PACKERS SQUAD SHOW: Can the Packers STOP the Slide Before the Playoffs? | Who Should Play in Week 18

After dropping three straight games, the Green Bay Packers head to Minnesota to face the Vikings in the regular-season finale. With the Packers locked into the No. 7 seed in the NFC playoffs, the debate shifts to who should play, who should rest, and how much this game really matters. Peter Bukowski, Coach Jags, and Brandon Sneide preview the matchup, break down the keys to a Packers win, discuss lineup decisions, and give their final score predictions.

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18 comments
  1. I get that we’re short on players and some of those players we’d rather have are going to need to suit up. But the Minnesota game can still be managed so our top guys aren’t stuck playing a ton of high-contract snaps. If I’m the coaching staff, I’m drawing up a plan that shortens the game as much as possible by running the ball a lot, and a softer zone defensively that gives up underneath throws and encourages the Minnesota Vikings to run the ball so the clock keeps on moving. If our key players end up with 15-20 fewer snaps because both teams are running the ball on 3rd and long, that’s a win in my book. Go Pack Go 💚💚💛💛🧀🧀

  2. The 25 Packers will be the team to breaks first in every big game they play. Not clutch, will lose the turnover game. Has zero killer instincts. This team is weak physically and mentally

  3. have you seen love act anything other than "nonchalant", or have a sense of urgency. or trying to look cool. I haven't seen him take this team on his shoulders and say I'm going to win this sucker

  4. Show me one team in NFL history that quit in week 15 because they knew the season was over and then went on to win in the playoffs. Anyone believing in the 2025 Green Bay packers is a complete idiot. It’s OVER!!!!

  5. If rest vs rust isn’t a conversation why did the packers play starters last year week 18 when the spot was clinched? Matt literally admitted it was a conversation last year. Of course it’s a conversation

  6. Did Peter just literally say it doesn’t matter if you’re going into the playoffs extremely hot or extremely cold? Going in winning 4 strait Vs losing 4 strait doesn’t matter? Peter can’t believe this nonsense. Peter, I’ll bet you anything the packers are one and done in the playoffs. Anything!

  7. Peter does not believe what he’s saying. Peter admitted after the parsons injury that “it’s over” and things have only gotten exponentially worse since then. Peter has to be lying. Maybe to himself hahaha. But he doesn’t believe this nonsense. Packers won’t win again until next season.

  8. Peters worst most cope episode in the history of the show. And usually I love Peter. But he does not believe what he said tonight. The packers are RIGHT NOW a bottom 10 team in the nfl. Week 7 doesn’t matter anymore. This team has checked out, it’s over.

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