Having made it clear he is ready for the task of being a starting quarterback, J.J. McCarthy will be tasked with leading a Minnesota Vikings team that has high expectations into the 2025 season.

Big names Jonathan Allen, Javon Hargrave, Will Fries, Jordan Mason, Jeff Okduh, Ryan Kelly and Isaiah Rodgers all signed with the Vikings over the offseason and the club retained stars Aaron Jones, Byron Murphy Jr. and Theo Jackson.

The 2025 NFL preseason schedule is out, even if the majority of the times have not been set to date. The preseason schedule doesn't get a lot of hype thanks to the nature of joint practices and the lack of nationally televised games, but the exhibition slate is a good opportunity for teams to fill their 53-man rosters.

The NFL's 2025 schedule grows to include seven international games for a third of the league's teams. See when and where they'll be playing.

Like everything in life, there were winners and there were losers during the NFL's schedule release on Wednesday. Tyler Sullivan sifted through all 272 games on the schedule to try and figure out who came out of the schedule release as a winner and who came out as a loser, and here's what he came up with:

The NFL schedule will be released at 8 p.m. Wednesday night. But we're tracking leaks and rumors for the Lions throughout the day.