When it comes to recent playoff misery, the Packers remain undefeated
Green Bay has built a football tradition grand enough to unironically call itself “Titletown”.
The Packers have own 13 NFL championships, including four Super Bowls — the last coming in 2010. That is more than enough equity to withstand lean years and even the occasional disappointment.
But “occasional” does not describe the level of playoff heartbreak the Packers and their fans have experienced since that last championship. Indeed, the Packers could now hang a different banner quite unironically, a new title for Titletown:
The most cursed franchise of the past decade-plus.
Patrick Reusse and I talked about this on Monday’s Daily Delivery podcast in the context of yet another gruesome playoff finish this weekend for the Vikings’ border rival.
Packers fans and the organization itself can certainly gain comfort in knowing this year’s team overachieved and sprinted to the finish: After starting 2-5, Green Bay rallied to finish 9-8, pulled an upset at Dallas on Wild Card weekend and had No. 1 seeded San Francisco on the ropes Saturday.
But the Packers might also never play a softer NFC playoff field, nor will this exact team be on the field together again. “There’s a lot of promise for the future,” head coach Matt LaFleur said after the game. “But nothing’s guaranteed.”
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