16-05-2025
2025 Minnesota Vikings Schedule Leaks and Rumors
Happy NFL Schedule Release Day to all those who celebrate, which in 2025, seems like everybody. That's because, at least locally, any news we can get on the Minnesota Vikings gets gobbled up like a Christmas Day feast.
Speaking of Christmas Day, we found out via multiple reports on Wednesday morning that the Vikings will play a stream-only contest against the division-rival Detroit Lions on December 25, this season. That news, coming off an official announcement on Tuesday that the Vikings will travel overseas for two regular season games abroad.
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Now into the afternoon, however, those aren't the only only two 2025 regular season games that have been made official by accredited NFL reporters, as more rumored matchups continue to role in every hour.
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2025 Minnesota Vikings schedule leaks and rumors
As of 1:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, we know about half of the schedule, and most of the games have been verified by beat writers and other media members who would know. If you would like to skip directly to the full rumored schedule (as we know it so far) scroll down.
The first reported game (per Maria Martin – ABC Atlanta) will be on Sunday Night Football vs the Atlanta Falcons. That game is supposedly scheduled for week 2 (per our friends @TPPSkol), right after the Vikings' rumored opener on MNF vs the Bears — more on that shortly.
On Thursday Night Football week 8, the Minnesota Vikings will reportedly fly to the west coast to play the Los Angeles Chargers, per Alex Katson ( Then in week 16, according to Art Stapleton (USA Today), they'll travel to the Big Apple for a late-season contest vs the New York Giants.
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Minnesota's own Ben Goessling (Star Tribune) concludes, based on Vikings vs Lions in week 17, that the Green Bay Packers will be this year's week 18 rivalry opponent. He also had week 11 at home vs the Bears. Our friends @TPPSkol first reported week 3 at home against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Vikings vs Bears on MNF to open season
The most notable rumor — which has just recently became verified by Arif Hassan ( is a week 1 Monday Night Football showdown against the Chicago Bears. This schedule leak was originally reported by @NerdingonNFL (who's been correctly leaking a bunch of games this morning). The aforementioned Hassan has also confirmed the Vikings' weeks 3 and 7 matchups against the Bengals and Eagles, respectively.
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Accredited NFL reporters out of the Athletic have helped give this rumor some steam, however. Vikings beat writer Alec Lewis retweeted a MNF tease from his colleague out of Chicago, Kevin Fishbain, full with an eyeball emoji and everything. Might as well make it official now…
What NFL fans are waiting for tonight — and what is being leaked today — is the 'when' and 'where' of these 2025 regular season games; as in what weeks/days they will be played and what platform they will air on. The Minnesota Vikings 2025 opponents have been revealed for months.
Updated 2025 Minnesota Vikings schedule (as we think we know it)
With that being said, here is what we know (or think we know) about the Minnesota Vikings 2025 schedule so far (see key at the bottom).
Wk
Opponent
Location
1
@ Bears (MNF)
Chicago, IL
2
*Falcons (SNF)
Minneapolis, MN
3
Bengals
Minneapolis, MN
4
@ Steelers
Dublin, IE
5
@ Browns
London, UK
6
BYE
BYE
7
Eagles
Minneapolis, MN
8
@ Chargers
Los Angeles, CA
9
@ Lions
Detroit, MI
10
Ravens
Minneapolis, MN
11
Bears
Minneapolis, MN
12
@ Packers
Green Bay, WI
13
@ Seahawks
Seattle, WA
14
Commanders
Minneapolis, MN
15
@ Cowboys (SNF)
Dallas, TX
16
@ Giants
New York, NY
17
Lions (Xmas)
Minneapolis, MN
18
Packers
Minneapolis, MN
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