This should be a rather unique post. Tonight, I will be detailing Green Bay's history against the New York Giants in the NFL playoffs.

The game Sunday will be the seventh Packers-Giants playoff game. The only other team the Packers have faced in the playoffs as much as the Giants is the Dallas Cowboys, with six games. The Packers lead the playoff series against the Giants 4-2. More after the jump, with a game-by-game summary.

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The Green Bay Packers win over the Lions was not only one of the longest games I've watched in a while (around 3 hours and 45 minutes) but it broke so many records that I'm having trouble keeping up with them all. The one for most passing yards in NFL history, and the other one for quarterback yards and touchdowns, are notable, and they've put Matt Flynn and Matthew Stafford in the record books.

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | Audibles at the Line: Week 17. While watching this battle between Flynn and Stafford, Danny Tuccitto remarked that one of the NFL network's top 10 quarterback duels was the Monday night game in 1983 featuring the Packers and the Redskins. The battle between Lynn Dickey and Joe Theismann. The stats weren't as gaudy for those quarterbacks, but they still lead their teams in a higher scoring game.

Throughout the 1980s, the Packers were an also-ran franchise. They never had more than 8 wins in a season, and with the exception of the goofy 1981 strike year, they were never a playoff team. They weren't on the same level as a team like the Redskins. But for that one game, on national TV (back when that was a big deal), the Packers went toe-to-toe with a team that would usually blow them out. That was probably the highlight of the decade for the Packers.

So I'm a little disappointed that a meaningless week 17 game against the Lions, before which they held out three of their best players because they weren't needed, in some way surpassed that seemingly epic 1983 game. On the other hand, it shows how the Packers are that team to which others aspire.

Well, people, this is it. We are down to my last two regular season Packers series history posts. Both will cover Green Bay's long history against the Lions. This is a continuation of the previous parts of the series, with Part 1 covering the series history in Detroit, and Part 2 covering the teams' history on Thanksgiving. Part 4 will be posted later this week.

As many of you know, the Lions haven't won in Green Bay since 1991. But what is Green Bay's home series against the Lions like? You will find out after the jump.

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Well, my fellow APC'ers, it is time for me to write this week's "Packers Series History" post. Today, we will be covering the Packers' history against the Kansas City Chiefs, the last AFC team on the Packers' regular season schedule.

This series is widely known for Super Bowl I, but there are other good games in it. The Chiefs currently lead the regular season series 6-2-1, and the Packers lead the postseason series 1-0. More after the jump.

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Well, boys and girls, it is Tuesday, and that means it is time for this week's version of my Packers series history report. Today, I will be covering Green Bay's history against the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders.

This is a somewhat unusual series, in how it has played out. More after the jump.

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It's Tuesday, and that means it is time for the next series history post.  Today's post will cover Green Bay's history against the New York Giants.

This series goes all the way back to 1928, and features plenty of playoff games.  More after the jump.

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As mentioned in Part 1, I would write up Part 2 either today or Thursday. Today's post will talk about Packers-Lions games on Thanksgiving Day. Part 3 is now posted and Part 4 will be posted before the game on Sunday.

The two teams have been playing on Thanksgiving Day since the early 1950s. More after the jump.

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Owing to the extremely short week between games, I am having to rush two parts of my "series history" posts regarding the Green Bay Packers playing the Detroit Lions. Here's how the other three parts will look at this series' history:

Part 2: The Packers-Lions history on Thanksgiving Day.

Part 3: The Packers-Lions games in Green Bay and Milwaukee.

Part 4: General series overview.

I will post Part 2 later this week, depending on my schedule. I will post Parts 3 and 4 before the game in Green Bay.

More on the games in Detroit after the jump.

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