Steelers vs. Packers: Get ready for 2025 Week 8 matchup

For the second straight week, the Pittsburgh Steelers will have the attention of the nation in prime time when they host the Green Bay Packers on “Sunday Night Football.”

Kickoff is set for 8:20 p.m. Sunday.

The game will be broadcast on NBC, with Mike Tirico on play-by-play alongside analyst Cris Collinsworth and sideline reporter Melissa Stark.

The Steelers Audio Network also will broadcast the game on 102.5-FM and 970-AM.

The Packers are favored by 3 points with an over/under of 45.5.

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Here’s some more news and notes to get you ready for the Week 8 matchup:

Trib headlines

• Aaron Rodgers joins list of elite passers to face his former NFL team when Steelers play Packers

• Steelers 4 Downs: Targeting tight ends as much as wide receivers

• Scouting the Packers: Steelers opponent hasn’t won in Pittsburgh since 1970

• Young Steelers offensive line evolves from perceived weakness to solid unit

• Zach Frazier, Will Howard questionable for Steelers vs. Packers; Calvin Austin returns

• In boost for run defense, special teams, LB Malik Harrison nears return to Steelers lineup

• After stint as ‘Coach Will,’ Steelers rookie QB Howard ‘a little kid playing football again’

• NBA scandal gives Steelers stark reminder of NFL’s gambling rules

• Steelers prepare to stop another elite pass rusher in Green Bay star LB Micah Parsons

• Super Steelers’ DT L.C. Greenwood advances in consideration for Hall of Fame induction

• Facing Packers ‘not a revenge game for me,’ says Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers

• Tight end Pat Freiermuth no longer an invisible piece of Steelers’ passing game

• ‘We gotta stop the (expletive) run’: Steelers’ defense reels after shredding by Bengals

• On pace to break Steelers’ season pass TD record, Aaron Rodgers shows nimble feet at 41

• ‘I might tackle him again’ — Broderick Jones makes light of celebratory takedown of Aaron Rodgers

• Green Bay’s LaFleur focusing on entire Steelers team as Packers get ready to face Aaron Rodgers

• Play of Steelers’ high-profile secondary hasn’t ‘met my vision,’ coach Mike Tomlin admits

• Aaron Rodgers gets chance to defeat 32nd NFL team when Steelers face Packers

• Maurkice Pouncey, in 1st year of eligibility, among 4 former Steelers to advance in HOF voting

Chaz Palla | TribLive

Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers throws against the Bengals on Oct. 16, 2025 at Paycor Stadium.

What’s their opinion?

• The Parsons problem: Steelers must be versatile to slow Packers’ pass rush

• Tim Benz: Aaron Rodgers vs. Green Bay is the main story, Steelers’ defense vs. itself is quite a subplot

• Football Footnotes: If Acrisure Stadium is truly haunted, who is doing the haunting?

• Tim Benz: Steelers’ loss to Bengals a reality check in multiple ways

• Tim Benz: Predicting the Steelers’ difficult 3-game stretch between AFC North games

• Mark Madden: No one is afraid of Steelers’ predictable defense

• Tim Benz: Failure to fix known problems will lead to more ‘catastrophic’ days for Steelers’ defense

Chaz Palla | TribLive

Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco gets a pass off before the Steelers T.J. Watt can get to him on Oct. 16, 2025 at Paycor Stadium.

In the news

• NFL and Pittsburgh leaders discuss massive 2026 Draft preparations

• Acrisure cracks Top 10 in ‘Most Haunted Stadium’ list put out by sports tipsters

• Aaron Rodgers, Steelers cheer on Pittsburgh Penguins

Chaz Palla | TribLive

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin with side judge Alonzo Ramsey III after a Jalen Warren touchdown was called back against the Bengals on Oct. 16, 2025 at Paycor Stadium.

In print today

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2025 Steelers schedule

Remember when?

Mike Wallace caught a 19-yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger as time expired, and Jeff Reed booted the point-after attempt to give the Steelers a 37-36 victory over Green Bay in front of 57,452 fans at Heinz Field on Dec. 20, 2009.

Roethlisberger completed 29 of 46 passes for 503 yards and three touchdowns. Mewelde Moore and Wallace caught earlier TD passes. Rashard Mendenhall also ran for a score, and Reed kicked three field goals. Heath Miller caught seven passes for 118 yards, and Hines Ward had seven grabs for 126 yards.

For Green Bay, Aaron Rodgers threw for 383 yards and three touchdowns.

TribLive

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger delivers a pass on their final drive against the Green Bay Packers at Heinz Field Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. Roethlisberger threw for 503 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Steelers to a 37-36 win.

View from Green Bay

• Packers defensive end Micah Parsons talks about chance to compete against Aaron Rodgers

• Our predictions for the Green Bay Packers Week 8 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers

• Micah Parsons is forcing Packers into a painful trade deadline decision

• Ranking Aaron Rodgers’ 10 Greatest Moments as a Green Bay Packer

Chaz Palla | TribLive

Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth pulls in a third-quarter touchdown over the Bengals’s Geno Stone on Oct. 16, 2025 at Paycor Stadium.