The NFL announced Monday that the Packers-Lions game at Lambeau Field will be the final game of the regular season on Sunday night at 8:20 p.m. ET.
— The Green Bay Packers got all the help they needed Sunday so that all they have to do is win their regular-season finale against the Detroit Lions on Sunday night to make the playoffs. On Monday, they might have gotten one more assist from the NFL.
The league announced that the Packers-Lions game at Lambeau Field will be the final game of the regular season on Sunday night at 8:20 p.m. ET.
Both the Packers and Lions are 8-8, but the Packers need no other help to clinch the NFL’s final wild-card spot if they win. However, the Lions need the Seattle Seahawks (8-8) to lose to the Los Angeles Rams (5-11). Because that game will be played at 4:25 p.m. ET and will be over before the Packers-Lions kickoff, a Seahawks win would eliminate the Lions, who would then have nothing to play against the Packers, who would knock out the Seahawks if it beats the Lions.
The league announced the final schedule just as Packers coach Matt LaFleur began his regularly scheduled Monday news conference.
