NFL to release schedule May 12th … The NFL announced this afternoon that the long-delayed release of the 2021 schedule will be on May 12th. The schedule will be announced at 8 PM ET on both the the NFL Network and NFL.com. And of course this year will feature an extra regular season game for each team as the schedule has been expanded to 17 games. The 17th game will feature teams from opposing conferences that finished in the same place within their division the previous season, with the AFC as the home conference for the 17th game in 2021.
