The final regular-season games for the 2025 season will be played Jan. 4, 2025. The playoffs begin Jan. 10 and continue through Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Here is a bold prediction for every team following the schedule release. Click on the links to see the full schedule and more analysis from NFL Nation.

Cleveland faces tough opening stretch with six games against strong opponents, including divisional rivals Bengals and Ravens in Weeks 1 and 2.

The NFL schedule was released on May 14. That means we know every game from Week 1 through Week 18 — and no time like the present to make some way-too-early predictions and rank the games from weakest to strongest as the league kicks off its 2025 season.

Given their division alignment, it makes sense the Bengals and Steelers have played so often in primetime games. But the second most frequent opponent for the Bengals under the li

Stewart went No. 17 overall and Knight went No. 49 overall in the draft. Cincinnati has already signed its other draft picks in guard Dylan Fairchild (round 3, No. 81 overall), linebacker Barrett Carter (round 4, No. 119), offensive tackle Jalen Rivers (round 5, No. 153) and running back Tahj Brooks (round 6, No. 193).