{"id":659020,"date":"2026-01-06T17:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/659020\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:57:09","slug":"packers-viewed-as-long-shots-in-nfl-power-rankings-entering-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/659020\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers viewed as long shots in NFL power rankings entering playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

After losing Tucker Kraft, Devonte Wyatt and Micah Parsons to season-ending injuries and then losing four straight games to end the regular season, the Green Bay Packers<\/a> are widely (and rightfully) viewed as a long shot among the 14 teams left standing the playoff field. In a review of national NFL power rankings, the Packers don’t come in higher than No. 10 in a single one. That’s hardly surprising considering the Packers are the NFC’s No. 7 seed and haven’t won since Dec. 7.<\/p>\n

Can Matt LaFleur’s team shake off the last month and go on a run, starting on Saturday night in Chicago?<\/p>\n

Here’s where the Packers stand in NFL power rankings entering the postseason:<\/p>\n

USA Today<\/p>\n

Playoff ranking: No. 12<\/a><\/p>\n

From Nate Davis: “Absent from the Super Sunday stage since Rodgers last took them, the Pack enter postseason as a No. 7 seed \u2013 meaning, like the Chargers, they\u2019ll need to be road warriors tasked with facing the conference\u2019s top seeds if they continue to advance \u2013 for the third straight year under current QB1 Jordan Love. And while he led Green Bay on a lovely run two years ago, falling just shy of the NFC championship game, this edition seems more akin to the battered crew that went one-and-done in the 2024 postseason. It\u2019s hard to look much further than DE Micah Parsons, supposedly the missing piece who\u2019d bring another title to Titletown \u2013 and he might yet. But, obviously, he won\u2019t do it this season after tearing his ACL on Dec. 14. The Packers haven\u2019t won since he went down, currently on a four-game skid that\u2019s seen Love get concussed while the defense has effectively disintegrated. Better luck in 2026, fellas.”<\/p>\n

NFL.com<\/p>\n

Playoff ranking: No. 13<\/a><\/p>\n

From Eric Edholm: “The Packers can take solace in the fact that they beat the Bears<\/a> once, should have beaten them a second time in Chicago and now have a chance to make up for that missed opportunity. Losing four straight entering the playoffs doesn\u2019t feel like the best run-up possible, but Green Bay should have something of a clean slate facing a team it clearly matches up well against. I\u2019m assuming that Jordan Love will be starting after sitting the two games since he suffered a concussion at Chicago in Week 16. If he and his receivers can connect on a few vertical shots, Green Bay will have a chance to finish what it started a few weeks ago at Soldier Field. Not having Micah Parsons or Tucker Kraft likely means the Packers won\u2019t win a Super Bowl this season, but a postseason victory over their rivals is right there for the taking.”<\/p>\n

The Athletic<\/p>\n

Playoff ranking:\u00a0No. 13<\/a><\/p>\n

From The Athletic: “The Packers come into the postseason having lost four straight, and their head coach is under some pressure despite posting a 76-40-1 record in seven seasons. Jim Harbaugh and Sean McDermott are the only active coaches with a higher winning percentage, but if Green Bay goes out ugly against the Bears, there will be questions about LaFleur\u2019s future.”<\/p>\n

FOX Sports<\/p>\n

Playoff ranking:\u00a0No. 12<\/a><\/p>\n

From Ralph Vacchiano:\u00a0“They really took the day off, playing mostly the bottom half of their roster against the Vikings. That\u2019s four straight losses to end the season, though, and Matt LaFleur may be coaching for his job next weekend.”<\/p>\n

CBS Sports<\/p>\n

Playoff ranking:\u00a0No. 12<\/a><\/p>\n

From Pete Prisco:\u00a0“The injury bug led to a four-game losing streak to close the season. But with Jordan Love back healthy, they will be a threat in the playoffs.”<\/p>\n

The Ringer<\/p>\n

Playoff ranking:\u00a0No. 10<\/a><\/p>\n

From Diante Lee: “Just because they\u2019re capable of winning in the playoffs doesn\u2019t mean that I trust them.”<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports<\/p>\n

Playoff ranking:\u00a0No. 12<\/a><\/p>\n

From Frank Schwab:\u00a0“Had you told someone after Week 2 that the Packers would finish with fewer than 10 wins, it would have been unbelievable. After Green Bay\u2019s hot start, offensive lineman Rasheed Walker said he thought the team could go undefeated. That proclamation was ridiculous, but it wasn\u2019t outlandish to think the Packers could be the NFL\u2019s best team this season. They weren\u2019t close. And the defense without injured Micah Parsons seems unlikely to lead a long playoff run.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After losing Tucker Kraft, Devonte Wyatt and Micah Parsons to season-ending injuries and then losing four straight games…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[1635,1586,247,265,210,374,692,391,324,3629,8031,474,7,27,41,345,2514,2513,20842,1071,1724,18552,3420,1325,3787,3031,6011,491,2641,4049,248,826,267,330,88,6,35196,245,338,428,6012,34788,3993,1636,818,817,829,9,266,819,1067,14233,776,2328,8032],"class_list":["post-659020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-green-bay-packers","tag-aaron","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-american","tag-american-football","tag-bay","tag-bears","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bears","tag-conference","tag-davis","tag-devonte","tag-devonte-wyatt","tag-football","tag-green","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-greenbay","tag-greenbaypackers","tag-hub","tag-jordan","tag-jordan-love","tag-kraft","tag-lafleur","tag-love","tag-matt","tag-matt-lafleur","tag-micah","tag-micah-parsons","tag-nate","tag-nate-davis","tag-national","tag-national-football-conference","tag-national-sports","tag-negative","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-hub","tag-overall","tag-overall-negative","tag-packers","tag-parsons","tag-rasheed","tag-rasheed-walker","tag-rodgers","tag-scores","tag-sport","tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-statistics","tag-tucker","tag-tucker-kraft","tag-u0026","tag-walker","tag-wyatt"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}