

Indianapolis was the first one, in 2016, and then three teams followed suit in 2017 – Baltimore, Jacksonville and Miami.

#PACKER SCHEDULE SERIES#
Teams traveling overseas can request to have their bye the week after the extended trip, but the Packers didn’t make that request and, according to General Manager Brian Gutekunst’s comments to Larry McCarren, asked for it to be later than Week 6, which is the earliest possible slot.įor reference, only five of the first 60 teams that played in London from the start of the NFL’s international series in 2007 through last year did not have their bye the week after. Well, the short answer is the Packers didn’t want it then.

Next season, Green Bay will play eight home games, eight road games, and one neutral-site game in the NFL's 17-game. Given how all this came together, the obvious question many are asking is why the Packers don’t have their bye after the trip to London in Week 5. GREEN BAY The opponents on the Packers' 2022 schedule have been finalized.
