Who does Washington play next season?
The NFL season is over and the playoff brackets have been set. The Washington Commanders finished with a 12-5 record and and they are the 6th seed in the NFC. That puts them on the road against either the Los Angeles Rams or Tampa Bay Buccaneers for Super Wildcard Weekend.
NFL schedules are set from year to year due to a rotating schedule, and all the teams are known except for three for years in advance.
The scheduling formula implemented in 2002 with realignment guarantees that all teams play each other on a regular, rotating basis.
Under the formula, every team plays 17 games as follows:
Home and away against its three division opponents (six games).
The four teams from another division within its conference on a rotating three-year cycle (four games).
The four teams from a division in the other conference on a rotating four-year cycle (four games).
Two intraconference games and one interconference game based on the prior year’s standings (3 games). These games match a first-place team against the first-place teams in the two same-conference divisions the team is not scheduled to play that season as well as one team from the other conference. The second-place, third-place, and fourth-place teams in a conference are matched in the same way each year.
Washington plays two divisions next year, the NFC North and the AFC West. They finished 2nd in their division and will play the 2nd place finishers from the NFC West (Seattle Seahawks), AFC East(Miami Dolphins), and NFC South (Atlanta Falcons) in 2025. Washington, like all NFC teams, will play 9 road games and 8 home games in the 2025 season.
Washington 2025 Opponents:
Home:
Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Denver Broncos
Las Vegas Raiders
Seattle Seahawks
Away:
Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
Los Angeles Chargers
Kansas City Chiefs
Miami Dolphins
Atlanta Falcons