NFL did the Las Vegas Raiders a huge favor with their 2025 schedule that only five other teams have

When the 2025 NFL schedules came out, it's hard not to immediately search for the positives in your team's schedule and then follow that up with the negatives. Or, you can flip the order in which you do that based on whether you're a pessimist or an optimist.

For the Las Vegas Raiders, they have a huge positive on their 2025 schedule that only five other teams have, and it's something that they will definitely need, especially after the 2024 season. Sure, they have a mean four-game streak near the end of the season that's going to be tough to deal with.

But it doesn't get much better than having the bye week that they have. Most people have preferences when it comes to the bye week, some want it earlier in the year, some want it later in the year. For the Raiders, after all of the injuries they have dealt with over the years, what's better then having it right in the middle of the season.

The Raiders have the Week 8 bye week, which splits in half the season for them with a break in the middle. The Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, and Los Angeles Rams also all have the Week 8 bye week.