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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/packers-news-green-bay-encouraging-christian-watson-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Packers get encouraging Christian Watson injury update');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Green-Bay-gets-encouraging-Christian-Watson-injury-update.jpg"></figure><h1>Packers get encouraging Christian Watson injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T11:52:55-08:00">December 24th, 11:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T11:52:55-08:00">December 24th, 11:52am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Green Bay Packers destroyed the New Orleans Saints in their Week 16 matchup, with the final score settling in at 34-0. While pretty much everything went the Packers way, they were dealt a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-christian-watson-leaves-saints-game-with-troubling-injury">potentially devastating injury when star wide receiver Christian Watson</a> was forced out of the game early with a knee injury.</p><p>Watson is arguably Green Bay’s top big-play threat, so being without him for a period of time could have been catastrophic. Head coach Matt LaFleur indicated after the game that there was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-christian-watson-crossing-fingers-concerning-injury-suffered-saints-game">some concern regarding Watson’s injury</a>, but he changed course on Tuesday afternoon, saying that Watson had <a href="https://x.com/mattschneidman/status/1871617474032206190" rel="noopener">only suffered a knee bruise</a>, and that he could potentially play in Week 17 against the Minnesota Vikings.</p><p>“Matt LaFleur says the Packers got good news on Christian Watson. Just a knee bruise. Could potentially play Sunday in Minnesota,” Matt Schneidman of The Athletic said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.</p><h2><b>Packers will need Christian Watson healthy for upcoming postseason run</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Packers-wide-receiver-Christian-Watson.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This is great news for Green Bay, as losing Watson would have been a tough blow for them. Watson only has 29 catches on the year, but he’s managed to do quite a bit with those catches, as he’s racked up 620 yards and two scores on those plays. And now, it seems like he’s avoided the worst case scenario with this injury, as he could end up playing in Week 17 in a huge clash against the Vikings.</p><p>Given how the Packers will be more focused on their postseason run then their final two regular season games at this point, they could opt to play it safe with Watson in an effort to preserve his health. Regardless, this is a great update on Watson, and the Packers will look to keep up their positive momentum in their huge Week 17 matchup.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Packers get encouraging Christian Watson injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/packers-news-green-bay-nfl-history-total-domination-saints');   ga('set', 'title', 'Packers make NFL history with total domination of Saints');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Packers-make-NFL-history-with-total-domination-of-Saints.jpg"></figure><h1>Packers make NFL history with total domination of Saints</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T10:22:29-08:00">December 24th, 10:22am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T10:22:55-08:00">December 24th, 10:22am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP,  he's writing sports betting predictions for numerous sites across North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-jordan-loves-big-time-reacting-clinching-playoff-spot">The Green Bay Packers clinched a playoff spot for the fifth time in six years on Monday evening</a> and it came in emphatic fashion.</p><p>Matt LaFleur’s squad hammered the New Orleans Saints 34-0 and <a href="https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/1871465999779975288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1871465999779975288%7Ctwgr%5Ee08dd6d7bad38012368e83483406773c8caeb39d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.clutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D3180939action%3Dedit" rel="noopener">made history</a> in more ways than one in the process.</p><p>Via OptaSTATS:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The <a href="https://twitter.com/packers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@packers</a>' Monday night performance:</p><p>30+ point shutout<br>400+ yards while allowing under 200<br>0 turnovers<br>0 fumbles<br>0 sacks taken<br>0 missed kicks</p><p>No other team in NFL history has done all of that in the same game. <a href="https://t.co/xX9g71crQz">pic.twitter.com/xX9g71crQz</a></p><p>— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaSTATS/status/1871465999779975288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Now that’s what we call dominance on both sides of the ball. The Packers had 404 total yards while allowing just 196 to the Saints. The craziest part about their 34 points? Quarterback Jordan Love didn’t even have a great day. He completed just 16 of 28 passes for 182 yards and a touchdown.</p><p>Most of the damage came on the ground, with Josh Jacobs, Emanuel Wilson, and Chris Brooks all finding the end zone. Jacobs led the way with 13 carries for 69 yards. He’s been a brilliant signing for Green Bay. Out wide, Jayden Reed had three catches for 76 yards.</p><p>The Packers have now made the playoffs in all but one season under head coach Matt LaFleur and they will be a team to watch. This group is capable of making a run in the NFC and showed a few weeks ago they can keep up with the Detroit Lions, losing a nailbiter.