Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the venue where the Green Bay Packers will match up against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, September 17, 2023. For the top players to watch in this game, read on.
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Packers vs. Falcons Game Info
- Game Date: Sunday, September 17, 2023
- Time: 1:00 PM ET
- Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- TV: FOX
Top Packers Players
- A season ago Aaron Jones churned out 1,121 rushing yards (65.9 per game) and scored two touchdowns. And he added 59 catches for 395 yards and five receiving TDs.
- Last year A.J. Dillon rushed for 770 yards on 186 carries (45.3 yards per game), with seven rushing touchdowns.
- Last season Christian Watson was targeted 66 times and notched 41 catches for 611 yards and seven touchdowns.
- Romeo Doubs also contributed with 425 receiving yards on 42 catches and three touchdowns. He was targeted 67 times, and put up 32.7 yards per game.
- Preston Smith put together a solid body of work a year ago, registering 8.5 sacks, nine TFL and 59 tackles.
- Jonathan Owens totaled 125 tackles and one sack over his last campaign.
- Jaire Alexander intercepted five passes and tacked on 56 tackles, four TFL, and 14 passes defended last season.
Top Falcons Players
- Desmond Ridder recorded 708 passing yards (177 per game) with a 63.5% completion percentage last year (73-for-115), throwing for two touchdowns with zero interceptions. He tacked on 64 rushing yards on 16 carries.
- Tyler Allgeier churned out 1,035 rushing yards (64.7 per game) and scored three touchdowns.
- Last year Cordarrelle Patterson ran for 695 yards on 144 carries (53.5 yards per game), with eight rushing touchdowns.
- Drake London grabbed 72 passes for 866 yards last season while scoring four touchdowns. He was targeted 117 times, and averaged 50.9 yards per game.
- Mack Hollins’ stat line last season was 57 catches for 690 yards and four touchdowns. He averaged 40.6 receiving yards per game.
- Kyle Pitts caught 28 passes on 59 targets for 356 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 35.6 receiving yards per game.
- Kaden Elliss put together an impressive body of work a year ago, registering seven sacks, seven TFL and 74 tackles.
- Richie Grant’s 2022 campaign saw him total 122 tackles, three TFL, and two interceptions.
- Last season Jessie Bates III hauled in four interceptions and added 71 tackles, one TFL, and eight passes defended.
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Packers Fantasy Stats
- Jones was the No. 38 fantasy player overall and the No. 11 fantasy RB in 2022 with 189.6 points (averaging 11.2 per game).
- Dillon’s 139.6 total fantasy points a season ago (an average of 8.2 per game), were good enough to rank him 73rd overall and 25th among RBs.
- Last year, Watson was 90th overall and 25th among WRs after scoring 123.1 fantasy points (averaging 8.8 per game).
- Doubs put together the 191st-ranked fantasy season (76th among WRs) in 2022 with 59.6 fantasy points, averaging 4.6 per game.
Falcons Fantasy Stats
- In 2022, Allgeier finished as the 68th-best fantasy player overall and the 21st-best RB after racking up 143.4 total fantasy points (9 per game).
- Patterson put up 133.7 fantasy points (10.3 per game) last year to be the 81st-ranked player overall and the 29th-ranked RB.
- Taylor Heinicke was the No. 29 QB and the No. 99 fantasy player overall with 115.9 total points last season (12.9 per game).
- London scored 106.6 fantasy points in the 2022 campaign (6.3 per game). He was the 38th-ranked WR and the 112th-ranked player overall.
