Packers Pull Off 2nd-Largest Playoff ATS Upset in a Decade

The Packers have pulled off the second-largest playoff ATS upset in a decade, according to data accumulated by the Action Network.

Green Bay closed as a 7-point underdog on the spread for this game in Dallas, where the Cowboys hadn't lost a game all season. Win a 16-point win — which could've been far more if not for two Cowboys garbage time touchdowns — the ATS margin on this game was +23 for the Packers.

That 23-point margin is the largest ATS difference since the 2020 Tennessee Titans went to Baltimore to take down the No. 1 seeded Ravens in the divisional round. The Ravens will face a similar test next weekend after a bye week, which has plenty of fans in Maryland conjuring up memories of that monumental defeat.

The 23-point margin is the second-largest ATS difference by a team that was a 7-point underdog or more since 2009.

Among all-time Packers upsets, this Wild Card round beatdown of the Cowboys ranks highly, too.

It's the second-largest Packers upset of all-time, just behind a 1996 Packers win during the divisional round on the road against the 49ers. During that game, Brett Favre and the Packers were +10 road underdogs against a 49ers team that was just a few years removed from its dynasty.

The Packers won 27-17. The following year, the Packers beat the 49ers again in the divisional round — en route to a Super Bowl victory.

The third-largest Packers playoff upset was also against the Cowboys. That took place in 2017 during a legendary game in which Jared Cook made an absolutely unbelievable,  tip-toeing, 35-yard catch along the sidelines to set up an eventual game-winning field goal as time expired. For that contest, Aaron Rodgers and company were +5.5 underdogs on the spread.