Dope Sheet: 2024 season review

PACKERS RETURN TO PLAYOFFS IN 2024

The Green Bay Packers finished the regular season 11-6, making the postseason for the second straight season and for the fifth time in the last six seasons.

• Per the Elias Sports Bureau, the Packers were the second-youngest team (25.72) by weighted age to make the playoffs over the last 45 seasons (1980-2024), behind the 2023 Packers (25.58).
• The Packers made the postseason for the 37th time, the most by a team in NFL history (Dallas, 36).
• It was the 13th playoff appearance for Green Bay in 16 years, the most in the NFL over that span.
• Green Bay (37) is tied with New England for the second-most postseason wins in league history (San Francisco, 38).
• Dating back to realignment (2002), Green Bay leads the NFC with 16 playoff appearances.
• It was the franchise's 24th playoff appearance in the last 32 seasons (1993-2024).
• Green Bay (five) is one of six NFL teams to make it to the postseason five-plus times from 2019-24 (Buffalo and Kansas City, six times / Baltimore, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay, five times).
• The 2024 Packers were the fourth team in NFL history to finish third or worse in its division despite winning 11-plus games (1984 Raiders, 1985 Patriots, 2020 Browns, all 11-5).
• The five regular-season games the Packers played against opponents with 13-plus wins were the most by any team in 2024. The 2024 Packers were the first team in NFL history to play five-plus such games in a season and make the playoffs.
• The Packers have 13 wins in playoff road games, No. 1 in the NFL (Baltimore and Tennessee rank No. 2 with 11).
• Green Bay has played 32 road playoff games, the most in the NFL (Dallas and L.A. Rams are tied for No. 2 with 27).
• QB Jordan Love has 678 passing yards in the postseason, passing Lynn Dickey (592) for No. 4 in franchise postseason history. Love is also tied with Dickey (five) for the fourth-most passing TDs in Green Bay postseason history. Bart Starr holds the No. 3 spot in both passing yards (1,753) and passing TDs (15) in Packers postseason history.
• RB Josh Jacobs became the second player (RB LaDainian Tomlinson) to post 80-plus rushing yards and 40-plus receiving yards in both of his first two playoff games (121 total, 81 rushing, 40 receiving at Philadelphia, 2024 NFC-Wild Card / 127 total, 83 rushing, 44 receiving, 2021 AFC-Wild Card, Las Vegas at Cincinnati).
• Jacobs is one of six players (James Cook, two / Aaron Jones, two / Cooper Kupp, two / Saquon Barkley, three / Christian McCaffrey, four) to have two-plus 120-plus yard scrimmage games in the postseason since 2021.
• Jacobs posted a rushing TD in nine consecutive games (Weeks 11-18 and Wild Card Playoff), marking the longest NFL streak since RB Ezekiel Elliot in 2022 (nine), including playoffs.
• DL Rashan Gary has 4.5 postseason sacks, tying Julius Peppers (4.5) for No. 5 in Packers postseason history. DL Kenny Clark holds the No. 4 spot with five sacks and LB Nick Perry is No. 3 with seven.
• The Packers fell to 11-6 (.647) in the Wild Card Playoffs, including 1-1 under LaFleur and a 4-3 (.571) mark on the road.
• The 25 combined regular-season wins between Philadelphia and Green Bay were the most ever in a Wild Card game.
• It marked Green Bay's third-most road playoff games (four) against a single team (49ers – six, Cowboys – seven).
• It was just the second time that the Packers faced a team in the playoffs that won 14-plus games in the regular season (2001 St. Louis Rams went 14-2).
• It was a rematch of the season opener that saw the Packers and Eagles play in Brazil. It was the sixth time (2002, Atlanta Falcons / 2010, Philadelphia / 2012 and 2013, San Francisco 49ers / 2014, Seattle Seahawks) that Green Bay faced the team they opened the regular season against in the playoffs.

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A LOOK BACK AT THE 2024 SCHEDULE

The Green Bay Packers' 2024 NFL schedule featured 17 regular-season games and three preseason games. It was highlighted by five prime-time contests on the original schedule for the 11th straight year (2014-24). Of the 14 opponents on the schedule, 11 of those teams finished with a record of .500-plus in 2023, tied for the third most in the NFL behind the 12 that Cleveland and Baltimore face. The Packers had seven games against 2023 playoff teams.

