Yet here the Packers are at 6-6, somehow winners of their last three games, sitting in the NFC’s final playoff spot. A 3-9 record wasn’t just a possibility, it was a probability.

6 selection in the 2024 NFL Draft at 3-6, seemingly primed for a top-five pick with the Chargers, Lions and Chiefs their next three games. Three weeks ago, the Packers owned the No. This iteration of the 2023 Packers, the one that has taken four of its last five games, including consecutive victories against two of the NFL’s best teams in the Lions and Chiefs, is more than just good. But the team we’re watching now isn’t the team we watched for the first half of the season. The Packers’ 6-6 record makes it appear they’re just that - a good team. Good teams do what the Packers did - turn a takeaway into crucial points. Good players do what Nixon did - turn meticulous film study into a game-changing play against one of the best players ever. On the ensuing drive, the Packers took four minutes and five seconds off the clock, using 11 plays to gain 35 yards before Anders Carlson’s 48-yard field goal gave the Packers an eight-point advantage that held firm in a 27-19 upset of the defending Super Bowl champions at Lambeau Field on Sunday night. “We were watching mannerism tape earlier in the week and he tapped his knee and they put two off the ball and I’m like, ‘Oh, I’ve seen this before.’ I knew he was going to run it and he ran it.” The Packers’ nickel cornerback picked off Mahomes with 5:16 remaining in the game, Green Bay clinging to a five-point lead and the Chiefs just inside Packers territory. It almost looked like Nixon was the receiver on the play with how well he read it, beating Moore to the spot as the Chiefs slot receiver looked back for the ball. Sure enough, Mahomes lofted the ball to Moore down the right sideline.

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