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The Green Bay Packers report to training camp in a matter of days. Here are five bold predictions for the early NFL 2020 season.
The Green Bay Packers are slated to perform at training camp on July 28, and the rookies will report a week in advance on July 21. Assuming everything goes as scheduled, training camp will be the first time that Packers players and coaches have been together in person for the first time in the offseason.
The Packers are coming off a successful season with first-year head coach Matt LaFleur, who helped lead the team to a 14-4 record (playoffs included). Green Bay finally fell short in the NFC Championship game for the San Francisco 49ers, but there are plenty of good things to build up ahead of the 2020 NFL season.
The team roster is set to win now in the twilight of Aaron Rodgers’ career. Green Bay selected Rodgers’ successor in the April draft, but that doesn’t mean they’ve quit next season. The Packers return a group of headlines, but replicating last year’s success will be extremely difficult.
Green Bay was 8-1 in one-score games in 2019, a sign of possible regression in 2020. It’s hard to post that kind of record overall, let alone in consecutive seasons. The Packers can’t end with 13 regular-season wins like last season, but 10 wins or more should be enough to clinch the NFC North title.
If the Packers want to return to the promised land one last time before the end of Rodgers’ career, they will need more consistent performances from some key players. Overall, the Packers have a great chance of making it to Super Bowl LV. Now for the predictions.
Because it is so early in the process, there is a chance that some of these bold predictions may look silly in the very near future. But that’s why they are called bold, right? Here are five bold predictions for the Packers heading into the 2020 season.
