Orr's annual NFL predictions has Packers finishing 9-8, missing playoffs in 2025
Last week, Davis predicted the Packers would go 12-5, win the NFC North and run through gauntlet of the NFC playoffs before losing to the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl. Obviously, a title is the goal, but the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance since the 2010 season is something bordering on a best-case scenario for 2025.
However, Orr wasn't nearly as optimistic. For his annual 272-game prediction at SI.com, Orr had the Packers finishing 9-8 and missing the playoffs completely.
From Orr: "This Packers team has a streaky potential to me. I think there could be weeks when this offense is white hot and weeks where it looks out of rhythm—a bit like the 2023 team that had longer NBA-like runs of brilliance and confusion. I did want to reflect it all coming together offensively toward the end of the season with two consecutive wins over very good defenses in Baltimore and Minnesota—an acknowledgement that when this offense is fully understood and coherent, it's going to be really good."
Orr had the Packers starting 2-2, losing three straight games coming out of the bye, winning four straight games after falling to 2-5 and then laboring through a 1-3 stretch before finishing with wins over the Ravens and Vikings. That's about as streaky as it gets for a 9-8 team.
But 9-8 wasn't good enough to make the NFC playoffs. Orr had the Lions winning the division at 10-7 and the Vikings getting in as a wildcard team at 10-7. The Rams and Commanders also got in as wildcard teams at 10-7.
Last year, Orr predicted the Packers would finish 12-5, with losses to the Eagles (in the opener), Lions (twice), Bears (in the finale) and Rams. He also got all four division winners right and correctly had the Packers as a wildcard team in the NFC.
The Packers will hope Orr's predictive powers come up short in 2025.
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