Playoff pressure? Tension? Whatever it is, Aaron Rodgers, Packers say they don’t feel it – Green Bay Packers Blog

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers are the first team in NFL history to win at least 13 regular-season games in three straight seasons, and if they don’t reach the Super Bowl, they would set another milestone.

And it’s not a good one.

There have been eight teams to win 39 games during a three-year span, and all of them reached at least one Super Bowl. The Packers are looking to follow suit.

For now, the New Orleans Saints of 2018-20, Indianapolis Colts of 2003-05 and San Francisco 49ers of 1990-92 hold the distinction of 38 wins in a three-year stretch without a Super Bowl appearance.

Add that to the usual pressure that comes in the one-and-done playoffs — plus the possibility that this could be Aaron Rodgers’ last season as their quarterback — and the Packers have plenty of reasons to be tense heading into Saturday night’s NFC divisional playoff game against the 49ers at Lambeau Field (8:15 p.m. ET, Fox).

“I’m not gonna lie,” Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said of dealing with the intensity of the postseason, “it’s hard.”

But the tension and pressure that comes with the playoffs isn’t unexpected or unique to the Packers in this year or any other.

“I think it’s natural, I really do,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. “I think you’ve really got to keep everything in perspective and really just focus on what you have right in front of you, whether it’s the meeting, whether it’s the walk-through, whether it’s the practice, just making sure you’re dialed in, you’re locked in, you’re doing everything you can to stay in the moment.

“That’s as important as anything…