Broncos 2025 schedule: The must-watch game, most boring matchup and toughest stretch for Denver<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\nWEEK 3
\nAT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS<\/p>\n
2:05 p.m., Sept. 21, CBS<\/p>\n
The first divisional game of the year is a big one. It\u2019s also the first of three back-to-back road game sets for Denver. Traveling East and then West on consecutive weekends is never easy. That\u2019s particularly true when a big, rugged foe like Jim Harbaugh\u2019s team is waiting. This will be the Broncos\u2019 first look at rookie running back Omarion Hampton, whom they passed over to select Jahdae Barron at No. 20 in last month\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n
WEEK 4
\nCINCINNATI BENGALS<\/p>\n
6:15 p.m., Sept. 29 (Monday Night Football), ESPN<\/p>\n
This matchup always felt destined for prime time. These teams played a terrific game in Cincinnati back in December and now the reprisal comes on Monday Night Football at Empower Field. Joe Burrow\u2019s top receiver duo now makes a collective $70 million a year. That will be a salty test for Joseph\u2019s secondary, which added Barron and safety Talanoa Hufanga to the mix this offseason for games just like this.<\/p>\n
WEEK 5
\nAT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES<\/p>\n
11 a.m. Oct. 5, CBS<\/p>\n
The Broncos visit the defending Super Bowl champions before jumping across the Atlantic. The Eagles offense was essentially unstoppable behind running back Saquon Barkley and quarterback Jalen Hurts. Interestingly, Denver QB Bo Nix draws comparisons \u2014 including from linebacker Alex Singleton, who played for the Eagles \u2014 to Hurts. By Week 5, the early indicators on whether Nix can avoid a sophomore slump will be coming into focus.<\/p>\n
WEEK 6
\nAT NEW YORK JETS (LONDON)<\/p>\n
7:30 a.m., Oct. 12, NFL Network<\/p>\n
The Broncos head back to jolly old London town for a matchup with the Jets. If Nix strains his hamstring against Philadelphia, perhaps he\u2019ll take a page out of Russell Wilson\u2019s book and do high knees on the flight across the ocean. Just kidding. Probably. This is the final leg of what sets up to be a rugged first portion of the schedule \u2014 four of six on the road, including a 10-day trip with an international finisher.<\/p>\n
WEEK 7
\nNEW YORK GIANTS<\/p>\n
2:05 p.m., Oct. 19., CBS<\/p>\n
Instead of a bye week coming off the return flight from London, the Broncos go right back to work. That\u2019s a bit of a dice roll, though the Giants are far from the toughest team on the schedule. Still, Payton\u2019s team will need to find a way to ditch the jet lag quickly in order to avoid having it take a toll during a critical two-game home stretch against NFC teams. If they succeed, it has a chance to pay off big in December.<\/p>\n
WEEK 8
\nDALLAS COWBOYS<\/p>\n
2:25 p.m., Oct. 26, CBS<\/p>\n
This should be a fun one at Empower Field. Dallas comes to town with Dak Prescott and his newly upgraded receiving pair of CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens. Given the way it\u2019s gone for the Cowboys in recent years, who knows what the picture will look like by late October. But it\u2019s a team talented enough to be right there in the NFC picture.<\/p>\n
WEEK 9
\nAT HOUSTON TEXANS<\/p>\n
11 a.m., Nov. 2, FOX<\/p>\n
November starts with a game that could have real postseason implications. In 2023, Denver\u2019s playoff hopes cratered when they couldn\u2019t get into the end zone on the final snaps of the game. This time around shouldn\u2019t have those kind of stakes, but it\u2019ll be a good mid-season tester against a talented group and a disruptive defensive front led by Danielle Hunter and Will Anderson.<\/p>\n
WEEK 10
\nLAS VEGAS RAIDERS<\/p>\n
6:15 p.m., Nov. 6 (Thursday Night Football), Prime Video<\/p>\n
It\u2019ll be a quick turnaround from playing at Houston to a Thursday nighter at home, but the Broncos will take it for the extra rest ahead of their first game of the season against Kansas City. Still, this will be tough. The Raiders should be more stable with head coach Pete Carroll and Geno Smith at quarterback and a pair of young offensive talents in tight end Brock Bowers and running back Ashton Jeanty.<\/p>\n
WEEK 11
\nKANSAS CITY CHIEFS<\/p>\n
2:25 p.m., Nov. 16, CBS<\/p>\n
So Denver benefits from the mini bye ahead of hosting the Chiefs. Can Payton\u2019s team \u2014 or any of the others in the West, for that matter \u2014 stay close enough to Andy Reid\u2019s group to make it competitive in the second half of the season? Can Joseph\u2019s defense continue doing what has been consistently terrific work against Patrick Mahomes? Weeks 10-11 will be a major pivot point for the Broncos. Starting with the Raiders, they play five of their final eight against AFC West foes.<\/p>\n
WEEK 12
\nBYE<\/p>\n
