Wendell, if Packers beat Lions at Lambeau, why the Packers has tiebraker advantage? If Lions win vs Bears they will have 4-2 in the division as Packers if win over Vikings and Lions.

At that point it will come down to conference record since both the Lions and Packers will be 4-2 in the division. By nature of winning out the Packers will have a better conference record than the Lions so they win the tiebreaker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7fjDS0jKiE

Got here first!

I don't know who hasn't been watching the Lions, but GB isn't beating them. So that's putting the hope to bed late, but I believe bedtime comes against Miami before we even have a chance to finish, with the Lions eating them up.

How- Play Defense. Can Barry save his job? This is a fresh start for everyone.
The offense is in the hands of Rodgers. He can beat any Defense with these Rookies. It's up to LeFluer to play everyone!

Doesn't matter because we're not getting anywhere with this defense, even if we are lucky enough to make the playoffs.

It's very much a longshot -- even if the Pack win out, which is also very much a longshot.
Would I like to see it, even if they may get blown out by stronger teams.
Yes, I always want my teams to make the playoffs, and outside of The Eagles and SF because of their D, nobody is that great this year.

Prior to this past weekend, the Packers chance of reaching the playoffs was 4 percent according to a computer analysis.. Even with the Giants and Seahawks each losing, the Packers chances, according to 538, has grown to a 'whopping' 6 percent.

This speculation reminds me a bit of the old kids game, "Mousetrap". As you played the game you built an elaborate and convoluted set of actions, mostly determined by gravity. If everything came together through smart playing and gravity, a plastic cage would fall and trap the plastic mouse before it got to the plastic cheese and you won.

When you start with a 94 percent chance of not making the playoffs I think it's safe to say the mouse will eat the 'cheese'(heads).

The Packers aren't beating the Dolphins in Miami.

The tiebreaker for teams in the same division is Head to Head > Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the division > Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games. So if the Packers win out and Lions win the next 3 games, they'll have won one head-to-head each; and have the same 4-2 division record. The Lions will have the best common games record though (6 wins vs. Packers 5). So the Lions need to lose one of the next 3 games (I think...my head hurts!)

Regardless of the playoffs, we have to beat the Vikings and Lions. Even when the Packers were at their best, you could never count out the Lions game. Our turn. Now that the Lions think they've turned the corner let's put them in their place. Want to be spoilers the rest of the way. That goes a long way to helping next year's squad.

"How the Packers Can Make the Playoffs"

Thanks Wendell for the info. And here, I thought it was one beautiful mystery...

Lawrence Welk, kind sir...who is mainly to blame for the Packers' season so far?

"a 1 a and a 2"

*LW's mic drop*

Over the last decade, many here took my comments as being negative and hoping the Packers would lose. That was far what I was saying. I always felt, and still do, that you cannot ignore the negative nor gloss over it with positive, because it will always be an issue that hurts in the end.

Now, at this point in the season, the ridiculous attempt to do such again by hoping for a playoff spot, is the very epitome of what I am against. I understand that tanking is a taboo, but trying to get what will end quick which leaves you with a false victory is defeat by ones own bad strategy. Which has been present all season.

Field a team the next four weeks with one that will help evaluate the future, and not castrate it. This team NEEDS as great a draft position as possible. Don't let pride, or belief in a lot of bad/unlikely ifs, ruin that.

In the movie Wargames, the computer said, The only way to WIN, is to not play at all. I'm not saying to not play, but I would love for this team not try to make a no-win situation a total loss.

Regrouping is not surrender, but a smart strategy to fight another battle better equipped to do so. GB needs to find out if they have better equipment, and able to get it needed.

Easiest comment for me to write ever.....NO WAY WILL THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!

PS on last comment, it's not the offense, nor the defense, or even STs....it's all of them. Which makes the fix so hard.

Why not truly bait for the clicks and headline your article with How the Packers can win the Super Bowl, cure cancer, and save a basket of puppies from burning alive in a high rise while taking gun fire from ISIS? A by week shouldn’t make writers this desperate. Sorry. I’m usually 95% in favor of the content creators and scribes on this site and 99% never openly critical. But this is ridiculous. I’m still hesitant on hitting submit comment, but obviously, I just did.

