GREEN BAY, Wis. – In 1995, the Green Bay Packers were in Year 4 of the Mike Holmgren and Brett Favre era.
After losing in the divisional round at Dallas in the 1993 and 1994 playoffs, the Packers played a divisional-round game at the defending Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers.
The 49ers, who finished 11-5 despite 1994 NFL MVP Steve Young missing five midseason games, were 9.5-point favorites against the Packers.
Green Bay grabbed a 3-0 lead before one of the most memorable plays in Packers playoff history. Steve Young threw a pass into the flat to Adam Walker.
He was hit almost immediately by linebacker Brian Williams. Cornerback Craig Newsome scooped up the loose ball and raced 31 yards for a touchdown.
It was a similar story of domination on Sunday. In his first playoff start, Jordan Love was impeccable. Aaron Jones and Romeo Doubs were unstoppable.
The defense even scored a touchdown on Darnell Savage’s pick-six. Up next: a divisional-round game at the 49ers. Here are our weekly Overreactions. 1. Packers Will Win a Super Bowl That win at San Francisco in 1995 served notice that the Packers were on their way to a championship.
They didn’t get it done in 1995 – they lost at Dallas in the NFC Championship Game – but they won it all in 1996. Who knows if the Packers will win a Super Bowl next year. Or next month, for that matter. But they are on their way. In a conversation about Love last week, a team executive from an NFC team was in awe of how quickly Love has blossomed into a star.
Like everyone else, he had doubts about Love when he looked unsure and threw inaccurately through the first half of the season. The second half of the season, however, has been a quarterbacking clinic of throwing with anticipation and accuracy.
The executive predicted Love would be the Packers’ next MVP quarterback. More importantly, he also predicted “at least” two Super Bowls.
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