The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams
JoshuaGoldsmith
Founder, Hawaiian Events
divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC)
The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football in the world
Each NFL season begins with a three-week preseason in August, followed by the 18-week regular season which runs from early September to early January,
with each team playing 17 games and having one bye week
Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference (four division winners and three wild card teams) advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament that culminates in the Super Bowl,
which is contested in February and is played between the AFC and NFC conference champions. The league is headquartered in New York City.