The Green Bay Packers will travel to Brazil to take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday, Sept. 6, at Corinthians Arena in São Paulo.
It is the sixth straight year and the 10th time in the last 12 seasons that Green Bay has started the season as the road team. Green Bay is the only team in the NFL to open the season as the road team each of the last six years (2019-24). It is the first time over that span that it will be against a team outside the NFC North.
It is the first time in history that the NFL will play a regular-season game in South America and the first time the league has played a game on Friday night of its opening weekend in over 50 years, when the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams met on September 18, 1970.
Throughout the weekend, fans can visit NFL Experience – a free, three-day football fan festival at Parque Villa Lobos in São Paulo, kicking off with a watch party of the Packers-Eagles game on Friday night. Six NFL Shop presented by Visa retail locations will house exclusive game merchandise across São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and local Brazilian artists will create NFL-themed murals across the host city.
On gameday, the NFL will highlight Brazil's vibrant culture and music scene with Brazilian superstar Anitta headlining the São Paulo game halftime show and local sensations Luísa Sonza, Zeeba and CAROLA performing for fans pregame. Local fans in São Paulo can close out the weekend with NFL RUN - a 5km race with a 2km recreational walk - on Sunday morning, followed by watch parties of Sunday afternoon NFL games at NFL Experience.
A new offensive scheme that revealed next to nothing during the preseason faces off against a new defensive scheme that revealed next to nothing during the preseason.
What happens next? This isn’t some gotcha riddle. The answer is: Who knows? What we do know is that Green Bay — mainly defensive tackle Kenny Clark — will give this new-look Eagles interior offensive line a good first test Friday night in São Paulo, Brazil.
“He’s a guy that could have a huge impact on this game,” new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore said. “We have awareness that they’ve invested a lot on that defense. They’ve done a tremendous job building the talent around that thing. It’s going to be a challenge for us.”
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I do not and will not pay for peacock. The NFL thought I would, but I will not give them the pleasure.
I will enjoy my friday night at the local high school football game, ignore the phone and internet, and watch the replay first thing when I wake up on Saturday.
Hopefully this will make for a pleasant saturday morning
Both teams are one of the best if they play up to their standard. Both teams can also clearly lay an egg.
This will be a very, very interesting game. Loads upon loads of talent on both sides of the ball for both teams and both teams are also going through new coordinators.
peacock took there 4.95 a month for 4 months introductory offer down, now they want the full price of 7.95, I took it as I figured I would, every game is must see when your old , but I think I'am stuck with the first 4 months and then can cancel, streaming adds up, already have netflix and Amazon and spectrum cable, this game is going to cost me 32 bucks by the time I opt out of Peacock, heck I can get a pair of sheep lined house slippers for that molla
If you paid the regular price, you should be able to cancel after one month.
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One thing in the Packers favor is that GB has the same QB/OC and same offense, whereas Hurts is on his 3rd offense and has a new OC
On top of that, the Eagles lost All- Pro Kelce at Center and he was the grizzled vet who had seen it all - and was responsible for all the line calls
Now that responsibility falls more on Hurts- and he hasn't had much time in this offense nor vs the Hafley style of defense. And to add one more wrinkle for Hurts- the reason the Eagles changed OCs is because their offense was stale and predictable and they used very little pre-snap motion or disguise. That will change under new OC Kellen Moore and so Hurts has to assimilate the change in timing & tempo due to the addition of motions/shifts to the new offense. Its a lot to take on
I'm sure Hurts will handle it all at some point, but I think GB catches them early on and that should be an advantage for the Packers defense
I have some real concerns about the run defense for this one. I had really hoped Cooper would have been ready for this one. I think him and Quay make a good duo for defending running QBs.
I think McDuffie might be an option target for the Eagles. He doesnt have the athleticism and if he makes a false step the same way Quay and Cooper can make up for it.
Im very interested to see how these safeties play though. Even if they are middle of the league as a duo thats going from worst to average which will be huge for the entire front.
I'm excited about how all of our motion impacts their famously weak LB corps. They signed White to shore it up, but he's out this week. Now, their young guys could grow or take a jump, but man, we're a tough offense for inexperienced and sub-par LB play.
I can see run defense being a problem, certainly, given Hurts and Barkley and that OL combined with our DL being better as pass rushers than run defenders and our LBs also being inexperienced. But the answer to that is to keep scoring on every possession and force them to be one dimensional. That's a lot of pressure on an offense and offenses typically start slow, but this is such a stable cohesive unit with very little turnover and scheme consistency, so I think the passing game and whatever Jacobs has to offer for us are really going to be the key to elevating our chances this week.
Like GPG said: both teams have shown talent and a capacity for laying eggs. Anything could happen. Every outcome is on the table. Excited to get it underway
I can see run defense being a problem, certainly, given Hurts and Barkley and that OL combined with our DL being better as pass rushers than run defenders and our LBs also being inexperienced.
This will be quite the stiff test for Hafley's crew right out of the gate. And they get Richardson/Taylor next week.
By playing Cover-1 and Cover-3 with the added Safety in the box -Hafley is betting that gives his D a better chance at run stoppage.
We're about to find out. I'd also say that turning Quay loose could be a real boon in the run defense too.
Clark and TJ Slaton have both been pretty stout vs the run - I'll be interested to watch them penetrating up field, instead of screwing themselves into the ground as 2 gappers
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One thing in the Packers favor is that GB has the same QB/OC and same offense, whereas Hurts is on his 3rd offense and has a new OC
On top of that, the Eagles lost All- Pro Kelce at Center and he was the grizzled vet who had seen it all - and was responsible for all the line calls
Now that responsibility falls more on Hurts- and he hasn't had much time in this offense nor vs the Hafley style of defense. And to add one more wrinkle for Hurts- the reason the Eagles changed OCs is because their offense was stale and predictable and they used very little pre-snap motion or disguise. That will change under new OC Kellen Moore and so Hurts has to assimilate the change in timing & tempo due to the addition of motions/shifts to the new offense. Its a lot to take on
I'm sure Hurts will handle it all at some point, but I think GB catches them early on and that should be an advantage for the Packers defense
Philadelphia can no longer rely on defensive tackle Fletcher Cox, who retired after 12 productive seasons. The Eagles aren’t expected to have much trouble replacing the future Hall of Famer with two former top-15 picks, Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter, waiting to take on larger roles. That means Elgton Jenkins, Josh Myers, and whoever starts right guard for the Packers –likely Sean Rhyan—will have their hands full. A two-time Pro Bowler, there isn’t much need to worry about Jenkins. However, the same can’t be said for Myers and Rhyan, who have a lot uncertainty surrounding them entering the new season. Myers needs to take the next step in his development and prove he can be the team’s long-term starter at center. Meanwhile, Rhyan might just be a placeholder for rookie Jordan Morgan until he is ready to take over. It all starts in the trenches, where Green Bay must have an answer for Philadelphia’s stud defensive tackles.
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Green Bay Packers @ Philadelphia Eagles 
, but I think I'am stuck with the first 4 months and then can cancel, streaming adds up, already have netflix and Amazon and spectrum cable, this game is going to cost me 32 bucks by the time I opt out of Peacock, heck I can get a pair of sheep lined house slippers for that molla 