NFL 2025 season all it’s essential know: Super Bowl LX, London video games, Dublin sport, star gamers, the way to watch on Sky Sports

New to the NFL? Here is your fast information because the 2025 season will get beneath method on the street to Super Bowl LX…

Who gained the Super Bowl final time?

The Philadelphia Eagles open the brand new season as defending Super Bowl champions after beating the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans final February.

In doing so that they denied Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs what would have been a historic third straight Super Bowl crown, enacting revenge for his or her loss to Kansas City at Super Bowl LVII two years earlier.

Where is the Super Bowl being held?

The NFL will host the sixtieth version of the Super Bowl on Sunday February 8 at Levi’s Stadium, the house of the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, California.

It would be the second time the Super Bowl has been performed at Levi’s Stadium following on from Super Bowl 50 in 2016 because the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10, and the third within the San Francisco Bay Area after the 49ers beat the Miami Dolphins 38-16 at Super Bowl XIX on the finish of the 1984 marketing campaign.

The Super Bowl has usually kicked off at 11.30pm UK time, with the half-time present normally round 1am.

Who will carry out the Super Bowl half-time present?

The half-time efficiency at Super Bowl LX is but to be formally introduced.

Kendrick Lamar headlined the most-watched Super Bowl half-time present in historical past in New Orleans as 133.5m viewers tuned in to see the 22-time Grammy-winning rapper take purpose at Drake, surpassing Michael Jackson’s report of 133.4m in 1993.

Lamar’s involvement on the Super Bowl was introduced on the opening Sunday of the 2024 season final September.

Who has gained probably the most Super Bowl titles?

The Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers each paved the way with six Super Bowl victories apiece, New England famously successful three in 4 seasons from 2001-2004 adopted by three extra between 2014-2018.

Of the NFL’s 32 groups, 12 have by no means gained a Super Bowl, whereas the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars are the one 4 groups to have by no means even performed in a single.

The Chiefs have featured in 5 of the final six Super Bowls, successful three. They have additionally reached seven straight AFC Championship Games and gained extra video games in a seven-year interval than any group in NFL historical past.

Are there video games within the UK this season?

London has hosted 39 regular-season matchups since 2007, with all 32 groups having visited the capital metropolis at the very least as soon as.

Three extra video games can be performed throughout Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Wembley Stadium in the course of the 2025 season, taking the tally of London video games to 42.

The NFL will in the meantime proceed its world growth by internet hosting regular-season video games in Dublin, Madrid and Berlin, whereas additionally returning to Sao Paulo in Brazil for the second straight 12 months.

All NFL London and Europe video games can be out there to observe stay on Sky Sports NFL as a part of the broadcaster’s new three-year deal.

Dublin’s iconic Croke Park will play host to the primary regular-season sport in Ireland when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Minnesota Vikings in Week Four. The Vikings will then stay abroad as they journey to tackle the Cleveland Browns at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The following week sees the Denver Broncos face the New York Jets at Tottenham, earlier than the Jacksonville Jaguars welcome the Los Angeles Rams to Wembley Stadium.

Berlin enters as one other new territory in Week 10 when the Atlanta Falcons meet the Indianapolis Colts on the Olympiastadion, with Germany having hosted video games in Munich and Frankfurt during the last three seasons. The Washington Commanders then come up in opposition to the Miami Dolphins at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Week 11.

2025 International Games:

• Week One: Kansas City Chiefs @ Los Angeles Chargers – September 6 – Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo
• Week Four: Minnesota Vikings @ Pittsburgh Steelers – September 28 – Croke Park, Dublin (stay on Sky Sports)
• Week Five: Minnesota Vikings @ Cleveland Browns – October 5 – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London (stay on Sky Sports)
• Week Six: Denver Broncos @ New York Jets – October 12 – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London (stay on Sky Sports)
• Week Seven: Los Angeles Rams @ Jacksonville Jaguars – October 19 – Wembley Stadium, London (stay on Sky Sports)
• Week 10: Atlanta Falcons @ Indianapolis Colts – November 9 – Olympiastadion, Berlin (stay on Sky Sports)
• Week 11: Washington Commanders @ Miami Dolphins – November 16 – Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid (stay on Sky Sports)

How is the NFL divided into groups?

The 32 groups are divided into two conferences: the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

The NFC and AFC are then additional divided by areas to comprise 4 divisions with 4 groups every:

NFC North – Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings
NFC East – Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders
NFC South – Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
NFC West – Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks

AFC North – Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC East – Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets
AFC South – Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans
AFC West – Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers

Which gamers starred final 12 months?