</p><p>There was a concerning injury development on Monday Night Football, However. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-christian-watson-leaves-saints-game-with-troubling-injury">WR Christian Watson left the game in the second half</a> with a knee issue and never returned. He’s a key target for Love.</p><p>“There’s some concern there, certainly,” LaFleur said after Monday’s game, per ESPN. “We’re going to get some more testing done tomorrow. Hopefully, I’ll have an answer for you tomorrow.”</p><p>Love initially played through the injury before realizing he should probably shut it down:</p><p>“It definitely hurt right away, but it felt like it was good enough to go back in, so I went back in and it was feeling all right,” Watson said. “But it was just kind of lingering a little bit and I just couldn’t play the type of football I wanted to play, so I just had to shut it down.”</p><p>The Packers are now 11-2 and will face the Minnesota Vikings in Week 17.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Packers make NFL history with total domination of Saints

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/packers-news-josh-jacobs-awesome-gesture-teammate-score-first-career-td');   ga('set', 'title', 'Josh Jacobs reveals awesome gesture so Packers teammate could score first career TD');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Josh-Jacobs-reveals-awesome-gesture-so-teammate-could-score-first-career-TD.jpg"></figure><h1>Josh Jacobs reveals awesome gesture so Packers teammate could score first career TD</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T09:37:53-08:00">December 24th, 9:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T15:30:27-08:00">December 24th, 3:30pm</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Green Bay Packers destroyed the New Orleans Saints on “Monday Night Football,” with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-jordan-loves-big-time-reacting-clinching-playoff-spot">final score settling in at 34-0</a>.</p><p>It looked like it could be a big night for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-packers-josh-jacobs-xavier-mckinney-couldnt-be-happier-to-be-off-raiders-giants">star running back Josh Jacobs</a> early on, but he ended up sitting out most of the second half with the game being totally uncompetitive. Before that, though, he ended up giving second-year running back Chris Brooks an early Christmas present.</p><p>The Packers found the end zone on each of their first three drives with Jacobs scoring his lone touchdown of the night on the second drive.</p><p>On the next drive, the Packers made their way down to the one-yard line, so Jacobs’ coaches turned to him and tried to sub him back into the game. He ended up not doing so, saying he’d rather see Brooks, who was on the field at the time, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6017635/2024/12/24/packers-clinch-playoff-spot-saints/?source=emp_shared_article" rel="noopener">score the first touchdown</a> of his career.</p><p>“And I’m like, ‘Nah, let him get it,’” Jacobs said. “He deserve it, and hopefully he get another one…Nobody is in this building more than him, so let me start there…We had a Christmas party and after the Christmas party, he was in here getting his body right.</p><p>“He’s very intentional with what he wants to accomplish. He does never say no to whatever coaches have him do, whether it’s special teams or anything.”</p><h2><b>Josh Jacobs gave Chris Brooks quite a Christmas present in Packers’ win</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Packers-running-back-Josh-Jacobs-and-Saints-safety-Ugo-Amadi.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Mark Hoffman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After going undrafted in the 2023 NFL Draft, Brooks spent the 2023 campaign with the Miami Dolphins before latching on with the Packers this year. He hasn’t gotten much action with Jacobs and Emanuel Wilson leading the way at running back, but with the Saints getting steamrolled in this one, Green Bay opted to turn to him more frequently in an effort to give Jacobs a rest.</p><p>While Jacobs could have added another touchdown to his impressive 2024 campaign, he wanted to see Brooks enjoy a moment that he’s been working very hard to achieve behind the scenes.</p><p>This is a pretty awesome revelation from Jacobs, especially if he’s not on your fantasy team, but he will have to get ready to take on a heavier workload moving forward as Green Bay finishes their season against the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions before embarking on their playoff run.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Josh Jacobs reveals awesome gesture so Packers teammate could score first career TD

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/packers-news-josh-jacobs-dismisses-injury-concerns-after-dominant-saints-win');   ga('set', 'title', 'Josh Jacobs dismisses injury concerns after dominant Saints win');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Packers-news-Josh-Jacobs-dismisses-injury-concerns-after-dominant-Saints-win.jpg"></figure><h1>Josh Jacobs dismisses injury concerns after dominant Saints win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T07:23:51-08:00">December 24th, 7:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T07:23:51-08:00">December 24th, 7:23am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Green Bay Packers got exactly what they wanted as an early Christmas present. