Packers at Steelers: TV Channel, Streaming, Betting, Stats, Odds, Insight

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The last time the Green Bay Packers hit the road and beat the Pittsburgh Steelers was 1970. Packers coach Matt LaFleur, who turned 44 last week, wasn’t born until 1979.

In 2023, Green Bay (3-5) is the only team in the NFL with a losing record with a positive point differential. Pittsburgh (5-3) has the largest negative point differential for any team with a winning record.

Kickoff is set for noon Sunday. Here’s how to watch, stream and listen to the game plus much more.

How to Watch Packers vs. Steelers

Date and time: noon Sunday.

Location: Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh.

TV: CBS (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn).

TV map: Will the game be on TV where you live? Check out the broadcast map from 506 Sports.

Stream: fuboTV offers more than 100 channels and a free trial.

Radio: Packers Radio Network (Wayne Larrivee and Larry McCarren), Sports USA Radio (Josh Appel and Brandon Noble) and SiriusXM 132, 385 or SiriusXM.us/PackersSXM

What You Need to Know About Packers vs. Steelers

Referee: Scott Novak. Novak has been an official since 2014 and is in his fifth season as a referee. The home team is 4-4 in his games this season. The visiting team had the better record in his three previous seasons, including 13-3 in 2020. His crews are generally around the league average in penalties. This year, according to Pro Football Reference, his crew has thrown 0.75 fewer flags for 9.32 fewer penalty yards than the league averages.

Betting line: Steelers by 3 points at FanDuel Sportsbook; the game opened at 3.5. A resounding 86 percent of the money is on Pittsburgh, even though the Steelers have been outscored by 30 points. The total of 38.5 points is the second-lowest on the board.

History lesson: Though they haven’t won in Pittsburgh since 1970, the Packers are 19-16 in regular-season games and beat the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. The last time these teams met in Pittsburgh, the Steelers survived with a 31-28 victory on Nov. 26, 2017.

This might have been Brett Hundley’s best performance with the Packers, with touchdown passes of 39 yards to Randall Cobb, 54 yards to Jamaal Williams and 55 yards to Davante Adams highlighting a day in which he finished 17-of-26 for 245 yards with a 134.3 rating. Williams’ 4-yard touchdown run tied the game with 2:02 to play but Chris Boswell booted a 53-yard field goal on the final play.

Coaches: Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur is in his fifth season and has a career record of 50-24. He is 1-0 vs. the Steelers. In Packers history, only Vince Lombardi (66 games) got to 50 wins faster. Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin is 168-96-2 in his 17th season. Including the Super Bowl, he is 3-2 against the Packers.

In the rankings: Green Bay on offense ranks 20th in points per game (20.0), 24th in passing per play (6.12) and 19th in rushing per play (4.02). On defense, it ranks 10th in points per game (19.9), ninth in passing per play (6.18) and 13th in rushing per play (3.97). It is 18th in turnovers (minus-2) and 18th in yardage differential (minus-20.1).

Pittsburgh on offense ranks 29th in points per game (16.6), 25th in passing per play (5.74) and 26th in rushing per play (3.73). On defense, it ranks 13th in points per game (20.4), 24th in passing per play (6.93) and 26th in rushing per play (4.49). It is third in turnovers (plus-8) and 31st in yardage differential (minus-98.8).

In the power rankings: At Sports Illustrated, the Packers are 26th and the Steelers are 14th.

Four-Point Stance

One: Green Bay has allowed 159 points through eight games. That’s its fewest since it yielded 136 during its Super Bowl season of 2010.

Two: Packers quarterback Jordan Love is 24th with an 81.9 passer rating while Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett is 25th with an 81.6 rating. However, while Pickett has thrown only six touchdown passes (Love has 12), he’s gone four consecutive games without an interception.

Three: Steelers star T.J. Watt is tied for second in the NFL with 9.5 sacks. He had at least a half-sack in all five home games this year. Watt has 87 sacks in 95 career games. His brother, J.J. Watt, had 87.5 sacks in his first 100 games – second-most all-time.

Pro Football Focus has a stat called pass-rushing productivity, which measures sacks, hits and hurries per pass-rushing snap. Out of 69 edge defenders with at least 150 pass-rushing opportunities, Green Bay’s Rashan Gary is tied for second, Watt is 10th and Pittsburgh’s Alex Highsmith is 16th.

Four: The Steelers will wear their throwback uniforms this week. Next week, the Packers will wear their throwbacks when they host the Chargers. Thanks to the NFL for pointing out that teams wearing throwbacks have won five in a row.

Looking ahead, Green Bay’s throwbacks are inspired by the uniforms worn from 1950 through 1953. The Packers debuted this classic look in 2021.

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