Aspects relate to techniques for delaying accept request messages for sidelink network coded communication. A network coding device can receive from a transmitting wireless communication device a sidelink transmission including a packet and a network coding request flag requesting the network coding device perform retransmission(s) of the packet. The network coding device can then receive feedback information for the first packet from a receiving wireless communication device that received the packet at a first time. In addition, the network coding device can transmit an accept request message to the transmitting device indicating whether the network coding device accepts performing retransmission(s) of the packet at a second time different than the first time.