GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers will open the 2021 season in New Orleans on Sept. 12, host the Cleveland Browns on Christmas Day and are slated to make five prime-time appearances as part of the NFL’s inaugural 17-game schedule.
Whether or not they’ll play those games with three-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers at quarterback is something the Packers — and, frankly, the NFL — cannot guarantee at this point.
But even with the organization and the reigning MVP at odds — and with Rodgers having yet to speak publicly after his unhappiness with the organization and desire to play elsewhere came to light shortly before the NFL draft kicked off — the league’s schedule-makers appear to have put together the Packers’ slate hoping Rodgers will be under center.