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It’s unfair for any one game to be a referendum on a player, coach, or team, but that’s almost always what playoff games end up becoming.
I think just about everyone understands how limited the Packers are as a team at this point of the season. There’s no Micah Parsons, Tucker Kraft, Elgton Jenkins, or any number of other players there to help them anymore. The Super Bowl contender they were supposed to be is long gone, even if there’s still a chance they make a playoff run.
But despite those well-understood and broadly accepted facts, we’re still going to get a lot of narrative-driven takes based on the outcome of this weekend’s Packers/Bears game. In particular, if the Packers’ offense struggles, we’ll probably face an entire offseason of discussion as to whether or not Matt LaFleur is the right coach for the Packers, or if Jordan Love is the right quarterback.
There are plenty of good reasons to have those discussions, and they’re worth having, even if you’re unlikely to believe that LaFleur deserves to be fired or that the Packers should move on from Jordan Love. But they shouldn’t hinge on one game — though we all know that things probably will, if the Packers struggle against the Bears.
Time for Matt LaFleur to do what he was hired to do with Packers offense | Packers News
LaFleur’s reputation has a lot on the line against the Bears.
Will Packers’ Love win a SB like Favre, Rodgers in Year 3? | ESPN
It seems improbable, but I’d love to see it.
Can Bears get off to a fast start vs. Packers? They can’t afford to play catch-up | The Athletic ($)
The Bears have made a living coming back from big deficits this year, but sooner or later that just gets to be too much to ask.
Making the case for Packers’ Daniel Whelan as first-team All-Pro punter in 2025 | Packers Wire
You never really want to root for punts, but it’s fun to watch Whelan kick the laces off the ball whenever he’s called upon.
2026 NFL head coach openings: Ranking the best available jobs | NFL.com
Where would you want to coach?
Trapped deer removed from Wisconsin basement after two days | UPI
Honestly I felt like hiding in the basement for a couple of days after watching the Packers’ sorry performance against the Vikings.
