The Green Bay Packers will attempt to win an eighth straight game, and the team’s first without Aaron Rodgers, when they head to Kansas City to play the Chiefs on Sunday afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium.
All eyes will be on Jordan Love, who will be making his first career start in a tough environment against the two-time defending AFC champions. Can the Packers reach the master stage of overcoming adversity by winning a big game without the MVP?
Football is a complicated game, but finding the reasons for winning individual matchups between teams is often a straightforward exercise. What wins games? Excellent quarterback play, winning the line of scrimmage, taking care of the football and taking it away, controlling the important situations and overcoming or taking advantage of the injury situation.
In our weekly preview series, Zach Kruse from Packers Wire and Charles Goldman from Chiefs Wire went deep into the matchup to determine who has the advantage at the five key factors for winning football games in the NFL.