{"id":46104,"date":"2025-05-13T06:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/46104\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T06:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:36:09","slug":"the-last-5-years-of-season-openers-for-the-arizona-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/46104\/","title":{"rendered":"The last 5 years of season openers for the Arizona Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL will release its 2025 regular-season schedule Wednesday evening at 5 p.m. Arizona time. At that point, we will see how many prime-time games the Arizona Cardinals<\/a> have, when they have their bye week and whether they start the season at home or on the road.<\/p>\n

Let’s look at the last five years of the Cardinals’ season openers.<\/p>\n

Arizona Cardinals season openers since 2020<\/p>\n

2020: At the San Francisco 49ers<\/p>\n

2022: Home vs. Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

2023: At the Washington Commanders<\/p>\n

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The Cardinals have opened the season on the road in four of the last five years. The one time they opened at home, they were coming off a playoff appearance.<\/p>\n

They have faced an AFC team in three of the last five years.<\/p>\n

They have played a divisional game once.<\/p>\n

So what might the Cardinals’ season opener be?<\/p>\n

Immediately, their games against the Houston Texans<\/a>, Indianapolis Colts<\/a>, Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, Tennessee Titans and Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> come into focus.<\/p>\n

They would open on the road against the Colts, Texans or Bengals.<\/p>\n

Now, the NFL already announced that the 2025 league season opener is between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n

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Knowing that, we can perhaps look at a Week 1 game against the San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks or Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n

With the Cardinals having some sort of expectations for 2025, perhaps this is a season they open at home.<\/p>\n

That could be an NFC West game or, if it an AFC game, it could be the Houston Texans or Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n

We will find out soon enough.<\/p>\n

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