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You know, things like weather, days of rest, time of day, and the like.
Over the next several days you will see any number of people attempt to rank the Green Bay Packers’ schedule by degree of difficulty, travel distance, fairness, impact of the Gold Package, and any other number of ways. And so I thought we would take a stab at ranking every game in the Packer schedule using all of these factors in addition to aesthetics, holiday impact, prime time impact, and climate.
A noon Bears game on a crisp fall day at Lambeau? That’s a 10, but it’s not the only way to get a 10. A late December night game against the Dolphins in Lambeau could be a 10, but not if it’s on Christmas or creates a short week. It’s a complicated system! Do we award more points to the game against the Browns because they have five quarterbacks and are really really funny? Do we downgrade the Giants because they’re more sad than funny? Do we downgrade a boring bad game for NOT being a Gold Package game? Let’s get into it.
The Packers have been sent on the road so much to open the season of late that we definitely give this game a boost just for being at home. We’re also upgrading this game because it’s better to open against a traditional divisional rival than some rando team from the AFC, though I think I would maintain the high score had it been the Eagles due to the playoff revenge angle.
The Lions are a good get, and while they are not rivals on par with the Bears and Vikings, historically speaking, they are the current kings of the division and when healthy, are probably still the best team in the conference. If this were a noon kickoff it might even get the coveted 10, but 3:25 is almost as good, and as the Green Package will be in attendance, nothing to worry about there.
The Commanders only rank as high as a three because at least we get to see Jayden Daniels play, but as it’s the Gold Package that will be seeing him, does that tree really even make a sound? Playing on a short week already in Week 2 is horrible, playing on Thursday is, in general, horrible, and playing WASHINGTON on the 24th anniversary of September 11th is going to make the broadcast unbearable. Washington will be coming off of a noon game against the pathetic Giants while the Packers will have played the 3:30 game against a great Lions team, which, while small, doesn’t help matters.
The Packers’ first road game takes them to Cleveland in September, and while, as...
