Let’s be sincere, pals.
By the point Monday Night time Soccer rolls round throughout some NFL weeks, watching one other soccer recreation is just not on the prime of your to-do checklist. Whether or not you’ve gotten different life commitments otherwise you simply don’t need to settle in on the sofa for yet one more recreation, generally you don’t carve out the time.
Nevertheless, now that the complete 2025 NFL schedule has been launched, listed here are the Monday Night time Soccer video games on this yr’s slate that you simply need to make sure that to dam off time for, ranked.
For reference, right here is the complete schedule.
10: Week 18: TBD vs. TBD
9: Week 18: TBD vs. TBD
So … we’re dishonest a bit off the bat right here.
This yr’s Monday Night time Soccer slate ends with a pair of video games on January 3, 2026. That is the Saturday of Week 18, and a pair of time slots that the league usually reserves for video games with main playoff implications.
Meaning … these are video games you’ll need to watch. However since we have no idea who’s in them fairly but, we can not rank them any greater on this checklist.
8: Week 2: Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders
It is a fascinating recreation for a number of completely different causes.
On one facet of the sector, you’ve gotten the Los Angeles Chargers, a workforce that, each offseason, will get constructed up as the subsequent franchise to hitch the higher echelon of elite golf equipment, solely to crash again to Earth in some unspecified time in the future the next season.
On the opposite facet of the sector, you’ve gotten the Las Vegas Raiders, getting into a brand new period with Geno Smith beneath heart and Pete Carroll on the sideline.
Squaring off towards a coach he is aware of properly in Jim Harbaugh.
7. Week 6: Chicago Bears at Washington Commanders
The final time these two groups squared off, it resulted in epic trend, with the Commanders successful on a Hail Mary on the sport’s ultimate play.
Caleb Williams and firm may need some revenge, and this may also give us one other early have a look at the Chicago Bears beneath new head coach Ben Johnson.
6. Week 7: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions
These two groups have performed some fascinating video games over the previous two seasons, with each groups popping out on prime in these matchups. The Lions notched a 31-23 win within the Divisional Spherical of the 2023-2024 NFL season, whereas the Buccaneers enacted some revenge final yr with a 20-16 win in September.
These are two NFC groups with massive goals, and this can be a fantastic take a look at for each golf equipment.
5. Week 4: Cincinnati Bengals at Denver Broncos
Final yr, these two groups met for the primary time since 2021, late within the yr, with main playoff implications on the road for each golf equipment. The Broncos have been on the cusp of clinching a playoff berth, whereas the Bengals have been combating to remain alive.
Joe Burrow and firm got here out on prime, with an exhilarating 30-24 time beyond regulation win.
Now each groups are again, hoping to make deep runs within the playoffs this yr. With this recreation coming in Week 4, it is going to be an excellent early take a look at for each Denver and Cincinnati.
Whether or not Trey Hendrickson can be on the sidelines for the Bengals, nonetheless, is one other query.
4. Week 14: Philadelphia Eagles at Los Angeles Chargers
Listed here are these Chargers once more.
Offered that Justin Herbert and firm haven’t began a late-season swoon, squaring off towards the defending Tremendous Bowl champions will actually be a fantastic take a look at for them. The roster is somewhat completely different in Philadelphia this yr, however with that offense — and offensive line — the Eagles stay formidable on paper.
3. Week 10: Philadelphia Eagles at Inexperienced Bay Packers
I’ll say it: We love revenge video games round right here. The Eagles knocked off the Packers twice final yr — first in Week 1 within the league’s first regular-season recreation in Brazil, then on Wild Card Weekend — and you’ll guess Inexperienced Bay has this rematch circled on their schedules.
2. Week 8: Washington Commanders at Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
The Commanders have made primetime.
Each actually and figuratively.
Washington’s gorgeous season a yr in the past noticed them advance to the NFC Championship Recreation, and vault into the nationwide consciousness. Their reward? Eight “island” video games on this yr’s schedule, together with video games abroad, on Saturday — in Week 16 — and on Christmas.
However probably the most fascinating matchup of these eight? A Week 8 journey to Kansas Metropolis to tackle Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. Win that recreation in that atmosphere, and you’ll know this yr’s Commanders are completely for actual.
And it might need folks interested by a possible Tremendous Bowl matchup …
1. Week 3: Detroit Lions at Baltimore Ravens
… as they already can be when this recreation rolls round. This recreation tops the Monday Night time Soccer slate for me. Two bodily groups with massive goals? Clear the calendar for this one.