The 2025 “Monday Night time Soccer” schedule kicks off with an NFC North showdown between the Ben Johnson-led Chicago Bears and the visiting Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 8.
The prime-time divisional conflict, introduced as a part of the NFL’s 2025 schedule launch Wednesday evening, marks the start of Johnson’s head teaching tenure in Chicago, which employed him in January following his six-season stint as an assistant with the Detroit Lions.
It can additionally mark Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy‘s NFL debut after he missed the 2024 season due to a knee harm. McCarthy, the No. 10 decide of final yr’s draft, matches up in opposition to Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, who went No. 1 total in the identical draft.
The “Monday Night time Soccer” slate will function 4 Monday evening doubleheaders, starting Week 2, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers go to the Houston Texans and the Los Angeles Chargers go to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sept. 15. The opposite MNF doubleheaders happen Week 4, when the Miami Dolphins host the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos host the Cincinnati Bengals; Week 6 with the Buffalo Bills visiting the Atlanta Falcons and the Bears visiting the Washington Commanders; and Week 7 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit and Houston Texans on the Seattle Seahawks.
Different highlights of the MNF slate embody a Week 10 matchup between the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers in a rematch of last season’s NFC wild-card game, which the Eagles gained 22-10 en path to profitable the Tremendous Bowl.
That sport will mark the primary of two Monday evening video games for Philadelphia, which additionally faces the Chargers in Week 14.
The Kansas City Chiefs, final season’s runner-up, even have two MNF video games: a Week 5 highway matchup in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars and a house date in opposition to the Commanders in Week 8.
Different groups with two MNF video games embody the Dallas Cowboys, who host the Arizona Cardinals in Week 9 and go to the Raiders in Week 11, and the Detroit Lions, who go to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 3 and host the Bucs in Week 7.