Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Packers’ Savion Williams tells funny story about buying a Christmas tree
Williams, who appeared on this week’s Clubhouse Live, had to improvise to make sure the wide receiver room was properly decorated for the holidays.
The Green Bay Packers still have a chance to win the NFC North title — but the path to get there is pretty narrow.
To overtake the North-leading Chicago Bears (11-4), the Packers (9-5-1) will most likely need these events to happen:
They’ll have to beat both the Baltimore Ravens at home on Dec. 27 and the Minnesota Vikings on the road the following weekend — the date and time of the game hasn’t been set.Also, the Packers need the Bears to lose both at San Francisco on Dec. 28 and at home against Detroit the following weekend.
If all four of those results happen, that would make the Packers 11-5-1 and the Bears 11-6 and give Green Bay the division crown.
But what if the Packers win both games and the Bears lose one and tie one?
Both teams would be 11-5-1 and they split their season series. The next tiebreaker is their record against NFC North teams. In that scenario, the Packers’ NFC North record would be 5-1 and the Bears’ NFC North record would be either 2-3-1 or 2-4, depending on who they tied with. So the Packers would win the title.
Of course that’s a highly unlikely series of results. Basically, the Packers need to win both game and the Bears need to lose both games.
The New York Times playoff simulator puts Green Bay’s chances to win the NFC North at 11%.