Finally, there’s an exciting matchup again on a non-holiday Thursday Night Football game. It has been a few weeks since that was the case, but tonight the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions face off in a game that will all but eliminate the loser from playoff contention.

The Lions come into week 14 with a 7-5 record and in third place in the NFC North. Their loss to the Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving Day cost them dearly in their hopes for a playoff run, also pushing them 1.5 games behind the San Francisco 49ers for the last playoff spot...

Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur stayed away from it. Defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley stayed away from it. But offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich was willing to make a statement about what Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson said in his opening press conference.

If you need a reminder, Johnson was surprisingly hired by the Bears after being the belle of the ball in the 2025 coaching cycle. Johnson was able to net a contract paying him $13 million per year as a first-time head coach, which is likely more than LaFleur, who is 75-36-1 in the NFL and going...

I have seen many a Green Bay Packer fan referring to the Chicago Bears and their lofty 9-3 record as “frauds.” I understand the impulse and would like nothing more than to join everyone in ridiculing the flaws of our neighbors to the South, but I don’t think that “fraud” is the right word. It may merely be a matter of degree, and I think it’s fine to call them “lucky,” but “fraud” is a bit much, for several reasons.

The most fraudulent team I’ve seen in recent years is the 2022 Minnesota Vikings, which I covered here. They were...

Here’s the bad news up front: Green Bay Packers safety Javon Bullard, who has been starting for the team as a nickelback this year, went from a limited participant on Wednesday to a non-participant on Thursday. His injury designation remains as “ankle,” so it’s possible that he’s had a setback with the ankle injury that he’s been pushing through for several weeks now.

If Bullard can’t go on Sunday, the next man up in the slot will be cornerback Nate Hobbs, who himself has been limited this week with a knee injury and hasn’t played for several weeks. If Hobbs...

Green Bay Packers safety Javon Bullard has been dealing with a nagging ankle injury recently, but he hasn’t missed any action to date. After the team’s fully padded practice on Wednesday, though, Bullard was a non-participant in practice on Thursday, along with receiver Savion Williams, defensive end Lukas Van Ness and defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt (who will eventually go on the injured reserve).

If Bullard misses this week’s game against the Chicago Bears, it will be the first game he has missed in full in 2025. Previously, he dropped out of Week 3 and Week 6, but at least he...

One of the most frequently asked questions I’ve gotten this week is how the Green Bay Packers will replace starting defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt, who should be going on season-ending injured reserve any day now with an ankle injury that he sustained in last week’s win over the Detroit Lions. Yes, the Packers added a defensive tackle, Jordon Riley, on Wednesday, but I want to take this time to explain what Green Bay did and didn’t do with that move and how it relates (or doesn’t) to Wyatt.

First of all, Wyatt is the team’s starting three-technique undertackle, a player...

Behold your new king: Green Bay Packers wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks is the Week 13 NVP. For those of you who aren’t hip, NVP stands for Nickelodeon Valuable Player and is awarded on their weekly Slime Time show, hosted by Nate Burleson and Dylan “Young Dylan” Gilmer.

Wicks gained this great honor by catching 6 of 7 passes for 94 yards and 2 TDs on Thanksgiving Day against the Detroit Lions. That gave Wicks a Receiving EPA of +10.8, the highest mark in the league this week (per NFL Pro). Wicks is also credited for 1 rushing attempt (on a...

When the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears meet on Sunday, it probably won’t be a flashy contest, but rather a 60-minute ball control battle. As Bill Huber recently outlined, the Packers’ offense is among the most careful in the league when it comes to turnovers, while the Bears’ defense leads the NFL in takeaways.

Green Bay enters the game with just seven giveaways. They’ve shown a knack for taking care of the football, a trend exemplified by Jordan Love (shout out to Toyotathon). On the other side, Chicago’s defense thrives on forcing mistakes. With interceptions and fumble recoveries piling...

With five games left on their regular season schedule, the 2025 Packers are essentially a known commodity. There is very little about this team that can change in a meaningful way as we come down the stretch.

But that’s not to say there are no changes at all. There is still a little wiggle room in the form of a few wildcard players that could move the needle for the Packers on both offense and defense. Here’s a quick look at six of the most significant wildcards on the roster right now.

**1 and 2 – Jayden Reed and Matthew...

As I’ve mentioned previously, one of the stats I’ve been tracking this season is something I’ve been calling Explosive +/-. Basically, it’s looking at how many explosive plays you’re creating on offense vs. how many you’re giving up on defense. Per a study by Brian Billick, teams that have had a +2 Explosive +/- in a game have won that game 80%-85% of the time. So one thing I like to do is see how teams have generated explosive plays against the Green Bay Packers’ next opponent (the Chicago Bears) and find plays that fit the Packers’ offense.

Explosives are...

The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears took very different approaches to their Wednesday practice schedule. The Packers, off their mini-bye after playing the Detroit Lions, had a fully padded practice, which they are only allowed three of in the final six weeks of the NFL season per the collective bargaining agreement. Meanwhile, the Bears, off a Black Friday game, did not have a practice or walkthrough on Wednesday.

In total, the Packers had 3 non-participants in their practice and 14 more limited participants today. The Bears only had to update an estimated injury report, since they didn’t do on-field...

At different points in his college career, Green Bay Packers rookie fifth-round pick Collin Oliver was either a true edge rusher or an off-ball linebacker. Oliver, who injured his hamstring before training camp, has been missing from the practice field since the mid-summer, so fans haven’t gotten much of an opportunity to figure out how exactly the Packers will be using him moving forward. So when Oliver’s practice window opened up this week, people had a reasonable question: Is Oliver going to be a 4-3 defensive end with the team or a linebacker?

On Wednesday, head coach Matt LaFleur answered...