Get hot in December. Enter the playoffs with momentum. Make a run. That's always the goal, but the Green Bay Packers are heading in the opposite direction.
Losers of three straight, the Packers will limp into the playoffs for the second straight season, and it's the third year in a row they must settle for the NFC's seventh and final seed. It leaves them with a tough decision regarding Jordan Love ahead of their regular-season finale in Minnesota.
Matt LaFleur said he hasn't made his choice yet, but ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that with the Packers locked into the seventh seed and unable to improve their position, they are "expected to rest key players next week.