Here are the person award winners within the 2024 season:

• MVP: Josh Allen, QB, Buffalo Bills
• Offensive Player of the Year: Saquon Barkley, RB, Philadelphia Eagles
• Defensive Player of the Year: Patrick Surtain II, CB, Denver Broncos
• Coach of the Year: Kevin O’Connell, Minnesota Vikings
• Offensive Rookie of the Year: Jayden Daniels, QB, Washington Commanders
• Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jared Verse, OLB, Los Angeles Rams
• Comeback Player of the Year: Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals
• Rookie of the Year: Jayden Daniels, QB, Washington Commanders
• Super Bowl MVP: Jalen Hurts, QB, Philadelphia Eagles

Here are the person stats leaders within the 2024 season:

• Touchdowns: Jahmyr Gibbs, RB, Detroit Lions – 20
• Sacks: Trey Hendrickson, DE, Cincinnati Bengals – 17.5
• Rushing yards: Saquon Barkley, RB, Philadelphia Eagles – 2,005
• Passing yards: Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals – 4,918
• Passing touchdowns: Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals – 43
• Passer ranking: Lamar Jackson, QB, Baltimore Ravens – 119.6
• Receptions: Ja’Marr Chase, WR, Cincinnati Bengals – 127
• Receiving yards: Jar’Marr Chase, WR, Cincinnati Bengals – 1,708
• Tackles: Zaire Franklin, LB, Indianapolis Colts – 173
• Interceptions: Kerby Joseph, S, Detroit Lions – 9

Who was the No 1 choose on the NFL Draft?

The Tennessee Titans chosen Miami quarterback Cam Ward with the No 1 total choose on the 2025 NFL Draft, marking the fortieth time NFL groups have used the primary choose on a quarterback because the first Draft in 1936.

It was adopted by one of many tales of the Draft and the 2025 NFL season because the Jacksonville Jaguars traded as much as draft two-position star Travis Hunter, who performed at each broad receiver and cornerback in faculty.

How do you rating factors?

Teams must journey a minimal of 10 yards with the ball each time their offense has place, getting 4 makes an attempt to take action, in any other case the ball robotically turns over to the opposition.

If they’re profitable in operating or passing their method down the sector to attain a landing, they rating six factors, with the choice to increase that to seven or eight with both an ‘additional level’ kick via the goalposts or a ‘two-point conversion’, which is basically an try to attain one other landing from two yards out of the top zone.

If a group fails to make it to the top zone, they’ll look so as to add three factors to their rating by trying a ‘discipline objective’, which is one other try at kicking the ball between the goalposts.

If a discipline objective is just not attainable, the group will typically punt the ball again to the opposition deep in their very own half.

How do the playoffs work?

At the top of the season, the groups with one of the best report in every of the 4 divisions per convention, together with the three groups with the next-best information in every convention (‘wildcard’ groups), qualify for the playoffs.

This means a complete of 14 groups – seven from every convention – progress from the common season on the street to the Super Bowl, with every seeded accordingly primarily based on their win-loss information to find out who they face within the playoffs.

Wild Card weekend: The wildcard groups that qualify are robotically seeded fifth, sixth and seventh in every convention and are drawn to play on the street in opposition to the 4th, third and 2nd-seeded groups, respectively, whereas the No 1-ranked sides obtain byes.

Divisional spherical: The No 1 seed in every convention then hosts the lowest-ranked group left after Wild Card weekend, with the remaining two groups in every convention going through off – the best different seed left internet hosting the competition.

Conference Championship: Next up, the 2 remaining groups in every convention play in opposition to one another – the higher-ranked seed having house benefit – to find out the respective champions of the NFC and the AFC and, subsequently, the 2 groups who will compete within the Super Bowl.

How to observe the 2025 NFL season?

Fans can as soon as once more sit up for one of the best video games each week on Sky, with the broadcaster having the first-pick unique sport on Sunday at 6pm stay on Sky Sports NFL and the primary choose for the Sunday 9pm sport.

There may also be extra alternative as a second sport at 6pm and as much as a further two video games at 9pm may also be proven stay on Sky Sports concurrently.

NFL RedZone may also proceed to be proven stay on Sky each Sunday, alongside each Thursday Night, Sunday Night and Monday Night Football, Thanksgiving video games, the Playoffs and the Super Bowl.

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