2025-2026 Opponents

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At this stage, 16 of the 17 opponents for next season are already decided. Here is who we play next year:

Home:
Dallas
Philly
NYG
Chicago
Detroit
Seattle
Vegas
Denver

Away:
Dallas
Philly
NYG
Minnesota
Green Bay
Kansas City
Chargers
Miami
TB/Atlanta (whomever doesn't make the playoffs)
 
Definitely a harder schedule based on this year, but you know what... It doesn't scare me.
 
That's a pretty tough looking schedule. Once Peters adds his touch to the roster this off-season I'm sure it won't look near as daunting.
 
All those teams are looking at us and thinking "crap we have to face Daniels."

Gonna be a lot of primetime games too. If the Chiefs win it all I'd expect Commies-Chiefs to be the Thursday Night Season Opener.
 
Chicago again?

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But yeah every single game on that schedule has the potential to be a real knife fight. No Browns/Titans kind of breaks.

And that's fine, if you wanna be a "good" team in this league you gotta beat good teams.

I only hope they give us a reasonable bye, like week 9 or something. No week 5/6/13/14 shenanigans.
 
DogofWar1 said:
Chicago again?

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But yeah every single game on that schedule has the potential to be a real knife fight. No Browns/Titans kind of breaks.

And that's fine, if you wanna be a "good" team in this league you gotta beat good teams.

I only hope they give us a reasonable bye, like week 9 or something. No week 5/6/13/14 shenanigans.
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I mean we have no idea who will be good or bad, outside of the Chiefs who if Mahomes is healthy is a safe bet to win 11+ games.

Everyone would have pegged us as an easy win this year too.
 
Guaranteed: League officials will be looking over the 2025 schedule, and they’re going to say, “Hey, here’s a great idea: How about Dallas and Washington on Thanksgiving Day in Dallas?” (as if this was the most novel idea since … 2023 🙄).
 
KC or the Chargers are the likely opponent for that wretched Texas team on Thanksgiving
 
The away schedule is pretty brutal. You have to expect some regression out of the NFC North, but they should still be solid teams next year.

AP better get cooking with the upgrades.
 
Warhead36 said:
I mean we have no idea who will be good or bad, outside of the Chiefs who if Mahomes is healthy is a safe bet to win 11+ games.

Everyone would have pegged us as an easy win this year too.
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Sure but generally speaking I don't see a lot of these teams taking huge steps back.

All division games are knock down drag out fights. None are easy.

Kansas City should still be good and I won't bet against those devil magic users until their debt to their demonic pact makers comes due.

Detroit should still be good. They may take a step back but equally could be even better, given how banged up they are. Minimum 10 win team unless like Goff/Gibbs/Montgomery/Amen Ra all tear ACLs together.

Chargers are kinda like us, holes on the roster, work in progress. But Harbaugh has them 10-6 in year one, and it's very likely this is the worst chargers team they'll have for the next 5 years or so.

Minnesota like Detroit should still be good. The only thing that could derail that is their QB situation. If they pay Darnold a huge amount to keep him, do they sacrifice elsewhere? Flip side, if they let him go, is JJ ready? If they go JJ and try and put the best team they can around him, but JJ falls flat, then they may be in trouble, but even then they're probably a minimum 7-8 win team, and most likely have the all around talent to scrape 10 wins without elite QB play.

Green Bay is Green Bay. They're seemingly always somewhere between good and great. Love doesn't feel like prime Rodgers but even if they have a down year they'll still be dangerous. Worst case scenario is they struggle and end up like a 7-10 team but are still very much a trap game.

So that's 11 games minimum that are probably against either division opponents or good teams.

The rest could be up or down I suppose, but I'm just gonna assume they're up and it's a tough fight. Even Vegas.

