Do you think the Packers will make the playoffs?

Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion after being hit hard on back-to-back plays, and he was taken out of the game. Without Rodgers, the Packers high-powered passing attack could not repeat its success with Matt Flynn as the new starter. You cannot understate this loss and its effect upon the playoff picture for Green Bay. You just can't. It can break their season like rejection breaks a person's heart. It is that severe.

We all know that there are six playoff spots from each conference in the NFL. Each conference has four divisions, so the division winners automatically get a playoff berth and a minimum of one playoff game at home.

The other two spots are given to the next best two teams and are called wild-card spots. Those spots do not get guaranteed homefield advantage and are second-place (and on the rare occasion, a third place team from the same division as the other wild-card team) teams.

Now, the division the Packers are in is the NFC North. The NFC North hosts the Minnesota Vikings, the Detroit Lions, the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.

The Bears are right now 9-4, the Packers are 8-5, the Vikings are 5-8 and the Lions are 3-10. With three games remaining, the Packers have to hope the Bears lose and they win to regain the division lead and a playoff spot.

Theoretically, they could get a playoff spot in the form of a wild card, but the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFC East are tied with a 9-4 record, and the New Orleans Saints are in second place in the NFC South with a 10-3 record.

To sum it up, if playoffs started today, the Packers would watch the Super Bowl at home instead of trying to get there. The Lions loss put them behind the Bears by an entire game, and now the Packers are going to have to face the New England Patriots in Foxboro, and then two home games against the New York Giants and the Chicago Bears.

The three teams they have left have a combined record of 29-10, and all either lead their division or are tied for first place in their division. Also, the Bears are a division rival for the Packers, so that game has even more merit. They will have to knock the king off his perch in order to steal his throne from him.

The New Orleans Saints don't have it easy. They face the Baltimore Ravens, their own division leader, the Atlanta Falcons, and third division rival, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The combined records for those teams are 28-11.

However, the Saints are still two games above the Packers, and I believe they'll beat at least one team to secure a wild-card spot, whereas the Packers will have more trouble winning the last three games.

The Giants and Eagles play each other, but I stand firm to the idea that they'll both make the playoffs with one taking a wild-card spot. The Packers however, in my eyes, have to regain the division lead. Now, I'm not saying that the Packers will not be eligible for a wild-card slot; I just do not believe they will get it.

The playoff picture as I see it will be some team from the NFC West (whoever is lucky enough to win the division), the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles as the division winner and wild-card for the NFC East, and the Atlanta Falcons winning the NFC South and the Saints getting the second wild-card slot.

The Bears look to win the NFC North because they have an entire game lead over the Packers, and also, (this is where the Detroit game dealt the biggest blow to Green Bay), the Bears have a 4-0 record in the division. The Packers have a 3-2 record within the division.

Why is the division record so important? Because, in case of a tie record between two teams, the team that has more wins within its division is concluded to be the best team in the division. The Detroit Lions not only gave the Packers a loss, they gave them a division loss they could not afford.

A rookie quarterback going against the giant Grizzly? I'm sorry if I don't choose to pick the Vikings to win that game. The Bears record is very likely to go to 5-0 within the division, and even if the Packers win against the Bears in week 17, the Bears will have a 5-1 record that is greater than the Packer 4-2 record.

All of the teams that we needed to win, won, and all of the teams that we needed to lose, lost. There is only one exception. The Rams. They won, when they needed to lose. So, this means that next weekend, the Rams have to lose to the Vikings and the Packers have to beat the Bears (obviously).

I don't think they will because they don't have a running game and there QB Aaron Rogers is there leading rusher and they arent playing like a playoff team the way they played against the Lions and they don't got no excuses Colts have more injuries and there still winning.

1- Atlanta

2- Eagles

3- Bears

4- NFC West Team (they all suck)

5- Saints

6- Packers or Giants (winner of the Week 16 match up ( NYG @ GB )

I sure hope so!

They do have a very tough schedule. Maybe if Rodgers is better, and can play then they have a shot, but, I agree, it's not looking good :(

I don't think so they have a very difficult schedule

they would have beaten the lions if they had Aaron Rodgers playing

The Pack will lose the last 3 games

I think the pack are done. Rodgers better be more careful in the future because if he has a few more concosions, his brain is gonna be f*cked

Nope

Believe they will make it in as a wild card team.