• With the three-game preseason schedule implemented in 2021, the Packers will alternate between hosting one and two preseason games each year. This year, the Packers started with two road games, first at the Cleveland Browns and then at the Denver Broncos. The Baltimore Ravens came to Lambeau Field to close out the preseason. The matchup with the Ravens was designated as the Packers Give Back Game, with a benefiting charity highlighted through the game and surrounding activities.
• This year was the first time that nine regular-season games were played at Lambeau Field. As previously announced, the Gold package received the ninth regular-season game this year, the first year the ninth game was hosted at Lambeau Field. Green package season ticket holders received their typical allotment of regular-season games (six) and will also receive this year's preseason contest. The next time Lambeau Field hosts the ninth regular-season game, the Green package will receive that game and the Gold package will receive the preseason contest.
• The Packers opened the season in São Paulo, Brazil, marking the sixth straight year and the 10th time in the last 12 seasons that Green Bay has started the season as the road team. Green Bay was the only team in the NFL to open the season as the road team each of the last six years (2019-24).
• Week 2 saw Green Bay facing the Indianapolis Colts in the home opener, marking the first time the Packers faced an AFC team in the home opener since 2014 against the New York Jets.
• Green Bay went back on the road in Week 3 as it traveled to Nashville to take on the Tennessee Titans. It was the earliest visit to Nashville to play the Titans and the second-earliest visit against the franchise (Week 1 at Houston Oilers in 1983).
• The first NFC North opponent the Packers faced was the Minnesota Vikings at home in Week 4.
• Green Bay faced a pair of NFC West teams in Weeks 5-6. First, the Packers went to Los Angeles to play the Rams, who Green Bay won its ninth game regular-season game against out of the last 10 matchups against, before welcoming the Arizona Cardinals to Lambeau Field. Dating back to 1955, Green Bay improved to 9-1 against the Cardinals at home.
• Green Bay took on a couple AFC teams after that with a home game against the Houston Texans in Week 7 and a road trip to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 8. The Packers improved to 5-1 in the Texans series, including wins in the last four contests and improved to 6-2 against the Jaguars, including wins in each of the last four matchups. Both contests finished with a walk-off field goal by the Packers.
• A home game against the Detroit Lions in Week 9 preceded the bye week, which came in Week 10 for the first time since 2012. It marked the fourth time in six seasons under Head Coach Matt LaFleur that the Packers' bye has been Week 10 or later.
• The Packers stayed in the division for a matchup at the Chicago Bears in Week 11. Including a 2010 playoff victory at Chicago, Green Bay has won 26 of the last 31 meetings between the rivals at Soldier Field, including 14 of the last 15.
• Week 12 saw Green Bay welcome the San Francisco 49ers to Lambeau Field. The Packers improved to 8-1 in their last nine regular-season home games against the 49ers.
• Week 13 was a short week for the Packers as they played at home against the Miami Dolphins on Thanksgiving night. It was the second straight year that Green Bay had played on Thanksgiving but only the second time at home on the holiday since 1923 (Chicago, 2015). It started a run of four consecutive prime-time games, which was the first time the Packers had played four straight prime-time games in a single season since the merger (Elias Sports Bureau).
• The Packers started December on a Thursday night in Week 14 at Detroit.
• The Packers went west in Week 15 to face the Seattle Seahawks on a Sunday night. Green Bay had not played at Seattle since 2018 and the Packers got their first win in Seattle since 2008.
• For the 32nd straight season (1993-2024), Green Bay played on Monday Night Football as it hosted the New Orleans Saints in Week 16.
• For the fourth straight season and the fifth time in the last six years, the Packers finished the regular season with back-to-back NFC North contests. For the second consecutive season, they traveled a state over to take on the Vikings in Week 17 and then returned home to face the Bears in the season finale.

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IN-SEASON AWARDS

• LB Edgerrin Cooper was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month for regular-season games played in the months of December and January. Cooper led all rookies in tackles per game (8.8) and tackles for a loss (eight), and recorded two passes defensed, a sack, an INT and a fumble recovery in four games.
• Cooper became the second Packers linebacker to win Defensive Rookie of the Month, joining Nick Barnett (October 2003), and the second former Texas A&M player to win a Rookie of the Month award, joining Rocky Bernard (September 2002).
• Cooper was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 8 (October 24, 27-28) and Week 15 (December 12, 15-16), becoming the first Packers rookie and the fifth rookie ever to win Defensive Player of the Week multiple times (Nick Bosa in 2019, Brian Cushing in 2009, Kamren Kinchens in 2024 and Shaquille Leonard in 2018). Cooper was the first Packers rookie to win Defensive Player of the Week since Matthews (Week 13, 2009). He was the first former Texas A&M player to win Defensive Player of the Week multiple times as a rookie and joined Von Miller (Week 11, 2011) as the only former Texas A&M players to win Defensive Player of the Week as a rookie.
• DL Karl Brooks was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 11 after he blocked a field goal on the final play of regulation to secure the Packers' 20-19 victory over the Bears. It was the first career Special Teams Player of the Week award for Brooks, as he becomes the first Packers defensive lineman to win the award. Brooks becomes the third former Bowling Green player to win a Player of the Week award.
• S Xavier McKinney earned NFC Defensive Player of the Month honors for October (Weeks 5-8). McKinney was the only NFL player with multiple interceptions (two), a sack (one) and a fumble recovery (one) in Weeks 5-8. It is his first career Player of the Month honor and he is the third Packers defensive back to earn Defensive Player of the Month, joining Charles Woodson (three-time winner) and Atari Bigby (December 2007). McKinney is the third former University of Alabama safety to earn Player of the Month honors, joining Landon Collins (November 2016) and Eddie Jackson (November 2018).
• In Week 6, QB Jordan Love was voted the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week by the fans after he tied his career high (Week 4 this season vs. Minnesota) with four TD passes and became the first Green Bay QB to throw four-plus TD passes in back-to-back home games in a single season since Brett Favre (1995).