New York Jets 2026 schedule: Mendoza’s Raiders visit, plus trips to Chicago, Detroit

The Athletic has stay protection of the 2026 NFL schedule release.

The NFL will launch the 2026 schedules for all 32 groups at 8 pm ET on Thursday. Here is what we all know concerning the New York Jets’ schedule thus far.

The Jets will play every staff from the AFC West and NFC North, in addition to the 2025 fourth-place groups from the NFC West, AFC South and AFC North. New York will even see its AFC East division rivals twice, as soon as on the highway and as soon as at MetLife Stadium, as a part of its 17-game schedule.

Here is the lineup of dwelling and highway opponents, listed alphabetically.

The Jets went 3-14 within the 2025 common season, shedding seven video games in a row to begin the season after which 5 in a row to finish it. The Jets additionally infamously managed to go a whole 17-game schedule with out recording a single interception, the primary staff to try this in NFL historical past. (They additionally solely had 4 takeaways, the fewest in NFL historical past.) For Aaron Glenn and the Jets, the purpose in 2026 is straightforward: competence.

Come again Thursday evening for the Jets’ week-to-week schedule, plus season evaluation and predictions.