I was faced with a tough decision after the shocking news broke of the Cowboys trading Micah Parsons to the Packers.
Either I stand pat and keep the Packers off my projected playoff bracket or do I rush to plead with my editors to let me change my preseason picks a few days before publication?
I decided to stick with my original playoff picks and was O.K. with looking foolish for not having the Packers in my field after their Super Bowl stock soared. But I will admit I kicked myself for not swapping the Packers and Panthers after Green Bay crushed Detroit in the season opener.
Yes, I know I should have kicked myself twice for having the Panthers as a playoff team. But somehow my decision to not pencil in the Packers to the postseason is not looking so bad after they lost to the Browns and tied with the Cowboys.
I won’t take a victory lap beyond what I’ve just typed because, again, I picked the Panthers. But we can at least discuss the possibility of the Packers being more pretenders than contenders to kick off NFL Fact or Fiction this week.
After the Packers improved to 2–0, they became the betting favorites to win the NFC and had the same Super Bowls odds as the Bills, going from 20-1 odds before the Parsons trade to being listed as +675 favorites to win it all.
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