When the 2025 NFL schedule came out in May, the Cleveland Browns should have filed a protest and asked the league to redo Week 6, because the Browns have been hit with a brutal scheduling quirk that only one other team in NFL history has ever had to face.

After going 2-2 through the first four games of the season, the Atlanta Falcons have the week off. The NFL schedule-makers gave the team the earliest possible bye. The Falcons are one of four teams -- along with the Chicago Bears, the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers -- with a bye in Week 5.

Here's what to know about the Packers' next game, the NFL schedule and standings: No, the Packers have a bye in Week 5 and do not play on Sunday, Oct. 5. The Packers are one of four teams that are off this week. Week 5 is the first set of byes for NFL teams in 2025. Byes go through Week 14 in early December.

If we had to sum up the 2025 NFL season in one word, it would be "parity." There are no more undefeated teams as we exit Week 5, and just one winless team. (Sorry, New York Jets fans.) This past week featured six double-digit comebacks,