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The NFL published the schedules of the 32 teams on Wednesday, and some have it a little more difficult than others this season.
The NFL does not have a balanced calendar, which is why some teams will see more difficult or easier schedules, whatever they did last season.
Trying to predict the strength of a calendar is an inaccurate science because the teams change a lot of season in the season, whether in a free agency, the draft of the NFL or changes to the Front Office and the coaches.
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The first round choices of the Giants of New York Abdul Carter and Jaxson Dart take photos before the start of the press conference. (Thomas Salus-Imagn images)
Anyway, here are the three teams whose 2025 opponents have the highest combined percentage of the 2024 season and have a calendar glove.
New York Giants
Despite a terrible 3-14 season which almost cost the managing director Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll, the Giants have the most difficult football calendar.
The Giants’ opponents for the coming season have a percentage of combined victories of .574. The NFC East should play both NFC North and AFC West this season, and the two divisions are home to three teams that made the playoffs last season.
The start of the giant calendar is particularly difficult, because six of their first eight games are against last season’s qualifying teams.
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New York Giants’ head coach Brian Daboll leaves the field after losing against Lincoln Financial Field Eagles in Philadelphia on January 5, 2025. (Images Eric Hartline-Imagn)
You will find below the giant schedule:
- Week 1 – Away against Washington Commanders
- Week 2 – Away against Dallas Cowboys
- Week 3 – Home against Kansas City Chiefs
- Week 4 – Home against Los Angeles Loads
- Week 5 – Away vs the New Orleans Saints
- Week 6 – Home against the Eagles of Philadelphia
- Week 7 – Away vs the Denver Broncos
- Week 8 – Away vs the eagles
- Week 9 – Home vs the San Francisco 49ers
- Week 10 – Away vs the Chicago Bears
- Week 11 – Home vs the Green Bay Packers
- Week 12 – Away vs the Detroit Lions
- Week 13 – Away vs the New England Patriots
- Week 14 – Bye
- Week 15 – Home vs commanders
- Week 16 – Home vs the Minnesota Vikings
- Week 17 – Away vs the las vegas raiders
- Week 18 – Home vs the dallas cowboys
Chicago Bears
The second year of Caleb Williams with the Bears will be a challenge, because their opponents had a percentage of combined victories of 0.571.
Each NFC North team, with the exception of the Bears, did the playoffs last season, and the Bears will get closer to each of their division enemies this season.
In addition to the six usual games against their division rivals, the NFC North faces NFC East and AFC North this season. The NFC East holds the champion of Super Bowl Eagles and the commanders, who were eliminated by Philadelphia during the NFC championship match.
AFC North had two playoff teams last season last season in the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh steelers, and that does not include the Bengals of Cincinnati, which just missed the playoffs.
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The quarter of Chicago Bears Caleb Williams passes against the Seattle Seahawks at the Soldier Field. (Daniel Bartel-Imagn images)
Below, the Bears schedule:
- Week 1 – Home vs. Vikings
- Week 2 – Away vs the lions
- Week 3 – Home vs the cowboys
- Week 4 – Away against raiders
- Week 5 – Bye
- Week 6 – Away against commanders
- Week 7 – Home against saints
- Week 8 – Away against Ravens
- Week 9 – Away against Bengals
- Week 10 – Home against the Giants
- Week 11 – Away against the Vikings
- Week 12 – Home against Steelers
- Week 13 – Away vs the eagles
- Week 14 – Away against packers
- Week 15 – Home against Cleveland Browns
- Week 16 – Home against Packers
- Week 17 – Away against 49ers
- Week 18 – Home vs the lions
Detroit lions
Lions, like the Bears, are in NFC North and most of their opponents overlap, so that the opponents of the two teams have a percentage of combined victories of 0.571.
The Lions went for 15-2 exceptional last season, but will face a much larger task in 2025 to have the same record.
In addition to having a difficult schedule, the team lost the two coordinators of the team of last year. The attacking coordinator Ben Johnson took the job of head coach of the Bears, while the defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is now the head coach of the New York Jets.
Lions coach Dan Campbell during the Green Bay Packers match at Ford Field in Detroit on December 5, 2024. (Junfu Han / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
You will find below the Lions calendar:
- Week 1 – Away against packers
- Week 2 – Home against bears
- Week 3 – Away against Ravens
- Week 4 – Home against Browns
- Week 5 – Away against Bengals
- Week 6 – Away against chefs
- Week 7 – Home vs the tampa bay buccaneers
- Week 8 – Bye
- Week 9 – Home VS Vikings
- Week 10 – Away against commanders
- Week 11 – Away against Eagles
- Week 12 – Home against the Giants
- Week 13 – Home against packers
- Week 14 – Home against cowboys
- Week 15 – Away against Los Angeles Rams
- Week 16 – Home against Steelers
- Week 17 – Away against the Vikings
- Week 18 – Away vs the bears
