2018 NFL season

Regular season
Duration	September 6, 2018 (2018-09-06) – December 30, 2018 (2018-12-30)
Playoffs
Start date	January 5, 2019
AFC Champions	New England Patriots
NFC Champions	Los Angeles Rams
Super Bowl LIII
Date	February 3, 2019
Site	Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Champions	New England Patriots
Pro Bowl
Date	January 27, 2019
Site	Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
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The 2018 NFL season was the 99th season of the National Football League (NFL) and the 53rd of the Super Bowl era. The season began on September 6, 2018, with the NFL Kickoff Game with the defending Super Bowl LII champion Philadelphia Eagles defeating the Atlanta Falcons. The season concluded with Super Bowl LIII, the league's championship game, on February 3, 2019, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, in which the New England Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams for their sixth Super Bowl championship and their third title in five years.

Player movement

The 2018 NFL League year and trading period began on March 14. On March 9, clubs were allowed to exercise options for 2018 on players who have option clauses in their contracts, submit qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents and submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2017 contracts and who have fewer than three accrued seasons of free agent credit. Teams were required to be under the salary cap using the "Top-51" definition (in which the 51 highest paid-players on the team's payroll must have a combined salary cap hit below the actual cap). On March 12, clubs were allowed to contact and enter into contract negotiations with the agents of players who were set to become unrestricted free agents.

Free agency

Over 550 players were eligible for some form of free agency during the free agency period.^[1] Notable players to change teams include:

• Quarterbacks Sam Bradford (Minnesota to Arizona), Kirk Cousins (Washington to Minnesota), Case Keenum (Minnesota to Denver), and A. J. McCarron (Cincinnati to Buffalo).
• Running backs Isaiah Crowell (Cleveland to New York Jets), Carlos Hyde (San Francisco to Cleveland), Frank Gore (Indianapolis to Miami), Dion Lewis (New England to Tennessee), Jerick McKinnon (Minnesota to San Francisco), and Adrian Peterson (Arizona to Washington)
• Wide receivers Danny Amendola (New England to Miami), Allen Hurns (Jacksonville to Dallas), Jordy Nelson (Green Bay to Oakland), Allen Robinson (Jacksonville to Chicago), and Sammy Watkins (Los Angeles Rams to Kansas City)
• Tight ends Jimmy Graham (Seattle to Green Bay), Austin Seferian-Jenkins (New York Jets to Jacksonville), and Marcedes Lewis (Jacksonville to Green Bay)
• Offensive linemen Cameron Fleming (New England to Dallas), Andrew Norwell (Carolina to Jacksonville), Mike Pouncey (Miami to Los Angeles Chargers), Justin Pugh (New York Giants to Arizona), Weston Richburg (New York Giants to San Francisco), Nate Solder (New England to New York Giants), Josh Sitton (Chicago to Miami), and Travis Swanson (Detroit to New York Jets)
• Defensive linemen Adrian Clayborn (Atlanta to New England), Vinny Curry (Philadelphia to Tampa Bay), Sheldon Richardson (Seattle to Minnesota), Ndamukong Suh (Miami to Los Angeles Rams), Star Lotulelei (Carolina to Buffalo), and Muhammad Wilkerson (New York Jets to Green Bay)
• Linebackers Demario Davis (New York Jets to New Orleans), Trent Murphy (Washington to Buffalo), Tahir Whitehead (Detroit to Oakland), and Avery Williamson (Tennessee to New York Jets)
• Defensive backs Malcolm Butler (New England to Tennessee), Morgan Burnett (Green Bay to Pittsburgh), T. J. Carrie (Oakland to Cleveland), Ross Cockrell (New York Giants to Carolina), E. J. Gaines (Buffalo to Cleveland), Marcus Gilchrist (Houston to Oakland), Trumaine Johnson (Los Angeles Rams to New York Jets), Tyrann Mathieu (Arizona to Houston), Rashaan Melvin (Indianapolis to Oakland), Eric Reid (San Francisco To Carolina), Patrick Robinson (Philadelphia to New Orleans), and Richard Sherman (Seattle to San Francisco)
• Kicker Sebastian Janikowski (Oakland to Seattle)
• Punter Marquette King (Oakland to Denver)

