Breaking Down the NFC North, 2024

[PackerDNA]

The NFC is going to be a gauntlet to get through. Playing the Bucs or the Falcons would be the easiest first game, other than that, anything can happen in the other matchups.

I want the fifth seed. I do not want the seventh seed.

 

[Pkrjones]

I want the fifth seed. I do not want the seventh seed.

Agree, a victory Sunday over MN is a crucial 1st step. My desired order of playoff opponents is:
Tampa, Washington, Vikes, Detroit, Rams, Philly.
6th seed probably gets us Rams. 5th seed gets us Tampa (or better yet, Atlanta?). More than likely 2nd round is Detroit.
Every week GB needs to improve, including coaching & clock management.

 

[gopkrs]

Just watched KC roll over Pittsburgh. Most of it was long drives on short passes. A lot of them in the flat. Kind of what Detroit did to us and other teams are doing effectively this year. And they are not turning the ball over just because they are long drives. We are going to have to play tight and not allow anyone to just march down the field making 3rd or 4th downs over and over. Bend don't break won't make it. That said, I think we are changing our mindset about that. At least I hope we are.

 

[shockerx]

Everytime I watch KC...I just want those zero to 3 yard safe throws to Kraft...ala Kelcee style. let him YAC for more. I want Kraft getting 8 to 10 targets especially cold months... play off of Jacobs physical style. control the ball, beat the defense down.

 

[gopkrs]

Everytime I watch KC...I just want those zero to 3 yard safe throws to Kraft...ala Kelcee style. let him YAC for more. I want Kraft getting 8 to 10 targets especially cold months... play off of Jacobs physical style. control the ball, beat the defense down.

Maybe we'll be able to do some of that along with Musgrave when he gets into the swing of things. Though a bit differently. Two TE set. One short left, one short right, with either being able to go short middle. Of course our pass blocking would needto be good without help, except for the back. And Romeo and Watson (or) going out on a route. Maybe could work. Would keep the linebackers busy. The TEs would need to find the hole fast. And if they were played too close; they could go deeper.

 

[OldSchool101]

Agree, a victory Sunday over MN is a crucial 1st step. My desired order of playoff opponents is:
Tampa, Washington, Vikes, Detroit, Rams, Philly.
6th seed probably gets us Rams. 5th seed gets us Tampa (or better yet, Atlanta?). More than likely 2nd round is Detroit.
Every week GB needs to improve, including coaching & clock management.

I’m also fine with the 6th seed or better. My reasoning?

If the 5th (us) 6th,7th seeds win opening week. The #7 would go play @#1
The #6 would play at Lambeau.
My preferred choice.

If just ONE of the 6th OR 7th Wins? They’d go play @#1. We’d go play @#2 or #3 whichever didn’t lose Wildcard Weekend. Then hope both underdogs (us) wins again. If so, We’d play that 6th/7th at Lambeau
My secondary hope.

 

[OldSchool101]

Here’s an interesting graph showing some scheduling strength results. Notice GB has an average opponent ranking of #14.4 which was the #1 hardest in the NFL. Yes we’ve lost to great teams. Because we’ve played more good to great teams. NOW
our remaining schedule is more average balanced with the
Vikings + Bears.

Clearly Vikings have THE toughest remaining scheduled. They get 2 tough games hosting GB and at Detroit. It’s no secret they are great, but I’ve noticed many sites project MN behind GB in their strength evaluation. Yes even though we lost to them. That speaks volumes. Partly because they say GB is the most consistent as far as expectations.

Notice before today we are ranked at #5 in power rankings. Ahead of Minnesota and KC (I know, I might question that also but I’m just a messenger). These sites use lots of variables and we score high in so many categories, that’s just a very clear fact. In 5 separate sites GB is ranked over Minnesota in 3/5. It’s not just one evaluator looking at us as a powerhouse. We ranked at high as #3 in the NFL and as low as #6, with 4-5 overall being the Mean, leaguewide.

NFL Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 32 NFL teams.

powerrankingsguru.com

 

[Magooch]

With a 6-3 loss to the Seahawks that's 10 losses in a row for da Bears. I believe that ties a franchise record...which means they will presumably REALLY be wanting to avoid a loss to us in their final game next week. As far as I know 11 losses in a row would be a new record.

 

[Pkrjones]

With a 6-3 loss to the Seahawks that's 10 losses in a row for da Bears. I believe that ties a franchise record...which means they will presumably REALLY be wanting to avoid a loss to us in their final game next week. As far as I know 11 losses in a row would be a new record.

This 2024 Bear's team is historically bad, they deserve to lose 11 straight. The Packers need to start fast on O putting points on the board. The Bears know they can't keep up & will force bad throws attempting to make "something happen". Hope or edge rushers are excited... they're about to get 8+ sacks to end the regular season.

 

[Poppa San]

they're about to get 8+ sacks to end the regular season.

If that's all then Caleb will miss the NFL record by one or two.