With Sunday’s chaotic win over the Detroit Lions and Minnesota’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Packers officially clinched the NFC North and a trip to the playoffs. The cherry on top of the football sundae was the Saints losing to the Eagles put the Packers at the top of the NFC, currently holding the #1 seed and the conferences lone bye week.
This Packer team sits atop the NFC and, more importantly, is having a blast doing it. Perhaps nothing else crystallizes how much fun this team is having like their Austin Powers-related references.
In the third quarter during Detroit, Aaron Rodgers ran a six-yard touchdown in himself and unleashed a randy cry of “I love goooooold!