The 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone the Buffalo Bills are closer to their 2025 regular season opener than their 2024 season finale.
This year will be special for Bills fans as it is the final season Buffalo’s current stadium. The plans call for the new Highmark Stadium to be up and running for the start of the 2026 campaign.
While Buffalo didn’t make it to the Super Bowl last season, it’ll face both teams who did.
The Bills will host the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in 2025.
The details of those games and the entire Buffalo Bills schedule will be officially released Wednesday, May 14.
Here is what we know so far:
Buffalo Bills schedule 2025: The opponents
Buffalo will have nine home games and eight away games in the 17-game regular season. In odd-numbered years, the AFC teams get an extra home game. Nine of their 17 games will be against teams they played in the 2024 regular season: two each against the Jets, Dolphins and Patriots; one each against the Chiefs, Ravens and Texans.
Home:New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City ChiefsNew Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles
Away:New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers
Who do the Bills play first?
Buffalo knows its opponents for next year but the NFL has not released specific games.
What is the Bills 2025 strength of schedule?
Buffalo’s opponents had a combined 135-154 record for a .467 winning percentage in 2024. That is tied for the ninth easiest schedule in the NFL. The Bills will play six games against 2024 playoff teams and seven games against teams that had a winning record a year ago. None of the other AFC East teams were above .500 in 2024.
When is the NFL schedule release 2025?
The schedule will be announced on Wednesday, May 14. However, if the Bills are chosen to play an international game, those games are released one day earlier on May 13.
The NFL will also allow some of the networks to provide details on there games prior to the official release show:
- NBC – Monday, May 12 on TODAY Show
- FOX – Monday, May 12
- Prime Video – Monday, May 12
- ESPN – Tuesday, May 13 on Good Morning America
- CBS – Wednesday, May 14 on CBS Mornings
- Netflix – Wednesday, May 14
What time is the NFL schedule released?
The full schedule release will begin at 8 p.m. Wednesday but select games will be announced earlier in the day. International games a a few other games will be announced in the days leading up.
How to watch the NFL schedule release
The NFL Network and NFL+ will air the NFL Schedule Release show. Additional coverage and analysis is on ESPN.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Bills schedule 2025: Opponents, when dates, details are released