This is a huge game for the 5-2-1 Green Bay Packers, and that may even be a little bit of an understatement. In the microscopic view of the 2025 NFL season, it's an important one.

Up next on the schedule are the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football. The Eagles, 6-2, stand between the Packers and their ability to once again be thought of as a Super Bowl contender in the NFC. In the meantime, a loss to the reigning champs would push the Pack to 5-3-1 and very much so into "middling" territory.

It would also mark Green Bay's first two-game losing skid of the season. 

In the big picture, the Eagles beat the Packers twice last season, including in the playoffs, and this has the feelings of a revenge game of sorts for Green Bay.

The Packers can't get caught making this more than what it is, but to say that a win or loss in this game wouldn't be a turning point in this 2025 season for Green Bay wouldn't be true.

Simply put, there's a lot on the line. 

In order to win, the Packers need to win these three matchups:

Eagles WR A.J. Brown vs. Packers' secondary 

The Packers can't allow A.J. Brown to kill them on Monday Night Football. They've done a good job of avoiding the big play for the most part in 2025, but Brown is the type of all-around receiver who can completely take over a game.

For instance, in Green Bay's season-opening loss in Brazil to the Eagles last season, Brown caught five passes for 119 yards and a touchdown, averaging 23.8 yards per catch.

He can do it in every way the Packers, honestly, don't have a cornerback on this team who can match up on him one-on-one consistently. It has to be a unit effort on Monday, and the Packers have to hope that Brown's early season complaints about not being as involved in Philly's offense as he'd like to will once again pop up in this one.

Josh Jacobs vs. Eagles' defensive line 

The Eagles have some major beef up front, though it's worth noting that they are giving up 120.4 yards per game on the ground.

Matt LaFleur and the Packers have to get their offense back on track and establish an identity with the loss of Tucker Kraft. Letting Jordan Love sling it to the weapons he still has is one option, but LaFleur has always wanted to play ball control football and he has an All-Pro weapon in Josh Jacobs at his disposal.

Jacobs is averaging just 3.8 yards per carry because the offensive line in front of him has been struggling to get push. 

The Pack need to change that against the Eagles, but it's not going to be easy. Specifically, Jordan Davis (6-foot-6, 336 pounds) and Jalen Carter (6-foot-3, 314 pounds) will be huge obstacles.

Saquon Barkley vs. Edgerrin Cooper 

Saquon Barkley is the best running back in the NFL when he's healthy. The problem for him is that he's been limited with a groin injury.

This may work as an advantage for the Packers, but you Barkley is expected to play and he has the type of "stuff" to go for 200 yards and three touchdowns on any given Sunday. He's just as much a threat through the air as he is on the ground.

The Pack need to stuff Barkley, and they've got an athletic, agressive and hard-hitting linebacker in Edgerrin Cooper who could act like a spy against Philly's top weapon this week.

Cooper has had a few quiet weeks in a row, but he has All-Pro potential and it would be great to see it come out of him on Monday Night Football.