The Green Bay Packers made the playoffs in Jordan Love’s first season as the starting quarterback. The Packers need a win against the Chicago Bears in Week 18 after beating the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night and losing to the Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons. “That’s what we’re working on,” Love said after Minnesota’s 33-10 win. “The whole offseason, the whole training camp, we prepared for the playoffs. Right now, our fate is in our own hands, so I’m excited to focus on what we’re going to do next week.
Beating the Bears is the most realistic scenario for advancing to the postseason. But things are so positive that the Packers can sneak into the lead. Defeat at Lambeau Field. It’s not an easy matchup, but if Green Bay loses, they will advance to the playoffs, but the Seattle Seahawks will lose to the Arizona Cardinals, the New Orleans Saints will lose to the Atlanta Falcons, and the Minnesota Vikings will lose to him. Detroit Lions. .
On paper, the Seahawks have an easier matchup, but overall it’s not a completely absurd matchup. “It doesn’t mean anything until we take care of business next week,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said of the win against the Vikings. “We know it will be a big challenge because last year we were in this situation and we didn’t finish.
“Chicago has improved more than any team from Week 1 to today.”Last year, the Packers went 8-8 with the NFC North tied in Week 18 at Lambeau Field. The Detroit Lions were shut out when the game started. The big difference is that the Lions were eliminated by the Seattle Seahawks just hours before the game. At this point, the Chicago Bears were eliminated a week ago. As LaFleur said, the Bears will do whatever it takes to eliminate their playoff opponent.
postseason scenario
If the Packers win, they will advance to the playoffs. They are currently the #7 seed in the NFC playoffs where they face the Texas Dallas Cowboys. This will be a special case of the game between the Packers and former Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy.
The second seed is possible if the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants and the Cowboys lose to the Washington Cardinals. If both NFC East leaders lose, the Detroit Lions could beat the Vikings and move into second place.However, if the Los Angeles Rams lose to the San Francisco 49ers, a Bears win would put the Packers in sixth place. That could mean an NFC North showdown with the Lions in the wild card round.
