The Green Bay Packers’ playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday felt familiar. It was a series of the same old things that cost this team a potential victory, whether that was continuing trends from this season or being haunted by the ghosts of playoff Packers teams of the past.
In the former sense, the team once again got off to a slow start and scuffled all game long offensively. In the latter, special teams blunders once again cost the Packers dearly, from fumbling kickoff returns to a surprising missed field goal. And when those two issues compounded one another, not even an impressive defensive performance could keep this team from crashing out quickly in the postseason.