The 2014 Seattle game was not played at Lambeau.

SF has had our number. You could go back to 1998 and Terrell Owens' miracle reception.

SF has a good organization. They usually put a good team on the field and they're never bad for long. IMO, they've done the best job in the NFC over the last 15 years or so.

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We've averaged 20.6 ppg in head-to-heads with NFC West teams in the playoffs.?? I did not know that, but it doesn't surprise me. We consistently do not score enough points in elimination games. Look back for as many years as you'd like and you'll see that scoring less than 21 points in a playoff game will end your season most of the time. Most of the time, the winning team in the playoffs has at least 27 points, so if you aren't getting to 27, you're really not giving yourself a very good chance to win.

San Francisco generally had the more physical and better defensive teams during this stretch--a lesson that maybe should be absorbed from the current regime in Green Bay.

We played them pretty tough in 2021. Most of this game was the highlight of Joe Barry's stint here--until as usual, the defense wilted in the final drive. Unfortunately special teams, which had been a big problem all season, saved it's worst for the biggest game. And our MVP quarterback was so locked in on Davante that he missed an open receiver on the offense's final drive.

Both home playoff losses to the 49ers were played in frigid conditions, and since the warm-weather visitors had no problem winning, I hope I don't have to read any more articles with the allusion that we somehow have an advantage in the bitter cold.

Take your pick of which one was the worst, but there's not a strong enough word for the embarrassment when you give up 181 rushing yards to the QB. On Kaepernick's 56-yard TD scamper, the Packers' defense wasn't even looking for it, even though he had taken off all game. Horrible.

I have no nightmares about any of the losses, what does give me nightmares is the exorbitant number of brain farts committed by HC, players, and the taking off nearly a month before having to play the Giants when going for back-to-back SB victories. Some may argue, but I believe every one of those games were wins, until the wtf moments of stupidity came from the head that they apparent decided to stick up their arses.

Hey Mitchell Adams,
Here's a fun one -- Now do a statistical analysis relating Brett Favre Interceptions (BFI) to the Pack's sudden exit from one seemingly functional playoff run after another. Promising run or not, Favre INTs were THE coffin nail every time: 4 INTs vs Minny, 2 vs. Pitt, 2 vs Atlanta I think six against the Rams--and that's not the half of it. Keep looking, and again and again and again the Packers' playoff run hit a brick wall in the form of multiple Brett Favre interceptions. Like, 3 or more.

Which is wild b/c every game in that Packers-Cowboys rivalry was determined by whether Favre threw one interception or two, and/or whether Aikman threw none (most of the time) or one (not often enough). The hair by which Michael Irvin prevailed every game, also.

Against *that* backdrop, where beating Aikman meant staying in control, playing within the scheme, moving the chains, Favre loses it in the final game and the season splatters in a handful of INTs. That's why Reggie WHite turned this team around.

Worth a column.

I vividly remember the play-off game against SF in 2021. Rodgers did attempt to spread the ball around but Lazard, Cobb and Lewis dropped important passes; accurate, perfect passes bounced off the chests of Cobb and Lewis.
Rodgers likely made a decision to target a more reliable receiver (who was double-covered) than risk another drop.

"In playoff matchups against each other, the NFC West averages 28 points per game while the Packers averages 20.6 points per game. That is a touchdown and a two point conversion of a difference with each game containing vivid memories as to why Green Bay ultimately loss:"

Grammarly is *still* free, Mitchell.

In playoff matchups, the NFC West averaged 28 points per game while the Packers averaged 20.6. (you could let the reader do the math, but you are dealing with American readers primarily, so it was good of you to break the differential down into a easily understood quantity). Each game still evokes vivid memories of how Green Bay ultimately lost:

I was at the 1998 and 2012 losses to the Entitlement team, brutal to say the least. Let’s not forget that J. Rice fumbled on the drive leading to the Owen’s TD. What I remember most about both those losses were the obnoxious, disrespectful 49er fans. I’m a Jersey guy born and raised and will not back down to anyone that is so disrespectful as were the 49er fans.
As I was leaving the 2012 game a 49er fan was ready to spit on my nephew, I put an immediate stop to it, nothing physical, just a strong verbal warning. As we were walking out side the stadium an elderly woman was walking in front of me wearing a cheesehead. Some punk walked by her and knocked it off her head. At this point I had enough of this unruly behavior. As I turned to grab this idiot, an older 49er fan grabbed this jerk before I could and made him pick up the lady’s cheesehead and made him apologize to the lady. He verbally ripped him a new one. Yes, I know that there are jerks and idiots in all fan bases, but it’s just a game. Go Pack Go !!!

The turning point for me was the loss in January, 2003 when Atlanta came to Green Bay in the cold and won 27-7. They couldn't stop Michael Vick. Up until that time you felt the Packers could win anything at home. Other than the Super Bowl season it seemed the Packers kept coming up short in the playoffs.

Another was the sub-zero night time playoff game in Green Bay when the Giants simply ran over the Packers.

My take: toughness. Regardless of whether it was Mike Sherman, Mike McCarthy or Matt LF the team always seems to fall to teams who bring their play to a new level during the playoffs.. I remember the quote from Ron Wolf when he came to Green Bay and thought it was like a 'country club'. I sometimes wonder if things are a bit too comfy. Lombardi and Holmgren never tolerated comfort.

I would love to see Green Bay kick some team to the curb and ask for seconds. It's been awhile since that happened.

Packers always get bullied in the playoffs.