PHOENIX 鈥?As part of the celebration of its 100th season Youth Jace Sternberger Jersey , the NFL will break from tradition and feature the Packers vs. the Bears in its season opener Sept. 5.Usually, the Super Bowl champion is the home team for the prime-time opener, but the league wants to salute historic rivalries in 2019. None fits better than Chicago-Green Bay. The teams have met 198 times since 1921, when the Bears were the Chicago Staleys. Green Bay leads the series 97-95-6, including the clubs splitting two postseason games.More Packers coveragePackers at Bears to open 2019 scheduleTop Tweets: Brewers make hilarious ‘Mean Girls’ parody videoMatthews signs with Rams after 10 years with PackersPackers re-sign tight end Marcedes LewisTop Tweets: Nikola Mirotic loves being a Milwaukee BuckStaging the Thursday night game at Chicago’s Soldier Field 鈥?even if it is a modernized version of the stadium 鈥?adds to the theme.This will be the first time since 2003 the Super Bowl champion has not hosted the opener. New England instead will open at home in the prime-time game Sunday night, Sept. 8. The opponent has not yet been determined. The full schedule will be announced next month.“With the 100th season White Jace Sternberger Jersey , we want to do something to kick it off in a special way,” said Hans Schroeder, the league’s chief operating officer of media. “We’re celebrating the Bears, one of the original member clubs, in their 100th season, and the Packers are in their 101st. It’s an iconic matchup.”Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel invoked the name of George Halas http://www.packerslockerroom.com/authentic-brett-hundley-jersey , the team’s founder, in welcoming the news.“George ‘Papa Bear’ Halas and the NFL’s co-founders probably didn’t imagine the federation they established 100 years ago in cities and towns across the Midwest would one day be the most successful professional sports league in the world,” Emanuel said in a statement. “But that’s what their vision achieved. Chicago 鈥?the most American of American cities 鈥?is the perfect venue for this game.”Schroeder and Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s chief media and business officer, outlined other plans for the 100th season: NFL Films will produce a series that selects the 100 greatest teams, plays Ty Summers Jersey Mens , games, characters and game changers; an all-time team is being chosen and will be featured in a TV series; and Peyton Manning will talk to fans around the country about the history of the NFL for another television series. T.J. Hockenson saw his stock rise considerably after the NFL Scouting Combine, regularly coming off the board in the top 10 of most mock drafts. However, he slips to the Packers at pick No. 12 in SB Nation’s latest projection."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCDTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL mock draft: T.J. Hockenson slips to Packers at pick No. 12Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY SportsWith just over a week remaining before the 2019 NFL Draft begins, some of the ideas discarded early in the process have begun to resurface. Some well-connected NFL media members have publicly questioned whether the Arizona Cardinals will indeed draft Kyler Murray with the No. 1 overall selection. Ed Oliver once again seems destined for a top 10 selection. And, as evident in SB Nation Dan Kadar’s latest mock draft Youth Ty Summers Jersey , T.J. Hockenson could end up with the Packers at pick No. 12.Tight ends rarely come off the board early in the first round, even coveted, versatile ones like Iowa’s Hockenson. Still, new Packers head coach Matt LaFleur could use a traditional “Y” tight end to great effect in his offensive scheme, especially as an edge blocker on outside-zone runs and tight-end throwbacks. Hockenson’s youth (he just completed his redshirt sophomore season) and the schematic fit make him a viable option for Green Bay this early.The Packers don’t need a center, Garrett Bradbury’s primary position. However White Ty Summers Jersey , his top-flight athleticism for an offensive lineman and his positional versatility make him a tantalizing choice for Green Bay at this spot. Bradbury could provide real competition at either guard spot immediately while allowing recently signed Billy Turner to spend his time, whether in 2019 or in the future, at right tackle. No matter how Green Bay reshuffled the offensive line, the unit would improve with Bradbury in it.