The Green Bay Packers need to send a belated Christmas card to Aaron Rodgers, and another to the Minnesota Vikings, of all teams, for helping them clinch a playoff berth over the past six days. Unfortunately, that's where the good news ends.
With an embarrassing 41-24 loss at home to the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night, the Packers can no longer win the NFC North. They are locked into the No. 7 seed in the NFC for the third season in a row.
The Packers already faced an uphill battle to keep their Super Bowl dreams alive.