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Packers just got a massive Week 1 break (and Lions fans won't love it)

The Green Bay Packers will enter the 2025 campaign tied with the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings for the fifth-toughest strength of schedule in the NFL based on last year's regular-season records.

Only the New York Giants (.574), the Detroit Lions (.571), the Chicago Bears (.571), and the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles (.561) have more challenging slates.

One of the big reasons all four NFC North teams are ranked among the top five, of course, is that the division was one of the toughest in all of football a season ago, with every team not named the Bears winning at least 11 games and reaching the postseason.