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@Peter_Bukowski Depends on whether Brian Parker is available. I'd guess the Packers like him more (because of that versatility).

Brian Gutekunst said they didn't intend to draft a center-only player but they had a Zoom with Sam Hecht, who is a consensus 3rd round player. If he's there at 153, you have to, don't you?

@Peter_Bukowski I am more concerned about the complete lack of big play ability there. A "great" game by our CBs is holding up in coverage, but this is a group that forces virtually no takeaways. Major ball-skills issue there ever since Sul left.

I am sympathetic to the concerns about CB play in GB, but even without Jaire Alexander the last two years, no team has said, "We are going to attack your bad CBs." This is not 2020 with Kevin King where teams would just throw at him all game.

@PackersNotes I see what you did here...

Bringing back Aaron Rodgers would suggest the Steelers are OK with sneaking into the playoffs and then being eliminated in the wild-card round yet again. What self-respecting franchise would consider that good enough?

@AaronNagler I think this was, "let's wait a week to announce the extension for the guy whose team just blew a 21-3 lead against their division rival in the WC round."

“Let’s wait until the playoff games start then seal the deal while everyone’s distracted.” Ed Policy, probably,

@zacobson He says this every f*cking year lmao.

Matt LaFleur said the only way that the Packers can ensure another gut-wrenching loss like Saturday's doesn't happen again is to accept it for what it is and use it as fuel for the future. "This one stings, and it should sting, and it should sting for a long time," he says. "When these guys are training away from the facility and there's a moment where, 'Aw, man, I don't feel like doing this today.' Think about how you felt in that locker room. Maybe that can get you motivated to get up off your butt and do what you need to do to get a little bit better. That's going to be the message to these guys and they have to use that as fuel."

@PackersNotes Only caveat there is the Eagles pass rush compared to the Bears is like Miami FL vs. Miami OH. If Morgan can remotely play like a 1st round caliber talent, we should be fine against this team.

@PackersNotes They stuck to the script too. Play tough all half but still give up the TD right before half. A GB staple.

Good effort by the defense in the first half. The offense just had no chance.

@Peter_Bukowski Give him half of 52's snaps next week.

Barryn Sorrell has had the most disruptive 3-drive stretch of any non-Parsons defensive lineman this season. That's both a compliment and an indictment.

@WesHod Luck? That's all Matt LaFleur. Dude can't help himself with the runs/throws behind the LOS.

The Packers can't change their red-zone luck, settling for a 24-yard Brandon McManus field goal to cut Baltimore's lead to 27-17 with 9:10 left in the third.

@Peter_Bukowski Have you watched the Packers play defense the last 20 years? This is all they know.

I just don’t understand giving this offense so much cushion. Dare them to throw it over your head.

@zachkruse2 I get this but at some point, "bad luck" and blowing leads is part of your identity after it occurs every year. Late in games when we try to put it away, we often can count on 3 things: our Off not closing it out, our Def giving up scores on the last 1-2 drives, and a ST blunder.

Against their toughest 4-game stretch of the season (at DET, vs. CHI, at DEN, at CHI), the Packers held two-score leads in the second half of all 4 games. Took incredible bad luck to go 2-2. Does this team have a run in it? Sure. Why not? Finding it will take something special.

@PackersNotes It's almost comical. This is "raise the banner" type of stuff for them. You never apologize for winning but this is as close as you could possibly get to one. Lol.

Bears fans are awfully chirpy after their team needed a near miracle to beat a Packers team without Jordan Love, Zach Tom, Tucker Kraft, Elgton Jenkins, Micah Parsons, Devonte Wyatt, and Evan Williams.

@ESPNMilwaukee @RobDemovsky The Packers only have 3 RBs on the roster and didn't elevate anyone. Pretty obvious Jacobs will be active.

"He didn't practice at all and on Thursday he was still limping through the locker room." @RobDemovsky on if Josh Jacobs is playing tonight or not. #GoPackGo

@TylerDBrooke Freudian slip by Herby there.

“All we’ve heard about is Sam Bradford can’t win a big game”

@mattschneidman Win the North and guarantee yourself at least two home playoff games as the 1 or 2.

Through 14 weeks

@Peter_Bukowski I mean to be fair, there's a good chance he sits with the rest of the starters for most of the 4th when the game is out of reach...😉

Can’t wait for LaFleur to tell us after the game that Reed played more than they planned

@RobDemovsky So flexed to Sunday Night Football or Saturday Night Football on the 20th?

Packers at the Bears will be in prime time on Dec. 20.

@Ferd_Turgeson @zachkruse2 No need to be obtuse to promote an agenda. Golden's injury didn't just manifest yesterday. Packers clearly were leaning one way. This is just how the team handles banged up players and they've done so for years. There are times to be cautious, I'd argue this game isn't one.

@beanfm @zachkruse2 When did you hear that they knew they weren't going to have Golden? He was literally on the field going through a workout to see if he could go?

The four primary WRs today will be Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks and Malik Heath. Watson is your man coverage beater. Need Doubs to make contested catches. Wicks slot. Heath had a career-high 4 catches for 46 yards in the 2023 Thanksgiving Day win in Detroit.

@PackersNotes Unfortunately, the Bears' fantasy season thus far, as well as the Niners surviving as they did with Mac Jones created this predicament. Needed one of those teams to have a few more losses by this point to create some cushion for that last WC spot, and it just didn't happen.

The NFC East and South will likely have one playoff team (probably Philly and Tampa). That would leave six teams - Packers, Bears, Lions, Rams, Seahawks, and 49ers - battling for five spots.