The first month of the 2025 NFL season is in the books. It's been a fun start to the year. The defending champion Eagles have been unsteady but remain undefeated all the same. The Chiefs have been declared dead and also declared back several times. The Buccaneers are the most entertaining team in football. The Ravens are 1-3 and looking at a Lamar Jackson-less stretch. Josh Allen is still doing Josh Allen stuff. All in, the year has unfolded as expected in some ways and very much not as expected in others.
Week 5 seems likely to bring more chaos. It kicks off with a Rams-49ers rivalrly clash on Thursday Night Football; Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay always deliver high drama when they face off. Then Drake Maye and the Patriots will try to show their improvement is for real on Sunday Night Football against Allen's Bills. The bookend to the weekend's worth of games will come in the form of Patrick Mahomes on Monday Night Football taking the Chiefs to battle against a Jaguars team that has gotten off to a great start under rookie head coach Liam Coen.
