Sure, the Green Bay Packers sit at 2-2 after four games and are two games back of the 4-0 Minnesota Vikings for the NFC North lead. Sure, they have lost both games with Jordan Love as the starting quarterback.

But is this team a contender or a pretender? SB Nation asked that question to NFL fans this week about every 2-2 team, the Packers included. And the national perception of the Packers remains that they are a high-quality team that is very much still a legitimate candidate to make noise in the postseason.

Almost 7 out of 10 NFL fans who responded to the survey answered that way, describing the Packers as legitimate contenders:

Nice.

This Packers team heads to Los Angeles for a game against the Rams on Sunday, which should give Jordan Love and company some significant national visibility. The game will be in the late afternoon time slot and should be available on local channels in most areas of the US, giving fans all across the NFL a chance to see Love in his second start back from a two-game absence.

Currently, the Packers are three-point favorites in this game according to FanDuel, and although that number that has come down ever-so-slightly from an early-week 3.5-point spread, fans like Green Bay to cover. A similar percentage of fans who see the Packers as contenders expect the team to win by 4 or more on Sunday when facing the banged-up Rams:

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