{"id":158170,"date":"2025-06-25T20:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/158170\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:02:10","slug":"17-games-17-storylines-to-watch-in-the-ravens-2025-regular-season-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/158170\/","title":{"rendered":"17 games, 17 storylines to watch in the Ravens&#8217; 2025 regular season schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After months of waiting, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Baltimore Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> released their 17-game 2025 NFL regular season back in May in classic Apple TV fashion.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/2025\/01\/06\/ravens-vs-steelers-odds-picks-predictions-nfl-wild-card-playoffs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ravens&#039; first-place finish;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Ravens&#8217; first-place finish<\/a> in the AFC North will give John Harbaugh&#8217;s team an even more demanding schedule in 2025. Baltimore&#8217;s schedule will be one of the league&#8217;s most challenging. They will face the gauntlet of juggernauts in the NFC North and AFC East and the division winners in the AFC West, NFC West, and AFC South.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Wth the schedule now official, we&#8217;re looking at 17 key storylines for all 17 regular-season games.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning NFL MVP is facing off against the player who had 41 passing touchdowns and four interceptions in a season where he should have won back-to-back awards.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Flacco is one of four quarterbacks on the roster who could be the Week 2 starter, and they&#8217;ll host the loaded <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ravens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions are a physical and explosive challenge for the Ravens team, facing four straight 2024 playoff teams before a much-needed bye.<\/p>\n<p>Another hump Baltimore has been unable to get over, the Ravens will travel to Kansas City for a matchup headlined by two MVP candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens have an 11-2 record vs. the Texans all-time, and Baltimore has won five straight matchups, including two in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams are loaded at wide receiver with Puka Nacua and Davante Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Week 7 Bye<\/p>\n<p>Ben Johnson is the head coach for a retooled Chicago franchise that&#8217;ll feature 2024 No. 1 pick, quarterback Caleb Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Week 9 @ Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n<p>Former Ravens assistant Anthony Weaver is the defensive coordinator in Miami, and it features a matchup between two polar opposite franchises.<\/p>\n<p>Week 10 @ Minnesota Vikings<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore faces the All-Pro Justin Jefferson, and it&#8217;s the first matchup against second-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a game against Cleveland, and it could be the debut for Shedeur Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>Week 12 vs. New York Jets<\/p>\n<p>The Jets have a new coach in Aaron Glenn and a solid option at quarterback in dual-threat Justin Jefferson.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Burrow complained about prime-time matchups in Baltimore, and he&#8217;ll face an inspired Ravens defense. This game also features star power at wide receiver for the Bengals and cornerback for Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rodgers is playing his final NFL season, and it&#8217;ll be the Ravens&#8217; first of two matchups against the Hall of Fame quarterback in five weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Week 15 @ Cincinnati Bengals<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati is a different team at home, and this could provide the backdrop for a shootout in the AFC North.<\/p>\n<p>Week 16 vs New England Patriots<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore hosts the Patriots, Drake Maye, Stephon Diggs, and new head coach, Mike Vrabel.<\/p>\n<p>Week 17 @ Green Bay Packers<\/p>\n<p>Jaire Alexander goes back to Green Bay in an essential matchup with playoff implications.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore heads to Pittsburgh for an intriguing season finale against Patrick Queen, Malik Harrison, and the rebuilt Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/ravens\/2025\/06\/25\/ravens-2025-schedule-17-storylines-to-watch-for-in-17-games\/84356107007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ravens 2025 schedule: 17 storylines to watch for in 17 games;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ravens 2025 schedule: 17 storylines to watch for in 17 games<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After months of waiting, the Baltimore Ravens released their 17-game 2025 NFL regular season back in May in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[1586,1990,1991,184,117,2282,53,1036,391,256,54,5430,113,833,7,41,345,253,1519,5390,1577,562,2909,2780,110,58,10063,251,259,249,255,6,30529,7584,57,1088,1257,169,17,35644,2850],"class_list":{"0":"post-158170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-afc-north","10":"tag-afc-west","11":"tag-baltimore","12":"tag-baltimore-ravens","13":"tag-baltimoreravens","14":"tag-buffalo-bills","15":"tag-caleb-williams","16":"tag-chicago-bears","17":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","18":"tag-cleveland-browns","19":"tag-davante-adams","20":"tag-detroit-lions","21":"tag-drake-maye","22":"tag-football","23":"tag-green-bay","24":"tag-green-bay-packers","25":"tag-houston-texans","26":"tag-j-j-mccarthy","27":"tag-jaire-alexander","28":"tag-joe-burrow","29":"tag-joe-flacco","30":"tag-john-harbaugh","31":"tag-justin-jefferson","32":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","33":"tag-los-angeles-rams","34":"tag-malik-harrison","35":"tag-miami-dolphins","36":"tag-minnesota-vikings","37":"tag-new-england-patriots","38":"tag-new-york-jets","39":"tag-nfl","40":"tag-nfl-regular-season","41":"tag-patrick-queen","42":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","43":"tag-puka-nacua","44":"tag-quarterback","45":"tag-ravens","46":"tag-shedeur-sanders","47":"tag-stephon-diggs","48":"tag-the-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}