By Zachary McMahon –
The NFL released the schedule for the 2024 regular season on Wednesday night as they prepare for the upcoming 2024 season.
The New England Patriots will be starting the season with three out of the first four games on the road. Jerod Mayo will be making his head coaching debut in Cincinnati as they will be facing Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 1 on Sept. 8.
The home opener will be against the Seattle Seahawks at 1 p.m. ET on FOX in Week 2. Then, in the next two games, they will be going to MetLife to face the New York Jets on Thursday Night Football, and then going to the west coast to face the defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers.
After that, they will be playing their next two games at home against the Miami Dolphins and the Houston Texans before going off to London to play the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium.
After the London game, the Patriots will return home to face the Jets for a second time before spending the next two games on the road against the Tennessee Titans and Chicago Bears.
They have a tough stretch in two games facing off against Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams and the Miami Dolphins in late November.
After they face the Indianapolis Colts in Week 13 at Gillette Stadium, the Pats have the bye week in Week 14, which is the latest that teams can have a bye week under NFL rules. After the bye, they will spend the next two games on the road as they face the Arizona Cardinals at Glendale, and then go up to Buffalo to face the Bills.
The final two games will be at home against the Los Angeles Chargers and the Bills for Weeks 17 and 18.
It is slated to be an interesting year for the Patriots to see where they navigate under new Head Coach Jerod Mayo, and it is unclear who will be the starting quarterback at the moment will be as Jacoby Brissett and third overall pick Drake Maye will be vying for the starting role for the upcoming season in training camp and preseason.
The Patriots have the 10th toughest schedule for 2024, as they will face five playoff teams from last season with the rest of the AFC East opponents having tough quarterbacks for the Pats defense to face in Josh Allen, Tua Tagovailoa, and Aaron Rodgers, if they’re all healthy by the time the Pats face their division rivals. They also will face the Bengals, Colts, Titans, and Seahawks who all had records over .500 last season but did not make the playoffs.