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Four Days Until Week 1: Packers Must Improve But Can’t Slack on Four Strengths

With the Green Bay Packers preparing to kick off the 2026 NFL season at the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, it’s easy to focus on weaknesses that must become strengths.

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Packers Coach Says What Fans Need to Know About Trey Smack

Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator Cam Achord is not treating rookie kicker Trey Smack’s perfect preseason as a guarantee of a perfect fall. Achord, speaking this week about Smack’s unblemished exhibition record, said the 23-year-old will miss at some point.

Green Bay Packers News / A to Z Sports / September 9

Packers keep turning every rock in search of a solution to one lingering depth issue

Green Bay signed rookie running back Damon Bankston to the practice squad as the front office adds depth to a depleted backfield. The Green Bay Packers continue to address their running back situation, signing undrafted rookie Damon Bankston to the practice squad on Tuesday.

Micah Parsons News / EssentiallySports / September 9

Micah Parsons Announces New Career Move As Packers DE Misses Out on Captaincy Amid Injury Rehab

Green Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons, left off the team’s 2026 captains list Monday while still working through his ACL rehab, took to Instagram days later with news that had nothing to do with football, but maybe just as important as an on-field development.

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The 'NFL's active passing-leaders' quiz

Can you name the active NFL quarterbacks with passing yards in their career?

The '4K-yard, 30 TD NFL seasons' quiz

The 'Super Bowl-winning starting QBs' quiz

The 'Last 4K-yard passer by team' quiz

Green Bay Packers News / The Packers Post / September 9

Packers Offensive Line Uncertainty Continues into the Regular Season

The Green Bay Packers offensive line was a major question mark entering training camp this season. Now, with the regular season just a few days away, the uncertainty surrounding the Packers offensive line continues.

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When will every NFL team lose its first game in 2026?

All 32 teams have hope for a perfect 17-0 regular season as another year begins, but the odds aren't in their favor. As the season opens, we predict the first loss for each team in 2026.

Green Bay Packers News / A to Z Sports / September 9

Packers’ path to the Super Bowl suddenly looks much tougher with several questions looming before 2026 opener

Green Bay faces steep Super Bowl odds as health, depth, and offensive line questions converge ahead of the regular season. The Green Bay Packers enter the 2026 regular season surrounded by uncertainty after an offseason of significant roster turnover, coaching staff changes, and lingering injury concerns.

Tucker Kraft News / TWSN / September 8

Green Bay Packers Rumored to Be Preparing Market-Resetting Tucker Kraft Extension

Right ahead of the 2026 NFL season getting underway, it has been rumored that the Green Bay Packers are looking to make a major move. This move comes in the form of an extension, and that extension is for Tucker Kraft.

Matt Lafleur News / Athlon Sports / September 8

Three reasons why Matt LaFleur is still the right HC to lead the Packers

Following the Green Bay Packers’ monumental late-season collapse last year, Matt LaFleur’s future as head coach was in limbo. Even after signing a multi-year extension in January, doubt remains over the investment, but there’s plenty of evidence indicating it was the right move.

Green Bay Packers News / Green Bay Packers on SI / September 8

Given Second Chance, Packers Complete Practice Squad With Running Back

The Green Bay Packers started the practice week with one available spot on the practice squad. That spot has been filled with running back Damon Bankston.

Green Bay Packers News / Yardbarker / September 9

Packers' plan at RB revealed with Josh Jacobs situation in flux

Packers' plan at running back revealed with Josh Jacobs situation in flux

The Green Bay Packers don't know when their RB1, Josh Jacobs, will see the field next.

Insider makes Jordan Love prediction amid absence of Josh Jacobs

Packers’ Jordan Love, Micah Parsons trolled by Bears fans at Chicago event

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The significant NFL players returning from injury in 2026

Be it stars returning from late-season injuries to starter-level players who missed most or all of last season, the NFL features a host of rehab odysseys to follow as training camps near.

