Green Bay Packers schedule 2020: 3 Toughest, 3 easiest games
By Lucas Schuh
Easiest Game – Week 10 vs. Jaguars
Things have been anything but normal for the Jaguars over the past year. Gardner Minshew emerged as a rookie to take over for high-priced free-agent signing Nick Foles, who the team then traded in the 2020 offseason. Elsewhere, Jacksonville is in full rebuild mode, having traded away A.J. Bouye, Jalen Ramsey and Calais Campbell — and perhaps Yannick Ngakoue joining them soon.
Jacksonville’s draft class signaled the current direction of the franchise as they took talented players but prospects who require some time to develop. Not only do the Packers have a superior roster to the Jaguars but they also get this game at Lambeau Field. Everything should come up Green Bay in this matchup, a welcome sight after a tough start to the regular-season slate.
Toughest Game – Week 9 at San Fransisco 49ers
After what happened the two times the 49ers and Packers met last season, it stands to reason that it would be the toughest game on the schedule. That seems to be the case even more so after the improvements San Francisco made this offseason. Between trading for Trent Williams or getting younger at two spots by drafting Javon Kinlaw and Brandon Aiyuk, San Francisco is in a much better spot.
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To make matters worse against a better team that still ran them off the field twice a year ago, the Packers will be on the road in San Francisco for Thursday Night Football. That’s a short week to prepare for a team that could feasibly embarrass them once again. There is little doubt that this will be the toughest matchup Green Bay sees on their schedule.