Trades

The following notable trades were made during the 2018 league year:

• March 14: Miami traded WR Jarvis Landry to Cleveland for a 2018 fourth round selection (123rd overall) and a 2019 seventh round selection.^[2]
• March 14: Buffalo traded QB Tyrod Taylor to Cleveland for a 2018 third round selection (65th overall).^[3]
• March 14: Buffalo traded T Cordy Glenn, a 2018 first round selection (21st overall), and a 2018 fifth round selection (158th overall) to Cincinnati for a 2018 first round selection (12th overall) and a 2018 sixth round selection (187th overall).^[3]
• March 14: Green Bay traded CB Damarious Randall, a 2018 fourth round selection (114th overall), and a 2018 fifth round selection (150th overall) to Cleveland for QB DeShone Kizer, a 2018 fourth round selection (101st overall), and a 2018 fifth round selection (138th overall)^[2]
• March 14: Cleveland traded DT Danny Shelton and a 2018 fifth round selection (159th overall) to New England for a 2019 third round selection.^[4]
• March 14: Kansas City traded QB Alex Smith to Washington in exchange for CB Kendall Fuller and a 2018 third round selection (78th overall).^[5]
• March 14: Kansas City traded CB Marcus Peters and a 2018 sixth round draft selection (196th overall) to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for a 2018 fourth round selection (124th overall) and a 2019 second round selection.^[6]
• March 14: Denver traded CB Aqib Talib to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for a 2018 fifth round selection (160th overall).^[7]
• March 14: The Los Angeles Rams traded LB Alec Ogletree and a 2019 seventh round draft selection to the New York Giants in exchange for a 2018 fourth round selection (135th overall) and a 2018 sixth round selection (176th overall).^[8]
• March 14: The Los Angeles Rams traded DE Robert Quinn and a 2018 sixth round selection to Miami in exchange for a 2018 fourth round selection and a 2018 sixth round selection.^[9]
• March 14: Seattle traded DE Michael Bennett and a 2018 seventh round selection to Philadelphia for WR Marcus Johnson and a 2018 fifth round selection.^[10]
• March 14: Philadelphia traded WR Torrey Smith to Carolina for CB Daryl Worley.^[11]
• March 18: Oakland traded WR Cordarrelle Patterson and a 2018 sixth round selection (210th overall) to New England for a 2018 fifth round selection (159th overall).^[12][13]
• March 22: The New York Giants traded DE Jason Pierre-Paul and their 2018 fourth round selection (102nd overall) to Tampa Bay in exchange for a 2018 third round selection (69th overall) and a 2018 fourth round selection (108th overall).^[14]
• March 29: Washington traded S Su'a Cravens, a 2018 fourth round selection (113th overall), and a 2018 fifth round selection (149th overall) to Denver in exchange for a 2018 fourth round selection (109th overall), two 2018 fifth round selections (142nd and 163rd overall), and a conditional 2020 selection.^[15]
• April 3: New England traded WR Brandin Cooks and a 2018 fourth round selection (136th overall) to the Los Angeles Rams for a 2018 first round selection (23rd overall) and a 2018 sixth round selection (198th overall).^[16]
• April 26: Pittsburgh traded WR Martavis Bryant to Oakland for a 2018 third round selection (79th overall).^[17][18]
• August 29: The New York Jets traded QB Teddy Bridgewater and a 2019 sixth-round selection to New Orleans for a 2019 third round selection.^[19]
• September 1: Oakland traded DE/OLB Khalil Mack, a 2020 second round selection, and a conditional 2020 fifth round selection to Chicago in exchange for a 2019 first round selection, a 2020 first round selection, a 2020 third round selection, and a 2019 sixth round selection.^[20]
• September 17: Cleveland traded WR Josh Gordon and a conditional 2019 seventh round selection to New England in exchange for a 2019 fifth round selection.^[21]
• October 19: Cleveland traded RB Carlos Hyde to Jacksonville in exchange for a fifth round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.^[22]
• October 23: Oakland traded WR Amari Cooper to Dallas in exchange for a 2019 first round selection.^[23]
• October 30: Denver traded WR Demaryius Thomas and a 2019 seventh round selection to Houston for a 2019 fourth round selection and a 2019 seventh round selection.^[24]
• October 30: Detroit traded WR Golden Tate to Philadelphia for a 2019 third round selection.^[25]
• October 30: Jacksonville traded DE Dante Fowler to the Los Angeles Rams for a 2019 third round selection and a 2020 fifth round selection.^[26]
• October 30: Green Bay traded S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix to Washington for a 2019 fourth round selection and RB Ty Montgomery to Baltimore for a 2020 seventh round selection.^[27]

