When it comes to rest advantages and disadvantages for the Green Bay Packers during the 2025 regular season, Matt LaFleur’s team has a mostly neutral schedule ahead this season. But short road weeks will test the Packers at various points in 2025.

What is a rest advantage? This occurs when a team gets a scheduling advantage in terms of days between games. For instance, let’s say Team A plays on Thursday in Week Y, and Team B plays on Sunday in Week Y. If the two teams play in Week Z, Team A would have a three-day rest advantage going into the game against Team B. In a physically and mentally taxing game like pro football, prep and recovery between games are vital, so rest advantage is a factor worth considering following the schedule release on Wednesday.

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When do the Packers have advantages and disadvantages in 2025?

Early on, the Packers gain a +3 advantage ahead of playing the Cleveland Browns in Week 3 due to playing on “Thursday Night Football” in Week 2 and a +7 advantage ahead of playing the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 6 due to having a bye in Week 5. LaFleur’s team must make the most of these opportunities early in the season.

The inverse happens shortly after. The Packers have a -3 disadvantage before playing the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 8 (Steelers play on “Thursday Night Football” in Week 7) and a -7 disadvantage before playing the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 10 (Eagles have a bye in Week 9). Both disadvantages occur during primetime games, although the Packers get the Eagles at home.

The Packers also play short weeks on the road against the New York Giants in Week 11 (-1 disadvantage from playing on “Monday Night Football” in Week 10) and against the Minnesota Vikings in the Week 18 season finale (Vikings play on Christmas Day in Week 17) — these are especially tough weeks considering travel comes into play. The Packers have an NFL-high three short weeks before road games in 2025 (Steelers, Giants, Vikings).

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The Packers do gain a +1 advantage before playing the Chicago Bears in Week 14 due to playing on Thanksgiving Day (Bears play on Black Friday) and a +1 advantage before playing the Baltimore Ravens in Week 17 due to playing on Saturday in Week 16. Both advantages are magnified by the Packers being at home in both games.

Packers 2025 schedule

Week 2: vs. Washington Commanders – Thursday, Sept. 11 (7:15 p.m.)

Week 3: at Cleveland Browns – Sunday, Sept. 21 (Noon)

Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys – Sunday, Sept. 28 (7:20 p.m.)

Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals – Sunday, Oct. 12 (3:25 p.m.)

Week 8: at Pittsburgh Steelers – Sunday, Oct. 26 (7:20 p.m.)

Week 10: vs. Philadelphia Eagles – Monday, Nov. 10 (7:15 p.m.)

Week 11: at New York Giants – Sunday, Nov. 16 (noon)

Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings – Sunday, Nov. 23 (Noon)

Week 13: at Detroit Lions – Thursday, Nov. 27 (noon)

Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears – Sunday, Dec. 7 (Noon)

Week 16: at Chicago Bears – Saturday, Dec. 20 (TBD)

Week 17: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Dec. 27 or Dec. 28 (TBD)

Week 18: at Minnesota Vikings, Jan. 3 or Jan. 4 (TBD)

This article originally appeared on Packers Wire: Packers rest advantage short road weeks NFL schedule 2025