The Eagles are in Brazil to face the Packers in the NFL's first game in South America. Our writers make their picks for this Week 1 matchup.
The Birds are in Brazil to face Green Bay in the NFL’s first game in South America. Which team will return home victorious?
The Packers offense isn’t as much of a secret. Coach Matt LaFleur runs his version of Kyle Shanahan’s system, which means he should run it almost as much as he has quarterback Jordan Love throw it. The Packers’ backfield will look completely different than it did a year ago. Aaron Jones is gone, and AJ Dillon is done for the season with a neck injury. In their places will be free agent Josh Jacobs and rookie MarShawn Lloyd. Jacobs led the NFL in rushing two years ago, but he averaged only 3.
While the Green Bay offense soared, its defense crumbled. The Packers ranked near the bottom of the league in defensive pass and rush DVOA numbers in the final third of the season. The Eagles had some drop-off offensively, of course, so much so that Sirianni admitted it got stale. And now that unit is in Moore’s hands.
But the Eagles are the better team on paper and are the slight favorite. With no other data to go off of, that’s the methodology here.Friday’s season opener in São Paulo marks a meeting between teams that had drastically different endings to the 2023 season. The Eagles started off 10-1, lost five of their last six regular-season games, then collapsed in the wild-card round of the playoffs against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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