If the Broncos play their cards right, this is where the payoff comes. In exchange for playing the Sunday after getting home from London, Denver\u2019s got a stretch where it plays just one game \u2014\u00a0home against the Chiefs \u2014\u00a0in a 23-day span. That\u2019s gold for getting over some bumps and bruises\u2026 if you\u2019re in contention.<\/p>\n
WEEK 13
\nAT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS<\/p>\n
6:20 p.m., Nov. 30 (Sunday Night Football), NBC<\/p>\n
One of the best matchups on the Broncos\u2019 slate and it comes in prime time. Coach Dan Quinn, quarterback Jayden Daniels and the Commanders took the NFC by storm last year. The Broncos did the same to a lesser degree in the AFC. Both clubs have a lot going for them now and into the future. This one has a chance to be electric. Who\u2019d have said that two years ago or even this time last year?<\/p>\n
WEEK 14
\nAT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS<\/p>\n
2:05 p.m., Dec. 7, CBS<\/p>\n
Round 2 against the Raiders comes on the road. The Broncos in 2024 won at Allegiant Stadium for the first time and capped a season sweep of the hated rivals. In order to be in prime contention to win the division this fall, a repeat performance might be necessary. But this year in the AFC West there are no apparent gimmes.<\/p>\n
WEEK 15
\nGREEN BAY PACKERS<\/p>\n
2:25 p.m., Dec. 14, CBS<\/p>\n
Yet another game in the stretch run that could have playoff implications for both sides. These teams play in two of the most rugged divisions \u2014 they\u2019re both 2024 postseason teams who match up here because they each finished third last year \u2014 and are expected to be in the hunt again this fall. This sets up to be the Broncos\u2019 reunion with former Vegas running back Josh Jacobs, who now powers the Packers\u2019 offense and has been a major problem for Denver his entire career.<\/p>\n
WEEK 16
\nJACKSONVILLE JAGUARS<\/p>\n
2:05 p.m., Dec. 21, FOX<\/p>\n
One last non-division foe before the critical final two weeks. The Jaguars land in what could be a trap spot between the Packers and then a short week of preparation going into a potentially massive Christmas Night game against the Chiefs. Oh, and this will be No. 2 overall pick and 2024 Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter\u2019s return to the Front Range. That\u2019ll be worth the price of admission by itself.<\/p>\n
WEEK 17
\nAT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS<\/p>\n
6:15 p.m., Dec. 25 (Thursday Night Football), Prime Video<\/p>\n
Massive primetime showdown with division title implications? Or another Kansas City coronation? That\u2019s the question that\u2019s impossible to answer from here about the vibe come Christmas night at Arrowhead Stadium. Regardless, it\u2019s a guarantee this game will draw an enormous audience. If the Broncos are in the hunt, it\u2019ll be the biggest game of Nix\u2019s career and the Payton era to date.<\/p>\n
WEEK 18
\nLOS ANGELES CHARGERS<\/p>\n
TBD, Jan. 3 or 4<\/p>\n
Whether it\u2019s the division or Wild Card positioning, the goal is to always have the final game of the season matter \u2014 unless your spot is already secure. It\u2019s hard to imagine a world in which this one is meaningless for both teams and it\u2019s easy to envision a scenario in which both need this one. That makes it a terrific capper to the 2025 regular season. Where\u2019s Denver going from this game? Staying home to host a divisional game? Hitting the road for Wild Card weekend? Or off to golf courses in warmer climes?<\/p>\n
Want more Broncos news? Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis.<\/a><\/p>\nOriginally Published: May 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM MDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEEK 1 TENNESSEE TITANS 2:05 p.m., Sept. 7, FOX Vance Joseph\u2019s defense will be licking its chops to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2062],"tags":[501,925,232,231,258,2426,7,492,734,1012,1577,929,10732,926,6,499,3976,9,128,2832],"class_list":{"0":"post-62090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-andy-reid","9":"tag-bo-nix","10":"tag-broncos","11":"tag-denver","12":"tag-denver-broncos","13":"tag-denverbroncos","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-jalen-hurts","16":"tag-jayden-daniels","17":"tag-jim-harbaugh","18":"tag-joe-burrow","19":"tag-latest-headlines","20":"tag-london","21":"tag-more-broncos-news","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-patrick-mahomes","24":"tag-pete-carroll","25":"tag-sports","26":"tag-travis-hunter","27":"tag-vance-joseph"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114534104917735720","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62090","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=62090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}