NFL confirms 2025 season opener as Philadelphia Eagles will begin Super Bowl defense against Dallas Cowboys

The Philadelphia Eagles volition statesman their Super Bowl rubric defence against the Dallas Cowboys successful the archetypal crippled of the 2025 NFL season.

The crippled volition beryllium played September 4 successful Philadelphia, wherever the Eagles volition apt beryllium raising their 2nd Super Bowl banner, portion the visiting Cowboys play their archetypal crippled nether recently promoted caput manager Brian Schottenheimer. 

The league’s broadcast partners volition statesman to denote prime games Monday and the afloat slate of games volition beryllium revealed Wednesday night. The thirst for shot is truthful large the docket merchandise is simply a three-hour, prime-time broadcast connected the NFL Network.

Teams person known their 2025 opponents since past play ended but everyone is waiting connected dates and times.

There volition beryllium 7 planetary games successful 5 countries, including 3 successful England, 1 successful Germany, 1 successful Brazil and the first-ever games successful Spain and Ireland.

The Jaguars, Jets and Browns are the designated location teams for the 3 games successful London. The Colts are playing successful Berlin, the Chargers successful São Paulo, the Dolphins successful Madrid and the Steelers successful Dublin.

A triple-header connected Christmas Day is among the highlights.

Here are 10 of the astir anticipated matchups:

For the 2nd clip successful 3 years, these 2 teams volition play a Super Bowl rematch astatine Arrowhead Stadium. Philadelphia dominated Kansas City successful the Super Bowl successful February with Jalen Hurts earning the MVP award. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs bushed the Eagles successful the Super Bowl aft the 2022 play but Philly won the rematch connected the roadworthy the pursuing November.

Mahomes and Josh Allen look disconnected again successful a rematch of the AFC title game. Allen and the Bills person defeated Mahomes and the Chiefs 4 consecutive times successful the regular season, but Kansas City has won each 4 playoff matchups betwixt the 2 rivals implicit the past 5 years. The crippled volition beryllium played successful Buffalo.

Ben Johnson leads the Bears against his erstwhile squad aft guiding 1 of the league’s astir prolific offenses successful Detroit. Johnson was the Lions’ violative coordinator for 3 seasons. The squad led the NFL successful scoring successful 2024, mounting a franchise grounds with an mean of 33.2 points per game.

Assuming Aaron Rodgers joins Pittsburgh, he’ll get a accidental to look his erstwhile squad aft a contentious departure from New York. Rodgers, a four-time NFL MVP successful Green Bay, said helium felt disrespected by Jets manager Aaron Glenn aft flying from California for a face-to-face gathering lone to beryllium told minutes into the speech that the squad didn't privation him.

New Patriots manager Mike Vrabel faces his erstwhile squad successful Tennessee. Vrabel was Coach of the Year with the Titans successful 2021 and was fired aft the 2023 season.

The matchup galore fans wanted to spot successful the NFC title crippled past play but it didn’t cookware retired due to the fact that the Commanders knocked disconnected the No. 1 effect connected the roadworthy astatine Detroit. The Eagles bushed the Lions 38-35 the astir caller clip the teams met successful Week 1 of the 2022 season.

Lamar Jackson is 1-4 against Mahomes, including a location nonaccomplishment successful the AFC title crippled successful January 2024. The Chiefs kicked disconnected past play with a 27-20 triumph implicit the Ravens aft a imaginable game-tying TD drawback by Isaiah Likely was overturned and his toed was ruled retired of bounds.

Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels spell head-to-head for the 2nd consecutive season. The quarterbacks were drafted 1-2 successful 2024. Daniels led the Commanders to a comeback triumph against the Bears past play connected a desperation last-second TD pass. Chicago spiraled aft the disappointing loss, dropping 9 successful a row.

Sam Darnold takes connected his erstwhile squad aft helping the Vikings triumph 14 games past season. Minnesota fto Darnold locomotion distant aft a vocation play and the Seahawks gave him a three-year, $100.5 cardinal deal. The Vikings are counting connected 2024 first-round prime J.J. McCarthy.

The Rams were Philadelphia’s toughest playoff hostile past season. Down 28-22 with conscionable implicit 1 infinitesimal left, Los Angeles had the shot astatine the Eagles 13 connected 3rd down. But Jalen Carter sacked Matthew Stafford for a 9-yard nonaccomplishment and past pressured him into an incomplete walk connected 4th down to unafraid the win. The Eagles went connected to rout Washington successful the NFC rubric crippled and Kansas City successful the Super Bowl.