For the sixth straight season, the Green Bay Packers will be watching football instead of playing in a game on Wild Card Weekend. However, unlike the last three years, they will not be watching to see who they will play in the Divisional Round; instead, the Packers are out of the postseason, the first time they have failed to make the playoffs in Matt LaFleur’s tenure as head coach.
With the Packers out, fans of the team — and those who cover them — can watch this weekend’s games entirely focused on the football rather than any potential seeding implications that may result.