The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers are playing live on the NFL schedule for Week 2 of the preseason and the game from Heinz Field has Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, Eddie Lacy, Le'Veon Bell, Antonio Brown and Randall Cobb in action with TV coverage at 1 pm ET for an afternoon game on the NFL Network.
The Packers come into the game after winning over the Patriots in Week 1 of the preseason and coming up they will play the Pennsylvania teams in the Steelers and Eagles. The New Orleans Saints are the final game on the schedule and then the team will open the season against the Chicago Bears. The Packers have the Bears and then the Seattle Seahawks and the schedule will bring the Chiefs, 49ers, Rams and Chargers next after that.
The Steelers lost in the Hall of Fame game against the Vikings and they also lost to the Jaguars in Week 1 of the preseason. The Packers are next on the schedule and the team will next play against the Bills on the road after that. The Steelers finish the preseason with the Panthers and then the team opens the season with two of three on the road. The Steelers have the NFL season opener against the Patriots and they will host the 49ers before visiting the Rams. The team has their first division game against the Ravens and then they will play the Chargers and Cardinals.
The Steelers have the Chiefs on the road before an important game with the Bengals and that starts a stretch of three home games. The team plays the Bengals, Raiders and Browns before a huge test on the road against the Seahawks, a rematch of one of the Steelers' Super Bowl wins. The team ends the season with the Bengals, Broncos, Ravens and Browns and that has three of four games on the road against the Steelers.
The Packers have the Chiefs, 49ers, Rams and Chargers after playing the Seahawks and the next stretch of games has the Broncos, Panthers and Lions. The team then plays against the Vikings on the road and they have the Cowboys, Raiders, Cardinals and Vikes again to finish the season. The Packers are coming into the season as one of the Super Bowl favorites and Aaron Rodgers is expected to have another big year. The team has Randall Cobb back and adding Ty Montgomery to the mix with Jordy Nelson, the WRs should be productive again.
Big Ben had a huge season with 32 touchdowns and nearly 5000 passing yards, while Rodgers was great one again with 38 touchdowns and 4381 yards passing. Lacy had over 1100 yards, while Le'Veon Bell had a big year with over 2000 total yards. Bell will be out the first two games of the season.
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