After a year without preseason games, the NFL starts the 2021 season with a new three-game version. For a team like the Green Bay Packers, with their strong sense of continuity from year to year, preseason wasn’t all that exciting. Aaron Rodgers would play few, if any, minutes.
Yet the 2021 preseason is one of the most important preseasons for the Packers in recent years. With a potential QB controversy, a new defensive scheme, and a new special teams coordinator, these exhibition games are vital in 2021.
Regardless of Aaron Rodgers’ status, the preseason games are Jordan Love’s chance to show where he’s at in his development.