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NFL Week 7: every game, every kickoff time, and the three matchups that matter
Week 7 of the NFL season runs Thursday, October 22 through Monday, October 26, 2026, with 14 games and four teams — the Bills, Jaguars, Chargers and Commanders — on their bye. All times below are Eastern. Once the games start, our live scoreboard tracks every score as it updates.
The full slate
| When (ET) | Game |
|---|---|
| Thu Oct 22, 8:15 p.m. | Patriots at Bears |
| Sun Oct 25, 9:30 a.m. | Steelers at Saints |
| Sun Oct 25, 1:00 p.m. | 49ers at Falcons · Browns at Titans · Colts at Vikings · Dolphins at Jets · Buccaneers at Panthers · Bengals at Ravens · Giants at Texans |
| Sun Oct 25, 4:05 p.m. | Broncos at Cardinals |
| Sun Oct 25, 4:25 p.m. | Packers at Lions · Rams at Raiders |
| Sun Oct 25, 8:20 p.m. | Chiefs at Seahawks (Sunday Night Football) |
| Mon Oct 26, 8:15 p.m. | Cowboys at Eagles (Monday Night Football) |
The three games that matter most
Chiefs at Seahawks, Sunday night. The week's headline game gets the primetime slot to itself: Kansas City on the road in one of the league's loudest stadiums. Cross-conference games between contenders are rare, and this is the only one on the Week 7 slate.
Cowboys at Eagles, Monday night. The NFC East's defining rivalry closes the week in Philadelphia. Any Cowboys–Eagles game moves the division race; a Monday night one, with the whole country watching, tends to define both teams' seasons by Tuesday morning.
Packers at Lions, Sunday late afternoon. Green Bay at Detroit is the NFC North's top-of-the-table fight, and the Bengals at Ravens game in the early window is its AFC North equivalent — two division races get real separation this weekend.
A busy weekend for your remote
Sunday's 9:30 a.m. Eastern kickoff for Steelers at Saints means football starts with breakfast, and the week is bookended by solo night games on Thursday and Monday. It's also a shared weekend: the 2026 World Series plays Games 1 and 2 in Milwaukee on Friday and Saturday night, so the NFL has Sunday entirely to itself.
Source: ESPN's NFL scoreboard feed (games, dates and kickoff times for Week 7, verified October 22, 2026). Kickoff times are Eastern and can shift on short notice; check the live scoreboard for game-day changes.