The Green Bay Packers finished third in the highly competitive NFC North. The team produced an 11-6 record but back-to-back losses to close out the regular season dropped the Packers to the seventh seed in the NFC,

In just over 24 hours the Green Bay Packers will take the field for a battle against the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC's wild card round. Ahead of the contest questions about both starting quarterbacks abounded in the days leading into the game.

When Hurts was injured, the Eagles deployed backup passer Kenny Pickett, who led an admirable attempt to take over the game against Washington but, ultimately, fell. As the playoffs drew nearer, Philadelphia was aware that they were out of reach of the 1-seed in the NFC but also out of reach of the other division-winners behind them.