Jordan Love, Packers scheduled for six prime-time or standalone games

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The Packers don’t have Aaron Rodgers anymore, but they will still have plenty of exposure in standalone games during the 2023 season.

Green Bay is scheduled to play five prime-time games in Jordan Love‘s first season as their starting quarterback. The first of them comes in Week Four when they host the Lions on a Thursday night.

It’s not the only Thursday game they’re slated to play against the Lions. The Packers will also be in Detroit on Thanksgiving.

They’ll be back in prime-time the next week for a road game against former Packer Davante Adams and the Raiders on Monday night. They’re slated for another set of back-to-back prime-time games in Weeks 13 and 14 with a Sunday night home game against the Chiefs being followed by a Monday night road game against the Giants.

Week 17 finds the Packers scheduled for a Sunday night game against the Vikings, although that could be a candidate to be flexed to a different time if the matchup of NFC North rivals doesn’t carry major playoff implications.

Here’s the entire Packers schedule for the 2023 season:

Week One: at Bears

Week Two: at Falcons

Week Three: Saints

Week Four: Lions (TNF)

Week Five: at Raiders (MNF)

Week Six: Bye

Week Seven: at Broncos

Week Eight: Vikings

Week Nine: Rams

Week 10: at Steeelers

Week 11: Chargers

Week 12: at Lions (Thanksgiving)

Week 13: Chiefs (SNF)

Week 14: at Giants (MNF)

Week 15: Buccaneers

Week 16: at Panthers

Week 17: at Vikings (SNF)

Week 18: Bears (Jan. 6/7)

73 responses to “Jordan Love, Packers scheduled for six prime-time or standalone games

  1. The best part is that now that Rodgers can’t own them as a Packer, Green Bay will bookend their season with losses to the Bears.

  2. Seems a little aggressive scheduling so many prime games for them considering the Pack’s record last year and Love’s efforts to date – Thinking there are going to be some “flex” opportunities in 2023…

  3. No one wants to watch a 5-12 team (at best) in six prime-time games.

  4. So, 1 primetime game with Love, then 5 primetime games with either Etling or Clifford?

  5. So now the tv schedules are based on what players are playing not the teams that are playing? Got it.

  6. All the focus is on Love, when it honestly might be hard to evaluate him this year if it goes bad. That is the worst receiving corps, including tight ends, in the NFL by far. Aaron Jones can’t do everything.

    If Matt Lafleur makes this work, he truly is an awesome coach. As of now the jury is still out post-Rodgers.

  7. Of course, again, the Bears have to go up to Lambeau at the coldest possible time while the Pack will come to Soldier Field in perfect weather. Some things never change.

  8. 6 guaranteed division wins as usual. Easy games against the Falcons, Saints, Raiders, Rams, Giants, Bucs, and Panthers. Looks like another 13 win season.

  9. This will be a very tough year for Packer fans. I guess the NFL wants to make sure as many people see it as possible. Honestly, they were already headed downward even when Rodgers was there.

  10. “Of course, again, the Bears have to go up to Lambeau at the coldest possible time while the Pack will come to Soldier Field in perfect weather” Seeing how the Packers own the Bears it makes no difference.you should worry more about the Bears talent level than the location of the game.

  11. with the number of primetime games for Packers, Cowboys, Jets it seems like the NFL has realized train wrecks garner high ratings.

  12. WOW,the NFL must realize just how great Jordan Love is going to be in his first season as the leader of the Pack and wants to spotlight his stardom by giving them so many primetime games.the NFL has vision only true Packer fans can understand.

  13. YOUR Green Bay Packers are always a team people want to see succeed. Small town vs. the big cities. Regular working people “owners” vs. billionaires. America’s heartland vs. the fancy jetsetters. Go Pack Go!

  14. “This will be a very tough year for Packer fans.” And you know this how? Love is a very good young quarterback whos been around for three years learning his trade from one of the best.they have one of the best running games in the NFL and a tremendous offensive line.three recievers who have experience now.they improved their defense in the draft over the last three years and its coming together.Packers fans that know anything about this team realize its going to be another fun year in Titletown.

  15. dvdman123 says:
    May 12, 2023 at 9:20 am
    This will be a very tough year for Packer fans. I guess the NFL wants to make sure as many people see it as possible. Honestly, they were already headed downward even when Rodgers was there.
    _______________

    To the contrary, every year is a great year for Packers fans. Every game is another opportunity to enjoy watching the best football team of all time. Thirteen world championships, enough said.

  16. Lions are not going to do well. Bad QB, running game is a mess. Will finish third in division.

  17. Looking at that favorable ‘soft as Charmin’ schedule it will be a huge let down if Love doesn’t carry us into the playoffs. Rodgers would definitely have, although we all know with him, there were no guarantees of making it past that first playoff game.

  18. I wonder how many of these talkers will actually be man enough to come back and eat some crow if/when Love shows himself to be the real deal.

  19. Well the NFL, in its divine wisdom, put the Bears in 5 prime time spots last year and how did that work out? Save for the smack down we gave NE & BB, not so well. The Pack will be average at best and this choice will back-fire on the NFL.

