It’s been two weeks since the 2025 NFL schedule release, and we now have a finalized preseason schedule—including five games on national television.
The 2025 NFL preseason schedule has been announced. Here is the team-by-team and nationally televised games pic.twitter.com/1i0vR9gGIT
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 29, 2025
Of course, things will begin with the Hall of Fame Game between the Chargers and Lions on NBC (July 31 at 8 PM ET).
As was the case last year, there will be no nationally televised games for Week 1 of the preseason (though we will get plenty on NFL Network, which have yet to be revealed), so the broadcasts pick back up on August 17 with Bills versus Bears on FOX (8 PM ET), and then Bengals versus Commanders the following night on ESPN (8 PM ET).
For the final week of the preseason, we’ll get a look at both rookie signal-callers drafted in Round 1. First is Patriots versus Giants—featuring No. 25 overall pick Jaxson Dart—on Prime Video (August 21 at 8 PM ET), and finally, the Vikings will take on No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward and the Titans on CBS (August 22 at 8 PM ET).
So, all five broadcast partners will notably get a primetime game this summer, and the NFL will be back before we know it