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Packers-Patriots game could shift both teams’ playoff chances
The Green Bay Packers visit the New England Patriots this weekend in a matchup that could affect both teams’ playoff hopes.
The NFL season is reaching its halfway point, and the Packers are 5-3 after recovering from a 1-2 start.
Both teams would make the playoffs if they began today, but each would be a No.
7 seed.
A projected win would lift Green Bay’s playoff chance from 56% to 67% and New England’s from 63% to 73%.
The Patriots face a difficult run of games after this one, while the Packers next play the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams.
Other key games include Tampa Bay against Chicago and Los Angeles against Washington, with the outcomes also affecting teams’ postseason chances.
The projections put Chicago’s current playoff chance at 87%, compared with 54% for Tampa Bay.
The Packers and Patriots meet Sunday in a game that could change both teams’ playoff chances.
SportsLine projections put Green Bay’s current playoff chance at 56% and New England’s at 63%.
A Packers win would raise those chances to 67% and 73%, respectively.
A loss would lower them to 46% for Green Bay and 51% for New England.
Both teams would currently qualify as the No. 7 seeds in their divisions if the season ended now.
- Who
- The Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots.
- What
- They will play a game that could affect both teams’ playoff chances.
- When
- Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- The outcome could shift each team’s projected chance of making the playoffs.
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Green Bay rallied to reach a 5-3 record.
CBS Sports published SportsLine projections for the upcoming Packers-Patriots game.
The Packers are scheduled to play the Patriots on Fox.
- Packers’ current playoff chance
- 56%
- Patriots’ current playoff chance
- 63%
- Packers’ chance with a win
- 67%
- Patriots’ chance with a win
- 73%
- Packers’ chance with a loss
- 46%
- Patriots’ chance with a loss
- 51%