The Green Bay Packers are 1-0 to start the 2023 NFL season after defeating the Chicago Bears 38-20 in Week 1. Green Bay has won nine consecutive games against their oldest rival and couldn’t have asked for a better start to the Jordan Love era.
Despite winning by three scores, the Packers’ offense got off to a rocky start. Their lone touchdown in the first half came on a short field, set up by the defense forcing a turnover on downs to start the game. After three consecutive punts, Green Bay’s next points wouldn’t come until the end of the second quarter when rookie kicker Anders Carlson drilled a 52-yard field goal as time expired.
However, Love and company came out firing on all cylinders in the second half, scoring back-to-back touchdown drives to start the third quarter. As a whole, Green Bay’s offense enjoyed a productive day without top wide receiver Christian Watson, totaling 329 yards while converting 9 of their 16 third down attempts and finishing 3-3 in the red zone.
Defensively, the Packers won the turnover battle 2-0 and were effective at pressuring Chicago quarterback Justin Fields, who was sacked four times and finished with a quarterback rating of 21.7.
Overall, Green Bay did a lot of good things in all three phases, but there is still plenty to clean up before they face a 1-0 Atlanta Falcons team next week.
Before we look ahead to Week 2, let’s highlight the top standouts from their latest win over the Bears.