The 2025 NFL schedule was launched on Wednesday and the Jets will host their first two video games at residence in opposition to the Steelers and Payments.
In addition they have the seventh-easiest schedule within the league (.460), which is predicated on their opponents’ successful share from final 12 months.
Nonetheless, in 4 of their first six video games of the season, the Jets will play 4 opponents who made the playoffs in 2024. Their schedule late within the season is favorable on paper, at the very least, outdoors their season finale in opposition to the Payments.
EARLY TAKEAWAYS
One main takeaway from this 12 months’s schedule is that there are fewer primetime video games after the Jets launched Aaron Rodgers in March. Gang Inexperienced has simply two video games below the lights in 2025 (Week 4 at Dolphins on Monday Night time Soccer and Week 11 at Patriots on Thursday Night time Soccer). Final 12 months, the Jets got six primetime video games after NFL executives mentioned they owed them one. One was finally flexed out, so the Jets performed 5 final season amid their 5-12 marketing campaign.
Jets head coach Aaron Glenn mentioned on the NFL Annual Conferences in March that he desires to maneuver in silence, and he’ll be capable to try this, at the very least initially. With veterans Rodgers, Davante Adams and C.J. Mosley all launched this offseason, there’s a lot much less buzz and expectation surrounding the Jets. That may very well be an excellent factor as a result of Glenn and basic supervisor Darren Mougey want time to construct their tradition and form the roster as they see match.
TOUGHEST GAMES
The Jets’ general schedule just isn’t difficult, however the schedule makers did them zero favors to start 2025. They’ll begin the season in opposition to three playoff groups (vs. Steelers, vs. Payments, at Buccaneers).
The Jets will then play the Dolphins in Week 4 in a spot they haven’t gained at Onerous Rock Stadium since 2014, which was Rex Ryan’s final sport as coach.
Along with these video games, the Jets will play street video games in opposition to the Bengals and Ravens, who’re anticipated to contend for the AFC North division crown. Then there’s the Jets’ season finale in opposition to the Payments, who’ve gained the AFC East 5 straight years in a row.
EASIEST GAMES
The 2025 schedule doesn’t appear too daunting for the Jets proper now. However the latter stretch of the season might doubtlessly arrange a postseason run, assuming the Jets are one of many shock groups within the league.
Gang Inexperienced additionally performs its second matchup at residence in opposition to New England in Week 17, who may very well be some of the improved groups within the league after hiring Mike Vrabel as head coach and buying extensive receiver Stefon Diggs, defensive deal with Milton Williams, cornerback Carlton Davis and left deal with Will Campbell, the No. 4 general draft choose.
FINAL THOUGHTS
If the Jets can navigate a brutal stretch of their first six video games, they might end with a greater file than many predict. After their sport in opposition to the Broncos in London in Week 6, the Jets will play simply two groups that made the playoffs final season (the Ravens and Payments).
It’s troublesome to foretell what’s going to occur as a result of final 12 months’s outcomes haven’t any bearing on the 2025 season. However the Jets will play a number of groups (Falcons, Dolphins, Jaguars, and Saints) late within the season which are thought of in that very same mediocre tier.
Making a playoff run in 2025 appears unlikely. The Jets have a number of questions, together with how their new quarterback, Justin Fields, will carry out alongside the weapons surrounding him.
However the Jets protection, which has completed within the prime 5 every of the final three seasons, ought to nonetheless be one of many higher items within the NFL. Assuming they’ll keep away from the damage bug, the Jets’ ceiling is round eight wins, which ought to give them optimism heading into the 2026 season.
Nonetheless, if the Jets get off to a 1-5 or 2-4 begin, it may very well be difficult to recuperate from that, regardless of the schedule. The Jets’ success or lack thereof will finally hinge on how properly Fields performs as he appears to be like to have a breakthrough season in Yr 5 within the league.
