Fear The Chorizo

Until Wyatt went down late in Detroit on Thanksgiving, playoff outlook was pretty darn high in my book...it's been steadily downhill from there though

Nfl seriously considering an 18 game regular season??? Should reduce it to 14 instead...

14:1 time of possession disparity rn

Scored too fast

#willis4mvp

And then a big pass play...lol!

Big play intonscoring territory and the offense reminds itself it cant be that easy...back to back presnap penalties. Coaching

If the Ravens feed him enough, Henry will wind up with 300 yards rushing tonight if the dline cant get off blocks. He will be dragging guys trying to tackle him 10 yards downfield if they let him get up to speed at will

It's because when the blue bloods land 5-stars who are impact players, they can easily find funds to keep them around...and still have funds to poach other smaller school rosters to fill the limited roster holes they'd have. Rich get richer when $$ can be tossed around.

Lamar also doubtful and it frankly would be criminal to play him with nothing riding on it for the Ravens - betting NBC really loves this primetime holiday matchup now... As an aside, the NFL really needs to get the hell away from Christmas Day games unless the holiday actually falls on a weekend. Another short week for teams this far into a season is a complete joke. The longer regular season actually seems to sort out the playoff picture earlier than not in terms of what the 7 team field is going to be from each conference - and seedings #2-7 really have little to no difference since the only seed that gets a bye now is the #1. This leads to some real dogs of games the last couple weeks of the regular season.

I think they find a way to get a W saturday and see what the bears do against the 49ers sunday night - then sort out if theres a hope of a division title or any different wild card seeding to play for in week 18.

Is that you, MLF? Lol Was literally pointing at all the wide open spaces even if they just slipped Gibbs into the flat on those crazy 9 men in the box blitz looks - and they never even tried it once. Instead, run him into that brick wall over and over again. The Lions are suddenly average, and Goff is a problem for that team because he's a distributor, not a playmaker...and he's paid like a playmaker.

17 games...still better to make whatever playoff format their is when there isn't a dominant team anymore with how the NFL has changed. Back in the day it would be a shocker for any road team to be competitive in a road playoff game on divisional wkend, let alone win a game. Not even close to the same league

I think the 2010 team had a ton more depth/talent than what this version of the Packers has. Starks came on late to give them enough running the ball with a prime Rodgers still having Nelson, Jennings, Jones, and Driver to throw to. The Oline missed Tausch, but still had Sitton, Wells, Clifton, Bulaga, Lang, and Colledge as a primary backup. Raji/Cullen Jenkins, Prime Clay with Hawk and Bishop in the middle, and a secondary with Tramon, Woodson, Collins, Bigby, and Sam Shields was dynamic. I'll give you Finley getting knocked out as comparable to Kraft - but would that team have gone all the way if Nelson missed the 1st half the year while Jennings missed most of meat of the season (similar to Watson/Reed), Sitton and Wells going down while Clifton or Bulaga fought knee issues late in the year, Raji and Clay blowing out knees in late November/early December? No chance.

yes - totally screwed that one up....Lloyd is the RB I'm thinking of!

Brooks was supposed to be that guy, but he gets injured putting his pads on

The Super Bowl year in 2010, the Packers had a ton of injuries to their role players, but their key guys either stayed mostly healthy or got healthy for the stretch run - heading into that season the Packers were the odds-on favorite by many to win the Super Bowl, but the slew of injuries really knocked their record down. Rodgers getting past the concussions and deciding to get nuclear-level hot really carried them along with a defense that had playmakers at every level. This year, the Packers have lost arguably the game's best TE in Kraft while waiting on Watson to get activated from last year's knee injury, lost their best offensive guard (despite playing him at center), lost their best DT who proved to be vital to their pass rush when they struggled earlier in the season when he missed time with a minor knee injury, played with a RB who has been hurt for most of the season, and lost one of the top 3 defensive players in all of football in mid-December. "Next man up" isn't good enough in today's NFL to replace that caliber of players going down for the season if you truly want to be Super Bowl caliber. they've also had numerous nagging and mid-length injuries to key role receivers, secondary, and LB positions that have cost them consistency week in, week out. So much of this league today is based on who's healthy and which team's quarterback is playing well in December. Teams with the kind of injuries the Packers have sustained just run out of gas. Because of how wide open the NFC playoff field is, I think they still have puncher's chance to make a surprise run - but they could just as easily have a 1 and done playoff exit once again because of all their flaws/injuries.

