A new NFL season dawns Thursday with a game that will interest Green Bay Packers fans when the Philadelphia Eagles meet the Dallas Cowboys. The former is the team that eliminated the Packers from last year's postseason en route to a Super Bowl title. The latter just traded the Packers a generational pass rusher.

ESPN Analytics revealed its Matchup Predictor numbers for the league's 16 games on the Week 1 schedule, with the obvious question: Are the Packers or Lions favored in the Sunday afternoon tilt at Lambeau Field? And while we're at it, what about the Monday Night Football clash between the other two NFC North foes, the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears ?

Here's what the site has to say:

Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers , 3:25 p.m. CT Sunday, Sept. 7, CBS ( str

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