Does Packers game matter in Week 18? How NFL playoff scenarios impact starters vs. Lions

Billy Heyen

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The Green Bay Packers are going to the playoffs.

They've just got one more game to get through first. It's the Detroit Lions taking on the Packers in Week 18.

Detroit is surprisingly already eliminated, so the game won't have the stakes many might have expected.

It also has less meaning for the Packers than you'd think.

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Does the Packers game matter in Week 18?

No, the Packers game won't impact the playoff picture at all in Week 18.

No matter what Green Bay does, it'll be locked in to the No. 7 seed in the NFC.

The Packers will travel to the 2-seed in the first round of the playoffs no matter what.

The No. 2 seed could be either the Chicago Bears (with a win or an Eagles loss) or the Philadelphia Eagles (with a win and a Bears loss).

The fact that the Packers can't move is why Jordan Love and Malik Willis aren't starting at quarterback.

Instead, it'll be Clayton Tune getting the Week 18 start at QB for Green Bay.

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