Packers Vs. Steelers: Three Bold Predictions As Aaron Rodgers Faces His Former Team

Week 8’s slate of Sunday shot will travel to an extremity successful Pittsburgh, arsenic Aaron Rodgers and nan Steelers invited nan quarterback’s erstwhile team, nan Packers, to Acrisure Stadium.

Green Bay comes into this 1 riding a two-game winning streak down 2 consecutive two-touchdown, zero-interception games from backmost Jordan Love and sits atop nan NFC North pinch a 4-1-1 record.

The Steelers, meanwhile, are caller disconnected a mini-bye pursuing their Thursday Night Football loss to Joe Flacco and nan Bengals successful Week 7, and will look to get backmost to their winning ways aft what was a 4–1 commencement to nan 2025 season.

And pinch that, present are 3 bold predictions up of Sunday night’s contest.

Aaron Rodgers is group to return connected his erstwhile squad connected Sunday night. / Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images

Whether he wants to admit it aliases not, Rodgers is apt coming into Sunday nighttime pinch a vengeance. He spent nan first 17 years of his profession pinch Green Bay and won a Super Bowl pinch nan franchise earlier fundamentally being kicked to nan curb—and now he’s conscionable going to play nice? No shot.

Pittsburgh’s passing discourtesy has been correct astir convention mean to statesman nan 2025 season, throwing for 203 yards per game—18th successful nan NFL—while nan Packers’ defense has allowed an mean of conscionable 212.

Throw retired each nan stats connected Sunday, however. Coming disconnected a season-high 249 yards against Cincinnati, look for Rodgers to effort and instrumentality it to his erstwhile squad to nan tune of 300+ passing yards—marking conscionable nan 2nd clip this play a backmost does truthful against Green Bay.

Steelers' defense will support Josh Jacobs retired of extremity zone

Josh Jacobs has been a touchdown instrumentality since joining nan Packers. / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

While this 1 whitethorn not sound terribly bold connected nan aboveground it makes a batch much consciousness erstwhile you recognize really overmuch of a touchdown instrumentality Josh Jacobs has been since signing pinch nan Packers up of past season. 

Over his first 23 games successful greenish and yellow, nan 27-year-old has recovered salary ungraded 24 times—23 rushing, 1 receiving—while besides scoring successful 15 of their past 17 games. 

On nan flip side, Pittsburgh’s defense has been stout against nan tally successful nan reddish zone, allowing conscionable 4 rushing touchdowns each season—a feat moreover much awesome considering 3 of them came successful Week 1 against nan Jets, and that they haven’t surrendered different since Week 2.

I’m predicting that nan Steelers will stay beardown successful protecting their ain extremity statement connected Sunday, keeping Jacobs retired of nan extremity area for conscionable nan 2nd clip this season.

Tucker Kraft leads nan Packers successful receiving yards this season. / Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images

On apical of Jacobs being all-but an automatic touchdown scorer for nan Packers, Tucker Kraft has besides been sensational for nan Green Bay discourtesy this season.

Through six games, nan tight extremity paces nan Pack successful some receiving yards (326) and touchdowns (4, tied pinch WR Romeo Doubs), while besides logging nan 2nd astir targets (32) and receptions (24). Additionally, successful their Week 2 title against nan Commanders, Kraft crossed nan period people successful a crippled for nan first clip successful his profession pinch a six-catch, 124-yard performance.

The Steelers’ defense, meanwhile, has allowed nan ninth-most receiving yards to tight ends this play (402) contempt already having their bye, arsenic good arsenic 4 receiving touchdowns to nan position—tied for 4th astir successful nan NFL.

Look for Matt LeFleur & Co. to target this weakness, allowing Kraft to spell for 100+ yards for nan 2nd clip this year.

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