How the Packers can still earn the NFC’s number one seed

1. Win out

While it would still be mathematically possible for the Packers to lose a game and still finish first in the NFC, that would be highly unlikely. To have a realistic chance, they’ll need to win all four of their remaining games on the calendar. That would give the Packers an impressive 13-3 record and would guarantee they’d have the NFC North title. It would also ensure they’d finish with no worse than the third seed in the conference.

Winning out will likely come down to the game at Minnesota. The Packers have a comfortable schedule in the next two weeks with games against Washington and Chicago, and closing out the season at Detroit is also a good matchup. There’s a good chance Green Bay will finish the year either 4-0 or 3-1, with the most likely loss coming against the Vikings.

The game at U.S. Bank Stadium could be for the division title. It may not. A loss might not end the Packers’ division title hopes, but defeat to the Vikings would almost certainly end their chances of securing home-field advantage in the playoffs.

Matt LaFleur will only be focused on one game at a time, but realistically, the Packers’ only hope of the top seed is to run the table in December.