2017 NFL season

Quarterbacks (Chicago to Miami), Brock Osweiler (Houston to Cleveland)

Jay Cutler

Running backs (Kansas City to Denver), Eddie Lacy (Green Bay to Seattle), Latavius Murray (Oakland to Minnesota), Adrian Peterson (Minnesota to New Orleans), and Mike Tolbert (Carolina to Buffalo)

Jamaal Charles

Wide receivers (Los Angeles Rams to Cleveland), Pierre Garçon (Washington to San Francisco), DeSean Jackson (Washington to Tampa Bay), Alshon Jeffery (Chicago to Philadelphia), Brandon Marshall (New York Jets to New York Giants), Terrelle Pryor (Cleveland to Washington), Torrey Smith (San Francisco to Philadelphia), and Robert Woods (Buffalo to Los Angeles Rams),

Kenny Britt

Tight ends (New England to Green Bay) and Jared Cook (Green Bay to Oakland);

Martellus Bennett

Offensive linemen (Jacksonville to New York Jets), Matt Kalil (Minnesota to Carolina), T. J. Lang (Green Bay to Detroit), Ronald Leary (Dallas to Denver), Russell Okung (Denver to Los Angeles Chargers), Riley Reiff (Detroit to Minnesota), Mike Remmers (Carolina to Minnesota), Ricky Wagner (Baltimore to Detroit), Larry Warford (Detroit to New Orleans), Andrew Whitworth (Cincinnati to Los Angeles Rams), and Kevin Zeitler (Cincinnati to Cleveland).

Kelvin Beachum

Defensive linemen (Arizona to Jacksonville) and Johnathan Hankins (New York Giants to Indianapolis)

Calais Campbell

Linebackers (New England to Indianapolis), Malcolm Smith (Oakland to San Francisco), and Manti Te'o (Los Angeles Chargers to New Orleans)

Jabaal Sheard

Defensive backs (Houston to Jacksonville), Barry Church (Dallas to Jacksonville), Johnathan Cyprien (Jacksonville to Tennessee), Stephon Gilmore (Buffalo to New England), Micah Hyde (Green Bay to Buffalo), Tony Jefferson (Arizona to Baltimore), and Logan Ryan (New England to Tennessee),

A. J. Bouye

Brian Bolinger (Line Judge)

Mark Butterworth (Replay Official)

Mike Carr (Down Judge)

Mike Chase (Replay Official)

Ryan Dickson (Field Judge)

John McGrath (moved from field to Replay Official)

Jimmy Oldham (Replay Official)

David Oliver (Line Judge)

Mearl Robinson (Field Judge)

Brad Rogers (Field Judge)

Danny Short (Line Judge)

Steve Woods (Umpire)

Defensive players are now prohibited from running toward the line of scrimmage and leaping or hurdling over offensive linemen on field goal or PAT attempts, similar to a . Previously this action was permitted as long as the leaper or hurdler did not land on other players.

change made in college football for the 2017 season

Include in the definition of a "defenseless player" receivers tracking the quarterback or looking back for the ball, including inside the legal contact (5 yards from the line of scrimmage) zone.

Egregious hits to the head (similar to the "targeting" rule in NCAA football) will cause the player to risk immediate disqualification.

The replay control center will make the final ruling on reviewed plays instead of the game referee, although the referee can still provide input on reviewable plays.

The sideline replay monitor (the "hood") will be eliminated and replaced with a tablet on the field for the referee to review with the replay control center.

blocks are now prohibited by a backfield player in motion, even if he is not more than two yards outside the tackle box when the ball is snapped.

Crackback

Make permanent the rule that players who commit two certain types of unsportsmanlike conduct penalties (throwing punches/forearms/kicking, even if they do not connect, directing abusive, threatening, or insulting language toward opponents, teammates, game officials or league officials, and using baiting or taunting acts or words that may engender ill will between teams) in the same game risk automatic disqualification.

Extend for a second season the change in the touchback spot after a kickoff or safety free kick to the 25-yard line.

Make illegal actions that would conserve time penalized by the option for a 10-second runoff inside of the two-minute warning of each half or overtime (previously this only applied in the final minute of each half or overtime).

The 10-second runoff rule for replay reversals applies after the two-minute warning instead of the last minute of the half.

