If you were hoping that Sunday’s action would help the Green Bay Packers’ playoff pursuit, I’m hear to break the unfortunate news. Sitting at 9-4 following the team’s loss to the Detroit Lions on Thursday Night Football, the two things the Packers were rooting against were the Minnesota Vikings building a two-game lead over Green Bay for the top wildcard seed in the NFC and the top NFC West teams winning, which would keep those NFC West teams alive for the sixth or seventh seeds.
The Vikings beat the Atlanta Falcons to go 11-2 on the year while both the Seattle Seahawks, now 8-5, and Los Angeles Rams, now 7-6, beat the Arizona Cardinals and Buffalo Bills, respectively, today.