For the Green Bay Packers, simply making the NFL playoffs isn’t usually something to celebrate. The franchise is so synonymous with titles that the league’s championship prize is named after their former head coach. This year’s Packers team, with a 9-8 record and a roster as green as its uniforms, isn’t likely to claim the Lombardi trophy. Yet these are happy times for the cheeseheads.

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