fouls are enforced after a change in possession; the last team to possess retains the ball at the spot of enforcement. If the enforcement spot is after a touchback, the ball is placed at the 20 yard line (after punt) or 25 yard line (free kick). If the spot of enforcement is in the end zone, the ball is placed at the one yard line.
  • Make scrimmage kick rules apply if a missed field goal is touched in the end zone before hitting the ground, and if the ball is touched by either team behind the line of scrimmage.
  • Allow teams to enforce a personal foul or unsportsmanlike conduct penalty committed during a touchdown on either the try (PAT or two point conversion) or on the ensuing kickoff.
  • Allow officials to disqualify players for flagrant "football" plays in addition to "non-football" plays.

An additional rule change builds upon a rule originally passed in 2018. The league limited football helmets to a list of 34 league-approved models, up from the 23 originally approved in 2018. The grandfather clause allowing existing players to wear their previous non-approved helmets will expire, and 32 of the league's players will be required to change helmets (most prominently Tom Brady, whose Riddell VSR-4 was one of ten now-banned models still in use in 2018).[31]

In May 2019, the league banned Oklahoma drills, "bull in the ring," and other "high-contact drills" from team practices.[32]

In June 2019 the league clarified the March 2019 temporary rule change regarding review of pass interference plays as follows:[33]

  • The initial rule passed in March 2019 regarding review of pass interference remains intact.
  • A ruling will only be changed if there is clear and obvious evidence that pass interference did or did not occur (as is the standard for any other replay review).
  • All pass plays are subject to review for pass interference, including the "Hail Mary" play.

2019 deaths[]

Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame[]

Pat Bowlen
Bowlen was the owner of the Denver Broncos from 1984 until his death. His Broncos won the Super Bowl three times during his tenure (XXXII, XXXIII and 50) and, on average, were one of the winningest teams in the NFL. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2019. Bowlen died June 13, age 75, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Under the terms of a succession plan, the team will be operated by a trust headed by longtime executive Joe Ellis until it can be determined which of Bowlen's five surviving children will inherit the team.[34]
Forrest Gregg
Gregg, an offensive guard, spent 14 years of his 15-season playing career with the Green Bay Packers, a member of the Packers' 1960s dynasty as well as the Dallas Cowboys' Super Bowl VI winning squad in his final season of play. Gregg was inducted into the Hall in his first year of eligibility as part of the Class of 1977. He also had a less illustrious coaching career in the NFL, college football and Canadian Football League in the late 1970s, 1980s and into the 1990s, most successfully leading the 1981 Cincinnati Bengals to an AFC championship and a loss in Super Bowl XVI. Gregg died April 12, age 85.
Gino Marchetti
Marchetti was a defensive end that played 14 seasons in the NFL. 13 of them were spent with the Baltimore Colts, winning 2 NFL championships, getting selected to 11 Pro Bowls, and making 9 First-team All-Pro with the Colts. Gino was inducted into the Hall with the class of 1972. Gino died on April 29 at the age of 92.
Bart Starr
Starr played quarterback for 16 seasons in the NFL from 1956 to 1971, all of them with the Green Bay Packers, and was undisputed starter for the last 12 of those seasons. He was the starting quarterback for the Packers for all five of the NFL Championships the team won in the 1960s and was Most Valuable Player for the first two World Championship Games. He also had a nine-season run as the Packers' head coach from 1975 to 1983, though this was less successful as he only twice had a winning season (one of those being shortened by a strike, which was also his only playoff appearance as a coach). Starr was inducted into the Hall, along with his teammate Forrest Gregg, as a member of the Class of 1977. He died May 26, age 85.

Others[]

Preseason[]

Training camps for the 2019 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.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, scheduled for August 1, 2019, will be televised nationally by NBC. The game will be held at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, the same city where the league was founded 99 years prior. The game will feature the Denver Broncos (whose owner Pat Bowlen and former cornerback Champ Bailey are being inducted) against the Atlanta Falcons (Tony Gonzalez played the last five years of his career with the Falcons).[35]

On August 17, the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams will play a preseason game at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, the former home of the Pro Bowl.[36]

On August 22, the Oakland Raiders will host the Green Bay Packers at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg, home of the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers; it will be the first NFL game on Canadian soil since the end of the Bills Toronto Series in 2013.[37] Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan was another potential site for the game, and the teams secured the cooperation of the city and local sports promoter On Ice Management, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders vetoed the proposal; the Roughriders feared they would be unable to reconfigure the field from NFL to CFL standards in time for the Roughriders' August 24 home game.[38] (The Winnipeg Blue Bombers play on the road that weekend and thus do not have a scheduling conflict.)

