Week 12 of the 2026 season includes NINE different NFL windows. NINE. It starts on Thanksgiving Eve (known in some circles as “Blackout Wednesday”), with the Packers at the Rams. On Thanksgiving, the Lions host the Bears,

Rematches, reunions and rivalries. The three R’s often create the juiciest games of the NFL regular season — no matter how much promotion goes into the games on the primetime and international schedules.

What you should knowThe NFL will release its full 2026 schedule Thursday at 8 p.m. on ESPN and the NFL Network.We know two Eagles games so far – Week 5 against the Jaguars in London, and a Thanksgiving game against the Cowboys in Week 12.

The NFL has slowly released its 2026 schedule, including an array of international games, which project uncertainty for player productivity in Australia and Mexico, among others.

The NFL will release its full 2026 schedule at 7 p.m. Thursday, but some of the games on the Packers' schedule are already out. The Packers confirmed Wednesday that they will play in the NFL's first-ever Thanksgiving Eve game.