APC NFL Picks, Week 15: Can Packers’ playoff dreams stay alive another week?

Winning out and making the playoffs was never going to be an easy task for the Green Bay Packers. Not before their loss in Minnesota three weeks ago, and not now. Sunday is the team’s toughest remaining task on that road, and if a few things go wrong the Green and Gold could be eliminated from playoff contention by day’s end.

Then again, the Packers’ rivalry with the Chicago Bears has been hilariously lopsided this decade, really ever since week 17 of the 2010 season. Since then, the Packers have lost just twice compared to 15 victories, including a win in the 2010 NFC Championship Game.

But this year, the tables have turned. After Green Bay’s improbable comeback victory in week one, the two teams have trended in opposite directions. Chicago comes in with a chance to clinch the NFC North with a win, which would be their first division title since — you guessed it — that 2010 season. Officially knocking their bitter rivals out of the postseason race once and for all would just be the cherry on top.

The writers of Acme Packing Company see reasons for both hope and dismay leading up to Sunday’s game, depending on who you talk to. But when it boiled down to our picks this week, a majority picked Chicago to earn a victory on Sunday, going that direction with an 8-5 margin.

Here are the full picks for this week’s games.