NFL Schedule is out and I was on vacation. So now you get an article.
Green Bay Packers
Week 1 At Minnesota 425 ET CBS
Week 2 At New York Jets 1 ET FOX
Week 3 vs Falcons 815 ET Thursday Night Amazon Prime
Week 4 at Tampa Bay 1 ET FOX
Week 5 vs Chicago 425 ET FOX
Week 6 vs Dallas 825 ET Sunday Night Football NBC
Week 7 at Detroit 425 ET FOX
Week 8 vs Carolina Thursday Night Football Amazon Prime
Week 9 at New England 425 ET FOX
Week 10 vs Minnesota 1 ET FOX
Week 11 Bye
Week 12 at Rams Wed before Thanksgiving 8 PM ET NETFLIX
Week 13 at New Orleans 1 ET FOX
Week 14 vs Buffalo 825 ET NBC Sunday Night Football
Week 15 vs Miami 1 PM ET FOX
Week 16 at Chicago 1 PM ET NETFLIX Friday Christmas
Week 17 vs Houston MNF 8:25 ET ESPN
Week 18 vs Detroit TBD
Packers get a late bye and lots of prime time games. Two Thursday games, a Wednesday game before Thanksgiving (preceded by a bye which shortens the bye), Christmas Day game on a Friday. Three short weeks but mini-byes after them. Add Netflix subscription to watch Bridgerton or Is it Cake? 4 of final 5 games at home.
Detroit Lions
Week 1 Saints 1 PM ET FOX
Week 2 at Bills Thursday Night Football 825 Amazon Prime
Week 3 Jets 1 ET FOX
Week 4 at Carolina 825 ET Sunday Night Football
Week 5 at Arizona 425 ET FOX
Week 6 Bye
Week 7 Packers 425 ET FOX
Week 8 Vikings 1 ET FOX
Week 9 at Miami 1 ET FOX
Week 10 Patriots 930 AM ET Munich on FOX
Week 11 Tampa Bay 1 ET CBS
Week 12 Bears 1 ET CBS Thanksgiving
Week 13 at Falcons 1 ET CBS
Week 14 Titans 1 ET FOX
Week 15 at Vikings 815 ET Sunday Night Football
Week 16 Giants MNF 8:25 ET
Week 17 at Bears 425 ET FOX
Week 18 at Packers TBD
Lions tough stretch of 3 games in 12 days from Germany, home game against Bucs (Bucs coming off their bye) then Thanksgiving short week against Bears. Bills, Panthers, Vikings and Giants in Prime time but 3 of them on the road. Plus Munich (home but really away) and Thanksgiving (home) stand alone games. Bye to rest for Green Bay in Week 7. Mini bye for Jets and Falcons. Early bye again. Lions don’t have to travel far other than Germany and at Arizona (bye after).
Chicago Bears
Week 1 at Carolina 1 PM Et
Week 2 vs Minnesota 1 PM ET
Week 3 vs Philadelphia 815 MNF
Week 4 vs Jets 1 ET
Week 5 at Green Bay 425 ET
Week 6 at Atlanta 1 ET
Week 7 vs New England TNF
Week 8 at Seattle MNF
Week 9 vs Tampa Bay Sunday Night Football
Week 10 Bye
Week 11vs New Orleans 1 ET
Week 12 at Detroit 1 ET Thanksgiving
Week 13 vs Jacksonville 1 ET
Week 14 at Miami 1 ET
Week 15 at Buffalo SAT 830 ET
Week 16 vs Green Bay 1 ET Netflix Christmas
Week 17 vs Detroit 425 ET
Week 18 at Minnesota TBD
Bears first place schedule has tougher games. 3 of 4 home to start the season and then 3 of 4 away to follow. Tough final 4 games with 3 division games to close the year.
Minnesota Vikings
Week 1 vs Green Bay 425 CBS
Week 2 at Chicago 1 ET FOX
Week 3 at Tampa Bay 405 ET FOX
Week 4 vs Miami 405 ET FOX
Week 5 at New Orleans 1 ET FOX
Week 6 Bye
Week 7 vs Colts 1 ET CBS
Week 8 at Detroit 1 ET FOX
Week 9 vs Buffalo MNF
Week 10 at Green Bay 1 PM ET FOX
Week 11 at San Fran in Mexico Sunday Night Football
Week 12 vs Atlanta 1 ET FOX
Week 13 vs Carolina 425 ET CBS
Week 14 at New England TNF
Week 15 vs Detroit Sunday Night Football
Week 16 vs Commanders Flex Sat/Sund
Week 17 at Jets 1 ET CBS
Week 18 vs Bears TBD
Done with Packers by Week 11 and Detroit by Week 15. Will know about the Vikings in the first 3 weeks of the season. Get one less true away game going to Mexico instead of San Francisco. Early bye. 3 of 4 home to end the season with the away game being the Jets. Two Sunday Night games a MNF game and Thursday Night game at New England and mini bye before the Detroit Week 15 game.
Schedule differences
1st place 2025 Bears: Eagles, at Seattle, Jaguars
2nd place 2025 Packers: Cowboys, at Rams (after Packer bye), Texans
3rd place 2025 Vikings: Commanders, at 49ers (in Mexico City), Colts
4th place 2025 Lions: Giants, at Cardinals, Titans
Advantage Lions with those 3 easier games. Vikings should have the advantage too with Commanders and Colts games (is Daniel Jones back by Week 7). Three tougher games for Packers and Bears. Getcha popcorn ready.
Home and Away Differences
AFC East
Pack/Vikings are at Patriots and Jets, Home vs Bills and Dolphins
Lions/Bears get at Bills, at Dolphins, home vs Patriots (Lions in Germany)/Jets
Pack/Vikings advantage not going to Buffalo and Lions having to lose a home game to play the Patriots in Germany. Lions open the Bills new stadium so they will be fired up but the game is in September thankfully.
NFC South
Lions/Bears get Saints/Bucs home, at Panthers/at Falcons
Vikings/Pack get Panthers/Falcons home and at Saints/at Bucs
No real difference here.
Division
Lions 3 of final 4 games away (like last season too) and all 3 away are division games. Two cold games in Chicago and Green Bay. Lions own you all. Lions get a bye before the Week 7 matchup with the Packers. Bears finish with 3 division games (2 home). Vikings 5 division games by Week 15.
Lions won the schedule and will win the Super Bowl.