4 seed would be so coveted this year to get to play the NFC South, prolly Atlanta.
49ers would be fun to see as we enter a new era with them. Still Shanahan and LaFleur, but no Aaron or Garrapolo anymore.
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49ers would be fun to see as we enter a new era with them. Still Shanahan and LaFleur, but no Aaron or Garrapolo anymore.
I just want us to make the playoffs so this young team has a playoff game under their belt. I think we're probably still too young to make a SB run, but man, even winning 1 playoff game would be so huge for this young group of players and really give us a ton of confidence going into 2024.
Unlikely, but let the Lions collapse continue and we can still win the division! They've got:
@ Bears
vs Broncos
@ Vikings
@ Cowboys
vs Vikings
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I thought this team was cooked. I thought they’d get rolled and smoked by the Chargers, Lions, and Chiefs. We are beating playoff caliber teams. Well maybe not the Chargers…
The road now is pretty easy. I think if we do drop one it’ll be this week with the Giants coming off a bye and Watson just getting hurt.
The road now is pretty easy. I think if we do drop one it’ll be this week with the Giants coming off a bye and Watson just getting hurt.
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Maybe perceived collapse. Last four games are a loss and three squeakers vs mid-to-lower level teams.
The Lions need 3 wins, and they have to play the Vikings twice and the Bears once. I can't see them not winning the division.
I could see the Lions losing all 5. And winning all 5. I will probably pick the Bears to beat them this week in our Pick 6 competition.
I can swallow losing the division to the Packers way easier than to the Lions or the Bears.
I can't see them losing so many. Right from Kansas City's dropsies on day 1 of the season through to Chicago's 2-TDs-in-2-minutes the other week, teams have finding ways, however improbable, to lose to the Lions.
On the other hand, if we have to play at Ford Field in January, we'll be ready!
(I hope! 
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Here's a snippet from an article at The Athletic. Former NFL GM Randy Mueller gives his 2 cents on all of the 6-6 teams
"Any NFL team that is .500 at Thanksgiving has a chance. Many league decision-makers live by this motto. And every fan, in turn, gets to decide whether or not their team is delusional.
What to do with a team that has equal wins and losses at this point in the season can dominate the thoughts of sitting general managers in the NFL. They need to have one eye on their current team and urging it toward the playoffs — shuffling the roster and supporting the coaches — and the other on planning for the 2024 offseason."
Green Bay Packers
Position in NFC: seventh | Division record: 2-2 | Streak: W3 | Point differential: +15
"They may be .500 overall and within the division, but this is the team that suddenly nobody wants to play. Having put together a three-game winning streak and seeing a quarterback develop right before their eyes, the Packers have become, to me, the No. 1 playoff contender on this list.
The same wide receivers we criticized early in the year for not being in sync with the offense are now making plays and earning trust. I know a team in Kansas City that wishes its receiving room had developed on a similar learning curve.
Team president Mark Murphy has inserted himself in football conversations where I wish he wouldn’t over the years, but his crazy-at-the-time statement in July of, “It will take half a season before we know what we have in Jordan Love,” looks spot on. Love has shown some inconsistencies in his first season as a starter, but he has put together three games that show the Packers might have found an answer at QB that 20 other NFL teams are still looking for.
Defensively, this team still concerns me with the relatively low number of good players they have on their roster. They allow too many big plays, and their tackling shows signs that players don’t believe in the system. They are probably going to have to make changes on that side of the ball, but if they can continue to make Love comfortable in this system, I am placing a future bet on this team."
"Any NFL team that is .500 at Thanksgiving has a chance. Many league decision-makers live by this motto. And every fan, in turn, gets to decide whether or not their team is delusional.
What to do with a team that has equal wins and losses at this point in the season can dominate the thoughts of sitting general managers in the NFL. They need to have one eye on their current team and urging it toward the playoffs — shuffling the roster and supporting the coaches — and the other on planning for the 2024 offseason."
Green Bay Packers
Position in NFC: seventh | Division record: 2-2 | Streak: W3 | Point differential: +15
"They may be .500 overall and within the division, but this is the team that suddenly nobody wants to play. Having put together a three-game winning streak and seeing a quarterback develop right before their eyes, the Packers have become, to me, the No. 1 playoff contender on this list.
The same wide receivers we criticized early in the year for not being in sync with the offense are now making plays and earning trust. I know a team in Kansas City that wishes its receiving room had developed on a similar learning curve.
Team president Mark Murphy has inserted himself in football conversations where I wish he wouldn’t over the years, but his crazy-at-the-time statement in July of, “It will take half a season before we know what we have in Jordan Love,” looks spot on. Love has shown some inconsistencies in his first season as a starter, but he has put together three games that show the Packers might have found an answer at QB that 20 other NFL teams are still looking for.
Defensively, this team still concerns me with the relatively low number of good players they have on their roster. They allow too many big plays, and their tackling shows signs that players don’t believe in the system. They are probably going to have to make changes on that side of the ball, but if they can continue to make Love comfortable in this system, I am placing a future bet on this team."
IT. IS. TIME
Half Empty wrote: ↑05 Dec 2023 09:36Maybe perceived collapse. Last four games are a loss and three squeakers vs mid-to-lower level teams.
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Green Bay is the #3 seed as long as GB wins out and DET loses twice with at least one of the losses being to MN
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Ringo have you not learned anything about the NFL?RingoCStarrQB wrote: ↑10 Dec 2023 17:35Vikings are struggling against the Raiders! 0 to 0 in the 4th quarter. Oh........Raiders are struggling too!
Just 4 weeks you were talking about how the Packers couldn't find a way to score any points.
I think the most realistic outcome is to overcome Vikings for the 6 seed. May need to pull for the lions to do that, even though I think overall the Viking season is essentially over.
Will be cool to make the playoffs even in the traditional 6 team format
Will be cool to make the playoffs even in the traditional 6 team format
I Do Not Hate Matt Lafleur
So the Cowboys game is actually really big for the Packers now.
If Dallas loses tonight, they will drop to 4 losses and have the following games:
At Buffalo
At Miami
Detroit
At Washington
What This Means
1. If the Packers win out
2. MN beats Detroit at least once
3. One of Miami or Buffalo beats Dallas
Green Bay is guaranteed either the #3 seed and wins the North or the #5 seed and plays the NFC South Champ in the Wildcard round
If Dallas loses tonight, they will drop to 4 losses and have the following games:
At Buffalo
At Miami
Detroit
At Washington
What This Means
1. If the Packers win out
2. MN beats Detroit at least once
3. One of Miami or Buffalo beats Dallas
Green Bay is guaranteed either the #3 seed and wins the North or the #5 seed and plays the NFC South Champ in the Wildcard round