NFL Week 1: How To Watch The Packers’ Season Opener

WISCONSIN — The 2021 NFL season starts this week, with the Green Bay Packers set to kick off against the New Orleans Saints at TIAA Bank Field on Sunday. It will be aired locally on FOX Sports.

The Packers’s season opener will kick off a 2021 campaign in which the team hopes to improve on its 13-3 record from 2020.

The Packers-Saints clash is one of 16 games scheduled for Week 1 of the 2021 National Football League season, its 102nd. The season begins Thursday, when the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL kickoff game on NBC.

Two other prime-time games will be highlighted during opening weekend. On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Rams host the Chicago Bears in a game to be aired on NBC. The Las Vegas Raiders host the Baltimore Ravens Monday night in a game to be televised on ESPN.

Thirteen NFL games are on tap Sunday, with nine beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern Time and four scheduled for the late window, which starts at 4 p.m. Eastern Time.

In the CBS “Game of the Week,” the 2020 Super Bowl champions and 2021 runner-up Kansas City Chiefs host the Cleveland Browns. The game airs at 4 p.m. Sunday.

See which games will be on early and late Sunday in your area with the weekly TV map via 506 Sports, which says a map of which games will be shown in which markets will be available Wednesday.

For the first time in NFL history, all teams will play 17 regular season games, as opposed to the 16-game schedule in place from 1978 to 2020.

Find the Packers full regular season schedule here.

Here’s the full Week 1 NFL schedule (All times Eastern)

Thursday

Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday

Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texas, 1 p.m.

Los Angeles Chargers at Washington Football Team, 1 p.m.

Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m.

New York Jets at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m.

Minnesota Vikings at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m.

Arizona Cardinals at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m.

San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m.

Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints, 4:25 p.m. (Game in Jacksonville, Florida)

Denver Broncos at New York Giants, 4:25 p.m.

Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots, 4:25 p.m.

Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Rams, 8:20 p.m.

Monday

Baltimore Ravens at Las Vegas Raiders, 8:15 p.m.