The 2024 NFL season continues – and you can follow it every step of the way live on Sky Sports on the road to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

A bumper festive schedule features eight games live on Sky Sports NFL before the end of the year, kicking off on Boxing Day night when the Seattle Seahawks (8-7) visit the Chicago Bears (4-11), with kickoff in the early hours of Friday.

A Saturday triple-header then sees the Los Angeles Chargers (9-6) take on the New England Patriots (3-12) from 6pm, followed by the Denver Broncos (9-6) against the Cincinnati Bengals (7-8) and the Arizona Cardinals (7-8) against the Los Angeles Rams (9-6).

The Philadelphia Eagles (12-3) will look to bounce back from their defeat to the Washington Commanders when they host the Dallas Cowboys (7-8) at 6pm on Sunday, before two NFC Super Bowl contenders collide when the Green Bay Packers (11-4) meet the Minnesota Vikings (13-2), the latter of which still have a shot at the No 1 seed.

The penultimate week of the regular season concludes Monday night as the Detroit Lions (13-2) visit the already-eliminated San Francisco 49ers (6-9).

NFL games live on Sky Sports

Week 17

Thursday December 26 – Seattle Seahawks @ Chicago Bears – KO 1.15am Friday morning

Saturday December 28 – Los Angeles Chargers @ New England Patriots – KO 6pm

Saturday December 28 – Denver Broncos @ Cincinnati Bengals – KO 9.30pm

Saturday December 28 – Arizona Cardinals @ Los Angeles Rams – KO 1.15am Sunday morning

Sunday December 29 – Dallas Cowboys @ Philadelphia Eagles – KO 6pm

Sunday December 29 – Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings – KO 9.25pm

Sunday December 29 – Atlanta Falcons @ Washington Commanders – KO 1.20am Monday morning

Monday December 30 – Detroit Lions @ San Francisco 49ers – KO 1.15am Tuesday morning

NFL 2024 season dates

The 2024 NFL season began on September 5, with reigning Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs beating the Baltimore Ravens in dramatic fashion.

The regular season lasts 18 weeks and ends on January 5 2025.

At the end of the regular season, a total of 14 teams advance to the playoffs, including the teams with the best record in each of the respective four divisions per conference, plus a further three ‘wild card’ teams determined by which teams own the next-best records in each conference.

Three rounds of playoff games – the Wildcard Round (January 11-13), the Divisional Round (January 18-19) and the Conference Championships (January 26) take place before the Super Bowl showpiece.

When is the 2025 Super Bowl?

The 2025 Super Bowl takes place at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9, live on Sky Sports.

It will mark the 11th time the Super Bowl has taken place in New Orleans, the most recent being in 2013.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar will headline the Super Bowl LIX half-time show.

How to follow the 2024 NFL season on Sky

Make sure you tune in to Sky Sports NFL every Sunday at 6pm for the first game of our triple-header of live action. The evening’s entertainment also includes NFL RedZone action as hosted by Scott Hanson, as well as Sunday Night Football to round off the night.

Sky Sports will broadcast two exclusive live games every Sunday throughout the regular season in the 6pm and 9pm slots, while also showing every Thursday Night, Sunday Night and Monday Night match-up as well as the Thanksgiving fixtures.

The Sky Sports NFL channel will meanwhile continue to show the usual NFL Network favourites, including Good Morning Football, Pro Football Talk and Total Access.

Sky Sports+ has officially launched and will be integrated into Sky TV, streaming service NOW and the Sky Sports app – giving Sky Sports customers access to over 50 per cent more live sport this year at no extra cost. Stream The new EFL season, Test cricket and more top sport with NOW.