Payback Time: Facing Vikings Best for Packers in Wild Card

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Published: December 30, 2009

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... Bay Packers would get a third shot at the Minnesota Vikings would be in the divisional round of the playoffs and that assumed the Packers would win a wild card game first.

A hot Packers team and a slumping Vikings team have now made such a meeting possible in the wild-card round. 

Thanks to the Vikings losing 36-30 in overtime to the Chicago Bears on Monday, it's possible for the Vikings to lose the No. 2 spot in the NFC that they have held practically all season. 

If that were to occur, the NFC North champion Vikings would host a wild card game with the Packers as a possible opponent.

Now, it's unlikely on paper that this will occur. 

The Giants would have to beat the Vikings, the Cardinals would have to beat the Packers, and then the Eagles would have to beat the Cowboys.  A lot has to happen, but this is the National Football League. As many coaches say, "stranger things have happened."

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