Chiefs-Bills, Patriots-Seahawks among top 10 games of the 2026 NFL season - BERITAJA

After a slow trickle of leaks and announcements, the NFL announced its schedule for the 2026 play Thursday, putting dates and times to the matchups that were wished astatine the extremity of past season.

Week 1 will statesman connected a Wednesday this year, arsenic the defending Super Bowl champions will play a time early to accommodate the league’s first ever regular play crippled successful Australia, which will return spot the adjacent day.

The regular play starts Sept. 9 and runs done Jan. 10. The Super Bowl will beryllium held Feb. 14 — Valentine’s Day! — successful Los Angeles.

Here are the 10 about intriguing games from the schedule reveal.

New England Patriots astatine Seattle Seahawks, Week 1

The teams who played the last crippled of past play will play the first of 2026, arsenic New England and Seattle will quadrate disconnected successful a Super Bowl rematch. Patriots backmost Drake Maye should beryllium highly motivated aft he struggled mightily successful the title game. The Seahawks, meanwhile, could nonstop an early connection about avoiding immoderate benignant of Super Bowl hangover. One much subplot looms: Will New England caput coach Mike Vrabel be connected the sidelines?

Baltimore Ravens astatine Buffalo Bills, Week 8

Both the Ravens and the Bills are coming disconnected disappointing seasons that led them to make coaching changes. The way to the Super Bowl was expected to beryllium unfastened for them past twelvemonth aft the Chiefs missed the playoffs. Instead, Baltimore besides grounded to scope the postseason, and Buffalo mislaid to the Broncos successful the divisional round. This should beryllium a measuring-stick crippled for some first-year caput coaches arsenic they effort to liking their claims arsenic the apical AFC contender.

Seattle Seahawks astatine Las Vegas Raiders, Week 10

Seattle’s defense powered it each the measurement to a Super Bowl victory, which is why it could beryllium a awesome trial for Raiders backmost Fernando Mendoza, the No. 1 wide prime successful this year’s draft. The enigma present is whether Mendoza will commencement this game, arsenic the Raiders look willing successful bringing him on gently. If he does get the call, seeing him effort to fig retired the Seahawks will beryllium an early marker successful what Las Vegas hopes will beryllium a long, illustrious career.

Kansas City Chiefs astatine Buffalo Bills, Thanksgiving

The NFL’s eventual backmost rivalry gets 1 of the champion clip slots of the year, arsenic Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen will do conflict successful premier clip connected Thanksgiving. The large mobility here, obviously, is really good recovered Mahomes will beryllium aft he tore an ACL past year. Allen and Buffalo won the about caller matchup, which the Bills hosted successful November.

Philadelphia Eagles astatine Dallas Cowboys, Thanksgiving

These are 2 teams pinch monolithic instrumentality bases and polarizing quarterbacks coming disconnected disappointing seasons. The Eagles’ discourtesy cratered aft their Super Bowl tally successful the 2024 season, while Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott vanished nether .500 arsenic a starter for the first clip a twelvemonth agone (minimum 10 starts). Whatever happens successful this one, nevertheless bully these teams are, this matchup should beryllium awesome for overreactions that will transportation america done the agelong weekend.

Green Bay Packers astatine Chicago Bears, Christmas Day

Bears caput coach Ben Johnson poured gasoline connected the Packers-Bears rivalry astatine his introductory news convention erstwhile he said really overmuch he loved beating Green Bay caput coach Matt LaFleur. Then the teams took turns throwing matches into the occurrence past play pinch 3 unthinkable games: a down-to-the-wire thriller successful Green Bay and past 2 improbable Chicago comebacks, including the unforgettable 31-27 Bears triumph successful the playoffs.

Said Johnson aft that game: “F--- the Packers!”

Sam Darnold of the Seattle Seahawks and Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams successful Inglewood, Calif., past year.Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images file

Los Angeles Rams astatine Seattle Seahawks, Christmas Day

The Rams and the Seahawks were the 2 champion teams successful the NFL past season, and they delivered 3 awesome games betwixt the regular play and playoffs. The mixed people successful their 3 matchups? Seattle 88, Los Angeles 85. If these clubs are anyplace adjacent arsenic evenly matched arsenic past season, this should beryllium an absolute thriller.

New York Jets astatine Arizona Cardinals, Week 15

Will this beryllium a awesome game? Almost decidedly not. Could this crippled determine which squad ends up pinch the No. 1 pick? Almost decidedly yes.

Los Angeles Chargers astatine Miami Dolphins, Week 16

The Mike McDaniel revenge game! The Dolphins fired McDaniel arsenic their caput coach aft he led them to 2 playoff appearances successful 4 years. Now, 1 of the league’s brightest violative minds is violative coordinator for Justin Herbert, the backmost Miami passed connected to draught the since-released Tua Tagovailoa successful 2020. McDaniel whitethorn effort to driblet 70 points connected his aged team.

Denver Broncos astatine New England Patriots, Week 17

A rematch of a snowy, tense AFC title game. New England defeated Denver to beforehand to the Super Bowl, arsenic the Broncos were constricted without starting backmost Bo Nix. Were the rises of these 2 teams a fluke? Or could Nix and Maye statesman a caller backmost rivalry successful the AFC?