The top 30 NFL games of the 2020 season

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 29: Jimmy Garoppolo #10 of the San Francisco 49ers and Russell Wilson #3 of the Seattle Seahawks have a conversation after the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 26-21 during their game at CenturyLink Field on December 29, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /

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NEW ORLEANS, LA – OCTOBER 26: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers looks to pass against the New Orleans Saints during a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on October 26, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints won the game 44-23. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /

4. Week 3 – Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints

These NFC foes figure to be in the playoff hunt, so this is an especially spicy early-season tryst. It also has the potential to be the final time Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees go to battle. Brees is older than a sequoia tree and could realistically retire at any point. Rodgers isn’t too far behind in age.

For context, the two squads split head-to-head contests during the last decade, 2-2. We’ll have a Brees-Rodgers rubber match.

5. Week 4 – Philadelphia Eagles at San Francisco 49ers

We used to call this the Chip Kelly Game, but nobody cares about him anymore. Yet, this is a showdown of two of the three teams that last represented the NFC in the Super Bowl. Both organizations should be defensively astute and then there’s the Carson Wentz versus Jimmy Garoppolo dynamic — two top 15 or so quarterbacks in the business.

6. Week 5 – Denver Broncos at New England Patriots

How does a Broncos-Patriots game without a Brady or Manning for the first time since October 2008 sound?

That’s what we will get, a Drew Lock-Cam Newton affair. Interestingly, the Broncos have not played in Foxboro since 2014 — the last four series matchups were located in Denver. The two teams have not played each other since 2017.