Jordan Love's inconsistency and Jaire Alexander's absence both should benefit the Eagles on the Sunday.
There is a path to victory here for the Packers. These aren’t the Giants of a couple of years ago. Green Bay has a head coach who can dial up a game plan, a quarterback who can throw downfield, and a defense that finished the regular season ranked in the top six in points allowed, yards allowed, and turnovers. This is a tougher matchup than a No. 2 seed typically would expect in the wild-card round.With the line sitting at minus-4.
2. The Eagles are far more battle-tested than a Packers team that lost five of seven games against playoff teams.odds, only the Bills had a losing record against playoff teams during the regular season. But Buffalo’s three losses came coupled with a pair of signature wins: 48-42 over the Lions and 30-21 over the Chiefs. Meanwhile, the Ravens , Chiefs , Lions and Eagles were a combined 24-9 against the rest of the postseason field.
In Week 17, the Packers were down 20-3 and 27-10 to the Vikings before scoring a couple of late touchdowns. In fact, Minnesota outscored Green Bay, 55-17, in the first three quarters of their two matchups. Likewise, the Lions entered the fourth quarter with a 24-6 lead in their first meeting of the season. The Packers gave them a game at Ford Field in early December, losing 34-31 on a 35-yard field goal from Jake Bates as the clock struck zero. But that also was a Thursday nighter.
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