With one game left, Green Bay was 12–3, and a victory away from clinching home field advantage throughout the playoffs after the Philadelphia Eagles failed to clinch home field advantage themselves one day prior in an overtime defeat to the New York Giants.
With only one match left to play, Green Bay had established a 12-3 record and was poised to secure home field advantage in the playoffs, whereas the Philadelphia Eagles' chances of achieving this were dashed the following day when they lost to the New York Giants in overtime.