NFL fans will be able to catch up on some sleep as Week 8 of the 2025 season heats up.

There is no international game this week as the league will turn its attention to games in Madrid and Berlin next month. There is also no doubleheader for “Monday Night Football,” allowing fans on the East Coast to get to bed at a reasonable time.

The Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Chargers will be tested first on a short week to kick off the week. As the days turn from Saturday to Sunday, there will be plenty of games to lock in to.

The New York Jets are still searching for their first win of the season, the New England Patriots are hoping to stay the darlings of the league with a win over the Cleveland Browns, the Buffalo Bills return from a bye week for a road game against the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos and Dallas Cowboys clash in a crucial midseason matchup.

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Also, Aaron Rodgers has made it clear that his matchup against the Green Bay Packers isn’t a “revenge game.” It will be the first time he’s going up against his former team since the two parted ways. The Steelers come into the game with a 4-2 record.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Commanders will cap off the week. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are back to their winning ways, but may have a tough time against veteran Marcus Mariota, who is reportedly starting for an injured Jayden Daniels. Mariota led the Tennessee Titans to a victory over the Chiefs in the 2017-18 playoffs. It was the last time the Chiefs failed to make it to the AFC Championship.

Read below for the rest of the Week 7 schedule.

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025

• Minnesota Vikings @ Los Angeles Chargers (8:15 p.m. ET)

Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025

• Miami Dolphins @ Atlanta Falcons (1 p.m. ET)
• New York Jets @ Cincinnati Bengals (1 p.m. ET)
• Cleveland Browns @ New England Patriots (1 p.m. ET)
• New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles (1 p.m. ET)
• Buffalo Bills @ Carolina Panthers (1 p.m. ET)

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) runs during the second half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

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• Chicago Bears @ Baltimore Ravens (1 p.m. ET)
• San Francisco 49ers @ Houston Texans (1 p.m. ET)
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints (4:05 p.m. ET)
• Dallas Cowboys @ Denver Broncos (4:25 p.m. ET)
• Tennessee Titans @ Indianapolis Colts (4:25 p.m. ET)
• Green Bay Packers @ Pittsburgh Steelers (8:20 p.m. ET)

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes scrambles during the first half of an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Monday, Oct. 27, 2025

• Washington Commanders @ Kansas City Chiefs (8:15 p.m. ET)

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The West Australian government remains adamant that Perth will host a Serie A match between AC Milan and Como next year, despite the cancellation of a planned fixture between Barcelona and Villarreal in the United States.

With the San Siro set to be unavailable due to the Winter Olympics, Italy’s football federation (FIGC) gave the green light for the Rossoneri to stage its Feb. 6 clash with Como in Perth in July, describing the opportunity to bring a Serie A fixture to Australia as “historic.”

UEFA “reluctantly” gave its approval for the fixture, as well as a LaLiga game between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami, earlier this month. However, following widespread backlash in Spain, LaLiga announced on Tuesday that it had cancelled its planned fixture, citing the “uncertainty” generated by the protests.

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No such announcement, though, has been made on Serie A’s attempts to bring a game Down Under, and the West Australian government remains confident that the game will go ahead as planned.

“The WA Government is committed to bringing Serie A to Australia for the first time and we’re confident in the support shown by Football Australia, both teams and Serie A to date, as we await sign off from the AFC and FIFA to make this a reality,” Rita Saffioti, who serves as West Australia’s deputy premier in addition to being its minister for sport and recreation, told ESPN in a statement.

“Following the success of AC Milan’s recent visit to Perth for their preseason, we saw how successful the friendlies were for AC Milan and AS Roma, and we know that European football has a huge following in WA.”

While UEFA has given its approval for the fixture to proceed, it also requires the assent of FIFA, the Asian Football Confederation, of which Australia is a member, and local federation Football Australia, before it can be officially approved and contracts signed.

Speaking to West Australian media on Wednesday morning, Saffioti, who flew to Italy to help seal the deal to bring a game to Perth, indicated that she believed those approvals to be imminent.

“We’ve had some very supportive comments [on Tuesday] from the Italian league, so we’re very confident,” she said. “Every hour I’m checking my phone, or basically every 10 minutes I’m checking my phone.

“It should happen in the next week, next few days, but that’s why we’re waiting.”

Milan has twice previously toured West Australia in recent years, playing a friendly with Roma in 2024 and local A-League Men outfit Perth Glory earlier this year.

These visits have been part of a significant investment by the West Australian government in sport and major events. Perth is set to be one of the three host cities for next year’s Women’s Asian Cup, it will stage the return of State of Origin in the AFL, and is partnering with TKO to bring multiple UFC and WWE events to the city.

But the plan to host a Serie A game, something Como has declared is about “ensuring survival” for Serie A, has been controversial with Milan midfielder Adrien Rabiot labelling the move “completely crazy.”

Football Supporters Association Australia has joined opposition to the game with Football Supporters Europe, declaring “domestic league fixtures are intrinsically linked to their home territories” and raising concerns over its potential impact on the local A-League Men’s and Women’s competitions.

South African spinners wasted no time in taking Pakistan’s last six wickets in their second innings, needing 68 runs to win the second Test and level series on the fourth day of the match being played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday,

Resuming on 94 runs for four wickets, the Pakistani team was bundled out for 138 runs about an hour before lunch. Hosts Pakistan were dismantled by off-spinner Simon Harmer, who finished with figures of 6-50 on a deteriorating Rawalpindi stadium pitch.