Roundtable Reactions: Ravens 2025 schedule released

The Baltimore Beatdown staff share their reactions to the Baltimore Ravens 2025 NFL schedule.

The Baltimore Ravens’ 2025 schedule has been released and below you’ll find both the schedule and the reaction from the Beatdown staff.

BALTIMORE RAVENS 2025 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

• Week 1, Sept. 7 — @ Buffalo Bills, 8: 20 p.m. Sunday Night Football, NBC
• Week 2, Sept. 14 — vs. Cleveland Browns 1 p.m., CBS
• Week 3, Sept. 22 — vs. Detroit Lions, 8:15 p.m. Monday Night Football, ESPN
• Week 4, Sept. 28 — @ Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m., CBS
• Week 5, Oct. 5 — vs. Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS
• Week 6, Oct. 12— vs. Los Angeles Rams, 1 p.m., FOX
• Week 7 — BYE WEEK
• Week 8, Oct. 26 — vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., CBS
• Week 9, Oct. 30 — @ Miami Dolphins, 8:15 p.m. Thursday Night Football, Prime Video
• Week 10, Nov. 9 — @ Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., FOX
• Week 11, Nov. 16 — @ Browns, November 16, 4:25 p.m., CBS
• Week 12, Nov. 23 — vs. New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
• Week 13, Nov. 27 — vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 8:20 p.m. Thanksgiving, NBC
• Week 14, Dec. 7 — vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., CBS
• Week 15, Dec. 14— @ Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS
• Week 16, Dec. 21 — vs. New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS
• Week 17, TBD — @ Green Bay Packers
• Week 18, TBD — @ Steelers

A gauntlet, as expected. The Ravens open against the blasted Buffalo Bills for what will be a critical tiebreaker come season’s end. Week 3 they face a mighty test in the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football, only for a short turnaround against the Kansas City Chiefs on the road. Getting to their Week 7 bye week 4-2 is crucial. Those tiebreakers are going to haunt them if dropped.

The good news is the Ravens will have a long stretch of home games afterward. Three straight games at home and a bye week has them at home for a month straight. They’ll need it because their next three on are on road, with a rapid turnaround.

Closing out the season in Pittsburgh for what can only be imagined as for the division and hopefully the No. 1 seed is how it should be. — Kyle Phoenix

The NFL schedule-makers were not kind to the Ravens early in the season, as they’ll have to face five playoff teams within the first six weeks. Luckily, four of these matchups are at home.

If the Ravens can manage to tread water during this period, they should be primed up to go on a run following the Week 7 bye, as the strength of schedule lightens up significantly. Although the Ravens will have to play all but one of their divisional games after the bye, they play only three playoff teams over...