The NFC East champion and top-seeded Eagles were coming off an opening round bye while the fourth-seeded, NFC North champion Packers were the visiting team, coming off an 33–27 overtime win over the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Wild Card playoffs courtesy of a pick-six by former Eagle Al Harris. Both teams met earlier in the season in which the Eagles managed to win in Green Bay 17–14 with a Donovan McNabb touchdown pass to Todd Pinkston with under 30 seconds remaining in what was mostly a defensively-contested game. This was the second postseason meeting between the Packers and Eagles, the previous meeting was back in the 1960 NFL Championship Game, which the Eagles won 17–13. The last time the Packers defeated the Eagles in Philadelphia was back in 1962.