Meaningless games are an inevitable result of the structure of an NFL season. Sooner or later, some teams are going to be eliminated from playoff contention, and chances are always high — if not certain — that a few of those teams are going to be out of the race well before the end of their schedule.
But there are meaningless games and then there are meaningless games, and the last Packers/Jets matchup was about as meaningless as you’ll ever see.
Two days before Christmas in 2018, the 5-8-1 Packers traveled east to face the 3-11 Jets.