Bad News - Bears Atop the NFC

Maggie and Perri talk turning to Malik Willis, the epic meltdown, look at the playoff picture and examine the outside noise about Matt LaFleur's job security and whether it matches reality in Green Bay.

 

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SicSemperTyrannis's picture

December 21, 2025 at 10:50 am

Seattle and the Rams have both clinched the playoffs. Eagles have also clinched their division. We're only half a game ahead of Detroit?!? Viqueens are eliminated.

A crazy season!

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Snap the ball's picture

December 21, 2025 at 11:47 am

NFC west had easy schedule this year

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Leatherhead's picture

December 22, 2025 at 11:49 am

Other than the fact that they had to play against NFC West opponents. Three good teams in that division.

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BillofAltoona's picture

December 21, 2025 at 11:02 am

The 2025 Packers are nothing but a tease. Drive to first and goal. TD? Nope. Field goaL Late game leads against Cleveland, Denver and Chicago. Victory? Nope. Can't hold the lead.
The '25 Packers are the incarnation of Sisyphus, the mythical man who spent his adult life trying to push a bolder up and over a mountain top only to have it roll back down the hill just before he had reached the top. That to me are the Gutekunst-LaFleur Green Bay Packers.

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JamesKnell's picture

December 21, 2025 at 01:54 pm

If you want to cheer for a team that fires the coach every three years, the Bears and the Cowboys fit the bill.

If Matt LaFleur's 67% winning percentage says Sisyphus to you, perhaps you need to see somebody about that? News flash... in the NFL good teams get destroyed by the "Injury Fairy" every year.

It's a shame this thinking threatens to turn Green Bay into "Entitlement Town".

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Leatherhead's picture

December 22, 2025 at 11:50 am

You got downvoted by a Confederacy of Dunces who think that we can just go out and hire a better coach than LaFleur. We can't.

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FumundaStank's picture

December 22, 2025 at 03:38 pm

Maybe you can, maybe you can't. You won't know until you try it. If your standard is getting into the playoffs as a No. 7 seed and loosing in the first round, MLF is your guy. My standards are a bit higher. MLF's had seven years to get it done. So far nothing. Of course Gute has a big hand in what is happening also.

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NFLfan's picture

December 22, 2025 at 08:34 am

You're right but fans can't see it yet. 4 more years of the same is, unfortunately, is what it will take.

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SicSemperTyrannis's picture

December 21, 2025 at 11:11 am

Perri says MLF has nothing to do with this loss, just look at the inactives. 2 weeks ago Chicago could've just run against us and won, we couldn't stop it. (One heroic stop by Enegbare at the end of the game aside) Clearly he had to adjust for that, yet he made healthy scratching out of both nose tackles. This is exactly a HC decision, no game time pressure involved AT ALL.

Hafley is distinct from this in that he implemented the cage rush, and for the most part it worked.

I'm not saying "fire everybody," or even fire MLF. Just pointing out this was significant. How to have 2 NTs active (or even 1) within the constraints of a 48 man active game day roster? (To me, the most obvious choice would be go with one fewer WR)Before the game I joked they needed a 78 man roster. Trying to compensate for all the injuries without knowing who will and won't step up is an oddly specific Rubik's cube ...

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Leatherhead's picture

December 22, 2025 at 11:51 am

We held them to 16 points in regulation.

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Major Snafu's picture

December 21, 2025 at 07:04 pm

Niners and bears are in the playoffs with the lions loss. Getting tight folks. I will give Detroit this. With all the injuries the fight was there. They never gave up.
When Dobbs flubbed the kick off, the air went out of the packers. You could just sence it was over, the bears would make the most of that opportunity and they did. Never gave up.

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BabeParilli's picture

December 21, 2025 at 08:55 pm

So many mistakes by the Packers last night - Lafleur not taking the field goal in the 1st quarter and again in overtime, the Jacobs fumble, Doubs not fielding the onside kick, the poor exchange between Rhyan and Willis, and the defense not stopping the Bears on the last drive.

The Steelers and Rodgers may have saved the Packers and Jordan's season today with the victory over the Lions.

If the Lions had beaten the Steelers today and the Packers had lost their last 2 games against Ravens and Vikings, all the Lions would have had to do is split with the Vikings and Bears to take the last playoff spot and eliminate the Packers.

Now the only way the Packers are eliminated from the playoffs is if the Lions win both of their 2 remaining games by beating the Vikings in Minnesota and beating Bears in Chicago and the Packers losing their 2 remaining games to the Ravens next week in Green Bay and Vikings the following week in Minnesota,

With Jordan at QB it is always possible the Packers could lose to the Ravens and Vikings, but at least now the Lions need to sweep the Vikings and Bears.

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Leatherhead's picture

December 22, 2025 at 11:54 am

The Lions have been in decline since they choked away the Championship game two years ago. Dan Campbell is not a genius.

Minnesota has never won a single playoff game with OConnell and they aren't going to win one this year. How would Packer fans feel if MLF had done the same?

The good news is that we still have an 80% chance of making the playoffs. IF we're the #7 seed, we'll probably play Chicago. I like our chances.

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Packerpasty's picture

December 22, 2025 at 12:00 pm

thinking the Pack wins one out of two..Minny...but then again Ravens are tough...dumb of Harbaugh to sit Henry for the last quarter ....it's a good chance Bears lose two, depending on how the Lions feel like playing last game...so if the Bears lose two will the seventh seed still play them or someone tougher like niners or Seattle? I want the Bears..

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Major Snafu's picture

December 22, 2025 at 12:30 pm

The Bears and Niners both clinched yesterday so positions are filling up and for sure the Pack have a tough unwinable game next week against the Vikes. All I know is going forward the die hard pack fans are going to get pretty tired of this team going 8-9 9-7 and missing playoffs because Love is average at best.
The Love fest for him will dry up faster then a rain puddle in the desert.

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