It's kind of ironic that the toughest win of those 4 games will probably be the Lions. Not that it matters because we are not going to the dance. Even if by some miracle we do it will be 1 and done.

Seriously, hoof hearted?

I’ll be very frank with my thoughts. Again I want to emphasize that they are mine alone.

As much as I’ve LOVED watching team after team get bounced from the playoffs year after year because of the exact same albeit amplified issues from the past however many seasons, I’m completely over it.

This is literal torture. For starters watching everyone turn on AR12 thanks to the negative focus of the woke media whose bias has been dictated thanks to a continued effort. But aside from that idiotic mindset clamouring for Love to run the show. Let’s see here when Love played for an out Rodgers he managed to score 7 points against a weak KC D (at the time). When Rodgers came in to relieve Fabre he did it against a two loss Dallas team who were enroute to the number 1 seed and completely balled out. He almost brought the team back from the hole they were in.

Love 19-34 55.9% 190 tds 1TD 1 InT 1 fumble rating 64
Rodgers 18-26 68% 201 yards 1 TD passing 1 rushing 0 turn overs rating 104.8

Now for the harsher truth. Do you genuinely believe an organization that’s completely shit on their all world QB will somehow find a way to get the new guy receiving talent? It took 14 years for Rodgers to finally get a second rounder (who cost two second round picks which could’ve gotten a lot of talent in trade). Otherwise like this season he’s played with undrafted Lazard, undrafted Tonyan, 5th rounder Jones, 5th rounder Doubs, Cobb who can’t run.

Let’s look at teams that are succeeding currently? Dallas has receiving talent. Buffalo has talent. Minnesota has talent. Kansas city lost a stud but sought out more talent. Miami acquired help. Seattle can still compete thanks to their stud wr. Philly has talent. Anyone seeing a theme here?

Until Gutekunst changes his philosophy which I doubt this team won’t succeed. They’ve had their flaws overcome thanks to their all world QB. Even Thompson invested heavily in receivers early on. What happened? A Super Bowl. In his later years that was fewer and farther between and the team regressed.

Finally the last point of focus. Barry must go. If there was ever a better example of not succeeding with talent he’s a shining example. I can predict his exact 3rd and long defense like clockwork. Showing blitz with both middle linebackers is a literal high school show. NFL players see through that crap cmon. He now brings the Mikes or a Mike cross as his zone blitz once every three or four series. His defense is painfully predictable to the point I don’t even watch anymore. Coaches go in every single week begging their quarterback to be patient because if he is he could have one of his best games of the season. He should have been gone by week five.

This organization will need to go low before it’ll ever fire Gutekunst. Buckle up the next few years will suck.

Please people. Some of you need to put yourself out of their misery and come to grips with the fact this is NOT A PLAYOFF CALIBER FOOTBALL TEAM END OF STORY.
There is very little talent on this team. Missing Gary? You need a few good pass rushers not one. Watson lighting it up" You need Tight Ends who can catch, other receivers who can get open.
Pass D has to have guys willing to tackle, fight for the ball, and cover.
We have none of that unless Jairre is playing ok that day.
This team cannot beat the Vikes or the Lions so give it up. Look forward to a draft with high picks.

I've always been one of the more optimistic fans, but God as my witness, when I read the first line line of this piece I thought it was a joke. "The Green Bay Packers are truly alive and officially in the hunt for the NFC wild card race" would be a great opening for parody or rueful sarcasm.

It would be a run to remember-- and glorious if it were followed by a win or four-- but does anyone think it even remotely likely?

This is clickbait for 12 year old homers

Six freaking percent. Four more games potentially of delaying the future overhaul or even evaluating the pieces of said overhaul. And if the miraculous happens and Green Bay takes to the road as the bottom feeder seed why should we expect more than one and done. This is not the 2010 team…. Praying for a quick demise …6.5.4.3.2.1…Love (oops mixed my sport)

Playoffs?
With this defense, are you kidding me?
Why delay the Joe Barry firing?