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Well, we’re out, but that doesn’t mean we’re not still interested, and if you’re a Green Bay Packer fan, I think you should have some clear rooting interests in the remaining teams. The Packers have been around for so very long that they’ve had some kind of big moment, for good or ill, against almost everyone, especially in the NFC. And so, this weekend, you can safely be invested in basically every game. For instance:
Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos, Saturday, 3:30 Central
Screw the Broncos, who defeated the Packers in the 1997 Super Bowl, and who were the opponents for Green Bay in the most disastrous game of the 2025 season in which they lost Micah Parsons. It also kicked off their five-game losing streak to end the season. Now, the Broncos didn’t CAUSE the Micah Parsons injury to be fair, but in the cosmic balance, they’re also one of the absolute luckiest teams at avoiding injuries this year, which is annoying given that the Packers suffered like ten injuries in that game alone.
The Broncos’ defense is legit, but we’ve got some people starting to think that Bo Nix is actually a good quarterback, and I detest anything that stinks of QB Winz. Can’t have that. He’s fine, but that’s as far as anyone should go with praise of Bo Nix. And there’s just something that has always rubbed me the wrong way about John Elway, most likely the fact that he looks like a horse and played for the Broncos.
As for the Bills, I have no animosity whatsoever towards them. I’m not sure they have the Elways to get it done today as their offense is basically just Josh Allen and a bunch of nobodies, and the defense is pretty poor, but I feel a kinship with the (relatively) small town, cold-as-hell Bills. Plus, they gave us Don Beebe. What’s not to like?
Cheer for: Bills, easily.
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks, Saturday, 7:00 Central
Outside of the NFC North, I’m not sure I hate any teams more than I hate the 49ers and Seahawks. I once would have put the Cowboys on this tier based on the Packers’ early 90s futility against the Aikman team, but that matchup really turned around after the Aikman era came to an end, and at least those Cowboys teams were all-time greats. One of the best offensive lines ever, Irvin, Charles Haley, Deion. Losing sucks, but at least they were awesome.
The 49ers, though? We’ve got the Rice fumble back in the day, that cost us a pretty legit shot at a title run, and then just recently, we have the stupid 2023 playoff game where Anders Carlson missed a 41-yarder after Matt LaFleur turtled, and of course the 2021 Division series game where Aaron Rodgers took an 11-yard sack with 5:29 left, followed immediately by the blocked Corey Bojorquez punt for a touchdown. It’s horrible!
But the Seahawks may be more horrible still! They were, as I’m...
