This would be wild.
In a Bleacher Report story titled "Ranking Every NFL Team's Path to the 2026 Playoffs," NFL analyst Brad Gagnon ranked the Green Bay Packers 15th.
The Packers are in the "living on the bubble" group.
"The Packers have missed the playoffs just once this decade, and they still won eight games that year," Gagnon wrote. "That said, Micah Parsons' injury is a real pain, and the NFC North is stacked."
The Packers went 0-4 to finish the 2025 season and lost to the Chicago Bears in the wild-card round of the playoffs despite having a 21-6 lead.
Micah Parsons tore his ACL last season against the Denver Broncos in Week 15. Green Bay didn't win a game after that.
The Packers lost Romeo Doubs to the New England Patriots in free agency and traded Dontayvion Wicks to the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason.
Without Wicks and Doubs, Green Bay has Tucker Kraft, Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, Matthew Golden, Savion Williams, Skyy Moore, Jakobie Keeney-James, Isaiah Neyor and Will Sheppard on their roster at wideout for Jordan Love to target.
Love signed a four-year, $220 million contract with Green Bay in 2024. It's time for him to play like a superstar and live up to that monster contract.
The 27-year-old Love finished last season with 3,381 passing yards and 23 passing touchdowns while completing 66.3% of his passes.
Love enters next season with 11,535 passing yards and 83 passing touchdowns. He's 27-20-1 as a starter.
The Packers open the 2026 season against the Minnesota Vikings. It's time for Love to play like an MVP, especially since Parsons will miss the start of the campaign recovering from his ACL tear.
Love recently revealed the "biggest thing" he's trying to improve in his game. The gunslinger is focused on his footwork moving forward.
"My biggest thing that I've noticed since I got back is just my feet in the pocket, trying to be as smooth and consistent as possible," Love said. "When I go through my reads, get into my hitches and not getting antsy, not getting to that point where you're trying to move through the pocket too fast. Just staying calm, staying relaxed, move through my reads. If I've gotta move around in the pocket, keeping those movements pretty tight and not kind of running into where guys might be peeling off and able to hit you."
According to Packers.com, Love is one of only three QBs to throw 80-plus touchdown passes with fewer than 30 interceptions since 2023. The other two? Reigning MVP Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams and two-time MVP Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens.
Let's see if Love can win the MVP award next season.
