The Green Bay Packers have their work cut out for them as they prepare to kick off the 2026 NFL season in Week 1 on the road against the archrival Minnesota Vikings.
The Green Bay Packers will kick off the 2026 NFL season next Sunday at the Minnesota Vikings. For the start of the season, the pressure will be on new defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon to build game plans and call plays capable of winning games without Micah Parsons.
We are just a week away from the Packers and Vikings kicking off in Minnesota! And with the new season just beginning, there are a ton of questions that need to be and will be answered soon enough.
Once upon a time, pro football was built through the ground game. Every yard was earned the hard way. Coaches would routinely discuss the need to establish their running games before opening up their pass games.
Can you name the last time every NFL team selected a signal-caller in the first round of the NFL Draft?
Rival Minnesota Vikings brought back veteran safety Harrison Smith on a one-year deal. The Green Bay Packers received some unwelcome news right before their regular season opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
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.
The Green Bay Packers enter Week 1 with plenty of question marks on both sides of the ball. However, several X-factors on offense could make or break the 2026 season.
Recently acquired running back Kaleb Johnson enters a Green Bay Packers backfield filled with uncertainty. Also, what role the former 2025 third-round pick will fill in his second NFL stop, only two seasons into the league, is a huge, looming question mark.
Green Bay came up as a speculative fit for the Cardinals’ Josh Sweat when the outside linebacker garnered trade interest during the spring. Ian Rapoport
Green Bay Packers star edge rusher Micah Parsons, rehabbing from a torn ACL, was placed on the physically unable to perform list earlier this week, which will sideline him for at least the first four weeks of the season.
Since the news dropping that Josh Jacobs would be placed on the commissioners exempt list, there has been a scramble to find a solution at running back.
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.
With Packers running back Josh Jacobs getting placed on the exempt/commissioner’s list earlier this week, the legal proceedings for the 28-year-old have been moved up significantly.
This week has been a roller coaster for the Green Bay Packers franchise and superstar running back Josh Jacobs. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Monday that Jacobs’ initial court appearance is scheduled for Sept.
Despite showing flashes of potential, Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Lukas Van Ness has failed to break out over his first three seasons in the NFL.
During Cutdown Weekend, Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst addressed two of the team’s biggest weaknesses. One was at running back. With Josh Jacobs placed on the exempt list, the Packers had a massive hole in the backfield alongside MarShawn Lloyd and Chris Brooks.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is glad the Cowboys were able to avoid a prolonged dispute with wide receiver George Pickens, because allows the team to focus on football.
Adam Schein delivered one of the bleakest Green Bay Packers forecasts of the preseason Thursday, telling a national radio audience that the NFC North franchise is headed for a collapse.
The Packers are facing uncertainty at the running back position, but Love appears confident in what the team has at the position.
The Green Bay Packers enter the 2026 NFL season with playoff aspirations. The team qualified for the postseason in each of the last three seasons but has only won one playoff game during that time.
The Green Bay Packers will start the 2026 season looking to improve upon their third straight season as the NFC’s seventh seed. GM Brian Gutekunst made some real changes to the roster over the offseason, and the team will also benefit from the return of several injured stars.
Last season in Pittsburgh, Smith caught 38 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns, but he's one season removed from catching 88 passes for 884 yards and eight touchdowns with the Dolphins.
Last season, the Packers had a 9-7-1 record and barely made the playoffs. They'd love to come back from that stronger.
Gutekunst addressed Parson's recovery.
Willis believes everything he learned under LaFleur with the Packers can help him moving forward.
Jacobs was formally charged with misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor criminal damage to property stemming from his May arrest in Wisconsin.
The Green Bay Packers knew there was a chance that MarShawn Lloyd was going to be their RB1 heading into the 2026 season.
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