Packers at Falcons: How to Watch, Stream and Game Information
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Only three games on the NFL Week 2 schedule are between teams who both won in Week 1. One of them is the Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
Here’s how to watch, stream and listen to the game, plus stats and more as we look ahead to Week 2.
How to Watch Packers vs. Falcons
Date and time: noon Sunday.
Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
TV: Fox (Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Shannon Spake)
Stream: fuboTV offers more than 100 channels and a free trial.
Radio: Packers Radio Network and SiriusXM 384 and 811.
What You Need to Know About Packers vs. Falcons
Referee: Tra Blake. This is Blake’s second season as a referee. According to Pro Football Reference, the home team is 12-5 in those games. Last year, the home team was the offending party on 47.7 percent of his crew’s penalties.
Betting line: Packers by 1 1/2 at FanDuel Sportsbook in a quarterbacking matchup pitting Jordan Love vs. Desmond Ridder. The over/under of 40.5 points is the fourth-lowest on the board.
History lesson: With two consecutive wins, the Packers lead the series 19-16. In the most recent meeting, Green Bay won 30-16 at Lambeau Field on Oct. 5, 2020. Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes, including three to Robert Tonyan. Atlanta won the last three games in its stadium, including 34-23 in 2017.
Coaches: Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur is in his fifth season and has a career record of 48-19. He is 1-0 against the Falcons. Arthur Smith is in his third season with Atlanta. He went 7-10 in each of his first two years, making him 15-20.
In the rankings: Green Bay on offense ranks second in points per game (38), third in passing per play (8.78) and 26th in rushing per play (2.88). On defense, it ranks 14th in points per game (20), 14th in passing per play (5.11) and 22nd in rushing per play (4.21). It is plus-2 in turnovers. Atlanta on offense ranks 10th in points per game (24), 20th in passing per play (5.06) and fifth in rushing per play (5.00). On defense, it ranks fifth in points per game (10), third in passing per play (3.34) and 27th in rushing per play (4.81). It is plus-3 in turnovers.
In the power rankings: At Sports Illustrated, the Packers are 11th and the Falcons are 19th.
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Four-Point Stance
One: By passer rating, Green Bay’s Jordan Love is the best quarterback in the NFL. He leads the NFL with a 123.2 passer rating, is tied for first with three touchdowns, is first outright with an 11.1 percent touchdown rate and is third with 9.07 yards per attempt. Atlanta’s Desmond Ridder is second with a 111.8 passer rating. He’s 15-of-18 passing for a league-best 83.3 percent completion rate, but is 29th in yards (115) and 31st in pass distance (3.5 yards).
Two: A rookie last year, Ridder didn’t throw an interception in four starts in 2022 and didn’t throw one vs. Carolina in Week 1, either. Ridder and the Cowboys’ Dak Prescott are the only quarterbacks since the 1970 merger who started their career with five starts (minimum 14 passes in each game) and zero interceptions.
Three: Let’s not turn Ridder into a legend. The Falcons had 0 net passing yards at halftime against Carolina. Ridder was 8-of-10 passing for 24 yards but took four sacks for minus-24 yards.
Four: On third down vs. Chicago, Love was 7-of-9 passing and moved the chains six times with one touchdown. His 152.8 passer rating on third down is No. 1 in the NFL by a wide margin; Ridder is second at 131.3. Green Bay converted 66.7 percent of the time with its third-down passes. That’s the best mark in the league; only three other teams were better than 50 percent.
Did Packers Coach Matt LaFleur Watch MNF?
“Usually, the Monday night game on in the background, but I’m not usually paying a ton of attention to it. Certainly, the focus is on the Atlanta Falcons. Got a lot of work to do with them, a team that we haven’t played in four years, so there’s going to be a lot of studying that goes into that. Obviously, they’re coming off a big win over Carolina by two scores and there’s a lot of new pieces there, so I’m sure there’s a new excitement around that football team. It’ll be a really tough task going against them.
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