Pro Football Hall of Fame Game 2016: Live-Stream Schedule for Packers vs. Colts

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The 2016 NFL preseason kicks off Sunday with the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts squaring off in the annual Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. 

The Packers and Colts are the two teams best represented at the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend. Former Packers quarterback Brett Favre, Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison and Colts head coach Tony Dungy were three of the six marquee names enshrined on Saturday. 

Aaron Rodgers is unlikely to play in the game after sitting out multiple practices this week due to an ankle injury, per ESPN’s Jason Wilde. The development isn’t likely to upset the Packers quarterback, who has made his disdain for a fifth preseason game known. 

In anticipation of the start of football, here’s all of the live-stream viewing information to get you ready for what is sure to be an amazing season. 

 Packers’ Key Storyline: Finding Inside Linebackers

The Packers will be thrilled to get wide receiver Jordy Nelson back on the field to boost an offense that was out of sync most of last season without him, but their key to reaching the heights they are capable of is improving on defense.

Inside linebacker has been a source of frustration in Green Bay for years. The coaching staff tried to solve some of those issues by moving Clay Matthews from his usual spot as a pass-rusher off the edge to the inside, though that took away from what he does best. 

The Packers did finally address the interior of their linebacking corps in the fourth round of this year’s draft by selecting Blake Martinez out of Stanford. 

Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy said in January that his “goal” is to move Matthews back outside to take advantage of a player he called “so destructive,” according to NFL.com’s Gregg Rosenthal.

Yet certain negatives go with taking Matthews away from the inside, as Nathan Jahnke of Pro Football …

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