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00:00There's only five weeks remaining in this regular season.
00:06It is now December.
00:08Those playoff pictures in the in the hunt graphics mean even more this month in this
00:14time of year.
00:16Detroit wins last night.
00:17They are 12 and one.
00:19They have won 11 consecutive games.
00:21They maintain that number one overall seed in the NFC postseason picture.
00:26We'll talk about the top of the charts, Joe, between Detroit and Philadelphia in just a
00:31moment.
00:32But although Green Bay lost last night, hampering any hope for the Packers to maybe come back
00:38and win the NFC North, and they are pretty much now aligned to be a playoff team, but
00:44in a wild card scenario, Joe, I don't think you could look at the Packers last night,
00:49the effort and the offense in Detroit and say that this team is not a playoff team and
00:55maybe not worthy of being a contender in the NFC.
00:59The Packers look pretty darn good, and currently they're in that sixth spot, the second of
01:05three NFC wildcard positions.
01:08And I'm just going to make this point.
01:09You really want to be in the five or the sixth spot in that NFC playoff picture because look
01:15at those other divisional leaders at the moment occupying the three and the four seats.
01:21Joe, there's a chance the champion of the NFC West is a game or two above 500.
01:27There's a chance the winner of the NFC South could be below 500 or more than likely just
01:32a game above it.
01:34So to be in those wildcard spots, sure, you don't have home field advantage.
01:37Yes, you must go on the road to start off the postseason, but for teams like Minnesota
01:43and Green Bay, the Packers proved last night to me, they are a true contender who can make
01:49some playoff noise.
01:51Yeah, but at the same time, Ben, they played a great half of football last night because
01:59you can't have a $220 million quarterback, your franchise quarterback, go three of seven
02:06in the first half, Ben, for what, 41 yards, 31 yards, in fact?
02:12He played great in the second half, 12 of 20, 206 on the night, 9 of 13, a buck 75,
02:19three touchdowns in the second half.
02:22It was their inability to show up in the first half, Ben, that cost them that game, and you
02:28and I both know come playoff time, that's not going to work against a better competition.
02:34You had every reason to go out there and do what you did in the second half, the entire
02:39game against that depleted defense, and you took the first half off.
02:43And we've seen that before from this Green Bay team, which is why now they're on the
02:48outside looking in of a division crown.