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These aren't just three of the 12 squads that made last year's postseason field, either. The Texans and Vikings both reached the divisional round, so these are three of the other seven from the last eight standing in 2019.
And for the last of those three, the Packers will have to face the defending NFC champion on a short week, hopping on a West Coast flight just three days after a crucial NFC North showdown with Minnesota at Lambeau Field.
So, to summarize:
Three of four on the road, beginning with Brady's Bucs, visiting a Houston venue the Packers play in just once every eight years, returning home briefly for the back half of the season series with the Vikings, and then, with the players' bodies inevitably still sore, heading out to last season's house of horrors.
It's as daunting a stretch, judging in the springtime, as the Packers have faced in recent memory, and they've had some doozies.
In both 2016 and '18, the Packers "enjoyed" stretches of four road games out of five contests, many against playoff-caliber foes. The gauntlet in '16 almost did them in, until "run the table" started in the last road game of that segment, at Philly on a Monday night. In '18, it was a death knell, with not a single road win, and one more subsequent home loss led to a change at head coach.