NFL centennial promotions[]

On October 18, 2018, the NFL announced that it would commemorate its 100th season throughout 2019, beginning at Super Bowl LIII. An NFL 100 emblem will be featured in promotions across all NFL properties during the season, worn on jerseys as a patch, placed on game balls, and painted on fields.[39][40]

The Chicago Bears (who, as the Decatur Staleys, were one of the 14 charter members of the league) will also celebrate their centennial season with commemorative events throughout 2019. On November 15, 2018, the team unveiled a customized version of the league-wide centennial emblem (which will be worn on jerseys in place of the NFL-branded version), and announced that the team would introduce a throwback jersey.[41]

The NFL aired a special two-minute commercial during Super Bowl LIII to launch the centennial campaign, which featured appearances by 40 current and former NFL players[42], NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, NFL officials Ron Torbert and Sarah Thomas, viral teenage girl football star Sam Gordon[43], and video game streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins. The commercial won the annual Super Bowl Ad Meter survey held by USA Today, marking the first time that the NFL itself won.[44]

The league purposely scheduled a weekly game to honor landmark moments in NFL history:[45]

Week Opponents Significance
1 Packers vs. Bears League's longest running rivalry
2 Browns vs. Jets First Monday Night Football contest
3 Dolphins vs. Cowboys Super Bowl VI
4 Chargers vs. Dolphins Epic in Miami
5 Bills vs. Titans Music City Miracle
6 Giants vs. Patriots Super Bowls XLII (David Tyree's helmet catch spoils the perfect regular season) and XLVI
7 Raiders vs. Packers Super Bowl II
8 Packers vs. Chiefs Super Bowl I
9 Vikings vs. Chiefs Super Bowl IV
10 Falcons vs. Saints Rivalry game, Saints' return to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina
11 Patriots vs. Eagles Super Bowls XXXIX and LII (Philly Special)
12 Raiders vs. Jets Heidi Game
13 49ers vs. Ravens Super Bowl XLVII (The Harbaugh Bowl)
14 Bengals vs. Browns Battle of Ohio (state where NFL was founded), both teams founded by Paul Brown
15 Colts vs. Saints Super Bowl XLIV
16 Raiders vs. Chargers Rivalry game, Holy Roller play

The Week 17 historic Game of the Week will be determined as that week approaches.

Regular season[]

The 2019 regular season's 256 games will be played over a 17-week schedule that will begin on September 5, 2019. Each of the league's 32 teams will play a 16 game schedule, with one bye week. There will be games on Monday nights and on Thursdays, Including the National Football League Kickoff game and games on Thanksgiving Day. The regular season will conclude with a full slate of 16 games, will be scheduled for December 29, all of which will be intra-division matchups, as it had been since 2010.

Scheduling formula

Under the NFL's current scheduling formula, each team plays the other three teams in its own division twice. In addition, a team plays against all four teams in one other division from each conference. The final two games on a team's schedule are against the two remaining teams in the same conference that finished in the same position in their respective divisions (e.g., the team that finished fourth in its division will play all three other teams in the conference that also finished fourth). The division parings for 2019 will be as follows:

    Intra-conference
AFC East vs AFC North
AFC West vs AFC South
NFC East vs NFC North
NFC West vs NFC South

    Inter-conference
AFC East vs NFC East
AFC North vs NFC West
AFC South vs NFC South
AFC West vs NFC North

The entire schedule was released on April 17, 2019. Highlights of the 2019 season include:

