NFL schedule 2025: What is each team's bye week?
With the 2025 NFL schedule revealed, there are plenty of questions left to answer.
What are the best games to watch? Who plays on Thanksgiving? What about Christmas? Who plays in the season opener? Will your favorite team play in one of the seven International games? Who has the hardest schedule?
However, one of the most important questions surrounds your team's bye week. During the demanding NFL season, bye weeks are essential for giving teams, players, coaches and staff a break.
Fortunately for fans, there is only one instance of a "Byemageddon" in 2025, when a season-high six teams will have a bye simultaneously in Week 8.
Bye weeks begin in Week 5 and continue through Week 14, with Week 13 the only in-between with no teams on a bye. Here is the complete NFL schedule of bye weeks for each team in 2025.
2025 NFL schedule bye weeks
Week 5:
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Chicago Bears
- Green Bay Packers
- Atlanta Falcons
Week 6:
- Houston Texans
- Minnesota Vikings
Week 7:
- Baltimore Ravens
- Buffalo Bills
Week 8:
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Las Vegas Raiders
- Detroit Lions
- Arizona Cardinals
- Seattle Seahawks
- Los Angeles Rams
Week 9:
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Cleveland Browns
- New York Jets
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 10:
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Tennessee Titans
- Dallas Cowboys
Week 11:
- Indianapolis Colts
- New Orleans Saints
Week 12:
- Miami Dolphins
- Denver Broncos
- Los Angeles Chargers
- Washington Commanders
Week 13:
- NONE
Week 14:
- New York Giants
- New England Patriots
- Carolina Panthers
- San Francisco 49ers
When does the NFL regular season start?
- Week 1: Thursday, Sept. 4 through Monday, Sept. 8
The NFL season kicks off with the season opener on Sept. 4. The defending Super Bowl champion, Philadelphia Eagles, will start their title defense at home against their NFC East rival, the Dallas Cowboys.