Green Bay Packers vs. Philadelphia Eagles prediction and picks for Wild Card Round feat. Saquon Barkley, Jordan Love

The Wild Card round of the NFL Playoff features an intriguing NFC matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday afternoon. This will be a rematch of a game that was a played all the way back in Week 1 in Brazil, with the Eagles coming out victorious. The Packers will be looking for revenge with much higher stakes on the line this time.

Green Bay Packers vs Philadelphia Eagles prediction

Saquon Barkley

The Philadelphia Eagles came up just short of the Detroit Lions in earning the top overall seed in the NFC bracket, which includes homefield advantage and a first-round bye. This means that they will instead need to play during Wild Card weekend, where they will host the Green Bay Packers.

Playing at home is major advantage for the Eagles in this contest, considering they earned an impressive 8-1 home record this season. They also enter the NFL Playoffs this year having won nine of their past 10 games overall, while the Packers are stumbling a bit, having lost each of their final two games during the regular season.

All of these factors contribute to the Philadelphia Eagles being substantial favorites to win this game and advance to the next round of the playoffs. The Packers will need to pull off an upset in the Wild Card round to advance, which they did last year on the road against the Dallas Cowboys, so it's still a possibility, though unlikely to happen again.

Green Bay Packers vs Philadelphia Eagles picks

Jordan Love

One of the most interesting factors in this game between the Phialdelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers is that both of their offenses are powered by superstar running backs in their first season with their new teams. While Josh Jacobs was excellent this year, it's Saquon Barkley who has been in the spotlight. He bacame just the ninth player ever to exceed 2,000 rushing yards in a single season this year.

The quarterbacks are always a focus of any game, but this particular one will feature two of the best in the NFL. Jalen Hurts is a former MVP candidate, while Jordan Love demonstrated last year that he is capable of winning playoff games on the road as an underdog. That's what he will need to do again this year to advance, but it will be an immense challenge against one of the top defenses in the NFL in many different categories.

With all of this factoring in to the outcome of this matchup, as well as the Eagles' extensive playoff history over the past few years, it's hard to imagine that they will be upset by the Packers this week. It's more likely that they come out on top by a predicted 24-20 final score.