The Green Bay Packers won't know their foe in the first round of the playoffs until after the games of Week 18, but it's down to just three possibilities, and one potential foe stands as the clear-cut strongest likelihood of the three.
The NFL went to a 17-game schedule in 2021 and a seven-team playoff format in each conference, and it's a good thing, because under the previous model of scheduling, the Packers wouldn't have made the 2024 playoffs despite a strong 11-5 record. Green Bay heads into the final week of the season as the No.