NFL Week 8 kicks off when the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Chargers meet on Thursday Night Football tonight. TNF start time, TV schedule and how to watch

Week 8 of the 2025-26 NFL regular season officially kicks off on Thursday night with a primetime showdown between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. Then, we get back to our regularly scheduled programming with a standard Sunday schedule capped off by the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers on

When the Chargers drafted tight end Oronde Gadsden II in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft, they didn't know how good a player they had.

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One of the main themes of the Minnesota Vikings' season is the absence of starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy (ankle), but that hasn't been their only key injury. Both he and veteran running back Aaron Jones (hamstring) have missed the last four games, the latter of which has allowed new signee Jordan Mason to take most of the carries.

W e're officially at Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season, and we've got 12 games between Sunday and Monday. Due to a variety of factors, the betting lines for many of these games have seen some notable shifts. If you're interested in NFL betting, check out which games have seen the biggest line movement ahead of the weekend.

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"The definite idea is to get ourselves more to the maximum (of eight league-organized games)," plus the London game, Gerrit Meier said.