After historic regular season, NFC North swept during playoffs
The NFC North produced three playoff teams, two teams with 14 or more wins and the conference’s No. 1 seed — creating a historic, never-before-seen regular season inside the division. Then the playoffs began, and it all fell apart in stunning fashion. Not a single team from the NFC North won a playoff game.
After dominant regular season, NFC North goes winless in playoffs
The three NFC North powers lost their opening playoff games by a combined score of 94-50. They lost the turnover margin 11-0 as a collective. The Vikings and Packers went out with a whimper in the wild card round, falling 27-9 to the Rams and 22-10 to the Eagles, respectively.
Lions, Vikings, Packers went from dominant to duds outside NFC North
After the regular-season finale in Detroit, Lions coach Dan Campbell said to Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell, "See you in two weeks."
NFC North was one-and-done in the 2025 NFL playoffs
The NFC North was the best division in the NFL this season, which featured three playoff teams and then the Chicago Bears, who went 5-12 in a disappointing season. The Green Bay Packers were a third-place team with a record of 11-6 ,
NFC North Overrated? 45 Wins, 3 Playoff Teams, 0 Playoff Wins
The Green Bay Packers and their NFC North colleagues will face a much bigger challenge in 2025. Just look at the quarterbacks on the schedule.
Ranking NFC North’s 2025 Super Bowl chances after postseason dud
What a season it was for the four teams in the NFC North. The Detroit Lions were 15-2 and won the division, winning the NFC’s No. 1 overall seed in the playoffs in the process. The Minnesota Vikings were expected to have a down year,
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Vikings, and Packers were a combined 29-4 against teams outside the division in the regular season. In the playoffs, they were 0-3 against non-NFC North teams. Minnesota and Green Bay each had ...
Minnesota Vikings and coach Kevin O’Connell agree to a multiyear contract extension after a 14-win season
The deal reached Tuesday follows a 14-3 regular season that defied external widespread preseason projections of at least a ...
Kevin O’Connell agrees to contract extension with Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings made sure head coach Kevin O’Connell wasn’t going anywhere. The Vikings announced on Tuesday that ...
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Vikings make big announcement about HC Kevin O’Connell
Vikings owner Mark Wilf issued a statement on Tuesday revealing that the team has signed Kevin O’Connell to a contract ...
Vikings secure head coach Kevin O'Connell with multiyear extension
Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell has agreed to a multiyear contract extension, the team announced Tuesday.
Packers troll Lions after they were shockingly eliminated from the NFL playoffs, leaving NFC North without a win in postseason
Packers' Xavier McKinney, Keisean Nixon and Jayden Reed trolled the Detroit Lions following their 45-31 loss to the ...