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*Six games against other conference opponents (two from each of the other conference divisions; over a six-year period every team will play every other conference opponent home-and-home), and
*Six games against other conference opponents (two from each of the other conference divisions; over a six-year period every team will play every other conference opponent home-and-home), and
*Four teams against all the opponents of a designated division from the other conference (over an eight-year period, every team will play every other team in the other conference home-and-home).
*Four teams against all the opponents of a designated division from the other conference (over an eight-year period, every team will play every other team in the other conference home-and-home).
The season generally begins on the Thursday after [[Labor Day]] and concludes the week after [[Christmas]]. Most games are played on Sunday, with one or more games played on Monday and on Thursday as well. Games are not played on Friday or Saturday during most of the season due to federal laws prohibiting NFL games competing with high school or college games; the league will play some Saturday games once the college football season ends and has very rarely played on Friday.
At season's end, seven teams from each conference (the winners of each division and three "wild-card" teams which are the teams in each conference with the best record among non-division winners), or 14 teams total, make the playoffs. The remaining 18 teams, in strict reverse order of finish, receive the first 18 picks in each of the seven rounds of the subsequent NFL Draft (the NFL does not use a "lottery" system like the [[NBA]]), which can be freely traded between teams subject to league rules (or, if a team is disciplined for conduct, can be forfeited).
At season's end, seven teams from each conference (the winners of each division and three "wild-card" teams which are the teams in each conference with the best record among non-division winners), or 14 teams total, make the playoffs. The remaining 18 teams, in strict reverse order of finish, receive the first 18 picks in each of the seven rounds of the subsequent NFL Draft (the NFL does not use a "lottery" system like the [[NBA]]), which can be freely traded between teams subject to league rules (or, if a team is disciplined for conduct, can be forfeited).
*The third round is the "conference championship", featuring each second round winner; the team with the highest seed hosts.
*The third round is the "conference championship", featuring each second round winner; the team with the highest seed hosts.
*The playoffs culminate in the NFL's championship game, the [[Super Bowl]], featuring the winners from each conference. The Super Bowl is played at a pre-determined location: not until Super Bowl LV would a team play a Super Bowl game in its own stadium (the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] in Raymond James Stadium).
*The playoffs culminate in the NFL's championship game, the [[Super Bowl]], featuring the winners from each conference. The Super Bowl is played at a pre-determined location: not until Super Bowl LV would a team play a Super Bowl game in its own stadium (the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] in Raymond James Stadium).
The league's "all-star game", the Pro Bowl, is played the week before the Super Bowl (and the night before is when regular season awards are announced); as such, in order to avoid injuries which could affect the outcome of the Super Bowl, Pro Bowl players from the Super Bowl participating teams do not play in that game.
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