GREEN BAY -- The Green Bay Packers' 38-8 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, December 27th means the NFC North title will be at stake next Sunday, January 3rd at Lambeau Field when the Vikings visit Green Bay. The game has been moved to a different time slot. Originally, kickoff was set for noon on January 3rd. Kickoff will instead take place at 7:25 p.m. Sunday.
The Vikings were set to face the Giants on Sunday night, December 27th -- but regardless of that result, the winner of the Week 17 Packers-Vikings game will be NFC North champion, according to Packers.com.
Arizona (13-2) clinched a first-round bye with the win vs. the Packers. The Cardinals still have a chance at the No. 1 seed in the NFC following the first loss of the season by Carolina (14-1) earlier Sunday.
If the Seattle Seahawks lost to the St. Louis Rams Sunday, the only playoff seeds in play for the Packers would be the No. 3 or the No. 5.
The Packers would earn the No. 3 seed by beating the Vikings next week, or the No. 5 seed with a loss.
If they were to win the No. 3 seed, Green Bay would host either Minnesota, Seattle or Atlanta on wild-card weekend.
If the Packers get the No. 5 seed, they would travel to Washington to face the NFC East champion Redskins.