In 2024, the NFL’s “Hard Knocks” is set to return with some new changes after the league’s owners approved several new rules for the show. According to CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones, the in-season version of “Hard Knocks” will now feature four teams within one division. This change is aimed at minimizing disruption for individual teams during the regular season and ensuring no team gains a competitive advantage.
The decision to include an entire division in the in-season show is likely a response to criticism that the previous format of featuring three teams at a time was too disruptive for some teams. It is yet to be announced which division will be featured in the 2024 season, but given that the Dolphins and Cardinals have participated in recent years, it is unlikely they will be chosen again so soon. The preseason version of “Hard Knocks” will continue to feature one team.
New rules have been implemented regarding which teams are eligible to be on the show, including exemptions for teams with first-year head coaches, teams participating in the upcoming in-season show, and teams that have appeared on “Hard Knocks” within the past eight years. Under the previous rules, teams that had made the playoffs in the past two seasons or appeared on “Hard Knocks” within
