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The Green Bay Packers enter their bye week with a tougher path to winning the NFC North after losses to the Minnesota Vikings and the division-leading Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n

However, they are in a better position than they were at the same point last season.<\/p>\n

If the playoffs started today, the Packers (6-3) would be the NFC\u2019s No. 7 seed, the same spot they were in last year. At this point last season, they were 3-6 but managed to win six of their final eight games.<\/p>\n

That late-season push included a wild-card win over Dallas before they were eliminated with a 24-21 loss to San Francisco in the divisional playoffs. That stretch made Green Bay believe this year\u2019s team could reach the Super Bowl for the first time since their 2010 championship season.<\/p>\n

To achieve that goal, the Packers know they need to improve their performance in the second half of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things we\u2019re going to talk about as a staff is just some of the things we did the back half of the (2023) season to allow us to develop and continue to get better,\u201d said coach Matt LaFleur on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Green Bay Packers players celebrates after a first down in the 1st half<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cA lot of it just started with our approach to practice, how much competition we had in practice. I thought it made practices have more energy, and I thought it reflected in our play, quite frankly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Packers are currently third in the NFC North behind the Lions (7-1) and Vikings (6-2). Green Bay will face Detroit on Dec. 5 and Minnesota on Dec. 29.<\/p>\n

The Packers are 0-2 in divisional games, with five turnovers and three takeaways in their 31-29 loss to Minnesota and their defeat to Detroit on Sunday. In their other seven games, they have totaled 16 takeaways and just eight giveaways.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are two games that we did not play our best at all,\u201d quarterback Jordan Love said after the loss to the Lions. \u201cSo too many mistakes and, like I said, just didn\u2019t play our best in these games.<\/p>\n

We need to be able to go out there and execute at a high level and play our best ball. So, it\u2019s definitely very disappointing, but (those are) two teams that we\u2019ll see again this season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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