{"id":83154,"date":"2025-05-27T17:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/83154\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:22:10","slug":"arizona-plays-2-games-with-extra-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/83154\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona plays 2 games with extra rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A look at which games the Cardinals get extra rest for<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> know their 2025 regular-season schedule. Cards Wire has covered that a lot of ways.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is again.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Cardinals 2025 regular-season scheduleWeek 1:\u00a0(Away) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans-saints\/350\" data-autotag=\"84b23fc0-f769-4d65-9d38-018c62e4efd7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>, Sunday, Sept. 7, 1 p.m. ET (10 am. AZ time)Week 2:\u00a0(Home) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/carolina-panthers\/364\" data-autotag=\"8afac4d1-41b4-4302-b154-b45f5b48a0d2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>, Sunday, Sept. 14, 4:05 p.m. ET (1:05 p.m. AZ time)Week 3:\u00a0(Away)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, Sunday, Sept. 21, 4:25 p.m. ET (1:25 p.m. AZ time)Week 4:\u00a0(Home) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/seattle-seahawks\/361\" data-autotag=\"91fb7995-f6cd-4aa3-adbc-98eb39d76a79\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>, Thursday, Sept. 25, 8:15 p.m. ET (5:15 p.m. AZ time)Week 5:\u00a0(Home)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>, Sunday, Oct. 5, 4:05 p.m. ET (1:05 p.m. AZ time(Week 6:\u00a0(Away)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>, Sunday, Oct. 12, 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. AZ time)Week 7:\u00a0(Home) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/green-bay-packers\/335\" data-autotag=\"2b76aec5-0d77-4545-9a2a-f864de5488eb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>, Sunday, Oct. 19, 4:25 p.m. ET (1:25 p.m. AZ time)Week 8:\u00a0BYE WEEKWeek 9:\u00a0(Away) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/dallas-cowboys\/331\" data-autotag=\"7af2161d-a8dd-41a5-87e2-32eb5b028473\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, Monday, Nov. 3, 8:15 p.m. ET (6:15 p.m. AZ time)Week 10:\u00a0(Away) Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Nov. 9, 4:05 p.m. ET (2:05 p.m. AZ time)Week 11:\u00a0(Home) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" data-autotag=\"3d4aeb7f-6493-4c2a-8803-2439e4b64ee4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, Sunday, Nov. 16, 4:05 p.m. ET (2:05 p.m. AZ time)Week 12:\u00a0(Home) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, Sunday, Nov. 23, 4:05 p.m. ET (2:05 p.m. AZ time)Week 13:\u00a0(Away)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>, Sunday, Nov. 30, 1 p.m. ET (11 a.m. AZ time)Week 14:\u00a0(Home) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>, Sunday, Dec. 7, 4:25 p.m. ET (2:25 p.m. AZ time)Week 15:\u00a0(Away) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/houston-texans\/325\" data-autotag=\"4fdb1a06-1d90-42ff-b7f7-5268ecaf7955\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Houston Texans<\/a>, Sunday, Dec. 14, 1 p.m. ET (11 a.m. AZ time(Week 16:\u00a0(Home)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, Sunday, Dec. 21, 4:05 p.m. ET (2:05 p.m. AZ time)Week 17:\u00a0(Away) Cincinnati Bengals, Saturday, Dec. 27\/Sunday, Dec. 28, TBDWeek 18:\u00a0(Away) Los Angeles Rams, Date, time TBDThe Cardinals and rest in the schedule<\/p>\n<p>We detailed how the Cardinals will not face a single opponent coming off a bye week. Only the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" data-autotag=\"55e278ca-caf0-429b-8b4a-caeb78bff5ff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> in Week 16 will be coming off a long weekend after playing on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals, though, do get two games with a real rest advantage.<\/p>\n<p>They play the Seattle Seahawks at home in Week 4 on Thursday night. After that, they will face the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" data-autotag=\"f9731e2d-52ac-46db-9b52-ab518dbe13b4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> at home with extra rest, getting the mini-bye.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in Week 9, the Cardinals will face the Dallas Cowboys on the road coming off their Week 8 bye. They will be the more rested team in that game, although it means they will have a slightly shorter week of preparation.<\/p>\n<p>Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire&#8217;s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/27gxR7Oml5yVPywhOG8KHR?si=cGJ0FN6aRBquiLus5nj7rw&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=05e790ef05a641b8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9sICHPD_aT9zxnG7dJj6izJWgMhLMh_U&amp;si=rpNldnLNN-_DdW8R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-rise-up-see-red-podcast\/id670822447?mt=2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A look at which games the Cardinals get extra rest for The Arizona Cardinals know their 2025 regular-season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[220,247,265,240,375,390,2604,223,254,210,1327,235,260,230,229,257,224,7,219,27,345,221,253,212,125,213,239,58,246,206,55,88,6,676,245,264,428,236,424,397,218,252,238,237,261,9,266,526,394,222,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-83154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-american","10":"tag-american-football","11":"tag-angeles","12":"tag-arizona","13":"tag-arizona-cardinals","14":"tag-arizonacardinals","15":"tag-atlanta","16":"tag-atlanta-falcons","17":"tag-bay","18":"tag-cardinals","19":"tag-carolina","20":"tag-carolina-panthers","21":"tag-cowboys","22":"tag-dallas","23":"tag-dallas-cowboys","24":"tag-falcons","25":"tag-football","26":"tag-francisco","27":"tag-green","28":"tag-green-bay-packers","29":"tag-houston","30":"tag-houston-texans","31":"tag-jacksonville","32":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","33":"tag-jaguars","34":"tag-los","35":"tag-los-angeles-rams","36":"tag-neutral","37":"tag-new","38":"tag-new-orleans-saints","39":"tag-news","40":"tag-nfl","41":"tag-orleans","42":"tag-overall","43":"tag-overall-neutral","44":"tag-packers","45":"tag-panthers","46":"tag-rams","47":"tag-saints","48":"tag-san","49":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","50":"tag-seahawks","51":"tag-seattle","52":"tag-seattle-seahawks","53":"tag-sports","54":"tag-sports-news","55":"tag-tennessee","56":"tag-tennessee-titans","57":"tag-texans","58":"tag-titans"},"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\/83154","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=83154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}