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The hosts predict the future of the NFC North and rank teams for the 2026 season.

The NFC North may not be what everyone thinks it is. On this episode of Packers: DERAILED, J.J. Lahey and Jake Schyvinck play a blind ranking game with a wheel of NFL teams. Five teams come up at random, and we have to rank them as they appear without knowing who is coming next. First, we rank the teams based on where we think they will finish in 2026. Then we spin the wheel again and rank teams based on who has the brightest future over the next three years. After that, we turn the conversation back to Green Bay and the NFC North. From a Packers fan perspective, we predict where each NFC North team will finish in the division, then give one word or phrase to describe what we expect from each team’s 2026 season. This is a Packers-only conversation about the division, the future of the NFC, and how Green Bay stacks up in a changing NFC North. Subscribe for more Packers: DERAILED, The Daily Cheese, and year-round Green Bay Packers coverage from The Packer Project. 💸 Donate Some Love: If you love the show, please consider helping to keep us “derailed” at https://venmo.com/packerproject or https://cash.app/$PackerProject Join J.J. Lahey and Jake Schyvinck as they dive into…

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