NFL downplays lack of specific date for Super Bowl LXII
The NFL has yet to pick a date for Super Bowl LXII in Atlanta. The game will be played in less than 23 months. PFT has reported that the absence of a specific date flows directly from the possibility that the NFL will move to an 18-game season by 2027.
On Monday, NFL executive V. P. Peter O'Reilly downplayed the absence of a firm date for Super Bowl LXII.
"This is not unique to not have announced a Super Bowl date for Atlanta," O'Reilly told reporters in the press conference announcing that Super Bowl LXIII will be played in Las Vegas. "We’ve done that around this horizon in the past. So, there’s not a lot to necessarily read into that.
Obviously, important flexibility, whether that has to do with future scheduling changes or otherwise. But there’s nothing unique about this moment in time in terms of scheduling. We’ve always had that flexibility going back decades.
" Within that response lurks implicit confirmation: "important flexibility, whether that has to do with future scheduling changes or otherwise. " Under the current formula of 17 games and one bye with the first week landing on the weekend after Labor Day, it's not difficult to pick the date for any Super Bowl. For Atlanta in 2028, it would land on Sunday, February 13.