The 2023 season was the Green Bay Packers' 103rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 105th overall, their sixth under the leadership of general manager Brian Gutekunst and their fifth under head coach Matt LaFleur.
For the first time since 2004, quarterback Aaron Rodgers was not on the roster, as he was traded to the New York Jets on April 26. Rodgers, who had been the starter since 2008, won four NFL MVPs, led the team to five NFC Championship appearances (they lost four of them), and won Super Bowl XLV. This was the first season with Jordan Love as the starting quarterback, who was picked in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft. Also, for the first time since 2006, longtime kicker Mason Crosby was not on the roster as he was not re-signed in the offseason.
Despite struggling in the first half of the season with a 3âÂÂ6 record, the Packers would go 6âÂÂ2 in their final eight games, improving on their 8âÂÂ9 record from the previous season and clinching the final NFC playoff berth, winning a three-way conference record and strength of victory tiebreaker with the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks for the No. 7 seed, becoming the youngest team to make the playoffs since the NFL expanded to 16 games in 1978, tying the record previously set by the 1980 Atlanta Falcons and the 1987 Houston Oilers, who both made the playoffs with an average team member age of 25.2 years old.
In the Wild Card round, the Packers became the first seventh-seeded playoff team to win a playoff game when they defeated the second-seeded Dallas Cowboys 48âÂÂ32, giving the Packers their first playoff win without Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers since 1982. They eventually lost to the eventual NFC champion San Francisco 49ers 24âÂÂ21 in the Divisional round, marking the fifth time in 11 years that the 49ers ended the Packers postseason run.
The Packers drew an average home attendance of 77,829 in 8 home games in the 2023 NFL season, the fourth-highest in the league.
Draft trades
The Packers announced the signing of twelve undrafted free agents on May 1, 2023.
The roster was cut to 53 on August 29, 2022.
The Packers' preseason opponents and schedule was announced on May 11.
The schedule was announced on May 11.
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
The Packers ended their eight-game winning streak against the Raiders and lost to them for the first time since the 1987 season.
The Packers trailed the game 9âÂÂ0 and 16âÂÂ3, but took a 17âÂÂ16 lead in the fourth quarter. However, the Packers lost 19âÂÂ17 after Jordan Love threw an interception to drop to 2âÂÂ4, the first time since the 2006 season.
This was the first time the Packers offense has scored 20 points or fewer in four straight games since the 2005 season (that streak would last for six straight games).
The Packers have been outscored in their last four first halves, 63âÂÂ6. And they have been held to three points, or fewer, in the first half of four straight games for the first time since the 1988 season (that streak would also last for six straight games).
With the win, the Packers improved to 5âÂÂ6. This was the first Packers victory against the Lions since Week 2 of the 2021 season. This was also the first Packers victory on Thanksgiving since the 2011 season, also against the Lions.
Jordan Love threw for 219 yards, 2 touchdowns, and led a drive that set up an Anders Carlson field goal with 19 seconds left. However, the Packers defense struggled again as they allowed the Carolina Panthers to erase a 14-point deficit to tie the game at 30âÂÂ30, along with Bryce Young throwing for 312 yards and 2 touchdowns, as well as allowing the Panthers to march 44 yards in 19 seconds before failing to spike the ball in time for the game-tying field goal, sealing the win for the Packers.
For the second consecutive year, the Packers faced a win-and-in game against a divisional rival in order to make the playoffs (they lost 20âÂÂ16 against the Lions). The Packers avenged last year by beating the Bears 17âÂÂ9 as Jordan Love threw for 316 yards and Wicks caught 2 touchdowns during the game. This was also the Packers 10th straight win over the Bears since 2018. With the win, the Packers became the youngest team to make the playoffs since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978.
With the win, the Packers became the first 7-seed to win a playoff game in NFL history, having previously gone 0âÂÂ6 in the last 3 seasons.
This was the 10th playoff meeting all time between these two teams, an NFL record. Additionally, this was also the first-ever 1 seed v 7 seed playoff matchup in NFL history.
Offense
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Offense
Defense