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-offense-suffers-fate-unseen-2024-packers">Green Bay destroyed New Orleans 34-0</a> on Monday Night Football, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tucker-kraft-sends-strong-message-to-packers-after-clinching-playoff-berth">securing a playoff berth in the process</a>. The Packers played so well that they were able to give some players rest during the second half.</p><p>Packers fans were worried that Josh Jacobs could have sustained an injury during the blowout win. Thankfully, Jacobs eased everyone’s worries <a href="https://x.com/mattschneidman/status/1871420345355497938" rel="noopener">with a simple explanation during his postgame remarks</a>.</p><p>“Yeah coach told me at half time if we score again that basically I was going to be shut down for the day,” Jacobs told reporters in the locker room. “So I kinda knew, that’s why I was trying to come in and play as hard as I could and try to get that last little bit.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-fans-lost-it-after-josh-jacobs-touchdown-punctuates-96-yard-drive">Jacobs had an impressive game against the Saints</a>, even if he stopped playing before the end of the game. Jacobs logged 13 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown on the ground. He also hauled in four receptions for 38 yards.</p><p>Jacobs is having a career season during his first year with the Packers. He has 278 carries for 1,216 yards and 13 touchdowns with only two games left to play in the regular season. Jacobs has already scored a career-best 13 touchdowns and can pad that record even more over the next two weeks.</p><p>Green Bay really has been the perfect fit for Jacobs. It was arguably one of the best free agent signings of the offseason.</p><h2><b>Jordan Love reacts to Packers clinching playoffs after MNF win</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jordan-Love-2.jpg"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Nobody was more excited about the Packers clinching the playoffs than Jordan Love.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-jordan-loves-big-time-reacting-clinching-playoff-spot">Love shared an excited quote after beating the Saints</a> that captured the attitude of the team.</p><p>“It’s big time,” Love said after the game. “That’s something — obviously the goal is the Super Bowl. That’s the first step right there, making the playoffs. This was obviously a big-time game to clinch that spot. Proud of the way we came out here and handled business.”</p><p>The Packers clinched their second straight playoff berth with Monday’s win over the Saints. That means that Green Bay has made the playoffs in both of Jordan Love’s seasons as the team’s starting quarterback.</p><p>Green Bay will have to be road warriors just like last year. Both Detroit and Minnesota have a 13-2 record, and play each other in Week 18, which blocks Green Bay from winning the NFC North.</p><p>Playing on the road in 2023 did not prevent the Packers from beating the Cowboys and nearly advancing the NFC Championship game.</p><p>Next up for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/schedule/upcoming">Packers is a huge Week 17 matchup against the Vikings</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Josh Jacobs dismisses injury concerns after dominant Saints win

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/packers-news-santa-claus-jason-kelce-christmas-presents-fans-lambeau-field');   ga('set', 'title', 'Santa Claus Jason Kelce hands out early Christmas presents to fans at Lambeau Field');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Santa-Claus-Jason-Kelce-hands-out-early-Christmas-presents-to-fans-at-Lambeau-Field.jpg"></figure><h1>Santa Claus Jason Kelce hands out early Christmas presents to fans at Lambeau Field</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T07:10:49-08:00">December 24th, 7:10am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T07:10:49-08:00">December 24th, 7:10am</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With a 34-0 win over the New Orleans Saints in Week 16, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-jordan-loves-big-time-reacting-clinching-playoff-spot">Green Bay Packers officially clinched</a> a Wild Card playoff berth. As a member of the ESPN Monday Night Football broadcast, Jason Kelce celebrated accordingly with fans in Lambeau Field just two days before Christmas.</p><p>Kelce, who was <a href="https://x.com/espn/status/1871337489543385470" rel="noopener">dressed as</a> Santa Claus all night, handed out real pieces of cheese to fans in the front row after the win. The Packer fans in attendance excitedly accepted the gift, with one man attempting to eat the entire block. They don’t call them “Cheeseheads” for nothing.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jason Kelce handed out pieces of cheese to fans in Lambeau 😭 <a href="https://t.co/OkK1nctQWu">pic.twitter.com/OkK1nctQWu</a></p><p>— ESPN (@espn) <a href="https://twitter.com/espn/status/1871346079297380701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/eagles-news-jason-kelce-lands-with-espn-monday-night-countdown-after-retirement">Kelce joined the ‘Monday Night Countdown’</a> during the previous offseason, much to the delight of fans. Since retiring from football at the end of the 2023 season, the 37-year-old has become a fan favorite icon due to his unique personality and affinity for odd gestures, such as handing out cheese for Christmas.</p><p>With the win, the Packers became the fourth NFC team to officially clinch a playoff spot. Three of the four teams are from the NFC North. The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings have both already punched their tickets to the postseason despite still jockeying for the division and No. 1 overall seed in the conference.