The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card Round of the NFL playoffs, rallying to a 22-10 victory.
The Eagles had four drives in the contest, but converted only one of them into points – a Packers fumble on the opening kickoff that helped lead to a Jalen Hurts touchdown to Jahan Dotson three plays later.
Packers quarterback Jordan Love threw two bad interceptions in the second quarter, while Brandon McManus also missed a fairly straightforward 38-yard attempt for Green Bay.
Somehow, despite such glaring mistakes, the Packers trailed by just 10 at halftime as a rusty Eagles offense — Saquon Barkley aside — failed to turn its dominance into a bigger lead on the scoreboard.
Green Bay threatened to rally at times in the second half, but lost multiple offensive weapons to injury and their challenge soon faded as a result, Philadelphia all but secured a home tie in the Divisional Round next weekend.
Their opponents will be either the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, or one of the Los Angeles Rams or Minnesota Vikings if the Bucs lose at home to the Washington Commanders on Sunday night.
The Rams meet the Vikings to round out Wild Card weekend on Monday night, live on Sky Sports NFL from 1 am on Tuesday morning.
Statistics leaders
Green Bay Packers
- Passage: Jordan Love, 20/33, 212 yards, 3 INT
- rush: Josh Jacobs, 18 carries, 81 yards, 1 TD
- Receiving: Jayden Reed, 4 catches, 46 yards
Philadelphia Eagles
- Passage: Jalen Hurts, 13/21, 131 yards, 2 TDs
- rush: Saquon Barkley, 25 carries, 119 yards
- Receiving: DeVonta Smith, 4 catches, 55 yards
The Packers finally put their first points on the board on their first drive of the second half, this time McManus successfully firing through the uprights from 26 yards out.
Philadelphia responded right back, reasserting their dominance as Dallas Goedert brutally tackled Green Bay cornerback Carrington Valentine not once, but twice en route to the end zone for a 24-yard TD.
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Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert scored a touchdown after a Green Bay Packers defensive lineman threw out not once, but two stiff arms.
Josh Jacobs answered Goedert's challenge with an angry run to end the third quarter, and the Packers' run mowed down several Eagles defenders for a 32-yard pickup that set up his own goal-line score to start the fourth.
At that stage, it looked like the game might come to life, with Green Bay trailing by just six, but, with the likes of Jayden Reed and Romeo Doubs in the middle of the game — plus the already-gone Christian Watson from the receiving corps — and a thrilling finale failed to ignite .
The Eagles pulled away comfortably from their opponents with a pair of Jake Elliott field goals, before Love's third interception late in the game ended the contest as the Packers' desperation mounted.
Scoring Summary
What next?
In the Divisional Round, the Eagles will host either the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, or either the Los Angeles Rams or Minnesota Vikings if the Bucs lose at home to the Washington Commanders on Sunday night.
Wild Card Weekend concludes Monday night when the Minnesota Vikings face off against the Los Angeles Rams at 1 a.m. in the early hours of Tuesday.
Super Bowl LIX takes place on Sunday February 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, live on Sky Sports NFL.