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Welcome into an all new episode of the Pack A Day podcast. I'm your host, Andy Herman. You can follow me on Twitter at Andy Herman NFL. Can find the podcast at Packaday podcast. It is Paul Brettel day. It's a little bit later in the week. This is going to air on Friday. We're recording this on Tuesday, full disclosure. But Paul, I'm excited to not only look back a little bit at Packers Bears,

as well as look forward to Packers Broncos, which has the makings of another really fun game this week. But before we jump into all of that, how are you doing, my friend? Excellent, Andy. Thanks for having me. You're welcome. I'm a terrible host. I should mention as well. You can find him on social media at Paul underscore Brettel. You can find him on the Wisconsin State Journal as well where he does an incredible job covering the Packers.

So make sure to check that out as soon as you get a chance. Paul, let's start with the Chicago Bears per usual. I will give you the floor. And what were some of your kind of key takeaways from that game? Yeah. And I know obviously by this point in the week, right, you've covered that game inside and out. So I'll kind of just take a step back. And I remember a couple weeks ago now, right?

The big R. this point in the week, right, you've covered that game inside and out. So I'll kind of just take a step

back. And I remember a couple weeks ago now, right, the big article I'd written going into that

Vikings game was this critical stretch of games that the Packers had ahead of them. Like, and I don't

think it's hyperbole to say that these last three games were, you know, season defining, right, to,

to an extent.

And at least putting the Packers in a position of, all right, what is their playoff

path going to look like and where are they going to be positioned?

And as we know, they ended up going three and oh during that stretch.

They're the two seed.

They currently hold the lead in the

NFC north. But I think on the flip side of that, there's still a lot of football left. Like it feels to

me like we're coming to the, you know, we can see the playoffs on the horizon, right? Everyone's

running their playoffs, simulators, see what are the odds of this seed, that seed division, all that stuff.

There's still a month left in the season.

And I think that that was a big part of the messaging coming off of the win on Sunday, right?

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