  20. I don’t know how the fans feel but it is plain that the league believes in Jordan Love and the Packers.

  21. After Rodgers became a country wide pariah with his antics in 2021 nfl fan bases across the country loved to cheer against the packers. You could feel it in any sports bar wherever you walked in. Now that Rodgers has left I’m sure that habit remains. Everyone loves to cheer against a villain. Looks like the nfl knows this.

  22. There is a key word missing here. It should read “Jordan Love, Packers *tentatively* scheduled for six prime-time or standalone games”. If they get into November and their season is already over, they and any other team in the same position are getting flexed right out of some of those games.

  23. My biggest wish for the Packers is they could somehow sign Jarvis Landry. You have 8 WR’s in that room that have 2 years or less of experience. Jarvis would come in and be like “what’s up little pups? This is how we will do it?” You also have a number of new TE’s – Jarvis could help with that too. But it won’t happen – the Packers are full on youth movement.

  24. My my the tables have turned, no magical rainbow delivering a HOF QB to a packers overall mediocre roster to save their franchise from an average season with no playoff expectations.

  25. That’s quite a gamble but it’s human nature to rubber neck when it comes to a disaster.

  26. bassplucker says:
    May 12, 2023 at 8:54 am
    Of course, again, the Bears have to go up to Lambeau at the coldest possible time while the Pack will come to Soldier Field in perfect weather. Some things never change.
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    So, if it’s 10 degrees above zero in Green Bay, are people in Chicago roasting hot dogs on the grill at 15 degrees?

  27. Love the jealous commentary about the 13 time world champion Green Bay Packers.

  28. gophersnot says:

    5-13
    ++++++
    This guy predicts Green Bay is making the playoffs!

  29. The Packers are not America’s Team.. That term, “America’s Team” was coined in 1978 by John Facenda about the Cowboys….and a lot of that had to do with the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. It was during a time when most Americans couldn’t name any NFL players outside of Dallas players.

    So if any team gets to be called America’s Team, it’s the Cowboys, just like Titletown is owned by the Packers, even though other teams have more titles.

  30. The Packers draw viewers/fans, regardless if they’re starting their 2nd HOF QB in a row or their 3rd! The McCaskeys are not the owners of the Bears, it’s whoever is starting QB for the Packers. Here’s to another 15 years of stellar QB play.

  31. The nation can finally watch the man that exposed Rodgers for the insecure diva that he is!

  32. It’s all about ratings… Packers draw big from everywhere and their TV ratings are always high. Their record really is an after thougt. GPG!!!

  33. Check out the Packers’ schedule folks — its pretty easy. Even with Love at QB, as much as us opposing fans may want to think otherwise, I bet that team will be in the wild card mix in December.

  34. I’m not saying Jordan Love will be a hall of famer like his predecessors, but wouldn’t it be a kick in the teeth to our purple clad neighbors if he were? Lol!

  35. cheeseisfattening says:
    May 12, 2023 at 10:30 am
    After Rodgers became a country wide pariah with his antics in 2021 nfl fan bases across the country loved to cheer against the packers. You could feel it in any sports bar wherever you walked in. Now that Rodgers has left I’m sure that habit remains. Everyone loves to cheer against a villain. Looks like the nfl knows this.
    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    …..in Bizarro World.

  36. packersareamericasteam says:
    May 12, 2023 at 9:52 am
    Lions are not going to do well. Bad QB, running game is a mess. Will finish third in division.
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    Seriously did you watch any football last year?
    Not only did the Lions beat you twice (and killed your playoff hopes) They went 5-1 in the division and finished with a top 5 offence.
    Packers fans are living in a dream world right now

  37. gibson45 says:
    May 12, 2023 at 9:06 am
    6 guaranteed division wins as usual. Easy games against the Falcons, Saints, Raiders, Rams, Giants, Bucs, and Panthers. Looks like another 13 win season.

    ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

    0-2 vs the lions last year. 3-3 in the division. Not sure you can guarantee 2 division wins or 5 total wins this year

  38. Packers this year are like a train wreck. You don’t wanna watch but you just gotta

  39. You really need to laugh at all the knowledgeable football fans regarding “easy” scheduling. 15 of 17 games scheduled are exactly the same opponents for every team in the division. And every year some good teams turn out bad and some bad teams turns out good. So just stop with that easy schedule stuff it doesn’t hold water.

  40. pkrlvr says:
    May 12, 2023 at 10:04 am
    I wonder how many of these talkers will actually be man enough to come back and eat some crow if/when Love shows himself to be the real deal.
    <
    Well based on last year, most of you Pack fans disappeared after week 1's embarrassment.

  41. longjohnpeter says:
    May 12, 2023 at 2:03 pm
    You really need to laugh at all the knowledgeable football fans regarding “easy” scheduling. 15 of 17 games scheduled are exactly the same opponents for every team in the division. And every year some good teams turn out bad and some bad teams turns out good. So just stop with that easy schedule stuff it doesn’t hold water.
    _____
    Actually its 14 of 17. And that does not take into account things like when the buy week occurs, who a team gets on their short week Thursday game, do they get a good team late vs. early, etc. The schedule is more than who a team plays, its also when.

