(WNFL/247NEWSSOUCE/PACKERS) – This Sunday’s Green Bay Packers’ playoff game will not be the first time in team history that they have opened both the regular season and the playoffs with the same opponent.
It’s happened 5 times before.
- It is a rematch of the season opener that saw the Packers and Eagles play in Brazil. It is the sixth time (2002, Atlanta Falcons / 2010, Philadelphia / 2012 and 2013, San Francisco 49ers / 2014, Seattle Seahawks) that Green Bay will face the team they opened the regular season against in the playoffs.
- This will be the fourth postseason meeting between Green Bay and Philadelphia, with the Eagles holding a 2-1 (.