When the Inexperienced Bay Packers open up the 2026 season in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, they may accomplish that with the eyes of many of the professional soccer world upon them. Sunday’s kickoff will happen at 3:25 PM Central time, and the overwhelming majority of america will get to see the sport on native CBS associates.
Week one is a doubleheader week for each FOX and CBS, one of many few weeks when every community will get to indicate a sport in each the early and late Sunday afternoon time slots. CBS stations will carry certainly one of Packers-Vikings or Cardinals-Chargers within the late sport, whereas FOX stations get their decide of Commanders-Eagles or Dolphins-Raiders.
Right here’s a take a look at the preliminary broadcast map from 506sports.com, with Packers-Vikings in purple:
The blue areas will as a substitute see Cardinals-Chargers, which can exit to these two groups’ residence markets plus these of the opposite AFC West groups (the Raiders, Broncos, and Chiefs).
On the decision for the Packers’ opening sport is CBS’ high commentating crew. This 12 months, Jim Nantz shall be joined by shade commentator J.J. Watt, who’s stepping up from the community’s #2 squad to take the place that fellow Wisconsin native Tony had Romo beforehand occupied. Romo was suspended from CBS programming this summer time after being arrested in Milwaukee for OWI, a cost to which he later pleaded no contest, and the community is reportedly t.
That is the primary of 4 video games that the Packers are at the moment scheduled to play within the late afternoon “Sport of the Week” time slot this season, although all 4 of these come within the first 9 weeks of the season. Many of the nation ought to anticipate to see all of these video games, apart from areas on the west coast which have residence groups or divisional opponents additionally enjoying in that late time slot.
