As noted above, teams will blackout dates where their home venue is in use for concerts. That happened with several teams last year when Taylor Swift had the joint booked for the Eras Tour. The league did work around the schedules for Billy Joel, Paul McCartney and Green Day this year, but nothing out of the ordinary.

The NFL is putting arguably its most marquee game of the 2025 season on Thanksgiving Day when the Dallas Cowboys will host the Kansas City Chiefs.

There are Friday games in Week 1 and on the day after Thanksgiving. There are three Christmas games on a Thursday. There are late-season Saturday games. An 18-game regular season could be coming within the next few years. For now, it remains a 17-game season over 18 weeks.

The NFL is releasing the entire 2025 schedule on Wednesday. Here are all the rumored matchups leaked ahead of the official release.

The league didn't have to pick the Chiefs, but it did. That came despite avoiding a divisional game in every other international matchup this season and a long history of doing so.

The NFL released its 2025 schedule on May 14, and there were plenty of quirks to tackle on this year's slate. The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills dominate the marquee matchups, while the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles play on nearly every day of the week.

Thanksgiving tripleheader will see the Lions host the Packers in an NFC North tilt, the Cowboys welcome the Chiefs and a Bengals-Ravens AFC North showdown in the night cap.

Before the Ravens’ schedule is unveiled, here’s a look at how their 2025 opponents have changed this offseason.