</p><p>Green Bay rode their defense in its Week 16 win over an overmatched Saints team. New Orleans — who played without Derek Carr, Alvin Kamara, Chris Olave, Rashid Shaheed and Taysom Hill — could get nothing going offensively, resulting in their first shutout loss of the year.</p><h2><b>Jason Kelce dressed up as Santa all day</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jason-Kelce-1.jpg"><figcaption>Denny Medley-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Handing out cheese got Jason Kelce noticed by fans but he had kept his Santa gimmick up for most of the day. ‘Monday Night Countdown’ <a href="https://x.com/notthefakeSVP/status/1871274841325846692" rel="noopener">released a segment</a> with Kelce and SportsCenter host Scott Van Pelt walking around the city of Green Bay with Christmas costumes on.</p><p>During their charade, Kelce was Santa while Van Pelt was dressed as an elf. The men visited citizens of the city ahead of the Packers-Saints game, making their presence felt in the community.</p><p>Kelce remained in costume for the game and entered Lambeau Field with it on. He remained in costume when he returned to the desk as an analyst, both before and after handing out cheese.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Santa Claus Jason Kelce hands out early Christmas presents to fans at Lambeau Field

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/packers-news-matt-lafleur-truth-bomb-what-makes-green-bay-good-team');   ga('set', 'title', 'Matt LaFleur drops truth bomb on what makes Packers a ‘good team’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Matt-LaFleur-drops-truth-bomb-on-what-makes-Green-Bay-a-good-team.jpg"></figure><h1>Matt LaFleur drops truth bomb on what makes Packers a ‘good team’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T07:01:48-08:00">December 24th, 7:01am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T07:01:48-08:00">December 24th, 7:01am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Green Bay Packers mopped the floor with the New Orleans Saints on “Monday Night Football” to close out Week 16, as they recorded the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-offense-suffers-fate-unseen-2024-packers">first shutout of the 2024 campaign with a 34-0 win</a>. It was the latest in a strong string of play for Green Bay, which led to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-matt-lafleur-drops-fiery-jordan-love-endorsement-before-saints-battle">head coach Matt LaFleur</a> revealing the key to the team’s success after the game.</p><p>This season has not exactly been perfect for Green Bay, as they have struggled with their fair share of injuries and are currently sitting in third place in the NFC North despite sporting a 11-4 record. However, they are heating up at the perfect time, with LaFleur claiming that his team is so good because they are <a href="https://twitter.com/RobDemovsky/status/1871416030381383815" rel="noopener">getting contributions from players up and down their roster</a>.</p><p>“We’re getting contributions from a lot of people, which is the mark of a good team,” LaFleur said at his postgame press conference on Monday night.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Packers coach Matt LaFleur: “We’re getting contributions from a lot of people, which is the mark of a good team.” <a href="https://t.co/0LaszcUhEC">pic.twitter.com/0LaszcUhEC</a></p><p>— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobDemovsky/status/1871416030381383815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Matt LaFleur, Packers looking to carry momentum into postseason</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Matt-LaFleur-drops-truth-bomb-on-what-makes-Green-Bay-a-good-team-1.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While Green Bay has been hampered by injuries throughout the year, it hasn’t truly affected them because of the amount of guys who have stepped up when they have found their way onto the field. Examples of that can be seen when Malik Willis filled in for Jordan Love early in the season and led the Packers to two big wins, or even last night, when Josh Jacobs, Emanuel Wilson, and Chris Brooks all scored rushing touchdowns to lead Green Bay to victory.</p><p>The Packers can’t win the NFC North, but they clinched a playoff berth with this win, and they appear poised to go on a deep run in the postseason. If they can continue to get the most out of every player on their roster, they will remain incredibly dangerous, and they will look to keep up the positive momentum when they take on the Minnesota Vikings in a huge divisional clash in Week 17.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Matt LaFleur drops truth bomb on what makes Packers a ‘good team’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/why-packers-josh-jacobs-xavier-mckinney-couldnt-be-happier-to-be-off-raiders-giants');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Packers’ Josh Jacobs, Xavier McKinney couldn’t be happier to be off Raiders, Giants');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Why-Josh-Jacobs-Xavier-McKinney-couldnt-be-happier-to-be-off-Raiders-Giants.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Packers’ Josh Jacobs, Xavier McKinney couldn’t be happier to be off Raiders, Giants</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T06:50:08-08:00">December 24th, 6:50am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T06:51:28-08:00">December 24th, 6:51am</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-jordan-loves-big-time-reacting-clinching-playoff-spot">The Green Bay Packers clinched a playoff spot</a> in the NFC with a 34-0 win over the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football, and newcomers to this year’s team, Xavier McKinney and Josh Jacobs, spoke on what it means to them to be on a competitive team after being part of many losing teams with the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders. After McKinney’s answer, Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6017635/2024/12/24/packers-clinch-playoff-spot-saints/?source=emp_shared_article" rel="noopener">had an enthusiastic response</a>.