The Packers schedule for week 18 who and opponent for Sunday game.

In case you weren’t able to tune in during the Packers’ New Year’s Eve win over the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday Night Football has released its schedule for the 18 weeks leading up to its 2024 broadcast. The Green Bay Packers will not play on Saturday and won’t appear on Sunday Night Football for a few more weeks.

Full 18-week NFL schedule Saturday’s games: Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans-Indianapolis Colts, three of the four teams in the playoff bracket and the Ravens fourth in the AFC. If you were hoping the Packers would play a regular game on a weekday, you’re in luck.

Instead of Packers-Bears playing Sunday night, the league decided to include the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills in that slot, a game that will decide the AFC East. Depending on the games on Saturday and Sunday, the Bills could be out of the starting lineup. The Dolphins clinched a playoff spot, but a loss to Buffalo would force them to play on the road in the wild-card round. That sets up the Packers for an evening battle with the Bears, with the game starting at 3:25pm (Central).

Six more games will be played during this period: Seattle Seahawks-Arizona Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles-New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys-Washington Commanders, Denver Broncos-Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams-San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs-Los Angeles .. battery charger. Packers and Eagles-Giants and Chiefs-Chargers are the three games that will be televised on CBS. Even if the Packers lose to the Bears, they still have a 25 percent chance to make the playoffs, according to the New York Times Playoff Machine.

. If they win the game, they will clinch a playoff spot without outside help after the Seattle Seahawks lost in Week 18 to the Pittsburgh Steelers. If the Packers lose, they would need a combination of losses to the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the final week of the season to reach the postseason. Some of these “lost but still present” combinations are now possible.