The Packers got the Perfect Weekend

After winning a Thursday night game the Packers got to sit back and watch a weekend of football unfold, and it could not have gone any better for them. The win against the Bears put even more distance between Chicago and anyone else in the NFC North (not that the Bears were ever going to be a playoff contender) and the Eagles beating the Vikings shortened the gap between the Packers and first place in the NFC North.

Although come to think about it, the Vikings loss was good for everyone because it will finally mean people will stop talking about Sam Bradford as an early candidate for MVP. Not only are Packers fans and football fans in general spared from future talk of Bradford as an MVP, but the loss put the Packers only a game and a half behind the Vikings in the NFC North standings, and the next time the two teams play it will be a Christmas Eve game in Lambeau. The Vikings should win against the Bears next Monday night, but then they head to Detroit to play a Lions team that’s won three in a row and has started to look frisky, meaning that there’s a good chance that the Vikings are sitting at 6-2 in early November.

The tie between the Seahawks and Cardinals on Sunday Night Football keeps both of those teams from putting another tick in the win column, but also helps the Packers because one of them is almost definitely going to be taking up a Wild Card spot, so this tie could come back to haunt them. If the Packers didn’t end up winning the NFC North and nothing too drastic changed between now and the end of the season they would be competing with Arizona, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York and Washington for the two NFC Wild Card spots.

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But the season is not over anytime soon and things are already changing. The Vikings offense was almost nonexistent and Bradford looked like a backup yesterday, throwing check down pass after check down pass and getting abused by Eagles defenders in the pocket. Juxtapose that showing to the Packers offense on Thursday, which got in rhythm in the second half and scored three touchdowns to put the game far out of the Bears reach. It’s clear to see that things are going to change in the NFC North if the Packers can keep their offense from fizzling out again, and if the Packers can get healthy they’re the clear frontrunner in the NFC North. Green Bay may not have the Vikings defense, but they’ve got more proven potential on offense than Minnesota and a patchwork defense that’s doing just enough to keep them in games. If nothing else goes drastically wrong for Green Bay then they’ve got a serious chance to win the division, which is going to be a big deal when you consider just how many Wild Card contenders there are going to be in the NFC this year.

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