The Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers will clash in an NFC wild-card game, marking their fourth postseason meeting. This year’s game holds extra significance as the NFL expanded its playoff format, eliminating the first-round bye for top seeds.
The Eagles and Packers have met in the postseason three times, and each game has had a wild finish. In 1960, the Eagles beat the Packers 17-13 in the NFL Championship Game at Franklin Field, clinching the win when Chuck Bednarik tackled Jim Taylor at the Eagles ’ 9-yard-line on the final play of the game.
In 2003, the Eagles faced the Packers in the conference semifinal round at the Linc, and thanks to the legendary 4th-and-26 conversion from Donovan McNabb to Freddie Mitchell, Brian Dawkins’ overtime interception and 35-yard return off Brett Favre and David Akers’ game-winning field goal, the Eagles won 20-17. And in 2010 the Packers beat the Eagles in a wild-card game at the Linc when Michael Vick inexplicably tried to thread a pass to rookie Riley Cooper in the end zone on a 1st-and-10 with 44 seconds left and the game on the line. Tramon Williams made the easiest interception of his career, clinching a 21-16 Packers win.The Eagles, 14-3 and seeded No. 2, and Packers, 11-6 and seeded 7th, will meet for a fourth time time at the Linc in an NFC wild-card-round round game. Up until 2019, the No. 2 seed got a 1st-round bye, but when the NFL expanded to a 14-team playoff format in 2020, that was eliminated. This is the first time the Eagles have been a No. 2 seed since 1980. The Eagles beat the Packers 34-29 on opening day in São Paulo, Brazil, with Saquon Barkley rushing for two touchdowns and catching a third. A.J. Brown had five catches for 119 yards and a TD. Jalen Hurts threw two interceptions but had just three the rest of the season.The Packers lost six games this year to teams with a combined 46-19 record - the Bears in the regular season finale, the Vikings and Lions twice and the Eagles once. The only Eagles-Packers common opponents are the Rams, Saints and Jaguars. The Eagles beat the Rams by 17, the Saints by three and the Jaguars by five. The Packers beat the Rams by five, the Saints by 34 and the Jaguars by three. The Eagles are 17-28 all-time v
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