2025 NFL Schedule Preview: NFC North
2025 NFL Schedule Preview: NFC North originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Our schedule breakdown continues with four teams in a wide-open NFC South, who will play against the AFC North and NFC East, as well as six games in division.
Chicago Bears: Schedule By Week
vs MIN
@ DET
vs DAL
@ LV
BYE
@ WSH
vs NO
@BAL
@ CIN
vs NYG
@ MIN
vs PIT
@ PHI
@ GB
vs CLE
vs GB
@ SF
vs DET
Detroit Lions: Schedule By Week
@ GB
vs CHI
@ BAL
vs CLE
@ CIN
@ KC
vs TB
BYE
vs MIN
@ WSH
@ PHI
vs NYG
vs GB
vs DAL
@LAR
vs PIT
@ MIN
@ CHI
Green Bay Packers: Schedule By Week
vs DET
vs WSH
@ CLE
@ DAL
BYE
vs CIN
@ ARI
@PIT
vs CAR
vs PHI
@ NYG
vs MIN
@ DET
vs CHI
@ DEN
@ CHI
vs BAL
@ MIN
Minnesota Vikings: Schedule By Week
@ CHI
vs ATL
vs CIN
@ PIT
@ CLE
BYE
vs PHI
@ LAC
@ DET
vs BAL
vs CHI
@ GB
@ SEA
vs WSH
@ DAL
@ NYG
vs DET
vs GB
ODDS TO WIN NFC NORTH:
BEARS : (+425)
LIONS : (+140)
PACKERS : (+320)
VIKINGS: (+400)
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LAGHEZZA'S LEAN:
The NFC East may get all the attention for being the league's most competitive division, but I'd push back with its counterpart right here in the north. Remember, three of these teams won at least 11 games in 2024 — and the only one that didn't in Chicago is widely regarded as the most largely improved unit this offseason.
Can anyone remember the last time a team won 14 games in the regular season only to get listed as a (+400) underdog to win their division just six months later? Obviously, changing QBs matters — but there's a contradiction somewhere in the narratives surrounding Sam Darnold.
If Darnold's success was system-based, and purely a factor of operating Kevin O'Connell's scheme, why is betting the Vikings so cheap? And if Darnold's the reason the Vikings are a four-to-one dog, why is Seattle also (+475) in the NFC West? I'm not saying I know the answers here, but it's pretty clear no one else does either.
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Given the pretty neutral scheduling layout overall, the Lions feel like the rightful favorite, However, it's still a mystery what losing Ben Johnson will mean and personally, I'm turned off by the price. My pick would be the Packers purely for the combination of cost plus track record — but as of now, I'm still up in the air.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 7, 2025, where it first appeared.
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