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2025 Washington Commanders Schedule

Preseason

Week 1 - @ New England Patriots

Week 2 - vs Cincinnati Bengals

Week 3 - vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season

Week 1 - vs New York Giants (Sunday, September 7th, 1 p.m., FOX)

Week 2 - @ Green Bay Packers (Thursday, September 11th, 8:15pm, Amazon)

Week 3 - vs Las Vegas Raiders, (Sunday, September 21st, 1 p.m., FOX)

Week 4 - @ Atlanta Falcons (Sunday, September 28th, 1 p.m., FOX)

Week 5 - @ Los Angeles Chargers (Sunday, October 5th, 4:25 p.m., FOX)

Week 6 - vs Chicago Bears (October 13th, 8:15 p.m., Monday Night Football on ESPN)

Week 7 - @ Dallas Cowboys (Sunday, October 19th, 4:25 p.m.)

Week 8 - @ Kansas City Chiefs (October 27th, 8:15 pm, MNF on ABC/ESPN)

Week 9 - vs Seattle Seahawks (November 2nd, 8:15 p.m., SNF on NBC)

Week 10 - vs Detroit Lions (Sunday, November 9th, 4:25 p.m., FOX)

Week 11 - @ Miami Dolphins (November 16th, Madrid, Spain, 9:30 a.m., NFLN)

Week 12 - BYE WEEK

Week 13 - vs Denver Broncos (November 30th, 8:15 p.m., SNF on NBC)

Week 14 - @ Minnesota Vikings (Sunday, December 7th, FOX)

Week 15 - @ New York Giants (Sunday, December 14th, 1 p.m., FOX)

Week 16 - vs Philadelphia Eagles (Saturday, December 20th, FOX)

Week 17 - vs Dallas Cowboys (Thursday, December 25th, 1 p.m., Christmas Day, Netflix)

Week 18 - @ Philadelphia Eagles (Date/Time TBD)

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Notes on the Washington Commanders schedule

• Week 14 bye last three years in a row, now Week 12 after Madrid game
• No 1 p.m. games in October or November
• 6 primetime games along with international(Madrid) and Christmas(Cowboys)
• Another primetime home game against the Bears; rematch from Hail Mary game
• Last four games are against the NFC East(Giants, Eagles, Cowboys, Eagles)
• Commanders could play Eagles 3 times in 4 weeks if they both make the playoffs
• Three home and three away games after the Week 12 bye
• Four of the last six games are at home
• Back-to-back home games two times, road games three times during the season

The annual anticlimax

The annual NFL schedule reveal is probably the most anti-climactic event of the year. First of all, fans know 14 of the 17 games that every NFL team will play for years in advance.

• Every NFL team plays 6 games per season against its division rivals (home & away)
• Every team in a division plays every team in another division within its conference on a rotating 3-year schedule.
• Every team in a division plays every team in another division in the opposing conference on a rotating 4-year schedule.

The other 3 games are determined at the end of the previous regular season. A team’s opponents in those three games will have finished in the same divisional ranking (1st,...