Week 16

The Packers are winning their last two games, so it makes no difference for Chicago whether or not they know the results of Sunday's games. 

Bears game this week has no impact on Packers.  We still would have to win to finish ahead of them.

If the Bears win and we lose, then we are out, and the Bears and Lions would have a chance.  If the Bears lose and we win, your right the impact is minimal.   

Wins by DAL, DET and GB would make the Sunday Night game meaningless for both teams, beyond seeding implications. Oddly enough, the exact opposite of what NBC wants when it flexes games.

 

Chip has already said he's playing to win regardless, but you could forgive both teams if they went with a heavy dose of RB2 for the night in that scenario.

IL Pack Fan - I don't think your post is completely accurate.  A Lions' win means the Bears have a meaningful game against the Eagles.

 

If Detroit wins, they're 8-7 with a chance to go to 9-7 with a win in Week 17.  If the Packers beat Pittsburgh, they'd be 8-6-1.  Suppose they lost then to the Bears (blasphemy!) the following week, they would end at 8-7-1...behind Detroit. 

 

The Bears are sitting at 8-6.  If they lost to the Eagles, but won in Week #17, they'd also be 9-7, same as Detroit.  But Detroit has the head-to-head tie breaker.  So they'd win division at 9-7 over the Bears.

 

Therefore, the Bears games has meaning if the Lions win earlier in the day. 

 

The perfect scenario for this Packer fan is for Dallas to lose to the 'skins and Detroit beat the Giants.