Packers vs. Chiefs: TV Channel, Streaming, Stats, Odds, Insight
GREEN BAY, Wis. – At 5-6, the Green Bay Packers are in the thick of the NFC playoff hunt. At 8-3, the Kansas City Chiefs are eyeing a fourth trip to the Super Bowl in five years.
With Jordan Love and Patrick Mahomes in the Sunday night spotlight, here’s how to watch, stream and listen to the game, plus stats and other notes for this primetime showdown.
How to Watch Packers vs. Chiefs
Date and time: 7:20 p.m. Sunday.
Location: Lambeau Field.
TV: NBC (Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark).
Stream: fuboTV offers more than 100 channels and a free trial.
Radio: Packers Radio Network (Wayne Larrivee and Larry McCarren), Westwood One (Ryan Radtke, Ryan Harris) and SiriusXM 85, 225 or SiriusXM.us/PackersSXM
What You Need to Know About Packers vs. Chiefs
Referee: Brad Allen is in his 10th season as an NFL referee. This year, the home team is 3-6 in his games; home teams had the better winning percentage in each of his last seven seasons. Compared to the average game, according to Pro Football Reference, his crew throws 1.15 fewer penalties for 7.25 fewer yards.
Betting line: Chiefs by 6.5 at SI Sportsbook with an over/under of 42.5.
History lesson: The Packers trail the all-time series 8-4-1 in regular-season games, though they did win the biggest game of them all – Super Bowl I. Green Bay had won two in a row but the Chiefs’ defense dominated Jordan Love and Co. 13-7 in 2021.
Coaches: Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur is in his fifth season and has a career record of 52-25. He is 1-1 vs. the Chiefs. Kansas City’s Andy Reid is in his 11th season as the Chiefs’ coach and 25th overall following an extended run in Philadelphia. His career record is 255-141-1; he ranks fourth all-time in wins.
In the rankings: Green Bay on offense ranks 17th in points per game (21.0), 14th in passing per play (6.55) and 20th in rushing per play (4.12). On defense, it ranks 10th in points per game (20.4), 14th in passing per play (6.32) and 23rd in rushing per play (4.36). It is 16th in turnovers (even) and 18th in yardage differential (minus-15.5).
Kansas City on offense ranks 11th in points per game (23.3), 11th in passing per play (6.82) and 17th in rushing per play (4.20). On defense, it ranks third in points per game (16.5), third in passing per play (5.62) and 28th in rushing per play (4.58). It is 23rd in turnovers (minus-5) and sixth in yardage differential (plus-74.9).
In the power rankings: At Sports Illustrated, the Packers are 17th and the Chiefs are third.
Four-Point Stance
One: Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is coming off a typically big-time performance in a rout of the Raiders. He completed 27-of-34 passes for 398 yards with two touchdowns and a 122.8 rating. It was the 66th game of his career with two-plus touchdown passes, surpassing Dan Marino for most in NFL history by a quarterback in his first seven seasons; Mahomes is in Year 6 as the starter.
Two: Packers QB Jordan Love is coming off another strong performance. In an upset win at Detroit, he completed 22-of-32 passes for 268 yards with three touchdowns and a 125.5 rating. In 11 starts, he’s had three games of three touchdown passes. He is looking for his fourth consecutive game of at least two touchdown passes. From Games 2 through 7, Love averaged 6.00 yards per attempt. The last four games: 8.77, 7.23, 8.06 and 8.38.
Three: Chiefs coach Andy Reid was Packers’ the tight ends/assistant offensive line coach from 1992 through 1996 and quarterbacks coach in 1997 and 1998.
“This is corny, but he (Mike Holmgren) said, ‘I’m going to promise you I’m going to hire you someday.’ He did, he was good on his promise,” Reid told reporters in Kansas City. He added: “I worked for Mike Holmgren for the seven years and had a hard time believing anybody did it better and I still feel that way. He was a great head football coach, great offensive mind, so I was very fortunate to get into that situation.”
Four: Green Bay has allowed 22 sacks, sixth-fewest. Kansas City’s defense has 37 sacks, fourth-most.
“We got one of the best defenses in the league coming in here on Sunday Night Football, so it’s going to be a great challenge for our guys,” LaFleur said. “A couple years ago, we went against the Chiefs at their place and they really shut our offense down. They do a really good job, apply a lot of pressure. They’re a very physical unit and just very aggressive.”