</p><p>“Before, I had to scratch and claw to try to get into the playoffs,” Xavier McKinney said, via Matt Schneidman of The Athletic.</p><p>“Welcome to the Packers!” Keisean Nixon yelled, according to Schneidman.</p><p>McKinney made the playoffs one time with the Giants, and that was in 2022. Every other year of his tenure there, the Giants had a losing record and missed the playoffs.</p><p>Jacobs has played in the playoffs one time as well, in 2021 with the Raiders, losing to the Cincinnati Bengals in the Wild Card round. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-fans-lost-it-after-josh-jacobs-touchdown-punctuates-96-yard-drive">Jacobs capped off a 96-yard touchdown drive</a> in the game against the Saints. He is clearly <a href="https://twitter.com/mattschneidman/status/1871428686853108133" rel="noopener">happy to be part of a real contender</a>.</p><p>“I mean, we’re playing for something, you know,” Jacobs said, via Schneidman. “You got games in front of you. You know, we still fighting you know, trying to be as best of a team as we can be. We finally put a complete game together, that’s something that we’ve been — since the beginning of the season. It just feels like our ceiling just keep going up. I know for me, man, I’m just happy to be a part of it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Josh Jacobs was asked how different December feels for him this year. He smiles big.</p><p>“I mean, we playing for something … it just feels like our ceiling just keep going up. I know for me, man, I’m just happy to be a part of it.” <a href="https://t.co/uMaMFd3Wyi">pic.twitter.com/uMaMFd3Wyi</a></p><p>— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattschneidman/status/1871428686853108133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Packers look to maximize playoff seed</b></h2><p>The Packers are set to host the Minnesota Vikings this Sunday, in what will be a huge game when it comes to determining the seeding in the NFC. The Vikings are pushing for the NFC North title, while the Packers are eliminated from contending for that. Still, Green Bay would like to maximize its playoff seed. A win over the Vikings would help out in that regard, and inadvertently help the Detroit Lions as well.</p><p>Green Bay can get as high as the fifth seed by winning their final two games, and Minnesota losing their final two.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Packers’ Josh Jacobs, Xavier McKinney couldn’t be happier to be off Raiders, Giants

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/packers-news-christian-watson-crossing-fingers-concerning-injury-suffered-saints-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Packers’ Christian Watson crossing fingers on ‘concerning’ injury suffered in Saints game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Packers-news-Christian-Watson-crossing-fingers-on-concerning-injury-suffered-in-Saints-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Packers’ Christian Watson crossing fingers on ‘concerning’ injury suffered in Saints game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T06:34:41-08:00">December 24th, 6:34am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T06:34:41-08:00">December 24th, 6:34am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-jordan-loves-big-time-reacting-clinching-playoff-spot">Green Bay Packers got the job done on Monday night</a>, as they guaranteed themselves a spot in the NFL playoffs by destroying the New Orleans Saints in a 34-0 victory at Lambeau Field.</p><p>Despite how the final score reads, it was not a completely pleasant experience for Green Bay, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-christian-watson-leaves-saints-game-with-troubling-injury">wide receiver Christian Watson suffering an apparent knee injury</a> during a rushing play in the first half. Watson would get checked and later return to the game before being ruled out for the remainder of the contest.</p><p>Following the game, the 25-year-old Watson said that <a href="https://x.com/mattschneidman/status/1871413486590607615" rel="noopener">“he’s hoping for the best”</a> for his knee, according to Matt Schneidman of The Athletic, who also reported that the wideout will have the injured knee “checked” this Tuesday.</p><p>Packers head coach Matt LaFleur also <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401671692" rel="noopener">sounded off</a> about Watson’s injury.</p><p>“There’s some concern there, certainly,” LaFleur shared, per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN). “We’re going to get some more testing done (Tuesday).”</p><p>Before his night ended, Watson had compiled a total of 23 rushing yards on two carries. He failed to secure the only target he got versus the Saints. Nevertheless, Green Bay barely felt Watson’s absence the rest of the way, as the Packers continued to pummel the Saints on both ends of the field. Running back Josh Jacobs paced the Packers with 69 rushing yards and a touchdown on 13 carries, extending his streak of games with at least a touchdown to six. Meanwhile, wide receiver Jayden Reed grabbed three of four targets for 76 receiving yards.</p><h2><b>Will Christian Watson be available for Packers-Vikings in Week 17?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Green-Bay-Packers-wide-receiver-Christian-Watson-9-rushes-with-the-football.