Based on Week 1 rosters, Thursday night’s showdown between the Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins at Lambeau Field will be a battle between the NFL’s youngest team and the NFL’s oldest team.
Entering Week 1, the Packers had the NFL’s youngest team by average age at 25.1 years. The Dolphins, on the other hand, had the oldest at 27.3 years.
Overall, the Packers have just two players age 30 or older — kicker Brandon McManus and linebacker Eric Wilson — and only five age 29 or older (McManus, Wilson, Andre Dillard, Matt Orzech, Kenny Clark).
The Dolphins have 13 players age 30 or older and 23 players age 29 or older.