Green Bay Packers: 5 toughest games on the 2019 schedule
3. Week 9 @ Los Angeles Chargers
This game is tough for a few different reasons. One is that the Chargers are a very good football team. The other is because the Green Bay Packers will be coming off of a primetime matchup against one of the best teams in football last season, but we’ll talk about those guys later. The Chargers were one of the best teams in the NFL last year, and they did it on both sides of the ball.
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Green Bay will be playing on the west coast, and they will be playing against a team that can beat you with offense or defense. The Chargers finished top 11 on both offense and defense, and they absolutely obliterated the Baltimore Ravens in the playoffs on the defensive side of the ball. If Green Bay doesn’t have their offensive line in place or their offense rolling, it could cause them trouble.
Green Bay will be coming off a Sunday night matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs, and, win or lose, emotions will be high for them. The Chargers, on the road, is a tough matchup for any team coming off of any matchup. Similar to the matchup against the Cowboys, it’s a week that they could be fighting for a .500 record that helps them in their quest to get back to the playoffs.