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It’s tough to determine whether November or December is harder for the Packers, which means they’ll need to get off to a hot start in 2025.
If the Green Bay Packers plan to win the NFC North and get one of the better seeds in the NFC Playoffs in 2025, they’re going to have to get a lot of work done in the first half of the season.
On Wednesday evening following the release of the full schedule, APC’s Zach Rapport broke down the “easiest” portion for the Packers. This was no simple task, since the Packers face a challenging schedule overall. Not only do they face the rest of the NFC North teams twice — including the Lions and Vikings, who both finished with at least 14 wins last season — but they also have the NFC East and AFC North divisions, both of which sent two teams to the postseason.
As Zach noted, stacking a series of early wins in weeks 2 through 6 will be crucial for the Packers. That’s because their schedule from week 10 through the end of the season is an absolute gauntlet. Five of Green Bay’s six divisional games come in the last seven weeks of the season, and they probably will need to win at least three of those five to have a chance at a division title.
Practically speaking, there are two separate four-game stretches in November or December that stand out for different reasons. Let’s examine each of those to determine which is likely to be the toughest stretch overall.
This stretch runs from Week 10 to Week 13 and finds the Packers playing four games in the span of just 18 days — including three games against teams that won 14 or more games last season. Ouch.
The first game of this stretch finds the Packers with an extra day of rest before playing the reigning Super Bowl champions. That’s great! Here’s the bad news: The Eagles will be coming off their bye week and therefore have a full 14 days of rest before this game. Gold Package ticket holders had better make sure that those seats are filled with the right color of green.
This game on paper looks like it should be a win for the Packers, but we all remember the Tommy DeVito debacle the last time they played at MetLife Stadium. Plus, this is a decently long road trip, it comes on a short week, and it’s ahead of back-to-back huge divisional games. If there’s any one game you can circle on the whole schedule as a classic “trap game,” this is it.
After the trip to the Meadowlands, the Packers return home for just their second NFC North game of the season as they host the Vikings on Sunday afternoon. Of course, we have no idea what...
