NFC North Puts 4 Teams on Playoff Pace as Cousins Returns for Week 10
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Updated · CNN · Nov 12
NFC North Puts 4 Teams on Playoff Pace as Cousins Returns for Week 10
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Nov 12
Summary
Week 10 opens with the NFC North in historic form: Chicago is 7-2, Detroit and Minnesota are 6-2, and Green Bay is 6-3, putting all four teams on playoff pace.
A .736 combined winning percentage and 20-3 record against the rest of the NFL have fueled that surge, with Sunday’s Packers-Vikings game likely to reshape both the division race and the NFC’s top-seed chase.
Minnesota’s biggest change is Kirk Cousins’ return after the Vikings sent a third-round pick to reacquire him from Las Vegas; he brings 2,340 yards and 20 touchdown passes to an offense ranked 31st in passing.
Sunday also sends Detroit to Munich for the eighth of nine international games, while Dallas hosts 7-1 San Francisco in a rivalry matchup with get-in prices above $400.
Monday closes with a bleak prime-time pairing: the 4-5 Ravens, on a four-game skid and hurt at quarterback, host the 0-8 Chargers in the worst combined Week 10-or-later Monday night record at 4-13.