I have never seen this before.
Two weeks ago, a first place team led their division by a half game, lost to the second place team and now the same two teams meet again and the team that won two weeks ago is again a half game back in the standings.
So many things have to come into play for this situation to occur. First, to have only a half game between the two teams a tie has to be involved … a rarity in the National Football league. Second, the first and second place teams need to be meeting twice in a three week period and the team that won two weeks ago to move into first place needs to lose their next game while the loser from two weeks ago needs to have won last week.
All those things happened with the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers in their race for the NFC North Division title. To keep this even more interesting, the third place team, the Detroit Lions, have already beaten the first place team and are just two games back in the won/loss column.
In other words, the NFC North division is a dogfight between a trio of quality teams.
So, the Packers won two weeks ago to move into first place and are now back in second after their loss to the Denver Broncos last Sunday while the Bears were vanquishing the overmatched Cleveland Browns. The Packers and Bears are part of today’s NFL doubleheader with a kickoff tonight at 5:20 p.m. Pacific Time. The first game of the day is an NFC East battle between the defending Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles and the team they beat in last year’s NFC Championship Game, the Washington Commanders. That contest kicks off at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.