Packers At Eagles Wild Card Game Discussion Thread

[Joemailman]

They don't need to stack the box. Give Jacobs short and medium yards and force Love to throw consistent short passes seems good enough to stall out our offense.

I kind of agree. They won't stack the box unless they feel they have to. The Packer player who hurt them the most on opening night was Jayden Reed. Putting 8 in the box would make Reed more dangerous.

[Teamcheez1]

Can the Packers start fast and put up 30+ points in this game?
Do we have the game plan and can we make adjustments to achieve this?

This game isn’t about how the defense plays.
To win a playoff game Love and MLF need to have their “A” game.

[run pMc]

Eagles are a very very good defense - they do not give up explosive plays and are good vs. the run. They have Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter inside, that will give the GB IOL a lot to deal with. The OL and especially Tom/Walker need to be on their game. Running Jacobs is going to be a thing, but it's going to be tough sledding. Their secondary is also very good - Darius Slay, CJGJ, Dejean, Mitchell, Blankenship are better than GB's secondary. They won't have Watson, so they probably need to find creative ways to get Reed, Kraft and Doubs the ball. Melton can do the stupid motion/sweep crap and save Reed's legs. They are going to probably have to dink and dunk down the field, but that might actually work bc it keeps PHI's O off the field.

If Hurts plays I assume they will play it safe with him and not run him a lot (and probably not want to do a lot of QB shoves) which means Hafley is going to have to dial up pressures. Problem is AJ Brown is a stud and Smith/Goedert aren't slouches. And there's Saquon, who is probably the X factor. If GB can contain him they have a shot.

If Hurts does not play (I think he does) then they will feed Saquon the ball in all knds of ways. GB better defend the screen. Cooper will be important. It's crazy how reliant the team is (and how better they look) with Cooper and Evan Williams out there. When your team depends on rookies to excel, that's saying something.

PHI is favored in this game for a reason. Anything could happen though.

[Joemailman]

Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel @tspoon62.bsky.social

Packers QB Jordan Love (elbow) is taking part in warmups, but team is making sure media doesn’t see whether he can throw by closing practice after team stretch. Usually get to see individual drills.

S Evan Williams and LB Quay Walker appear to be back.

Also back are WR Romeo Doubs and DE Brenton Cox. S Zayne Anderson and DT TJ Slaton are in the rehab group.

[Joemailman]

[King Friday]

Eagles are a very very good defense - they do not give up explosive plays and are good vs. the run

Yet, our offense torched them week one despite numerous stupid penalties and throws. I actually think our offense matches up well against the Eagles because we can run it against them. They are good against the run, but not great. Our offense can get yards on the ground against them when most others can’t. I think the Packers stopping themselves is a bigger issue than the Eagles defense.

[call_me_ishmael]

Last year I came into wildcard weekend saying with 100% confidence the Packers would win the game.

I don't feel that confident this years. Too many injuries at key spots. They are gonna be really good next year.

Hate to say it - but if we're going out in divisional round either way, I'd rather lose this one and get the higher picks.

[Patler]

Saw today, assuming Hurts starts, the Eagles will have the same 22 starters this week that they had in week 1.

[sharpe1027]

Last year I came into wildcard weekend saying with 100% confidence the Packers would win the game.

I don't feel that confident this years. Too many injuries at key spots. They are gonna be really good next year.

Hate to say it - but if we're going out in divisional round either way, I'd rather lose this one and get the higher picks.

I don't think a couple spots that far down are worth that much.

[Fritz]

Saw today, assuming Hurts starts, the Eagles will have the same 22 starters this week that they had in week 1.

That's quite amazing in the NFL.

[Joemailman]

That's quite amazing in the NFL.

Packers will be without Alexander, Watson and Preston Smith from opening night starters. Don't know for sure about Love, Doubs and Slaton.

[Fosco33]

Feels like one of the healthiest teams we’ve had in awhile across the board in terms of starts lost. Prob a site that would validate that

[MadtownPacker]

They are going to probably have to dink and dunk down the field, but that might actually work bc it keeps PHI's O off the field.

Yeah and should have been dinking and dunking the past two months. The pass offense needs to build some steam against a fast D.

[Patler]

Average age of the Packers playoff roster this year is only about a month older than the playoff roster last year.

GB average age is about 18 months younger than Philadelphia.

[Joemailman]

Wes Hodkiewicz
@weshod.bsky.social

QBs Jordan Love & Malik Willis both participating (and throwing) during Thursday’s padded practice.

DL T.J. Slaton, S Zayne Anderson & WR Christian Watson only guys not practicing on Packers