The Jets will be playing a ton of early games this season.
The full New York Jets 2025 regular season schedule has been released.
All times are Eastern. Games could be flexed to different times and networks after the season begins.
Week 1: Sunday, September 7 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 pm CBS
Week 2: Sunday, September 14 vs Buffalo Bills 1:00 pm CBS
Week 3: Sunday, September 21 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 pm Fox
Week 4: Monday, September 29 at Miami Dolphins 7:15 pm ESPN (Monday Night Football)
Week 5: Sunday, October 5 vs Dallas Cowboys 1:00 pm Fox
Week 6: Sunday, October 12 vs Denver Broncos (London) 9:30 am NFLN
Week 7: Sunday, October 19 vs Carolina Panthers 1:00 pm Fox
Week 8: Sunday, October 26 at Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 pm CBS
Week 9: Bye
Week 10: Sunday, November 9 vs Cleveland Browns 1:00 pm CBS
Week 11: Thursday, November 13 at New England Patriots 8:15 pm Amazon Prime (Thursday Night Football)
Week 12: Sunday, November 23 at Baltimore Ravens 1:00 pm CBS
Week 13: Sunday, November 30 vs Atlanta Falcons 1:00 pm FOX
Week 14: Sunday, December 7 vs Miami Dolphins 1:00 pm CBS
Week 15: Sunday, December 14 at Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00 pm CBS
Week 16: Sunday, December 21 at New Orleans Saints 1:00 pm CBS
Week 17: Sunday, December 28 vs New England Patriots 1:00 pm CBS
Week 18: Saturday, January 3 or Sunday, January 4 at Buffalo Bills
Highlights:
- The season begins with a home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in which former Steelers and current Jets starting quarterback Justin Fields may be facing former Jets starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers has not yet signed with the Steelers, but that is considered his most likely landing spot if he doesn’t retire.
- After a disappointing season last year in which the Jets had a slew of nationally televised games and wildly underperformed expectations, the NFL limited this 2025 Jets team to just two prime time games.
- The Jets open with five home games in their first seven games (albeit one of the “home” games will be played in London, England against the Denver Broncos). There is a path here for a fast start.
- For those looking for an early end to Jets games, the Jets play just two games starting after 1:00 pm all season.
- The Jets’ season series against the Miami Dolphins appears to be favorable to the Jets. They play in the Miami heat and humidity in September. However, the game starts at 7:15 pm, avoiding the worst heat of the day and placing the bulk of the action in the relatively cool night. Then the Jets get the Dolphins at home in December, where the Dolphins struggle in cold conditions. This is about as favorable for the Jets against the Dolphins as we could reasonably hope for.
- The Jets’ bye week comes smack in the middle of the season in week 9, giving the team two weeks to rest up, heal some injuries, and come out strong for the second half of the season. Avoiding one of the earliest bye weeks, when they are often not needed before injuries start to mount, seems like a favorable development for the Jets
- The Jets play three of their last four games on the road, which is difficult. However, on the bright side, their opponents will be the Jaguars, the Saints and the Patriots, three teams not expected to be top teams this season, before closing the season on the road against the Bills. It’s possible that last game may be against a Bills team that has already clinched the AFC East and their seeding in the AFC playoffs. If things work out that way, the Jets might face the Bills’ backups to close out the regular season. There is a path here for a Jets winning streak to close the season. If everything breaks right, perhaps the Jets could sneak into the playoffs.