I like Jacobs, but I think he's been playing injured most of this season and its hampered the running game. Even when fully healthy he isn't a back that can take it to the house any given carry - but he's typically a guy who will give you 3-5 yards a carry automatically if he gets to the line of scrimmage before contact. It's not like the line has been opening crazy holes, but seeing the production Wilson has been able to get with the same line blocking for him leads me to believe Jacobs isn't himself. Totally agree the Packers need a RB overhaul next season - Jacobs' free agent deal was essentially a 2 year deal anyway - having him take a big paycut with a restructured deal makes sense along with drafting another RB (Brooks can't stay healthy enough to even get on the field) and probably adding another mid-tier RB in free agency this offseason. i think the starter/backup roles are really muddled in today's NFL, too - besides a handful of elite RBs. Getting a mix like the Pats would be ideal where you could split carries between RBs with different styles and if either gets injured/dinged up the other could carry the load for a few weeks.

There is zero chance the Lions pack it in for that last game at Soldier Field. With how the 49ers looked last night, if GB can claw their way to a win Saturday at home against the Ravens, I think it's very possible the Packers still win the division.

Looked like he was so worried about the right protection call and completely forgot to use his hands - Morgan was in perfect position on that play had he decided to actually block Sweat....very strange

Santos won them that game 10x more than Caleb Williams or any other player on that roster did. Made some huge FGs and difficult conditions, and that's about as perfect an onside kick attempt as you can make given the rules. Wouldve been very dicey for anyone in that initial wall of Packers to try and recover, and got squiggly right after it crossed the guys whose job it is to block - and Doubs being slightly passive gave it a chance to succeed. It's a bang-bang decision, but with as close to the sideline as Doubs was when he was backing up on that ball, I honestly thought he was getting ready to just knock the ball out of bounds instead of trying to catch it cleanly with defenders bearing down on him. To me that would have been the better play on the ball instead of letting it eat him up. If he was more aggressive and moved up to recover it I think it's much easier to catch, too. He looked like a 3rd baseman who stuck himself with an in-between hop and forgot he had a hitter who was busting down the line for a single.

This season mirrors the select few prior seasons where the Bears were at or near the top of the division in the past few decades - they had a horseshoe up their posterior all regular seasons long surprising against 4th place schedules, sometimes even getting a round 1 playoff win against an inferior opponent on frozen Soldier Field. But once they faced a team with some postseason meddle who didn't shoot themselves in the foot, they were outclassed and beaten. The same will happen this year, and frankly the team that sends them packing could very easily be this inconsistent bordering on disfunctional Packers squad based on seeding scenarios. Wouldn't surprise me at all to see them drop their last 2 regular season games and wind up with a wounded Packer team backing into the division title if Love plays next weekend. It took a Seattle NFCC game-level collapse for the Bears to win that game yesterday, and GB was far from perfect through the game's 1st 3.75 quarters to even have it be a 99+ chance to win it when most of the craziness started happening, too. I can't trust Trevor Lawrence...yet. But, that Jacksonville team seems to be peaking at the right time, and they're about as healthy as you can be for a team shuttled to Europe more than anyone else along with it being late December. I'd like to see Allen and the Bills finally get over the hump, but they're similar to GB in that I think they can lose or beat anyone in the field depending which of the jekyl or hyde teams shows up any given game day.

I think the frustration on my end is knowing that IF the Packers arent in the midst of too many significant injuries to critical positions throughout this season, IF their situational coaching was even just above average, and IF they find a way to make a couple very attainable plays at the end of games against cleveland, carolina, and chicago, this team would be the favorite to win the super bowl this season in what is a completely wide open field. Even choosing just one of the three items I listed above to go their way, this team is the NFC 1 seed. But we all know this team has continued to find ways for creating their own adversity, which is why they find themselves once again as the 7 seed. I may be permanently screwed up in the head by watching this team, but I still think if Love rebounds from his concussion and they wind up the 7 seed, they're going to make the divisional round with as good a shot as the remaining NFC teams to reach the super bowl. Because of that, I still have to hope they find a way to stumble into a hot month of football starting next weekend. You cant just say "forget it", if you have any shot in today's NFL youve got to ride it the whole way out.

Just a brutal loss in a game they should have won so many times over earlier....and now injuries have wiped them out no matter what else happens. They're gassed

Lol, 2nd bad play