With a win Monday night, the Packers put themselves squarely back in the NFC playoff picture if only by virtue of record. For much of the game, and frankly much of the season, Green Bay has not played like a playoff team. If the offense is clicking, the defense can’t get a stop. If the defense is getting stops, Aaron Rodgers can’t get on the same page with his receivers or the playcalling bogs down. And even when some combination of those things do work in conjunction, the special teams remains an indefatigable trash fire.
Is the Packers’ win over the 49ers a jumping off point or simply forestalling the inevitable?
