The Green Bay Packers (6-3) have reached the bye week, marking the first Week 10 bye for the Packers since 2012.
- It is the fourth time in six seasons under Head Coach Matt LaFleur that the Packers' bye has been Week 10 or later.
- Green Bay has a winning record at the bye for the 12th time in the last 15 years and the 16th time in the last 25 years.
- The Packers are one of 11 teams with six-plus wins this season.
- The NFC North is the only division with three teams with six-plus wins this season. It is also the only division where all four teams have at least a .500 record.
- Heading into the bye, Green Bay played the first of five NFC North games it will play in their final nine contests. It is the first time since 2015 that five of the final nine games are against the division.
- It is the first time since 2009 that Green Bay will go into its bye and come out of its bye with NFC North games.
- The Packers played a home game heading into the bye for the first time since 2021.
- The Packers fell to 4-2 under LaFleur in the game heading into the bye.
AFTER THE BYE
- Dating back to 2000, this is the third time the Packers will play the Bears coming out of the bye (2021 and 2014), both wins, but the first time they will play at Chicago following the bye.
- Overall, the Packers have won 10 straight games against the Bears, tying the longest winning streak by either team in the history of the series (10 straight by Green Bay from 1994-98).
- Green Bay will be looking to win the week following the bye for the third time in the last four years, having beaten the Los Angeles Rams at home in 2022, 24-12. In 2021, the Packers beat the Chicago Bears at home, 45-30, after the bye to snap a four-game losing streak in games following the bye week.
- In games immediately following its bye week, Green Bay has won 18 of its last 28 (.643), including wins in nine of the last 15.
- Green Bay will face an NFC opponent (Chicago) after the bye for the first time since 2022, the eighth time in the last 10 years (2015-24) and for the 16th time in the last 23 seasons (2002-24).
- Dating back to 2002, the Packers take on an NFC North team for the 11th time after the bye and for the fifth time on the road.
- It is the first time since 2012 (at Detroit) that Green Bay will play a road division game following the bye.
- Since 2009, Green Bay is 84-49-1 (.631) overall after the bye.
- Under LaFleur (since 2019), the Packers are 28-11 in games played after the bye (7-5 in 2023, 3-1 in 2022, 4-1 in 2021, 9-3 in 2020 and 5-1 in 2019).
- Dating back to 1990 when bye weeks started, Green Bay is 19-15 (.559) in the game following the bye week.
- The Packers play on the road following the bye for the second straight season. Dating back to 2000, below are the 14 road games for Green Bay following the bye week:
- 2023 - Week 7, at DEN, L, 17-19
- 2020 - Week 6, at TB, L, 10-38
- 2019 - Week 12, at SF, L, 8-37
- 2018 - Week 8, at LAR, L, 27-29
- 2015 - Week 8, at DEN, L, 10-29
- 2012 - Week 11, at DET, W, 24-20
- 2011 - Week 9, at SD, W, 45-38
- 2010 - Week 11, at MIN, W, 31-3
- 2008 - Week 9, at TEN, L, 16-19
- 2007 - Week 8, at DEN, W, 19-13
- 2006 - Week 7, at MIA, W, 34-24
- 2005 - Week 7, at MIN, L, 20-23
- 2003 - Week 9, at MIN, W, 30-27
- 2000 - Week 8, at MIA, L, 20-28
NOTES AFTER WEEK 9
- This is the fourth time in six seasons (2019-21, 2024) under Head Coach Matt LaFleur that the Packers have won six or more of their first nine games.
- The Packers have scored 24-plus points in seven of nine games this season. Green Bay joins Baltimore as the only teams to have seven games with 24-plus points in 2024.
- Green Bay has a point differential of plus-36 (No. 10 in the NFL), the highest for the Packers through the first nine games of a season since 2020 (plus-53).
- The Packers are tied for No. 2 in the NFL this season with five games of 400-plus yards (Baltimore leads with six). Green Bay has posted 400-plus yards in each of the last two games (Weeks 8-9) and three of the last four (Week 6).
- Green Bay has posted 375-plus yards in seven games this season (Weeks 1-4, 6, 8-9), tied for No. 2 in the league (San Francisco) behind Baltimore (nine), via Stathead.com.
- Green Bay has posted 160-plus rushing yards in five games this season, tied for No. 2 in the league behind only Baltimore (six).
- Green Bay has 772 first-half rushing yards this season, No. 2 in the NFL (Washington, 848).
- The Packers have 1,393 rushing yards this season, their most through nine games since 2003 (1,475).
- The Packers lead the league this season with two games with 175-plus rushing yards and zero sacks allowed (Week 2 and Week 6). It marks the first time since 2004 that Green Bay has done that twice in a season.
