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For the second consecutive year, Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer is putting the Green Bay Packers in the conversation as legitimate Super Bowl contenders, and his reasoning hasn’t changed much from a season ago.
In his latest summer assessment of where every NFL team stands heading into the 2026 campaign, Breer grouped Green Bay alongside the Seattle Seahawks as a franchise capable of winning it all, provided a core group of young players can make the leap from good to great. He made the same projection last year, and with the Packers returning most of their key pieces, his confidence in the roster hasn’t wavered.
“It’s a talented roster,” Breer wrote. “So the question is whether guys such as Christian Watson, Matthew Golden, Jordan Morgan, Lukas Van Ness, Devonte Wyatt, and Edgerrin Cooper can take their games to another level.”
That developmental question is at the heart of Green Bay’s ceiling. Watson has flashed the explosive playmaking ability that made him a high-draft investment, while Golden emerged as one of the more intriguing young receivers in the NFC last season.
Up front, Morgan and Van Ness represent the kind of ascending talent that can define a defense or an offensive line for years to come. If even three or four of those names break out simultaneously, the Packers become a genuinely dangerous team in January.
Breer also flagged the health of Micah Parsons and Tucker Kraft as critical variables. Both players are working their way back from knee injuries, and their availability, and effectiveness, could be the difference between a playoff run and a first-round exit. Parsons in particular brings a game-wrecking dimension that no amount of schematic creativity can fully replicate.
With Jordan Love continuing to mature at quarterback and a coaching staff that has earned the locker room’s trust, the pieces are indeed in place. Whether they all come together is the only question left to answer.
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