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While there’s no concrete outlook yet on Watson’s availability for Week 17’s game against the Minnesota Vikings on the road, the Packers can perhaps be expected to give expanded roles downfield for the likes of Reed, Tucker Kraft, Dontayvion Wicks, Romeo Doubs and even Bo Melton if the former North Dakota State Bison star would need time away from the action to heal from his injury.</p><p>So far in the 2024 NFL regular season, Watson, selected in the second round of the 2022 draft by Green Bay, has 620 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 29 catches.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Packers’ Christian Watson crossing fingers on ‘concerning’ injury suffered in Saints game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/packers-news-jordan-loves-big-time-reacting-clinching-playoff-spot');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jordan Love’s ‘big time’ reaction to Packers clinching playoff spot');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jordan-Loves-big-time-reacting-to-clinching-playoff-spot.jpg"></figure><h1>Jordan Love’s ‘big time’ reaction to Packers clinching playoff spot</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T06:21:01-08:00">December 24th, 6:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T07:01:10-08:00">December 24th, 7:01am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Green Bay Packers are having an excellent 2024 season. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-power-rankings-week-17-lions-make-history-as-eagles-fall">Green Bay is 11-4 heading into Week 17</a> after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-offense-suffers-fate-unseen-2024-packers">thrashing New Orleans 34-0 on Monday Night Football</a>. The victory officially <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfc-playoff-picture-after-falcons-win-buccaneers-stumble-in-week-16">gives the Packers a playoff berth</a>, though their place in the postseason has not been in doubt for weeks.</p><p>Packers QB Jordan Love <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-clinch-playoff-berth-with-dominant-win-over-saints-on-monday-night" rel="noopener">had a strong reaction</a> to his team clinching a playoff spot on Monday.</p><p>“It’s big time,” Love said after the game. “That’s something — obviously the goal is the Super Bowl. That’s the first step right there, making the playoffs. This was obviously a big-time game to clinch that spot. Proud of the way we came out here and handled business.”</p><p>The Packers will head back to the playoffs for the second consecutive season. They <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-most-to-blame-for-brutal-wild-card-loss-to-packers">demolished the Cowboys in the playoffs last year</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-most-to-blame-divisional-round-loss-49ers-nfl-playoffs">almost beat the 49ers to advance to the NFC Championship game</a>.</p><p>Green Bay has made the postseason in both season with Jordan Love as their starting quarterback.</p><p>The NFC has been a tough battle this season, which has made it harder to clinch a playoff berth. Both Detroit and Minnesota are 13-2, which has locked the Packers out of winning the NFC North. Philadelphia also has 12 wins, which puts them one spot ahead of Green Bay in the NFC playoff standings.</p><p>Regardless, the Packers have nothing to worry about now that they have punched their ticket to January football. Now they just need to prepare to become road warriors like last year.</p><h2><b>Recapping the Packers’ blowout win against the Saints on MNF</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Packers-QB-Jordan-Love-is-in-his-Toyotathon-prime.jpg"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Packers absolutely dominated the Saints on Monday Night Football.</p><p>This may sound like an understatement for a game where one team was shut out. The Packers won every major statistical category including yards gained, time of possession, first downs gained, as well as the turnover battle.</p><p>This game featured Green Bay’s <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401671692" rel="noopener">largest point differential</a> since blowing out Chicago 55-14 during the 2014 season. It was also the first shutout the Saints have faced since losing 13-0 against the 49ers in the 2022 season.</p><p>Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon understands that shutouts are hard to come by in the NFL.</p><p>“A shutout in the NFL is the hardest thing to do, and to do it on prime time is even harder,” Nixon said after the game. “To clinch a playoff berth doing that is a hell of a deal.”</p><p>It certainly helped that the Saints were without QB Derek Carr and RB Alvin Kamara. The Saints turned to rookie QB Spencer Rattler, who struggled in a big spot. Rattler threw for 153 yards with a 50% completion percentage and a pair of turnovers.</p><p>This win guarantees that it will be a happy holiday season in the Green Bay area.</p><p>Next up for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/schedule/upcoming">Packers is a Week 17 matchup against the Vikings</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jordan Love’s ‘big time’ reaction to Packers clinching playoff spot