- This season was the first time since the merger that the Packers posted 420-plus rushing yards and two or fewer sacks allowed in the first two games of the season. It marked the fifth time it has happened in the NFL since 1970 (San Diego Chargers, 2006 / St. Louis Cardinals, 1979 / Dallas Cowboys, 1978 / Los Angeles Rams, 1976).
A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE
- The Green Bay Packers' 2024 NFL schedule will feature 17 regular-season games and three preseason games. It is highlighted by five prime-time contests (subject to flexible scheduling) on the original schedule for the 11th straight year (2014-24). Of the 14 opponents on the schedule, 11 of those teams finished with a record of .500-plus last season, tied for the third most in the NFL behind the 12 that Cleveland and Baltimore face. The Packers have seven games against 2023 playoff teams.
- With the three-game preseason schedule implemented in 2021, the Packers will alternate between hosting one and two preseason games each year. This year, the Packers will start with two road games, first at the Cleveland Browns and then at the Denver Broncos. The Baltimore Ravens will come to Lambeau Field to close out the preseason. The matchup with the Ravens is designated as the Packers Give Back Game, with a benefiting charity to be highlighted through the game and surrounding activities.
- This year will be the first time that nine regular-season games will be played at Lambeau Field. As previously announced, the Gold package will receive the ninth regular-season game this year, the first year the ninth game will be hosted at Lambeau Field. Green package season ticket holders will receive their typical allotment of regular-season games (six) and will also receive this year's preseason contest. The next time Lambeau Field hosts the ninth regular-season game, the Green package will receive that game and the Gold package will receive the preseason contest.
- The Packers opened the season in São Paulo, Brazil, marking the sixth straight year and the 10th time in the last 12 seasons that Green Bay has started the season as the road team. Green Bay is the only team in the NFL to open the season as the road team each of the last six years (2019-24).
- Week 2 saw Green Bay facing the Indianapolis Colts in the home opener, marking the first time the Packers faced an AFC team in the home opener since 2014 against the New York Jets.
- Green Bay went back on the road in Week 3 as it traveled to Nashville to take on the Tennessee Titans. It was the earliest visit to Nashville to play the Titans and the second-earliest visit against the franchise (Week 1 at Houston Oilers in 1983).
- The first NFC North opponent the Packers faced was the Minnesota Vikings at home in Week 4.
- Green Bay faced a pair of NFC West teams in Weeks 5-6. First, the Packers went to Los Angeles to play the Rams, who Green Bay won its ninth game regular season game against out of the last 10 matchups against, before welcoming the Arizona Cardinals to Lambeau Field. Dating back to 1955, Green Bay improved to 9-1 against the Cardinals at home.
- Green Bay will take on a couple AFC teams after that with a home game against the Houston Texans in Week 7 and a road trip to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 8. The Packers improved to 5-1 in the Texans series, including wins in the last four contests and improved to 6-2 against the Jaguars, including wins in each of the last four matchups. Both contests finished with a walk-off field goal by the Packers.
- A home game against the Detroit Lions in Week 9 preceded the bye week, which comes in Week 10 for the first time since 2012. It marks the fourth time in six seasons under Head Coach Matt LaFleur that the Packers' bye has been Week 10 or later.
- The Packers stay in the division for a matchup at the Chicago Bears in Week 11. Including a 2010 playoff victory at Chicago, Green Bay has won 25 of the last 30 meetings between the rivals at Soldier Field, including 13 of the last 14.
- Week 12 will see Green Bay welcome the San Francisco 49ers to Lambeau Field. The Packers have won seven of the last eight regular-season home games against the 49ers.
- Week 13 will be a short week for the Packers as they will play at home against the Miami Dolphins on Thanksgiving night. It is the second straight year that Green Bay has played on Thanksgiving but only the second time at home on the holiday since 1923 (Chicago, 2015). It starts a run of four consecutive prime-time games, which would be the first time the Packers have played four straight prime-time games in a single season since the merger (Elias Sports Bureau).
- The Packers start December on Thursday night in Week 14 at Detroit, where Green Bay has won three of the last five contests.
- The Packers go west in Week 15 to face the Seattle Seahawks on a Sunday night. Green Bay has not played at Seattle since 2018 and the Packers last won in Seattle in 2008.
- For the 32nd straight season (1993-2024), Green Bay will play on Monday Night Football as it hosts the New Orleans Saints in Week 16.
- For the fourth straight season and the fifth time in the last six years, the Packers will finish the regular season with back-to-back NFC North contests. For the second consecutive season, they will travel a state over to take on the Vikings in Week 17 and then return home to face the Bears in the season finale on a date and time to be determined.