  • NFL Kickoff Game: The Kickoff Game is scheduled for September 5. The Chicago Bears will host the Green Bay Packers for the game in honor of the Bears' and the NFL's centennial season, a game announced on March 25 ahead of the rest of the schedule. The move breaks with league tradition that gives the defending Super Bowl champion the hosting rights to the first game of the season; the New England Patriots will instead host the Sunday Night Football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.[46]
  • NFL International Series: Five games will be held outside the United States in 2019. In addition to the Jacksonville Jaguars and the three teams hosting an annual game abroad as part of their relocation agreements (the Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, and Oakland Raiders), the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will also host a home game abroad in 2019 as part of their agreement to host Super Bowl LV in 2021.[47][48]
    • NFL London Games: Four games will be played in London in 2019: The Oakland Raiders will host the Chicago Bears and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will host the Carolina Panthers on October 6 and October 13 respectively at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Los Angeles Rams will host the Cincinnati Bengals and the Jacksonville Jaguars will host the Houston Texans on October 27 and November 3 respectively at Wembley Stadium. The Texans and Panthers will be making their first trips to London and leave the Green Bay Packers as the only NFL team to have not played a game in London.[49][50]
    • NFL Mexico Game: The Los Angeles Chargers will host the Kansas City Chiefs at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on November 18.[51]
  • Thanksgiving Day: As has been the case since 2006, three games will be played on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, including the traditional afternoon doubleheader hosted by the Detroit Lions (hosting the Chicago Bears) and the Dallas Cowboys (hosting the Buffalo Bills). The Atlanta Falcons will host New Orleans Saints in the Thanksgiving night game on NBC, the second consecutive year that matchup is played on Thanksgiving.

Saturday flexible scheduling[]

When the entire season schedule was released on April 17, the league announced Saturday games in Week 16. The final times of these games will be announced no later than Week 8. Of the following five match-ups – 49ers–Rams, Bills–Patriots, Lions–Broncos, Raiders–Chargers, and Texans–Buccaneers – three will be moved to Saturday, December 21 on the NFL Network, while the remaining two games will be played on Sunday, December 22 on either CBS or Fox.

Postseason[]

The 2019 Playoffs are scheduled to begin on the weekend of January 4–5, 2020, with the Wild Card Playoff Round. The four winners of these games will visit the top two seeds in each conference in the Divisional Round games, scheduled for January 11–12. The winners of those games will advance to the Conference Championships scheduled for January 19. The 2020 Pro Bowl will be held at a site to be announced, scheduled for January 26. Super Bowl LIV, scheduled for February 2, will be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

The start times for the Divisional Round games on Sunday, January 12, will be moved back to 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET (as is already the case with the conference championship games), rather than the typical 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. windows used for this round in prior seasons.[52]

Head coaching and front office personnel changes[]

Head coaches[]

Off-season[]

Team Departing coach Interim coach Incoming coach Reason for leaving Notes
Arizona Cardinals Wilks, SteveSteve Wilks Kingsbury, KliffKliff Kingsbury Fired Wilks was fired on December 31, 2018, after one season in which he accrued a record of .188.[53] He later joined the Cleveland Browns as a defensive coordinator.[54]

Kingsbury, who had spent most of the previous six seasons as head coach of Texas Tech, was hired on January 8, 2019.[55]

Cincinnati Bengals Lewis, MarvinMarvin Lewis Taylor, ZacZac Taylor Mutual decision Lewis and the Bengals mutually agreed to part ways on December 31 after a .375 season. In 16 years as the Bengals' head coach, Lewis was .518, with 7 playoff appearances. Famously, the Bengals never won a playoff game under Lewis and had missed the playoffs in each of his last three seasons.[56] Lewis joined NFL Network as a commentator for Alliance of American Football games shortly after his departure.[57]

Taylor was officially named as head coach on February 5, 2019. This is his first experience as head coach after serving as the Los Angeles Rams' quarterbacks coach and at 35 years old, is now currently the 2nd youngest active coach in the NFL, after Sean McVay, whom coaches Taylor's former team, the Rams.[58]

Cleveland Browns Jackson, HueHue Jackson Williams, GreggGregg Williams Kitchens, FreddieFreddie Kitchens Fired Jackson was fired on October 29, 2018, accumulating a .088 record during his 2½-season tenure with the Browns. Jackson failed to win any away games during his tenure and lost every game in 2017.[59] He rejoined the Cincinnati Bengals as an assistant coach immediately after his firing. Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams finished out the 2018 season with a .625 record. Released by the Browns on January 9, 2019, Williams later joined the New York Jets as a defensive coordinator.[60]

Kitchens was promoted to head coach on January 12, 2019, after serving as the interim offensive coordinator following Jackson's firing. This is his first head coaching position.[61]

Denver Broncos Joseph, VanceVance Joseph Fangio, VicVic Fangio Joseph was fired on December 31, 2018, after a .375 season. The Broncos were .344 in Joseph's two losing seasons as head coach, with no playoff appearances.[62] He joined the Arizona Cardinals as a defensive coordinator.[63]