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If a team commits multiple fouls on the same down with the intent of manipulating the game clock, the team will be penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct and the game clock will be reset. This change was made in response to both the and the Baltimore Ravens employing this strategy by intentionally holding the defensive players to allow the game clock to run down or run out (in the case of the Ravens' game vs. the Cincinnati Bengals) during the previous season. A team may NOT be disqualified if it is their second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against them.

San Francisco 49ers

In response to the move of from line judge to head linesman for the 2017 season, the NFL renamed the officiating position of the head linesman to "down judge".

Sarah Thomas

: The season started on September 7, featuring Kansas City at defending Super Bowl LI champion New England, with Kansas City winning.

NFL Kickoff Game

NFL International Series

: As has been the case since 2006, three games were played on November 23: Minnesota at Detroit and the Los Angeles Chargers at Dallas in the traditional afternoon doubleheader, and the New York Giants at Washington in the nightcap. Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Washington won these games.^[70]

Thanksgiving Day

games: Christmas Day, December 25, fell on a Monday. Sunday Night Football moved from December 24, Christmas Eve, to Saturday, December 23, with Minnesota at Green Bay. The Sunday afternoon games were played as normal on Christmas Eve. A doubleheader was played on Christmas Day, with a late-afternoon game featuring Pittsburgh at Houston and Oakland at Philadelphia in the normal Monday Night Football game. Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia won these contests.

Christmas

finished with 246 total yards, setting the record for the most total yards (rushing and receiving) in an NFL debut.^[87][88]

Kareem Hunt

Twenty-five teams transitioned to Nike's new uniform template. While most teams have just transitioned to it without any actual changes to the uniforms themselves, the New Orleans Saints,^[194] Cincinnati Bengals,^[195] and Los Angeles Rams^[196] uniforms are the most noticeable in it, fixing their collars in the process.

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The unveiled new uniforms on April 13, 2017, eliminating all black elements from the uniform and logo for the first time since 2002. They added a new alternate uniform as well as a new Color Rush uniform.^[197]

Detroit Lions

The announced they would be switching their primary helmets to white and blue, similar to their Color Rush helmets. The team had fans vote on the color of their facemask, which would be white, and the design of their pants, which would be white with a blue stripe. The Rams also announced that they would explore a full rebrand in the near future.^[198]

Los Angeles Rams

The will wear a patch to commemorate their 50th season.^[199]

Cincinnati Bengals

The have altered their sleeve striping from 3 stripes to 2 stripes.^[200]

San Francisco 49ers

The dedicated their season to former Seahawks defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy, who died on May 23, 2017, by wearing a No. 96 decal on their helmets.^[201]

Seattle Seahawks

The will wear a patch to honor their former chairman, the late Dan Rooney, who died in April, at the age of 84. The patch will feature a shamrock, with Rooney's initials "DMR". The last time the Steelers wore a jersey patch was when Art Rooney died in 1988. They also donned a helmet decal to honor Chuck Noll, who died in 2014.^[202]

Pittsburgh Steelers

The will wear blue jerseys at home on a more regular basis, marking the first time the team has worn blue jerseys at home outside of Thanksgiving games since the NFL allowed teams to wear white jerseys at home in 1964. Despite the team's well-documented blue jersey "jinx", player preference as well as stronger retail sales of the navy blue jerseys over the white ones have prompted the team's decision. The blue jerseys will be worn for "high-profile" games at AT&T Stadium.^[203]

Dallas Cowboys

The wore a No. 14 decal on their helmets to honor Y. A. Tittle, who died on October 8, 2017.^[204] Later, they would wear a "JHT" patch from Week 10 onwards, in honor of Joan Tisch, the mother of Giants co-owner Steve Tisch, who died on November 2, 2017.^[205]

New York Giants

The wore their all-red Color Rush uniforms when they faced the Indianapolis Colts in the aforementioned December 10 "snow game", the first team to do so on a Sunday, and the fourth team overall.^[206]

Buffalo Bills

All current and former winners will wear a patch on their jerseys in perpetuity to acknowledge to recognize their outstanding contributions to the game and to their communities. Similarly, current nominees will wear a decal on their helmets for the rest of the season.^[207]

Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award

The wore their all red color rush jerseys with black numbers against the Saints on December 7, 2017. The numbers were a classic form of numbers. The alternate has the regular Falcon unlike the other alternate. The regular Atlanta Falcons' alternate is a black jersey, with a black helmet, and on the black helmet is the original Falcons logo.^[208]

Atlanta Falcons

DH = doubleheader; SNF =

NBC Sunday Night Football