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GREEN BAY – Things change fast in the NFL, but one thing teams can count on is that the reward for having a good season is that the next season will be harder.

The Green Bay Packers ranked 24th out of 32 teams in strength of schedule in 2023. After an unexpected 9-8 record and playoff appearance that came within a hashmark of the NFC championship game, the Packers rank fourth for hardest schedule in 2024. The Packers have seven games against playoff teams from last year, and 11 games against teams with winning records.

For the first time ever, the Packers have nine home games at Lambeau Field. That should be an edge, because the Packers are 32-8 in regular-season games at Lambeau under head coach Matt LaFleur, the best home field record in the NFL during those five years.

The Packers enter this season as the winningest team in NFL history at 799 regular-season victories and 836 wins overall. They’ve won four times in five Super Bowl appearances and have a league-leading 13 NFL championships. And are the smallest market team in the NFL by a large margin. Their last Super Bowl win was in 2011, at the end of the 2010 season.