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Philadelphia won the NFC Championship and Super Bowl by a score of 95-45
The Green Bay Packers’ playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles in the wildcard round, a 22-10 loss, was a gut punch from start to finish. Green Bay’s first-team All-Pro kickoff returner Keisean Nixon fumbled the opening kickoff when former Packer Oren Burks knocked the ball out on a play that should have been overturned, had the in-stadium crew had all of the angles that the broadcast had of the recovery.
Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love, down his top receivers, threw three interceptions, digging the Packers even deeper into a hole.
This felt like a low point for an ascending franchise that earned back-to-back playoff berths as the youngest team to do so in NFL history. Then, we learned just how good the Eagles were.
Not only did Philadelphia win the NFC Championship and Super Bowl, but they beat the Washington Commanders and Kansas City Chiefs by a combined score of 95-45 in those games. Even though the Packers coughed up the ball four times to the Eagles, Philadelphia only scored 22 points in their playoff matchup, less than the Commanders or Chiefs allowed in the first half of their postseason games.
Green Bay’s season still ended in the wildcard round. We don’t have to hang a banner for the season, but my question is this: Did what we watch the Eagles do this postseason change your mind about how close the Packers are to competing for a title in 2025?