Chicago has a Commanders 2023 feel, so they are one Dan Quinn culture change away from potentially being good. Denver feels like the Texans to me, so I kinda expect them to be good but not elite. Seattle and Miami are all about the QBs. Does Geno's age catch up with him (cracks already showing with his 17-15 TD/INTs) and does Tua's brain hold up (poor guy). TB and Atlanta probably good teams. Mayfield figured his stuff out, tho the team overall feels a bit boom bust. Atlanta will be very interesting with Penix. Vegas probably still has problems, even if they win the Sanders sweepstakes bc I just assume Deion is gonna turn wherever he lands into a circus for a couple years, but that doesn't mean they won't be dangerous.

I would not be surprised if we ended up with 16 games against either the division or winning teams.
 
I hate the schedule game because invariably 1/3 of the league isn’t what you think it’s going to be, with either +\- 4 wins from their Vegas projection. Either due to ineptitude, accelerated growth, or injuries.

The thing is, you don’t know which 10-12 teams are going to be different than expectations.

Especially not before the previous season is over.
 
CommanderSkins said:
Guaranteed: League officials will be looking over the 2025 schedule, and they’re going to say, “Hey, here’s a great idea: How about Dallas and Washington on Thanksgiving Day in Dallas?” (as if this was the most novel idea since … 2023 ).
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Jerry will fight that with how good we are now. The cowboys have won their last 3, but have played the against the Giants twice and Washington both of who were dreadful. But before that, they were 3-7 in their previous 10 games on Thanksgiving, with 2 of those wins being Washington. Jerry pushes for weak opponents for Thanksgiving games. He doesn’t want to lose. And for the NFL, the game gets ratings regardless of who plays, so they don’t need a marquee matchup.
 
Well, to be fair, we have the exact same schedule as the rest of the division save for three opponents. So:
Philly plays: @ Buffalo, @ TB/ATL (whomever wins the NFC south), and home against the Rams.
Dallas plays: @ Jets (most likely), @ NO (most likely), and home against the Cards/49ers
NYG plays: @ Pats (most likely), @ Carolina (most likely), and home against the 49ers/Cards

The whole division will have tough schedules, although I could see Dallas having a better record with better health and those opponents.
 
This year was all about laying down the foundation. Next year is obviously all about sustaining what we surprisingly achieved. We have an opportunity to do what no Washington team has done since 1992 - that being making the playoffs in consecutive years. Peters has a ton of cap space to elevate the roster from mid-level to great. Over and above that, if Daniels continues to play elite football, that becomes the ultimate equalizer. In a nutshell, i ain't scared of no schedule.
 
From Chris Russell on Twitter/X today:

“The #Commanders are going to play Thanksgiving Day again in Dallas vs #Cowboys, Christmas Day, another TNF game, 2-3 SNF/MNF scheduled games & probably an international game. Disaster.”
 
CommanderSkins said:
From Chris Russell on Twitter/X today:

“The #Commanders are going to play Thanksgiving Day again in Dallas vs #Cowboys, Christmas Day, another TNF game, 2-3 SNF/MNF scheduled games & probably an international game. Disaster.”
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Chris Russell is a disaster.

Setting that aside, and the fact that I'll believe it when I see it, (not that I don't believe it, but until it's officially released, who knows who he's talking to or if it's accurate), so what? We were in the NFCCG, with what looks like a generational QB. Of course we're going to get prime time games. I wouldn't be shocked if Eagles vs. Commanders on opening night isn't being discussed at NFL HQ. Championship game rematch to start the season? I think the NFL could sell that.

And if they play on Thanksgiving, I think they HAVE to play another Thursday night game. The hope is it would be the week before or after the Thanksgiving game. They have done that a few times with the Cowboys. They play on Thanksgiving then the next Thursday. No reason they couldn't have the Commanders play the Thursday before thanksgiving, then Thanksgiving, then have a break after that.

Regardless, it's really nothing to see here from Mr. Pregnant Pause.
 
It seems like we play the cowboys on Thanksgiving every other year.

We probably don't, it just seems that way.
 
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