The Green Bay Packers are in must-win territory forward of their Week 17 recreation towards the Minnesota Vikings (7-8), and issues will probably be a bit harder than anticipated.
On Wednesday, Inexperienced Bay misplaced two-time Professional Bowl cornerback Jaire Alexander by means of a one-game, team-imposed suspension for a really uncommon motive.
The previous first-round choose should not have been on the sector for the pregame coin toss, and the state of affairs was virtually even more disastrous when he referred to as tails, received the toss and mentioned, “I need our protection on the sector.” Thankfully for the Packers, head coach Matt LaFleur instructed the referees earlier than the competition that if the Packers received the coin flip, they’d defer.
If LaFleur hadn’t taken that step, the official may’ve misunderstood Alexander’s phrases, resulting in the Carolina Panthers getting the ball to start out each halves.
After the sport, LaFleur referred to as the defensive again’s antics a “big mistake.”
That large mistake could possibly be expensive for the Packers.
Per NFL.com’s playoff picture, Inexperienced Bay (7-8) at the moment has a 26% likelihood to make the playoffs, however that determine would soar to 56% with a win and fall to 1% with a loss. In the meantime, if the Packers knock off their NFC North rivals, Minnesota’s postseason chance would go from 29% to five%, but when the Vikings win, their probabilities would go to 51%.
Minnesota’s shot at a win on Sunday night time seemingly took a huge hit Tuesday when it was introduced that star tight finish T.J. Hockenson suffered a season-ending ACL and MCL damage in Week 16.