Retirements

• S Kam Chancellor: Four-time Pro Bowler, two-time second-team All-Pro safety, and Super Bowl XLVIII champion. He played his entire eight-year career with the Seattle Seahawks.^[28]
• CB Antonio Cromartie: Four-time Pro Bowler and one-time first-team All-Pro. Cromartie played for the San Diego Chargers, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, and Indianapolis Colts during his 11-year career, before spending the entire 2017 season as an unsigned free agent.^[29]
• DE Elvis Dumervil: Five-time Pro Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro. Dumervil played for the Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens, and San Francisco 49ers during his 12-year career.^[30]
• DE Dwight Freeney: Seven-time Pro Bowler, four-time All-Pro (three first-team, one second-team), and Super Bowl XLI champion. Freeney played for the Indianapolis Colts, San Diego Chargers, Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, and Detroit Lions during his 16-year career.^[31]
• LB James Harrison: Five-time Pro Bowler, four-time All-Pro (two first-team, two second-team), two-time Super Bowl champion (XL and XLIII), and 2008 Defensive Player of the Year. Harrison played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals, and New England Patriots during his 15-year career.^[32]
• WR Devin Hester: Four-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro (three first-team, one second-team) as a return specialist. Hester played for the Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, and Seattle Seahawks during his 11-year career. He spent 2017 out of football before announcing his retirement in early 2018.^[33][34][35]
• G Richie Incognito: Four-time Pro Bowler. Played for the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, and St. Louis Rams during his 12-year career.^[36] Incognito came out of retirement to sign with the Oakland Raiders in 2019.
• C Nick Mangold: Seven-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro (two first-team, one second-team). Played his entire 11-year career with the New York Jets. He had spent the 2017 season out of football after the Jets released him.^[37]
• RB DeMarco Murray: Three-time Pro Bowler, one-time first-team All-Pro, and 2014 NFL Offensive Player of the Year Played for the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, and Tennessee Titans during his seven-year career. ^[38]
• CB Darrelle Revis: Seven-time Pro Bowler, four-time first-team All-Pro, and Super Bowl XLIX champion. Played played for the New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots, and Kansas City Chiefs during his 11-year career.^[39]
• OT Joe Thomas: Ten-time Pro Bowler and nine-time All-Pro (seven first-team, two second-team). Played his entire 11-year career for the Cleveland Browns.^[40] A deteriorating left knee contributed to Thomas's retirement.^[41]
• TE Jason Witten: Eleven-time Pro Bowler, four-time All Pro (two first-team, two second-team), and 2012 Walter Payton Man of the Year. Witten played 15 seasons, all with the Dallas Cowboys. He took a job with ESPN as their Monday Night Football color commentator.^[42] However he came out of retirement for the 2019 NFL season, with the Cowboys.

Other retirements

Draft

The 2018 NFL draft was held from April 26 to 28 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This was the first draft to take place in an NFL stadium, and the first to be held in Texas.^[74] The Cleveland Browns selected Baker Mayfield with the first overall pick.

Officiating changes

Offseason

The following officials were hired:

• Land Clark (Field Judge)
• Matt Edwards (Side Judge)
• Chad Hill (Side Judge)
• Anthony Jeffries (Field Judge)
• Tony Josselyn (Back Judge)
• Brian Matoren (Replay Official)
• Mark Stewart (Line Judge)
• Don Willard (Field Judge)

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