{"id":18058,"date":"2025-01-12T16:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T16:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18058"},"modified":"2025-01-12T16:24:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T16:24:37","slug":"report-green-bay-packers-sign-notable-qb-in-interesting-move-before-wild-card-round-game-vs-philadelphia-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18058","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Green Bay Packers Sign Notable QB In Interesting Move Before Wild Card Round Game vs. Philadelphia Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>\u00a0have made a notable move at quarterback ahead of their Wild Card Round playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Green Bay Packers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/packers\/status\/1878157613508256108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0that they have signed veteran signal-caller Sean Clifford back to the active roster. The 2023 fifth-round pick was previously on their practice squad.<\/p>\n<p>Starting quarterback\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/jordan-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Love<\/a>\u00a0was nursing an elbow injury throughout the week, but he was removed from the injury report on Friday. Backup Malik Willis finished out last week\u2019s regular-season finale against the Chicago Bears, a 24-22 Packers loss.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Packers sign QB Sean Clifford to the active roster<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Green Bay Packers (@packers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/packers\/status\/1878157613508256108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Green Bay Packers drafted Clifford in the fifth round (149th overall) out of Penn State last year. He attempted one pass in a Dec. 31, 2023 road game against the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>\u00a0that went for 37 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay finished 11-6 in the regular season, marking their best record since 2021. But that was only good enough for third in the NFC North, with the 15-2 Detroit Lions and 14-3 Minnesota Vikings finishing ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s showdown with the Eagles will be a rematch of their Week 1 matchup in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. The Eagles won a high-scoring back-and-forth affair 34-29 en route to an impressive 14-3 finish.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-green-bay-packers-look-to-pull-off-another-wild-card-round-upset\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Green Bay Packers Look To Pull Off Another Wild Card Round Upset<\/h2>\n<p>The seventh-seeded Packers pulled off one of the great playoff upsets in franchise history last year when they crushed the Dallas Cowboys (undefeated at home in the regular season) on Wild Card Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>As good as the Packers were in 2024, the 14-win Eagles are a considerable favorite here with home advantage, the league\u2019s No. 1 defense and 2,000-yard rusher\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/saquon-barkley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saquon Barkley<\/a>. We\u2019ll see if Jordan Love and company can pull off another stunning Wild Card Round upset.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0have made a notable move at quarterback ahead of their Wild Card Round playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles. On Saturday, the Green Bay Packers\u00a0announced\u00a0that they &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18060,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18058\/revisions\/18060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}