NFL schedule 2025: What is each team's bye week?
NFL schedule 2025: What is each team's bye week?
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Five NFL games we can't wait to watch in the 2025 season
The NFL schedule for the 2025-2026 season has been released. Here are a few games on our must-watch list.
With the 2025 NFL schedule revealed, there are plenty of questions left to answer.
What are the best games to watch? Who plays on Thanksgiving? What about Christmas? Who plays in the season opener? Will your favorite team play in one of the seven International games? Who has the hardest schedule?
However, one of the most important questions surrounds your team's bye week. During the demanding NFL season, bye weeks are essential for giving teams, players, coaches and staff a break.
Fortunately for fans, there is only one instance of a "Byemageddon" in 2025, when a season-high six teams will have a bye simultaneously in Week 8.
Bye weeks begin in Week 5 and continue through Week 14, with Week 13 the only in-between with no teams on a bye. Here is the complete NFL schedule of bye weeks for each team in 2025.
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2025 NFL schedule bye weeks
Week 5:
Pittsburgh Steelers
Chicago Bears
Green Bay Packers
Atlanta Falcons
Week 6:
Houston Texans
Minnesota Vikings
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Week 7:
Baltimore Ravens
Buffalo Bills
Week 8:
Jacksonville Jaguars
Las Vegas Raiders
Detroit Lions
Arizona Cardinals
Seattle Seahawks
Los Angeles Rams
Week 9:
Philadelphia Eagles
Cleveland Browns
New York Jets
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 10:
Kansas City Chiefs
Cincinnati Bengals
Tennessee Titans
Dallas Cowboys
Week 11:
Indianapolis Colts
New Orleans Saints
Week 12:
Miami Dolphins
Denver Broncos
Los Angeles Chargers
Washington Commanders
Week 13:
NONE
Week 14:
New York Giants
New England Patriots
Carolina Panthers
San Francisco 49ers
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When does the NFL regular season start?
Week 1: Thursday, Sept. 4 through Monday, Sept. 8
The NFL season kicks off with the season opener on Sept. 4. The defending Super Bowl champion, Philadelphia Eagles, will start their title defense at home against their NFC East rival, the Dallas Cowboys.
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