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Green Bay Packers Playoff Scenarios Heading into Week 17 vs. Detroit Lions
The Green Bay Packers play the Detroit Lions in Week 17. Is it really "winner take all?" Turns out, there are several playoff scenarios.
WISCONSIN — The Green Bay Packers travel to Detroit to face the Lions in a winner-take-all match-up for the NFC North Division crown and a playoff berth.
Well, sort of.
Anyone wondering what Green Bay's playoff chances are coming into the final week of the 2016 NFL season should know that the Packer's playoff chances come down to not one, but in fact, two scenarios.
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Scenario 1: The Packers win.
- 3rd Seed - Seattle loses to hapless San Francisco.
- 4th Seed - This is the most likely seed.
Scenario 2 - The Packers lose.
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- 6th Seed - The Packers make the playoffs if the New York Giants beat Washington.
- Out of the Playoffs - Washington wins.
Stay Tuned
The Packers Week 17 game versus the Detroit Lions in Detroit has been flexed to Sunday Night Football on NBC on Jan. 1.
The game was originally supposed to air on FOX at 1 p.m. ET.
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