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The Green Bay Packers will enter their Thanksgiving showdown at the Detroit Lions in a precarious space in the NFC playoff race. Almost nothin
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What mattered most from 49ers' Week 12 win over Panthers
The NFC playoff race looks like it's going to come down to the San Francisco 49ers and three other teams in the hunt for one final spot.
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The 49ers took care of business against a Carolina Panthers team whose only win against a team above .500 was the Green Bay Packers, and it showed. If Brock Purdy wasn’t gifting the Panthers those three interceptions, it would be a very different game.
“Josh Jacobs says worst-case scenario is he misses one game,” he reported. “He’s still trying to play Sunday against the [Minnesota] Vikings. If he doesn’t, he was adamant he’s playing Thanksgiving in Detroit.”
The Packers were viewed as favorites to win the division after swinging a trade for Micah Parsons before the 2025 campaign began, and their season-opening win over the Detroit Lions only strengthened their case.