The NFL released its complete schedule for the 2025 season on Wednesday. Here is the blockbuster game (and another intriguing matchup) for every team in the NFC East.
Dallas Cowboys | Complete schedule
BLOCKBUSTER | vs. Eagles Sept. 4 (Week 1): Why not kick off the 2025 regular season with what’s arguably the NFL’s best rivalry? The Cowboys have a great chance to win their season opener with quarterback Dak Prescott returning from injury. Prescott seemed optimistic when asked to describe how close his team is to the defending champions this offseason.
“I feel like we’ve competed with the Eagles and beat them for the most part when we’ve played them,” he told reporters. “I don’t want to say, ‘Check the record,’ when the other guy is holding the trophy, right? So credit to them. They’ve earned it, and they deserve it by all means. But, yeah, [we’re] very close.”
How close remains to be seen. Prescott is 9-4 against the Eagles in his career, but missed both matchups in 2024. As a result, Philadelphia swept its division rival for the first time since 2011, outscoring Dallas 75-13.
ALSO INTRIGUING | vs. Chiefs, Nov. 27 (Week 13): The Chiefs and Cowboys will play in their first Thanksgiving Day matchup since 1995 while Chiefs quarterback (and Texas native) Patrick Mahomes makes his first start at AT&T Stadium.
The Cowboys are 7-5 against the Chiefs overall but 0-1 against Mahomes. When the teams last met in 2021, Dallas lost 19-9 after putting up 276 yards of total offense on the road. They’ll need to do much better this time around at AT&T Stadium.
New York Giants | Complete schedule
BLOCKBUSTER | vs. Minnesota Vikings, Dec. 21 (Week 16): Giants fans hoped their team would find a quarterback to replace Daniel Jones with the sixth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Instead, they took wide receiver Malik Nabers.
Former Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy went to Minnesota four picks later but didn’t play after tearing his meniscus in the Vikings’ first preseason game. The team managed a 14-3 record with Sam Darnold at quarterback but lost him to the Seahawks in the offseason. Look for McCarthy to show the Giants what they missed when he visits MetLife Stadium
ALSO INTRIGUING | at Broncos, Oct. 19 (Week 7): New York could’ve had former Oregon quarterback Bo Nix as well, but he went to the Broncos with the 12th pick in last year’s draft. Most saw Nix as a late-first, early second-round prospect, but last year’s 12th-leading passer would have looked good in a Giants uniform.
Philadelphia Eagles | Complete schedule
BLOCKBUSTER | at Kansas City Chiefs, Sept. 14 (Week 2): Philadelphia exorcised the demons of a 38-35 loss to Kansas City in Super Bowl LVII with an emphatic 40-22 win over the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. The Eagles’ top-ranked defense should expect a big game from Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes when they visit Arrowhead Stadium.
ALSO INTRIGUING | vs. Lions, Nov. 16 (Week 11): Last year, the (15-2) Lions and (14-3) Eagles seemed destined to meet in the postseason until the Commanders put up 45 points on the road to beat Detroit in the divisional round of the playoffs.
No team scored more points per game (33.2) than the Lions last season, and no team allowed fewer points per contest (17.8) than the Eagles. This year, both teams feature new offensive coordinators after Kellen Moore left Philadelphia to coach the Saints and Ben Johnson left Detroit to take over the rival Chicago Bears.
Washington Commanders | Complete schedule
BLOCKBUSTER | vs. Eagles, Dec. 20 (Week 16): The NFC East could be up for grabs when the Commanders host the Eagles in a 2024 NFC Championship game rematch. The teams met three times last season. Washington lost 28-16 in Week 11, won 36-33 in Week 16 and ended their 2024 campaign with a 55-23 loss at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Commanders will play the Eagles twice in their last three regular-season games. The exact time of this game has yet to be determined, but it could very well be Washington’s sixth prime-time matchup in 2025. The team played two in 2024.
ALSO INTRIGUING | vs. Bears, Oct. 13 (Week 6): When the teams last met, Washington used a 52-yard Hail Mary from Daniels to beat Chicago 18-15 as time expired. The Bears would lose their next nine games and fire head coach Matt Eberflus after a Week 13 loss to the Lions.
Chicago’s offense should be much better under Johnson, with pass-catchers Colston Loveland and Luther Burden III coming over in the draft, while Washington traded for former 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel and Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil.
This matchup may not feature the late-game theatrics of last year’s meeting, but better rosters on both sides should make for another good game on Monday Night Football.
