2025 Official Packers Schedule: Opponents, Dates, Times, TV

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The NFL released the 2025 schedule on Wednesday night. The Green Bay Packers will open the season with back-to-back home games against NFC heavyweights, get an early bye and potentially battle Aaron Rodgers on Sunday Night Football.

Here is the full schedule.

WEEK 1 – Home: Detroit Lions (Sunday, Sept. 7. 3:25 p.m. Fox.)

Finally, a Week 1 home game for the #Packers.https://t.co/nsMEG4l2pn
— Bill Huber (@BillHuberNFL) May 14, 2025

WEEK 2 – Home: Washington Commanders (Thursday, Sept. 11. 7:15 p.m. Prime Video)

Remember when #Packers GM Brian Gutekunst talked about "urgency" at the end of last season?

They better have it to start this season.https://t.co/IdBll2D4n6
— Bill Huber (@BillHuberNFL) May 14, 2025

WEEK 3 – Away: Cleveland Browns (Sunday, Sept. 21. Noon. Fox)

WEEK 4 – Away: Dallas Cowboys (Sunday, Sept. 28. 7:20 p.m. NBC)

WEEK 5 – Bye

WEEK 6 – Home: Cincinnati Bengals (Sunday, Oct. 12. 3:25 p.m. CBS)

WEEK 7 – Away: Arizona Cardinals (Sunday, Oct. 19. 3:25 p.m. Fox)

WEEK 8 – Away: Pittsburgh Steelers (Sunday, Oct. 26. 7:20 p.m. NBC).

Jordan Love vs. Aaron Rodgers? It will be #Packers and Steelers in primetime.https://t.co/jaKWFTG8Q4
— Bill Huber (@BillHuberNFL) May 15, 2025

WEEK 9 – Home: Carolina Panthers (Sunday, Nov. 2. Noon. Fox)

WEEK 10 – Home: Philadelphia Eagles (Monday, Nov. 10. 7:15 p.m. ESPN/ABC)

WEEK 11 – Away: New York Giants (Sunday, Nov. 16. Noon. Fox).

WEEK 12 – Home: Minnesota Vikings (Sunday, Nov. 23. Noon. Fox).

WEEK 13 – Away: Detroit Lions (Thanksgiving, Nov. 27. Noon. Fox.)

Somewhere between between dreams and reality....@ticketmaster pic.twitter.com/mZvOv1sea4
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) May 14, 2025

WEEK 14 – Home: Chicago Bears (Sunday, Dec. 7. Noon. Fox)

WEEK 15 – Away: Denver Broncos (Sunday, Dec. 14. 3:25 p.m. CBS)

WEEK 16 – Away: Chicago Bears (Saturday, Dec. 20. 3:30 or 7 p.m. Fox.)

WEEK 17 – Home: Baltimore Ravens (Saturday or Sunday, Dec. 27 or 28. Time TBA, TV TBA)

WEEK 18 – Away: Minnesota Vikings (Saturday or Sunday, Jan 3 or 4. Time TBA, TV TBA)

No matter the order, the Packers will face a challenging schedule.

Here's a look at all 17 matchups.https://t.co/9L04h9g4bj
— Bill Huber (@BillHuberNFL) May 14, 2025

Bye Week Blues

The Packers will have their bye in Week 5, which isn’t exactly ideal. Not only is it early in the season, but the Packers will have their mini-bye after facing Washington in Week 2.

Moreover, the big Packers-Eagles matchup at Lambeau Field in Week 10 comes with one enormous disadvantage for Green Bay.

Philadelphia will be coming off its bye week, giving it an additional week of time to rest and plan for the big rematch.

Packers Preseason

Lost in the shuffle off the release of the schedule – and rightfully so – the Packers also announced their three-game preseason.

Game 1: vs. New York Jets, 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9.

Game 2: at Indianapolis Colts, noon Saturday, Aug. 16

Game 3: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23

All three games will air on the Packers TV Network.

Thanksgiving in Detroit

After kicking off the season at Lambeau Field against the Lions, the rematch will come in Detroit on Thanksgiving. The game is scheduled for a noon kickoff, not the usual 11:30 a.m.