Fangio, a first-time head coach with over 30 years experience as an assistant dating back to the USFL, most recently as defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears, was hired on January 10, 2019.[64]

Green Bay Packers McCarthy, MikeMike McCarthy Philbin, JoeJoe Philbin LaFleur, MattMatt LaFleur McCarthy was fired on December 2, 2018, shortly after the Packers' loss to the Arizona Cardinals. McCarthy leaves with a record of .613 with nine playoff appearances and one Super Bowl championship. Philbin, the team's offensive coordinator, finished the season as interim coach with a record of .500.[65]

LaFleur was hired on January 8, 2019. Previously the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans in 2018, this is his first head coaching position.[66]

Miami Dolphins Gase, AdamAdam Gase Flores, BrianBrian Flores Gase was fired on December 31, 2018, after a .438 season. The Dolphins were .479 in Gase's three years as head coach, with one playoff appearance in 2016.[67] He was later hired by Dolphins' division rivals, the New York Jets, as head coach.[68]

Flores, formerly the New England Patriots' long time assistant, recently as linebackers coach, was announced as head coach on February 5, 2019. After being with the Patriots organization since their 2004 Super Bowl-winning season, this is his first head coaching position.[69]

New York Jets Bowles, ToddTodd Bowles Gase, AdamAdam Gase Bowles was fired on December 30, 2018, finishing the season with a record of .250 and a cumulative record of .375 with no playoff appearances in four seasons with Jets.[70] He joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a defensive coordinator.[71]

Gase, who was previously the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, posting a .479 record in three seasons, was hired on January 11, 2019.[68]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Koetter, DirkDirk Koetter Arians, BruceBruce Arians Koetter was fired on December 30, 2018, after a .313 season. The Buccaneers were .396 in Koetter's three years as head coach, with no playoff appearances. Previously, Koetter was Buccaneers' offensive coordinator for one season in 2015.[72] He rejoined the Atlanta Falcons as an offensive coordinator.[73]

Arians was announced as the Buccaneers' new head coach on January 8, 2019. He was previously the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals for five seasons with .619 record from 2013 to 2017, leading them to an NFC Championship Game appearance in 2015.[74]

Front office personnel[]

Off-season[]

Team Position Departing office holder Interim replacement Incoming office holder Reason for leaving Notes
Baltimore Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome Eric DeCosta Retired The Ravens announced on February 2, 2018 that Newsome would retire after 16 years as the team's GM and that Eric DeCosta, most recently the Ravens' assistant GM, would succeed Newsome.[75] Newsome was the first African-American to occupy the GM position in the NFL.[76]
Oakland Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie Shaun Herock Mike Mayock Fired McKenzie was fired on December 10, 2018, after six-plus seasons as Raiders' GM.[77] Herock, team's director of college scouting, served as the Raiders’ interim GM until the team settled on a full-time replacement.

Mayock had previously been a television commentator for the past 26 seasons and has never held a front office position.[78]

New York Jets GM Mike Maccagnan Adam Gase Joe Douglas Maccagnan was fired on May 15, 2019 after four seasons; vice president of player personnel Brian Heimerdinger was also dismissed. Head coach Adam Gase was named interim GM. [79] Douglas was named the new GM on June 7, 2019. [80]
Houston Texans GM Brian Gaine Chris Olsen TBA Gaine was unexpectedly fired on June 7, 2019 after only one season. [81]

Stadiums[]

This will be the third and final season for the Los Angeles Chargers at ROKiT Field at Dignity Health Sports Park[82] and this will also be the fourth and final season for the Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Both the Chargers and the Rams will move to Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California in 2020. This will also be the final season for the Oakland Raiders at RingCentral Coliseum.

A buyout window in the Buffalo Bills' lease on New Era Field opens after the 2019 season ends. The window allows the team to cancel its lease on the stadium for a $28 million fee and relocate. If the Bills choose not to exercise the buyout window, they will not be allowed to relocate until the lease expires after the 2022 season.[83]

Raiders relocation[]

