MADISON, Wis. — ESPN gave the Green Bay Packers a 3% chance at the playoffs after Week 12. They were 4-8 with five games left.
Many were asking, “Should the Packers move on from the reigning NFL MVP? Is it Jordan Love time?”
MADISON, Wis. — ESPN gave the Green Bay Packers a 3% chance at the playoffs after Week 12. They were 4-8 with five games left.
Many were asking, “Should the Packers move on from the reigning NFL MVP? Is it Jordan Love time?”
“We’ve all seen some of the commentary outside as we went from 4-8 to 5-8 to 6-8, and nobody is worried about the Packers, blah, blah, blah, what’re they going to say now?” Aaron Rodgers said.
The formula is simple: win and you’re in. The Packers control their own playoff destiny.
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For places like Sconnie Bar, the Packers’ good fortune is good for business.
“Those are when we really see an uptick, and I think with these last couple games being do-or-die where essentially the season is over if we lose any of these games, we’re expecting a big crowd and a playoff-type atmosphere this coming Sunday,” said Lucas Simon-Wambach, the general manager at Sconnie Bar.
Even if you don’t go north to Lambeau Field, you can still get that gameday experience, surrounded by green and gold.
On Sundays, Sconnie offers half-priced burgers, and Jordan’s Big 10 Pub allows fans to enter a raffle for the chance to win prizes if the Packers perform well.
“It’s nice having it on a bunch of different TVs and having a ton of people around you; like in yesterday’s game, every time there was a turnover, the crowds went nuts, so it’s nice having that excitement with everyone else around you,” Simon Wambach said.
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“The tailgates are part of the experience, right, because you’re with your friends and family, and there’s good food, good drink, and good times,” said Bobb Schroeder, who will be watching this week’s game at Jordan’s Big 10 Pub.
When the Packers were 4-8, no one even saw a path to the playoffs. And even if he didn’t say it before, Rodgers looked at the remaining schedule and thought, “Let’s run the table.”
“I just felt like if we get one of those, we can win the last five, and 9-8 was going to get in. I didn’t really go around saying that, because you don’t really want to say, hey, if we get one of these next three, you know, we can maybe make the playoffs, but in my head that’s what I was thinking,” Rodgers said.
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