NFL 2023 schedule: Chiefs kick off season as Rodgers faces Bills in Jets debut

The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will host the Detroit Lions on 7 September to kick off the 2023 NFL season.

And NFL fans will get their first look at Aaron Rodgers in a Jets uniform when New York face the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football on 11 September. It will be a tough test for Rodgers in his Jets debut: the Bills have won the AFC East for the last three seasons and have one of the league’s best quarterback-wide receiver duos in Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs.

The NFL will release the full schedule on Thursday night but a few other games have been confirmed. The Jaguars kick off the 2023 International Games against the Atlanta Falcons at Wembley, their 10th game in England as part of a multi-year commitment to play in the UK. That 1 October fixture is followed a week later with another London game when the Bills host them at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The 2023 NFL London games will wrap up on 15 October, when the Tennessee Titans play the Baltimore Ravens at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The schedule then moves to Germany. There will be two games, both at Frankfurt Stadium. The Chiefs face the Miami Dolphins on 5 November and the New England Patriots take on the Indianapolis Colts seven days later.

Back in the US, the Jets and Rodgers will play the Miami Dolphins on 24 November, in the NFL’s first-ever Black Friday game.

The Patriots have also confirmed they will pay tribute to their longtime quarterback, Tom Brady, at their home opener. Brady, who spent 20 seasons with the Patriots and won six Super Bowls with the team, announced his retirement from football earlier in February.

“He’s very excited to come back and see our fans,” Patriots owner Robert Kraft told the NFL Network. “It will be a great, great celebration.”