The Packers' 2025 schedule is weirder than you think

The NFL released the full 2025 schedule on Wednesday, and the Packers' slate features more than a few oddities.

The annual pomp and circumstance manufactured for the equivalent of a calendar release finally arrived Wednesday evening when the NFL unveiled the official 2025 schedule.

As has become an annual tradition, seemingly every sportswriter breathlessly "analyzed" the order of the games and the related travel logistics for their team coverage. This, of course, ignores that any fan who actually cares enough to check a schedule for games that take place five or more months in the future can decipher that information without assistance.

For anyone who didn't tune in for the schedule release, here is the Green Bay Packers' schedule for the 2025 regular season:

As a reader of The Leap, most of the big details will already stand out to you. So, rather than simply recite what this highly invested audience already knows, this edition of the newsletter will instead focus on the weird (but not necessarily less important) quirks of the schedule.

Green Bay will face six new offensive and defensive coordinators over the team's first five games

The NFL consistently churns through coaches with few staffs remaining fully intact year over year. The Packers will receive an early reminder of this, as they will face six newly hired or promoted offensive and defensive coordinators between their first five games of 2025.

The festivities begin in Week 1 when Green Bay hosts the Detroit Lions, who earlier this year saw OC Ben Johnson depart to take over the Chicago Bears and DC Aaron Glenn accept the New York Jets' head job. The Lions come off an impressive 15-2 season, but whether they can withstand such significant brain drain remains unclear. Additionally, Johnson and Glenn poached J.T. Barrett, Antwaan Randle El, and Tanner Engstrand for their new staffs.

Only one of the next four games features an opponent with the same coordinators as a year ago (Week 2's matchup with the Washington Commanders). The Cleveland Browns promoted Tommy Rees to OC during the offseason following the firing of Ken Dorsey. Dorsey's new team, the Dallas Cowboys, hired a new OC and DC this year to complete Brian Schottenheimer's Year 1 staff. The stretch concludes with the Cincinnati Bengals who replaced longtime DC Lou Anarumo with Al Golden.

Will all this opponent turnover prove advantageous or detrimental for the Packers? In some (but not all) of these cases, the coaches will bring some degree of a scheme shift which can create knowledge deficits for Green Bay. On the other hand, drawing these coaches so early in their new roles could mean catching their units before they've fully ironed out the wrinkles. In all likelihood, this part of the schedule will provide a mixed bag.