Packers Season Recap

The Green Bay Packers’ season this year felt a little strange. They were talented on paper — nearly sweeping the division, adding Micah Parsons in a trade, and getting Jordan Love healthy heading into the year. Everything started fast with a 2–0 start against two playoff-caliber teams.

After that is when the season started to change.

Green Bay dropped a game to a struggling Cleveland Browns team, and that was followed by one of the most anticipated matchups of the season — Micah Parsons’ return to Dallas — a wild 40–40 tie with the Cowboys. Suddenly the Packers were 2–2, and people weren’t quite sure what to make of them.

They answered with three straight wins, including one against Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and it looked like the Packers were back on track. But that momentum didn’t last. Losses to Carolina and Philadelphia followed, with the offense scoring just 26 total points in those two games. The biggest blow came in the Panthers game, when tight end Tucker Kraft was lost for the season.

Once again, Green Bay responded. The Packers won four straight, three of them coming against division opponents, putting themselves right back in the playoff picture. But the regular season ended on another rough stretch — four losses in their final games, including one to their bitter rival, the Chicago Bears, who pulled off a late comeback.

The Packers finished 9-7-1, earning the seventh seed in the NFC for the third straight year.

That set up a playoff matchup with the Chicago Bears — just the third time these rivals had ever met in the postseason.

Green Bay came out hot, building a 21–3 halftime lead. But the Bears took control in the second half, holding the Packers scoreless in the third quarter and slowly chipping away. By the fourth, Chicago had all the momentum — and they finished the comeback with 25 points in the final quarter to stun Green Bay for the 2nd time in four games.

Another promising Packers season ended the same way it had the year before: a tough loss in the opening round of the playoffs.