The Minnesota Vikings clinched the third seed in the NFC with a 29-13 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday, but it was the Sunday night game featuring the other two NFC North teams that also had an impact on the playoffs.
The Green Bay Packers had an opportunity to make the playoffs with a win and the Detroit Lions only had the ability to eliminate the Packers from contention with the Seattle Seahawks having won earlier on Sunday.
The Lions pulled it off and beat the Packers in Lambeau Field by a score of 20-16 with a Jared Goff fourth down conversion to D.J. Chark.
After the game, a few Vikings players went to Twitter to celebrate the Packers loss and it was glorious.
Haha Haha Haha *Chief Keef Voice
— SIR Chandon Sullivan (@showtimesully10) January 9, 2023
😂😂😂
— KJ Osborn (@KJ_Osborn) January 9, 2023
Fans got in on the action as well and it got even better.
Here’s one for the stat heads out there. The Vikings had as many multi score victories as Quay Walker had ejections for shoving people in street clothes
— Forester93 (@Forester932) January 9, 2023
By DVOA, the Packers have been eliminated from playoff contention.
— rastapasta9 🏴☠️ (@rastapasta_9) January 9, 2023
The 4th and 1 conversion that eliminated the Packers from the playoffs went to the exact spot on the field where Quay Walker would have likely been had he not been kicked out of the game for shoving a trainer.
Delicious.
— Eric Thompson (@eric_j_thompson) January 9, 2023
Peter Bukowski looking at DVOA and then the standings realizing the Packers aren’t in the playoffs after all. #skol #Vikings pic.twitter.com/t6rRgInl4f
— Ted Glover (@purplebuckeye) January 9, 2023
Hang the banner. pic.twitter.com/f2FiSASSQu
— Janik Eckardt (@JanikEckardt) January 9, 2023
The Packers had their Super Bowl last week only to have the Lions beat them twice. A shame, really.