  42. toothfairyretributionmanifesto says:
    May 12, 2023 at 2:10 pm
    pkrlvr says:
    May 12, 2023 at 10:04 am
    I wonder how many of these talkers will actually be man enough to come back and eat some crow if/when Love shows himself to be the real deal.
    <
    Well based on last year, most of you Pack fans disappeared after week 1's embarrassment.
    __
    Yup for a few weeks early on last season it was so nice in hear until the cheese eaters doubd rhe xourage to come back out of their hovels after all their offseason boasting and gaureentees of winning the 2022 NFC north and the Vikings game being like a person tune up. It was funny watching them tuck tail and hide.

  43. If/when the Packers start losing, the NFL will be in a panic to flex all of those prime time games.

  44. bassplucker says:
    May 12, 2023 at 8:54 am

    Of course, again, the Bears have to go up to Lambeau at the coldest possible time while the Pack will come to Soldier Field in perfect weather. Some things never change.
    _________

    Oh Cripes, stop whining!
    You’re beginning to sound like one of these typical Viking fans and you’re not.
    You’re better than that.

    The Bears play outside on natural grass in Chicago.
    There’s no inherent competitive disadvantage based on the temps between these two teams.
    Eventually…..when the Bears scurry away to their dome in Arlington Heights, but not as of today.

  45. longjohnpeter says:
    May 12, 2023 at 2:03 pm
    You really need to laugh at all the knowledgeable football fans regarding “easy” scheduling. 15 of 17 games scheduled are exactly the same opponents for every team in the division. And every year some good teams turn out bad and some bad teams turns out good. So just stop with that easy schedule stuff it doesn’t hold water.
    ___________

    The Patriots dominated a weak AFC East for 20 years. The Packers dominated a super weak NFC North for 30 years. The Dolphins, Jets, Lions, Bears, and Vikings were terrible during those years.

    It is actually very easy for knowledgeable fans to determine who has an easy schedule. The key word is knowledgeable.

  46. This is really a head scratcher. The HOF QB who couldn’t even get them to the playoff last year left, along with a bunch of other players.
    They have a QB who is essentially a rookie.
    And they are in prime time SIX times???

    Someone in the league MUST be thinking Love is the combination of Favre and Rodgers combined.

  47. 6-11. Bad enough to get the front office fired, not bad enough to get Caleb Williams or Quinn Ewers.

  48. iliketurtles says:
    May 12, 2023 at 11:44 am

    Packer favoritism? Nahhhhhh can’t be
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    Are you just learning now that they give the best spots to the teams that draw the greatest number of viewers? In other news that may shock you, better players get paid more, and the league favors teams with better records when it comes to choosing who gets to be in the playoffs.

  49. 6-11. Bad enough to get the front office fired, not bad enough to get Caleb Williams or Quinn Ewers.
    ==========

    Thats fine.

    I’ll take Michael Penix.

  50. lionsfan says:
    May 12, 2023 at 1:50 pm
    gibson45 says:
    May 12, 2023 at 9:06 am
    6 guaranteed division wins as usual. Easy games against the Falcons, Saints, Raiders, Rams, Giants, Bucs, and Panthers. Looks like another 13 win season.
    ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————0-2 vs the lions last year. 3-3 in the division. Not sure you can guarantee 2 division wins or 5 total wins this year
    ______________________

    Some Lions fans sure are mouthy for a team that lost seven games in a row and failed to make the playoffs, as usual.

  51. I still haven’t seen a response from any of the experts predicting Love will fail, whether the Vikings will make it to the SuperBowl this year or not. Put your money where your mouth is.

  52. iliketurtles says:
    May 12, 2023 at 11:44 am
    Packer favoritism? Nahhhhhh can’t be
    __________

    Seriously, is there anything your fan base doesn’t whine about? 🤣

  53. The truth is, no one knows how good the Packer’s football team will be this year….or Jordan Love. The most interesting thing to watch will be how the rest of the team responds to a new QB at the helm and Rodgers gone. If the effort and execution are there…..I’m buying, not selling. Go Pack.

  54. Hey all you conspiracy theorists! Packers have the NFL in its hip pocket! Expect another 13-win season (with help from schedulers and refs, of course) and a cruise to #1 seed! It’s in the bag!

    🙂

  55. Not a Packer fan but i think, Love will do well,strong arm , good mobility, he has weapons around him, it should be interesting.

  56. The Patriots dominated a weak AFC East for 20 years. The Packers dominated a super weak NFC North for 30 years.
    ==========

    Jets, Bills, Dolphins 2000-2019: 11 playoff trips, 6 playoff wins, 17 winning seasons

    .. the Bills and Dolphins did not win a single playoff game in that stretch

    Vikings, Bears, Lions 2000-2019: 15 playoff trips, 8 playoff wins, 21 winning seasons

    The Bears made it to the Super Bowl in 2006

    The NFC North was considerably better than the AFC Least over this span.

  57. This should be fun. Everybody gonna see what he’s made of. For good….or not…

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