This marks the Packers’ third consecutive Thanksgiving game. The Packers are 15-18-2 all-time, including beating the Dolphins 30-17 at Lambeau Field last year.

The Packers are 1-6 in their last seven games against the Lions. The lone win came on Thanksgiving 2023, when Jordan Love and Co. won 29-22.

Home Games Against NFC Powers to Start Season

After hosting the NFC North-champion Detroit Lions in Week 1, the Packers will host the Washington Commanders on Thursday night in Week 2.

The Commanders reached the NFC Championship Game in 2024. Rookie of the Year quarterback helped Washington go from 4-13 in 2023 to 12-5 in 2024. To a strong nucleus, the Commanders traded for left tackle Laremy Tunsil and receiver Deebo Samuel.

Detroit has won six of its last seven games against the Packers. Green Bay has won six in a row at Lambeau Field against Washington.

Gift or Grinch on Christmas?

With the Packers set to play on the Saturday before Christmas, it was logical that the Packers were going to play on Christmas, which falls on Thursday this year.

However:

If the leaks are to be believed, the NFL's Christmas schedule appears to be set:

• Lions at Vikings, 1 pm or 4:30 pm (Netflix)
• Cowboys at Commanders, 1 pm or 4:30 pm (Netflix)
• Broncos at Chiefs, 8:20 pm (Prime)

Cowboys, Lions and Chiefs all playing on 2 holidays.
— John Breech (@johnbreech) May 14, 2025

Packers Home Schedule

That’s especially true at home. Along with the Lions, Vikings and Bears from the NFC North, the teams that reached the NFC Championship Game, the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders, will visit Lambeau Field from the NFC East, as will the powerful Baltimore Ravens and explosive Cincinnati Bengals from the AFC North, and the Carolina Panthers, who finished third in the AFC South.

Packers Road Schedule

The slate of games away doesn’t appear to be as challenging. Along with the Lions, Vikings and Bears, the Packers will visit the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants from the NFC East, the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers from the AFC North, and the Denver Broncos and Arizona Cardinals, the third-place finishers from the NFC West and AFC West.

The game at Pittsburgh could be against Aaron Rodgers.

Strength of Schedule

No matter how you slice it, this will be a challenging road to the playoffs.

By the old-school method of determining strength of schedule for the upcoming season by adding up the records from last season, the Packers will play the fifth-toughest slate of games. That’s a byproduct of playing six games against the NFC North, the two NFC East powerhouses and the rugged AFC North.

By the new-school method of determining strength of schedule by using sportsbook-projected win totals, the Packers will play the 10th-toughest schedule, according to Sharp Football.

Elite Quarterbacks

A challenging schedule and elite quarterbacks go hand in hand. Just look at the quarterbacks coming to Lambeau Field, highlighted by the top three in passer rating.

Lions: Jared Goff finished second in passer rating, completion percentage, passing yards and yards per attempt and fourth in touchdowns.

Ravens: Lamar Jackson arguably should have won his third MVP after leading in the NFL in passer rating, yards per attempt, touchdowns per attempt and yards per rushing attempt.

Bengals: Joe Burrow single-handedly kept them in the hunt despite a horrendous defense. Burrow finished first in passing yards and passing touchdowns and third in rating.

Eagles: Jalen Hurts finished fifth in passer rating and eighth in completion percentage. He threw 18 touchdown passes and ran for 14.

Commanders: Jayden Daniels won Rookie of the Year by finishing 10th in passer rating and sixth in completion percentage. Plus, he trailed only Jackson in yards per carry.

Plus: The Bears’ Caleb Williams and the Panthers’ Bryce Young were No. 1 overall picks, and the Vikings’ J.J. McCarthy lost just one game as a starter at Michigan.

No Games Outside the United States

While international games will be a part of the routine for the Packers, they’ll stay in the United States for all 17 games this season.

The Packers, of course, lost to the Giants in England in 2022 and the Eagles in Brazil in 2024. Not only did they lose the games, their starting quarterback was injured in each.

“The reality regarding international games is that it is a huge priority for the league, and we need to get used to playing them,” Packers President Mark Murphy wrote in his Murphy Takes 5 column. “At minimum, we will be playing an international game every other year.