Green Bay Packers News / Athlon Sports / September 8

Packers Power Rankings Roundup: Experts are down on Green Bay early

The Green Bay Packers are one of the hardest teams to predict in the NFL. With plenty of unanswered questions, there is reason to doubt whether or not they’re a contender this season.

NFL News / PackersTalk.com / September 8

3 questions ahead of the week 1 Green Bay Packers – Vikings game in Minnesota

Cheeseheads, we made it. The long season of questions, lists, arguments, and hot takes is over. The Green Bay Packers will play their first game of the 2026-2027 in Minnesota this Sunday.

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The '2026 NFL Week 1 starting QBs' quiz

The 'Last 1st-round QB by NFL team' quiz

The 'NCAA football national champions' quiz

The 'Most points in a game by NBA team' quiz

Green Bay Packers News / The Lead / September 8

Gannon’s Defense, Love’s Leap Will Determine Green Bay Packers’ Season

Opening the season on the road is never easy. However, if the last ten years say anything about the Packers and opening kickoff, it’s that they’ve been tough to deal with.

Micah Parsons News / Athlon Sports / September 8

Packers DE Micah Parsons Announces Career News Before NFL Season

Micah Parsons expected his first full season with the Green Bay Packers to end with a chance to help the team chase another Super Bowl. Instead, his debut campaign in Green Bay ended with a devastating knee injury that has kept him off the field heading into his sixth NFL season.

Green Bay Packers News / PackersTalk.com / September 8

A look ahead at the Packers September 2026 schedule

Happy September Packers fans! With the Preseason over, it now time for the Packers to look ahead to the regular season. Training Camp and the preseason games gave us a sneak peak of what the offense can do.

NFL News / PackersTalk.com / September 8

5 pivotal matchups in Packers vs. Vikings

Green Bay Packers football is finally here! I am so so happy that we made it through this past offseason. It feels so incredibly long ago that we watched this team pi-- away a lead in the wild card round.

Green Bay Packers News / Green Bay Packers on SI / September 8

Five Days Until Week 1: Five Reasons Why Packers Could Win Super Bowl

The Green Bay Packers haven’t won the Super Bowl since 2010. It’s not quite the drought that Brett Favre, Reggie White and LeRoy Butler snapped in 1996, but it’s been practically an eternity since the title returned to Titletown.

Green Bay Packers News / A to Z Sports / September 8

Packers’ recent addition may be the missing piece that unlocks a hugely impactful offensive strategy

Jonnu Smith signing has potential to unlock Matt LaFleur’s offense in ways Green Bay desperately needs. The Green Bay Packers signed tight end Jonnu Smith in free agency last week right before the regular season, and the move has the potential to transform an area of the offense that has underachieved.

Green Bay Packers News / Athlon Sports / September 8

Micah Parsons reacts to Packers' choice of captains before Vikings game

Micah Parsons will have to watch from the sidelines as the Green Bay Packers begin their 2026 regular season Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings.

Insider makes Jordan Love prediction amid absence of Josh Jacobs

Packers’ Jordan Love, Micah Parsons trolled by Bears fans at Chicago event

The '2024-25 NFL sack leaders' quiz

Brandon Cisse News / The Packers Post / September 8

Packers Rookie Brandon Cisse Will Be Tested Immediately Against the Vikings

The Green Bay Packers used their top pick in the 2026 NFL Draft to add cornerback Brandon Cisse. The second rounder out of South Carolina won a starting job in training camp but will be thrust right into the fire in Week 1 in Minnesota.

Albert Breer News / NFL on ClutchPoints / September 7

Albert Breer asks all the questions that will determine Packers’ Super Bowl fate

The Green Bay Packers ended the 2025 season with a crushing playoff loss. Green Bay spent the offseason preparing themselves to make another deep playoff run during the 2026 season.

Green Bay Packers News / Yardbarker / September 7