Chiefs, Christmas and NFL
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The Cowboys will host the Chiefs on Thanksgiving, a showdown between “America’s Team” and the team that may have supplanted them for that title. The Lions will host their NFC North rival, the Green Bay Packers, and the Cincinnati Bengals will travel to Baltimore to face the Ravens in the final matchup of Thanksgiving.
The Dallas Cowboys will host Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving Day and visit Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders to kick off a tripleheader on Christmas.
The Dolphins, Falcons, Lions, Eagles, Commanders, Bills, Chargers and 49ers each have five primetime games. The Ravens, Bengals, Steelers, Texans, Broncos, Packers, Vikings, Bucs, Rams and Seahawks each got four. The Giants, Raiders, Patriots and Bears will be on primetime three times each.
Home and away opponents have been set for the 2025-26 NFL season since the conclusion of last season, but the timing of each of those matchups (as well as bye weeks) remains uncertain. That all changes this week, as the NFL is set to release the schedule for the 2025 season in several installments, leading up to the final reveal on Wednesday.
The NFL is teasing aspects of its schedule ahead of a three-hour schedule release special on NFL Network on Wednesday.
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The Kansas City Chiefs will host the Denver Broncos on Christmas night - which is becoming a regular NFL thing.
The full Broncos 2025 schedule won't be announced until Wednesday night, but the team revealed the details for one of their games two days early.