At the end of the NFL season when the noise started to pick up about the NFL adding a 17th game, I told you that the Green Bay Packers were likely playing the Kansas City Chiefs. I did the math and figured out that Chiefs would be the added team for the Packers. But I also added that ‘It would be likely at Lambeau since the last matchup was in Kansas City.’ That was wrong. According to Peter King, who is plugged in as anyone, the game will be against the Chiefs, but it will be at the AFC stadium. All of the 17th games will be at the AFC stadiums then the following year, it will be at the NFC’s house. Here’s what King wrote was exactly why I thought it would happen.

So in 2021, it’s AFC West against NFC North, and 1-versus-1 from ‘20 becomes Green Bay versus Kansas City. I will bet you a Kroll’s West cheeseburger with an ice-cold Spotted Cow that the networks will brawl over this ratings-gold game. This game alone is reason enough for the league to rush the 17th game onto the 2021 schedule.

That will be an NBC game without question and will likely be played early in the season. It would not shock me if they open up the season with it. But this makes Green Bay’s season so much harder. They will go to Baltimore, New Orleans, and San Francisco. All tough places to play and assuming fans will be mostly back, they’ll have their homefield advantage with them too. Now you add Kansas City to the mix as well, that’s tough. Sometimes, schedules on paper do not look the same come Fall. I’m very excited for people to predict Green Bay to have a huge regression year based on schedules in April.

There were other notes from King that might interest Packers’ fans. Wild Card game on Monday night? Hard pass. Two games on Christmas Day since it’s a Saturday. Can you imagine the Packers and Bucks both playing on Christmas? Because I can.

Charlie.