The margins at the top in the NFC are ridiculously tight. Packers could lose today and then conceivably need to win next week to avoid falling out of playoff position entirely. But if they win tonight they’re in pole position. This is going to be tense. How? The Packers pretty much can't miss the playoffs at this point. They'd almost surely have to lose 7 games and stand a shot of getting in even if they do that. I would actually say this game isn't really that big because it's still very plausible they can lose and still end up ahead of SF. They still get another game with Minnesota, which I don't like them to win, but still plenty of shots at the division. And Minnesota's working the same margin. The margins are razor thin for the order of the top 5 seeds, but the Packers are gonna be in the playoffs. The NFC is basically already just a battle for who wins the East and the seeding arrangement.