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The Packers announced themselves as Super Bowl contenders in late August with their trade for Micah Parsons. Now, nearly four months later, everything is more or less going according to plan.
Parsons is having a great year, and so are the Packers. At 9-3-1, they’re atop the NFC North and firmly in contention to be the top seed in the NFC playoff field. Outside of a couple of really inexplicable losses (boy it’d be nice to have the Browns and Panthers games back), there’s very little to complain about on a season-long level.
But there is still a lot of work to be done. Being in contention for the NFC’s top playoff seed in Week 15 is worth exactly nothing in the grand scheme. And at this point, there’s no actual guarantee the Packers will make the playoffs, either. There are many, many things that could go wrong between now and the end of the season, and if they’re not careful, a couple of missteps could bring everything the Packers have built crashing down around them.
That’s what makes this stretch of the season so intriguing and interesting. We’ve seen the Packers fail to take care of business at times this year, stumbling when they should handle teams easily (Browns and Panthers again, among others) and they certainly have their flaws they need to deal with. How will they overcome those flaws? How will they make sure they don’t stumble again?
The rest of the Packers’ season depends on the answers to those questions.
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The Packers’ run defense has been an issue all season — and for several seasons, really. Sooner or later, they’ll have to confront it.
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Everything is on the table for the Packers, from getting the top seed in the NFC playoffs to missing the playoffs entirely.
Why the Broncos will be such a big test for Packers in Week 15 | Packers Wire
Denver isn’t a juggernaut, but they’re not pushovers either.
Packers’ Jordan Love is an MVP candidate, but perhaps his toughest test awaits | The Athletic ($)
Love is behind Matthew Stafford and Drake Maye in most MVP odds projections, but a strong finish to the season could put him over the top.
Mic’d Up: Bo Melton | Packers.com
If you’ve not yet listened in on what Bo Melton had to say during his big day against the Bears, fix that now.
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People are just dumping whatever they want at the side of the road in England.
