The Washington Commanders released their schedule for the 2023 season, which begins Sept. 10 against the Arizona Cardinals.
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The Commanders play their season opener at home for the third straight year and seventh time in 10 seasons.
The highest-profile game is the Thanksgiving Day game in Dallas, the 11th time the NFC East rivalry will renew in the annual holiday showcase. Washington is only 2-8 in the matchup on Thanksgiving, but won the last meeting, 41-16, in 2020.
Washington’s only true prime-time game comes in Week 5 when the Chicago Bears come to FedEx Field on a Thursday night, Oct. 5. It’s the second straight season the Commanders face the Bears on a Thursday night.
The 2023 season also marks the second-straight year Washington will have to wait until Week 14 for a bye, meaning the Commanders will play roughly three-quarters of their season before getting a week off.
Out of the bye, Washington has two road games (at Rams, at Jets) before their only stretch of back-to-back home games — against playoff contenders San Francisco and Dallas in the final two games of the regular season.
The Commanders’ strength of schedule is ranked eighth-hardest, as Washington faces 10 teams that made the playoffs in 2022.