Main article: Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas

The Oakland Raiders' lease on Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (renamed RingCentral Coliseum under a naming rights sale in May 2019)[84] expired after the 2018 season. The team is slated to move to Las Vegas, Nevada once Las Vegas Stadium is completed; it is currently scheduled to open in 2020. The Coliseum management has expressed a reluctance to allow the Raiders to continue using the Coliseum after the lease expires unless the team pays more to cover the losses the Coliseum incurs by hosting Raiders games. In December 2018, the city of Oakland filed a lawsuit against the Raiders and the NFL seeking financial damages and unpaid debt, claiming the proposed relocation is illegal but not asking for an injunction forcing the team to stay. The Raiders have stated that if any legal action were filed against them, that they would not renew with the Coliseum and find another, undetermined, temporary home for 2019 until Las Vegas Stadium is finished.[85] The Raiders then attempted to negotiate a lease with Oracle Park in San Francisco before the San Francisco 49ers allegedly vetoed the plan as an infringement on their territorial rights and the mayor of the city spoke in opposition to the Raiders playing there.[86]

With the 49ers refusing to waive territorial rights, the Raiders were forced to either renegotiate with the Coliseum[87] or find a temporary stadium outside the San Francisco Bay Area (something that the Raiders management was reluctant to do, though the team acknowledged and considered bids from San Antonio, Texas and Tucson, Arizona). The Raiders, despite reservations about providing funds to the lawsuit being filed against them, opted to negotiate a return to the Coliseum for 2019; a tentative agreement, pending Coliseum and league approval, was announced February 25.[88] The lease agreement was approved by the Oakland Coliseum Authority, the Oakland city council, and Alameda County supervisors by March 21.[89]

Uniforms[]

  • Houston Texans: On April 22, the Texans announced on social media that they would add their primary logo on the back of their jerseys, making this their first uniform update in franchise history.[90] The addition of the logo on the jersey's back makes them the third team in the NFL to do so, after the Arizona Cardinals and Buffalo Bills.
  • Los Angeles Chargers: On April 16, the Chargers announced that they were making their powder blue alternate jerseys the new primary uniforms.[91] In addition to this announcement, they also swapped out their navy blue facemask for gold.
  • New York Jets: On April 4, the Jets unveiled a new uniform.[92] The new uniforms introduce black as an accent color and resemble a modernized version of the uniform layout the Jets used from 1978 to 1997, including a return to green helmets and "TV numbers" on the shoulders.[93]

Media[]

This will be the sixth year under the current broadcast contracts with ESPN, CBS, Fox and NBC. 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 annual Kickoff Game, and the primetime Thanksgiving game. ESPN will continue to air Monday Night Football and the Pro Bowl with the latter being simulcasted on ABC. Fox will continue to air Thursday Night Football alongside with NFL Network, with Amazon Video and Twitch.tv continuing to simulcast those games online in the second and final year of the two sites' current contract. Fox will also broadcast Super Bowl LIV.

In November 2018, ESPN announced that it would air coverage for all three days of the 2019 NFL Draft on ABC, replacing Fox's broadcast television simulcast of NFL Network in 2018. ABC's coverage catered towards a mainstream audience and was hosted by the panel of ESPN's College GameDay, while ESPN and NFL Network continued to carry more conventional coverage of the draft.[94]

Under a newly introduced rule change, local stations in markets with NFL teams will be allowed to air another NFL game opposite the game involving that city's home team, something that had previously been forbidden (this rule had already been waived for the Washington, D.C. market when the Baltimore Ravens are playing at the same time on the opposite network; Washington, D.C. is a secondary market for the Ravens, and league-wide for Week 17 since 2014). This means that all media markets in the U.S. who have CBS and Fox affiliates will have access to three home games every week.[95]

The league has an option to cancel its contract with DirecTV after the 2019 season. DirecTV has had exclusive rights to the league's out-of-market sports package, NFL Sunday Ticket, since the package was introduced in 1994.[96]

Personnel changes[]

On February 28, 2019, Jason Witten announced he would be leaving his color commentator position on Monday Night Football after one season, as he would be pursuing a comeback with the Dallas Cowboys, where he had played tight end for fifteen seasons before joining ESPN in 2018.[97] Witten will not be replaced.[98]

Former referee Jeff Triplette also is leaving Monday Night Football as rules analyst. He is being replaced with John Parry, who retired the same day his ESPN position was announced; Parry is the third rules analyst ESPN has hired in two years, following Triplette and Gerald Austin.[26]

Steve Tasker departed CBS after 21 seasons with the network, 20 as a color commentator and one as a sideline reporter, after CBS declined to renew Tasker's contract. Tasker anticipates moving to radio and calling games for Westwood One for the 2019 season.[99]

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