The 2024 season was the first since 2000 that Bill Belichick wasn't the New England Patriots head coach and 2024 No. 3 pick Drake Maye was starting his NFL career. After a second consecutive 4-13 season and another dismissal at head coach, the Patriots will have a significantly different look and some increased hope for 2025 and beyond.

According to a recent schedule leak, the Steelers will travel to face the New England Patriots in Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season.

For starters, they won't be suffering from much jetlag in 2025—Cincinnati travels a combined 8,753 miles in 2025, the least in the league. A chunk of that travel comes early in the season, with four of their first six games away from home.

In what are sure to be pivotal division games, the Cowboys will travel to face the Commanders, while the Lions will square off with the host Vikings in a Netflix Christmas doubleheader.

The 2025 NFL season's "Monday Night Football" lineup has arrived. It kicks off with the Minnesota Vikings traveling to Chicago to face the new look Chicago Bears under first-year head coach Ben Johnson in Week 1 and wraps up with a doubleheader in Week 18.