Schedule quirks: 13 bizarre facts within the NFL's 2025 slate

The NFL unveiled its schedule for the upcoming season Wednesday, and this year's slate includes more than a few oddities.

Here are the 13 most notable quirks for the 2025 campaign.

Chargers toying with jet lag: Jim Harbaugh and Co. are scheduled to travel 37,086 miles this season, the most in the NFL. In addition to a game in Brazil, the Los Angeles Chargers have six Eastern time zone contests. They'll traverse 42 time zones, the second-most behind the Los Angeles Rams' 44. Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Bengals will travel only 8,753 miles.

Super Bowl champs all over calendar: The Eagles somehow don't have back-to-back home games in their slate, but their schedule does include a pair of sets featuring consecutive road contests. Philadelphia also notably plays at least one contest on five days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday (Black Friday matchup), and Saturday (Week 16).

Thursday Night Cowboys: Dallas is the first team ever to have four Thursday games. That includes the season opener versus the Eagles, a clash against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving, a prime-time bout versus the Detroit Lions, and a Christmas Day meeting with the Washington Commanders.

Where's Cam Ward? Watching the first overall pick may not be as easy as you'd expect. The Tennessee Titans don't have any prime-time games this year.

No love for Saints: Speaking of no prime-time appearances, New Orleans got shut out from the prime-time slate for the first time since the 2000 season.

Vikings abroad: Minnesota will become the first NFL team to make consecutive international appearances in different countries, as the Vikings have road matchups against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Ireland and the Cleveland Browns in England. The Vikings, who are 4-0 in London games, will at least avoid visiting the Steelers' Acrisure Stadium, where they're 0-3.

Panthers ... to the Super Bowl? Carolina opens against Jacksonville. It's the third time ever that the team plays the Jaguars in Week 1, and the Panthers reached the Super Bowl in the previous two go-arounds (2003, 2015).

Ravens' baseball schedule: From Weeks 5-8, Baltimore has a stretch of three straight contests at home. The team then goes on a three-game road trip before returning to M&T Bank Stadium to play three consecutive home matchups again, ending in Week 14.

Good luck, Dallas: The Cowboys will become the first team ever to face four consecutive opponents that won 14-plus games in the previous season. Starting in Week 12, they play the Eagles, Lions, Vikings, and Chiefs.

Lucky 49ers: San Francisco - owner of the NFL's easiest strength of schedule - plays zero teams coming off a bye. Meanwhile, Washington leads the league with four games against opponents coming off a bye.

Southpaws meet: The Week 8 bout between Tua Tagovailoa's Miami Dolphins and Michael Penix Jr.'s Atlanta Falcons could feature the first matchup between starting lefty quarterbacks since 2006.

Weird streak continues: For the fourth straight year, the Bengals visit Baltimore to face the Ravens in prime time. Bizarrely, every game of this series played in Cincinnati during that span happened at 1 p.m. ET.

Familiar foes: The schedule features five instances in which division rivals face off twice in a three-week span: Giants vs. Eagles (Weeks 6-8), Ravens vs. Bengals (Week 13-15), Packers vs. Bears (Weeks 14-16), Buccaneers vs. Panthers (Weeks 16-18), and Commanders vs. Eagles (Weeks 16-18).