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/tucker-kraft-sends-strong-message-to-packers-after-clinching-playoff-berth');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tucker Kraft sends strong message to Packers after clinching playoff berth');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Packers-news-Tucker-Kraft-sends-strong-message-to-Green-Bay-after-clinching-playoff-berth.jpg"></figure><h1>Tucker Kraft sends strong message to Packers after clinching playoff berth</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T06:03:46-08:00">December 24th, 6:03am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T06:03:46-08:00">December 24th, 6:03am</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Green Bay Packers clinched a playoff spot in the NFC with a dominant 34-0 win over the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football, and tight end Tucker Kraft <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1871415108523696314" rel="noopener">spoke on how important</a> it was for them to secure a spot with a few weeks to go as opposed to the last week of the season, like the Packers did in 2023.</p><p>“Well, we also know the season’s not over yet, we got some football to play ahead of us, and it’s important that we come back next week, I guess tomorrow, we get Christmas Eve off,” Tucker Kraft said, via Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. “But we’ll get back up to the drawing board and make sure we’re executing at a high level the rest of the season. But I mean that means a lot because last year we weren’t in this position you know, we had to win out to get in and so it’s important that we just focus on what’s ahead too.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Packers</a> clinched a playoff spot with tonight’s dominant win over the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Saints</a>.</p><p>“We also know the season’s not over yet.”</p><p>My <a href="https://twitter.com/nflnetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nflnetwork</a> postgame 1-on-1 with Tucker Kraft: <a href="https://t.co/UoGraT8ADA">pic.twitter.com/UoGraT8ADA</a></p><p>— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1871415108523696314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kraft also spoke on the physicality the Packers play with, and how that permeates to other guys on the team throughout the game and season, whether it is his play or <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-fans-lost-it-after-josh-jacobs-touchdown-punctuates-96-yard-drive">someone like Josh Jacobs running hard</a>.</p><p>“That’s just guys playing for each other,” Kraft said. “We come from that effort. Guys are just trying to juice each other up with our play style. One snap at a time. And it’s really great watching each other. All these guys just play for each other.”</p><h2><b>Tucker Kraft heaps praise on Packers defense</b></h2><p>The Packers were the first team to shut out someone this NFL season, and Kraft gave the defense its credit after the game.</p><p>“Lot of those guys are great players, I’m glad they’re on our side,” Kraft said. “You know we got interception leaders. Our D-line is holding teams to outstanding rushing averages, so it’s a credit to them and us being able to capitalize off the turnovers they create.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-huge-vikings-showdown-flex-treatment">The Packers will host the Minnesota Vikings</a> this coming Sunday in what will be a huge matchup that greatly impacts the seeding in the NFC.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tucker Kraft sends strong message to Packers after clinching playoff berth

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/saints-news-darren-rizzi-blunt-review-spencer-rattler-vs-packers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Darren Rizzi issues blunt review of Spencer Rattler’s performance vs. Packers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Saints-news-Darren-Rizzi-issues-blunt-review-of-Spencer-Rattlers-performance-vs-Packers.jpg"></figure><h1>Darren Rizzi issues blunt review of Spencer Rattler’s performance vs. Packers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T01:29:40-08:00">December 24th, 1:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T01:38:18-08:00">December 24th, 1:38am</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Green Bay Packers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New Orleans Saints were noncompetitive in a blowout loss to the Green Bay Packers in Week 16. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-spencer-rattler-named-qb1-jake-haener-disaster">Saints turned back to Spencer Rattler</a>, naming the rookie passer the team’s starter for Monday night ‘s matchup after second-year quarterback Jake Haener’s disastrous showing against the Washington Commanders in Week 15. However, Rattler failed to move the needle in his fourth start of the season.</p><p>After the Monday night debacle, Saints interim head coach Darren Rizzi <a href="https://x.com/MikeTriplett/status/1871413687120240870" rel="noopener">weighed in</a> on his QB’s outing. Rizzi acknowledged that Rattler had some positive moments but lamented his turnovers and bad decisions, according to Saints reporter Mike Triplett. Rizzi also admitted the team didn’t help him out very much, specifically mentioning dropped passes and missed protections as examples.</p><p>Rattler completed 15/30 passes for 153 yards with zero touchdowns, one interception and a fumble in the Saints’ 34-0 loss to Green Bay Monday. He was also, sadly, New Orleans’ leading rusher, carrying the ball five times for 28 yards.</p><p>The Saints were at a significant disadvantage in Week 16 as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-derek-carr-alvin-kamara-out-week-16-packers">Alvin Kamara and Derek Carr were ruled out</a> with injuries. Kamara is New Orleans’ leading rusher and receiver in 2024. But he suffered a groin injury against the Washington Commanders last week. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-new-orleans-alvin-kamara-suffered-season-ending-injury">Saints fear Kamar is done for the season</a>.