- The Green Bay Packers were a wild card team in the NFC North this season with a 9-8 record and the Detroit Lions won the NFC North with a 12-5 record this season. Green Bay was eliminated by San Francisco and so were the Lions on Sunday in the NFC Championship Game by a final score of 34-31.Detroit had a 17-point halftime lead over San Francisco and it was the biggest lead blown in Conference Championship Game history and teams were 17-0 leading by 17 or more points at the half in such instances. It will be interesting to see whether or not the Lions can repeat as NFC North Champions in 2024 because they will have a lot of pending free agents.The previous season, the Minnesota Vikings won the NFC North. The last time the Green Bay Packers won the NFC North was three straight seasons from 2019-2021. Is it Green Bay’s time to take back the NFC North next season or is that a premature statement to make after the Detroit Lions blew a lead and had a very good season?