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The last big bit of NFL offseason news has come and gone, and we’re about to enter a dead zone.
The NFL finally revealed its full schedule for the 2025 season yesterday, capping off a few days of information trickling out. The league is clearly trying to make this yet another premier event in the offseason, using it to push corporate sponsorships and to drum up interest for its TV and streaming broadcast partners.
For the average football fan, the big impacts of the schedule are probably limited to a few laughs at a release video and knowing when to start planning for trips to road games. Otherwise, the whole circus around the release seems to this writer to be a bit overblown, even if I did get carried away yesterday and try to predict the Green Bay Packers’ full schedule after only 10 games or so had been leaked.
Now the league largely will go into dormancy until the start of training camp in late July. Yes, OTAs and minicamp are coming up for all 32 teams, but there’s only so many narratives that the NFL as a whole can push from a few days of practices in shorts. Look for things to finally quiet down for the next 10 weeks or so before players start reporting for training camp.
Until then, we’ll be here to cover anything notable that comes out of Green Bay and we’ll keep looking deeper into the Packers’ schedule this week to find some interesting nuggets. But know that as far as league-wide news goes, this is probably it for a while.
How an 18-game NFL schedule could work for everyone: Introducing the 1816 Compromise - The Athletic ($)
The league still seems to want to move to an 18-game schedule, so this idea proposes that no player can suit up for more than 16 games in a single season. Crazy or brilliant?
Packers quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion ready to work with Jordan Love | Packersnews.com
Ahead of the release, a handful of Packers assistant coaches spoke to the media, including Mannion, who gave his first press conference as QBs coach.
Quick hit observations from Packers 2025 schedule | Packers Wire
Here are a couple of initial thoughts on the schedule.
Packers face critical juncture with 2 high-profile games in 5 days … twice | Packers.com
The Packers have a pair of Thursday games this season, and both short weeks will be against tough opponents.
2025 NFL schedule release: NFL teams get creative on social media | NFL.com
Here are all of the teams' schedule release videos in one place ... all except the Colts, whose video was pulled down amid controversy due to depicting Tyreek Hill as a dolphin getting arrested by the Coast Guard.
Here’s an excellent thread looking at the Packers’ schedule with clips of interceptions against each team.
Fowl play: flying duck caught in Swiss speed trap believed to be repeat offender | The Guardian
Finally, The Guardian was able...
