NFL 2023 Season Discussion Thread

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A big win for the Packers in Detroit of all places. This was the first time I watched an entire game of them this season and they did not disappoint at any point in the game. Jordan Love can be a good quarterback, now hopefully he doesn't regress to the form he had a few games into this season.

Combined with the loss of the Seahawks yesterday, Green Bay is very much alive in the wild card race even if they lose against the Chiefs as expected. The Cowboys are too good to be in any danger of missing the playoffs, but both the Seahawks and Vikings have enough problems on their own to be safe bets for the playoff spots.

The AFC is so much better than the NFC in interconferential games that a 9-8 record will almost certainly be good enough to sneak into the playoffs on the NFC side. But any path to the playoffs for the Packers comes down to week 17 when they play in Minneapolis against the Vikings; this is the one game that Green Bay absolutely has to win, unless Minnesota completely craters in the coming weeks along with the rest of contenders for the sixth and seventh seeds.

Remaining schedule for the Packers: vs. Chiefs, at Giants, vs. Buccaneers, at Panthers, at Vikings, vs. Bears.