Week 1 is here. This Friday, the Eagles open up their season vs the Green Bay Packers. A tough match-up right out of the gate. Green Bay is one of the few teams in the running for the top seed in the NFC, along with the Eagles, Lions, Niners, and maybe the Cowboys.
When we learned the Packers would get a home game vs the Packers, it felt like an advantage. But it was not meant to be. The Packers were selected to be the team the Eagles play in Brazil. It is still technically a “home” game. But it is a home game that takes place 4,754 miles away from Philly, in a foreign country, and in a different time zone. They have to travel nearly 10 hours via plane to this “home game”.
But gripes about losing that home game aside, it is a tough matchup. Green Bay emerged as one of the best NFC teams last year, despite the slow start. They were on fire in the second half and eventually pummelled the Cowboys in the playoffs, but then blew a late lead to the Niners in the next round.
Now they are expected to carry that success into 2024. The Eagles are the first team in their way, whose season went the exact opposite direction as Green Bay last year. They started 10-1, then fell apart in the 2nd half, eventually getting blown out by the Bucs in the playoffs.
So what do the Eagles need to watch out for vs the Packers? Which players could give them a tough time? We already looked at the Eagles who might have big games vs the Packers, so now let’s look at some Green Bay players who could have big games vs the Eagles.