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With four weeks remaining in the NFL’s 2025 regular season, it’s time to start scoreboard watching in earnest. That is especially true for Green Bay Packers fans, with their team sitting in the #2 spot in the NFC and being surrounded by a cluster of 9-4 and 10-3 teams across the conference.
Green Bay’s big task this weekend is, of course, to beat the Denver Broncos on Sunday afternoon. Doing so would ensure that they will remain ahead of the Chicago Bears in the NFC North standings before the teams’ big rematch next Saturday evening. However, Chicago also plays this weekend, and Packers fans should be cheering hard for their opponents in the early afternoon time slot, while also keeping a close eye on several of the other games taking place around the NFL this weekend.
Let’s get to a breakdown of who to root for as a Packers fan this week. To get you primed, here’s a quick reminder on the NFC playoff standings as we head towards Week 15.
Let’s get to the games.
Packers fans definitely should be pulling for Shedeur Sanders, Myles Garrett, and company on Sunday. This is an easy one: The Bears are a half-game back of the Packers in the NFC North race with only this week’s games left before the rematch next Saturday. If Chicago loses and the Packers beat the Broncos, Green Bay would be up by 1.5 games, guaranteeing that they would remain in the lead in the North even if they were to lose at Soldier Field next weekend.
If Chicago and Detroit both lose this Sunday and the Packers win, Green Bay could even have a chance to clinch the division title next weekend with two games remaining.
Yes, the Lions could still sneak into the playoffs and make things difficult for the Packers, potentially as a 7 vs. 2 matchup in the Wild Card round. Yes, them losing (plus a Bears loss and a Packers win) would set up a division-clinching scenario next week. But Green Bay still does have a real chance at the #1 seed if they can win out, and right now the Rams are the team ahead of them in that race. They need LA to lose at least one of their last four games to have a chance, and this week is one of the best opportunities for that to happen. That is a worthy goal, and the Rams won’t have many more tough games left.
Like the Rams, the Seahawks are 10-3, though LA has the tiebreaker for now with a head-to-head win. Seattle could vault into the #1 seed with a win and a Rams loss to Detroit, so Green Bay needs Seattle to also drop another game to get a...
