We finally have a schedule for the New England Patriots' 2025 season, as the NFL announced its full slate of games Wednesday night.

The Patriots announced their schedule for the 2025 season on Wednesday, with the team opening the year on Sept. 7 against the Raiders.

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.

There's a lot of optimism around the 2025 New England Patriots, and we'll finally find out when they'll play when the full NFL schedule is released Wednesday night.

The Patriots' 2025 schedule has no shortage of intriguing games, including matchups against the Bills and the Bengals.

The Patriots have the misfortune of facing the reigning NFL MVP, Josh Allen, twice every year. One of those scheduled matchups will be a primetime Sunday Night Football game in Week 5 on the 2025 schedule. Allen has had a chokehold on the AFC East division ever since Tom Brady left New England and joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Patriots should have one of the NFL's easiest schedules. But there's much more to consider. Don't miss our analysis and predictions.

Here are the three biggest takeaways from the Patriots 2025 schedule: A year ago, under new head coach Jerod Mayo, the Patriots entered the fall with low expectations. In the beginning stages of a rebuild, the roster wasn’t good – and the 2024 schedule reflected that.

FOXBORO — The Patriots entered the offseason with two bona fide bankable stars in quarterback Drake Maye and cornerback Christian Gonzalez. Tuesday, in the Patriots’ first practice open to the media of the spring, one of those players made life more difficult for the other at organized team activities.