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Welcome into the Pack a day podcast, a non-victory Monday edition of the show, a rare non-victory Monday.

Welcome back.

I always appreciate you listening to me.

I'm your host, Andy Herman.

You can follow me on Twitter at Andy Herman NFL.

Before we begin, before we get started, before we break down the game, go over all the

playoff stuff, and epic cults collapse and epic Chargers, Raiders, Sunday night football

game, before we get to all of that, let's take a deep breath, let's relax a little bit,

let's calm down, let's understand that this game against the Detroit Lions means nothing. And it meant nothing.

And going into the game, you know it meant nothing. And I feel like I need to say that because,

I guess, per usual, Twitter did not react well to the Packers losing to the Lions. And I think,

and I'll go over why in a second, but I think the big thing

always to remember is to set proper expectations going into the game. If your expectation going

into that game was rightfully that this is a coin flip game, the Packers are going to play their

starters in and out, you know, some are going

to get pulled midway through. We're going to see some Jordan Love. You know, yes, the Packers are

playing, quote unquote, to win, but they're not exactly playing to win. And the biggest thing in this

game is to get out of the game healthy, then that's exactly what you saw in this game. And that's how Green Bay should have been playing. And by no way,

shape, or form, does this Packers lost to the Detroit Lions mean absolutely anything as the

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