The Green Bay Packers will be the opponent for the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL's first-ever game in South America.

The game will be played in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday, Sept. 6 -- one night after the traditional season opener involving the defending Super Bowl champions.

It will be the first time since 1970 that the NFL has played a Friday night game in Week 1.

The Eagles had previously been announced as the home team for the Brazil game, which will be played at the Corinthians Arena, the home to Brazilian soccer club SC Corinthians. 

Matt LaFleur expected Aaron Jones to be back with the Green Bay Packers -- until he wasn't.

The Packers cut Jones and then signed Josh Jacobs in free agency.

"It kind of caught me off guard, to be honest with you," LaFleur said. "There were some other things in play, obviously with Aaron Jones, and I didn't quite know how everything was going to go. It just happened really fast on that Monday."

The Packers had hoped to convince Jones to take a pay cut, but he declined and was released instead. He signed a one-year, $7 million contract with the Vikings, while the Packers gave Jacobs a four-year, $48 million contract.

"It happened really fast, so I don't know all the details of that," LaFleur said. "I'm not involved in those types of conversations. But we were super excited [to get Jacobs]."

The San Francisco 49ers have "strong interest" in linebacker De'Vondre Campbell, according to a report.

The Niners tried to sign another linebacker earlier this week, but Eric Kendricks backed out of a deal and opted to sign with the Dallas Cowboys instead. 

Campbell was released by the Green Bay Packers this offseason.

Aaron Jones has agreed to a one-year, $7 million deal with the Minnesota Vikings.

Jones spent seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers and was released 

Xavier McKinney has agreed to a four-year, $68 million deal with the Green Bay Packers, according to a report.

The 24-year-old's new deal ranks as the fourth highest in average per year ($17 million) and total value ($68 million) among all safety contracts.

McKinney was a standout for the New York Giants on defense in 2023.

The Green Bay Packers have signed Josh Jacobs to a four-year, $48 million deal. In a related move, the Packers have released Aaron Jones.

Jacobs' deal also includes $12.5 million guaranteed.

In 2023, Jacobs had lows in games played (13), rushing yards (805), yards per carry (3.5), rushing touchdowns (6), rushing first downs (34) and yards from scrimmage (1,101).

The Green Bay Packers have hired Jeff Hafley as defensive coordinator. 

Hafley comes to the Packers after working as the head coach for Boston College for the past four seasons (2020-23), where he led the Eagles to bowl eligibility in three of his four years. 

Hafley replaces Joe Barry in the job.

The Green Bay Packers have fired Joe Barry as defensive coordinator.

The Packers struggled defensively in their third season under Barry, finishing tied for 17th in total defense and 28th in rushing defense in 2023.

Barry was hired in 2021 to replace Mike Pettine. 

Barry has worked as an NFL assistant coach since 2000 and served as a defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions (2007-08) and Washington Commanders (2015-16).

Saturday's NFC Divisional Round game between the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers averaged 37.5 million viewers, making it the largest Saturday television audience since the Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding-fueled 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics on CBS.

The previous high was 36.9 million for the same 49ers-Packers matchup in the Divisional Round two years ago.

Out-of-home viewing was not tracked by Nielsen before 2020.

The game peaked with 40.9 million viewers at the end of the game.

Christian McCaffrey scored his second touchdown on a 6-yard run with 1:07 to play, and the San Francisco 49ers mounted their first second-half comeback of the season to defeat the Green Bay Packers 24-21 in a divisional round playoff game on Saturday night.

After spending the regular season as front-runners, the Niners (13-5) needed to come from behind for a change, and Brock Purdy and McCaffrey did just enough on the last drive to send San Francisco to its third straight NFC Championship Game. The Niners will host the winner of Sunday's game between Tampa Bay and Detroit next weekend for a spot in the Super Bowl.