Official Week 1 Green Bay vs Philadelphia Thread

the following two write-ups come from an article at the athletic entitled "Every NFL team’s biggest concern as 2024 season begins: O-line play, health, rookie QB"

Green Bay Packers
Kicker

Mason Crosby was the Packers’ kicker for 16 seasons from 2007 through 2022. The player they intended to be his replacement, 2023 sixth-round pick Anders Carlson, is already gone. After Carlson’s rocky rookie season and underwhelming training camp, the Packers released both Carlson and his challenger, veteran Greg Joseph. Their Week 1 kicker will be undrafted rookie Brayden Narveson, whom they claimed off waivers from the Titans on Wednesday. Narveson made 6 of 7 field goals during preseason games, including a 59-yarder and a game-winner against the Seahawks as time expired, but can he kick in the elements at Lambeau Field? — Matt Schneidman


Philadelphia Eagles
The state of the defense

As much as the staleness of Philadelphia’s offensive system last year contributed to the team’s sudden collapse in 2023, its defense was even more disastrous. The Eagles surrendered the NFL’s second-most passing yards. They ranked 13th in the league in quarterback pressure percentage after ranking second the previous season. During their 1-5 stretch, they owned the league’s second-lowest EPA per play (-0.14), according to TruMedia. The organization went to the source of its coveted system by hiring DC Vic Fangio and dedicated a portion of free agency and the first two picks of the draft to supplying the secondary. Will the Eagles reclaim their identity as a defense to be feared? — Brooks Kubena
 
Arron Mosby did not travel with the team due to a personal issue.
 
HowardK4 said:
well I've seen quotes from a handful of players asking why they are playing a game in an area that's not safe. but . . . there are some stadiums in the USA that aren't that safe either!
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watching the today show this morning, they had a reporter there in brazil. they were obviously reporting from the lobby of their hotel, which was very nice. the background of the shot was the glass doors looking out on the street. not a lot to go by, but things looked pretty normal for a big city.

this video was shot 2 hours ago. you can see the smoke from the wildfires has blanketed the city and is causing health issues. i would hate to be an athlete trying to go full tilt for 3.5 hours in this atmosphere.

 
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realitybytes said:
watching the today show this morning, they had a reporter there in brazil. they were obviously reporting from the lobby of their hotel, which was very nice. the background of the shot was the glass doors looking out on the street. not a lot to go by, but things looked pretty normal for a big city.

this video was shot 2 hours ago. you can see the smoke from the wildfires has blanketed the city and is causing health issues. i would hate to be an athlete trying to go full tilt for 3.5 hours in this atmosphere.

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It will be like chain smoking 3 to 4 packs of cigarettes a day for 30 days, by the time they leave Brazil.
 
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