</p><p>It’s likely that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-newsderek-carr-very-unlikely-return-season-hand-injury">Carr is out for the rest of the year</a> as well with a fractured hand. His absence has allowed New Orleans to get a look at its backup quarterbacks. But the team has not liked what it’s seen.</p><h2><b>Saints rookie QB Spencer Rattler had a nightmare start against the Packers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Spencer-Rattler_e8e912.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Haener drew the start in Week 15 but he was benched after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-jake-haener-brutal-play-new-orleans-low-not-seen-since-2002">leading the Saints to their worst half of football</a> in 22 years. Rattler came in for the second half and got the team back in the game. But in Week 16, he was unable to move the offense at all against the Packers, as Green Bay improved to 11-4 and clinched a playoff berth with the easy victory.</p><p>While Rizzi took away some positives from the performance, fans were not nearly as kind, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-spencer-rattler-gets-mercilessly-clowned-vs-packers">mercilessly roasting Rattler</a> for his poor play. Despite prepping for the contest <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-new-orleans-prepped-spencer-rattler-packers-game-walk-in-freezer">in a walk-in cafeteria freezer</a> to help prepare the first-year passer for Green Bay’s weather, Rattler struggled mightily.</p><p>The Saints fell to 5-10 on the season with the embarrassing shutout loss. With Carr likely shelved for the final two games of the year, New Orleans will have to choose between Rattler and Haener for next week’s home matchup against the 3-12 Las Vegas Raiders.</p><p>The Saints will wrap up the campaign against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 5. While New Orleans has been eliminated from playoff contention, the Buccaneers are in a battle with the Atlanta Falcons for the NFC South crown and a postseason berth.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Darren Rizzi issues blunt review of Spencer Rattler’s performance vs. Packers

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As a die-hard NFL fan, Dakota's fandom rides with the Chicago Bears through thick and thin -- regardless of how much pain it has caused his heart throughout the years. One day, he believes he will celebrate the Bears winning a Super Bowl. Maybe even... a few?</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the Green Bay Packers handling the New Orleans Saints easily on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-vs-packers-predictions-pick-odds-spread-for-nfl-week-16-2024">Monday Night Football</a>, the home-field fans were getting a bit rambunctious, loudly chanting to their rivals— the Chicago Bears. However, with the Packers offense on the field, the Lambeau Field PA announcer <a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1871399948799123779" rel="noopener">put a halt</a> to the antics, per Tom Pelissero on X.</p><p>“If you’re wondering what it’s like to be at this game right now… the Lambeau Field PA announcer just admonished the crowd for chanting ‘the Bears still suck’ while the Packers are on offense against the Saints,” Pelissero wrote.</p><p>Though it’s usually an advantage playing in Lambeau Field as the home team, the home team’s PA announcer wasn’t having it, <a href="https://x.com/mattschneidman/status/1871399606074122325" rel="noopener">telling fans</a> to “keep quiet while the Packers on offense,” per <i>The Athletic</i>‘s Matt Schneidman on X.</p><p>Considering the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-fans-beg-for-something-during-packers-beatdown">Packers’ dominating performance against the Saints</a>, it’s clear that some fans were already eyeing their Week 18 matchup with the Bears to close out the regular season.</p><p>Even without the Bears in attendance at this game, they got taunted by the Packers. With how lopsided their rivalry has been for the past decade-plus, Bears fans have to accept it at this point; they do suck— for now.</p><p>But, with these teams facing off in the last week of the regular season, fans are already primed for their 12th win against the Bears in a row as they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-packers-can-clinch-playoff-spot-in-week-16">clinched their fifth playoff berth</a> under head coach Matt LaFleur.</p><h2><b>Packers climbing NFC after dominating MNF win vs. Saints</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Josh-Jacobs-1.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After the Packers clinched a spot in the playoffs following their win against the Saints on Monday Night Football, the NFC North title remains up for grabs.</p><p>The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings both sit at 13-2, with the Packers trailing at 11-4. All three teams have two games remaining, making <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-news-huge-vikings-showdown-flex-treatment">Green Bay’s last couple of matchups</a> even more crucial.</p><p>Going into these last two games of the season, Green Bay must keep their foot on the pedal, as their offense has exploded this last month. Since being held to 20 points against the Bears in Week 11, the Packers have scored 30 or more points in four consecutive games.</p><p>However, if Packers fans get loud while their team is on offense, Lambeau Field’s PA announcer might have to enforce the quiet game again.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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