We knew going in that the 2025 regular-season schedule for the Eagles would be a star-studded affair, a first-place team wrapped inside a World Champion with star power at every level. It is, indeed, the kind of schedule that pops, that is intended to showcase the most popular team in the National Football League (subjective view, yes).
The 2025 Philadelphia Eagles schedule is out and it is, to borrow from Seinfeld “spectacular.” Here are 10 initial takeaways from a schedule that, based on the strength of final regular-season records from 2024, is the fourth hardest in the league (which means absolutely nothing as teams change from one season to the next) …
1. The Eagles are THE prime-time team of the season
There are five (potentially six, depending on the kickoff time of the Week 16 Saturday showdown in Washington) of them through the 17-game season and, wow, this is going to be fun. The Eagles open on Thursday night, September 4, against Dallas at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles have a second Thursday night game scheduled, against the Giants in Week 6 on October 9. Two Thursdays? Fine and dandy. There are also two Monday night games (at Green Bay in Week 10, following the bye week, and at the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 14, following the Black Friday game against Chicago). And the Eagles host the Lions on a Sunday night in Week 11 following the Packers game. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday – at all Eagles games, baby!
2. Ending the season with a rugged slate is a test
Who knows how it is going to look by then, but as it appears now, the final three-game stretch of the regular season is going to be a doozy. At Washington on Saturday, December 20. At Buffalo and Josh Allen and a team that is a Super Bowl contender on Sunday, December 28, and then home with Washington in Week 18, game day and time to be determined. Nothing easy on paper there …
3. Weird NFC East scheduling …
What is the angle here? The Eagles play the Giants in Week 6 on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium and then host the Giants two games later at Lincoln Financial Field. Same with the schedule against Washington at the end of the season, with only the Buffalo game separating the meetings. What’s up with that? The Eagles get Dallas in Week 1 and then travel to AT&T Stadium in Week 12 on Sunday, November 23, so at least there is some space between the games.
4. We’ll know a lot about the Eagles from the jump
We all believe the Eagles are going to be a very, very good team. The NFL obviously believes that as well, given all of the national attention. As much as the backend of the schedule brings attention, so does the first five weeks, with games against the biggest rival of all, Dallas, to open things up and then this four-pack of bangers: At Kansas City on Sunday, September 14; home with the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, September 21; at Tampa Bay, Sunday, September 28; and home with Denver on Sunday, October 5. The Kansas City game is one playoff rematch, against the team the Eagles defeated in Super Bowl LIX. Los Angeles played the Eagles down to the wire in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game at Lincoln Financial Field. Playing a very good Tampa Bay team in late September is always tough and then hosting Denver is going to be a real challenge before the short-week trip to the Giants. Kansas City, Los Angeles, Tampa Bay, Denver – all 2024 playoff teams and all teams that on paper had very aggressive and positive offseasons.
5. The best game of the year? Gosh, there are so many but …
Whether or not it is the best game of the year is to be determined – aren’t they ALL the best games of the year – but the Week 11 game against Detroit at Lincoln Financial Field may be the most TELLING game of the year for a variety of reasons, right? It’s smack-dab in the middle of the season – November 16 – the time when the really good teams start to rev up for the postseason run. And Detroit is expected to be a Super Bowl-contending team, no doubt about it. So, yeah, that game is one to circle …