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.