OUT OF TUNE: Packers not worried about rust in backup-filled loss to Vikings in Week 18

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Clayton Tune looked terrible, but the Packers defense fought its tail off against a hungry Vikings team. Don't worry about the layoff; Green Bay needed to get healthy. Plus who looked good and who struggled, given more opportunities for Green Bay in Week 18?

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0:00.0	The Green Bay Packers went into week 18 with a chance to go to the playoffs on a four-game losing streak.
0:08.8	They're going to.
0:10.1	They played week 18 like they didn't care if they did or not.
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1:12.9	The Packers lost to the Vikings 16 to 3.
1:15.6	They didn't care.
1:17.1	I don't know why you would either.
1:19.9	I want to talk about the players who played well, the guys, and maybe the coaches who did not play so well and one decision in particular.
1:29.8	But really, too, that I just did not understand from this Packers coaching staff with the way that they handled this game.
1:36.3	But here's what really matters.
1:39.9	The Packers went into this game saying come out healthy.
1:43.7	They learned their lesson last year playing a game that turned out to be meaningless
1:48.2	but did not go into the day meaningless.
1:51.0	Like, let's not forget that there was something to play for there at the end,
1:56.4	just in terms of seating for the Packers in that week 18 game against the Bears last year.
2:03.1	It didn't end up mattering because the commanders came back to win,
2:06.0	but had the commanders lost and the Packers won, they would have flipped.
2:09.9	Maybe things turn out differently for them.
2:12.3	That's now what ended up happening.
2:13.9	And they lose Christian Watson and they lose Jordan Love. Here's the thing. The Packers have
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