15 in a rematch of a Week 6 game at Lambeau Field. Packers: Green Bay will play at Dallas on Jan. Giants: New York will try to build on its first postseason trip since 2011. LB Blake Martinez departed in the second half with a knee injury. He finished with 27 yards on 11 carries, and 41 yards on three receptions. RB Ty Montgomery limped off the field early in the fourth quarter with an apparent left leg injury, but returned. Packers: Nelson looked stunned as he rode back to the locker room on the front seat of a cart after getting hurt, hunched forward with his hands on his face. He returned in the second half, but appeared to play mostly on special teams.
Giants: CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie limped off after the first defensive series with a thigh injury. Damarious Randall had an interception late in the fourth quarter. Packers: Rodgers was 3 of 7 for 19 yards in the first quarter. RB Paul Perkins finished with just 30 yards on 10 carries. Giants: Manning was 7 of 11 for 85 yards in the first quarter, when New York had a 105-7 edge in total yardage. (Rodgers) makes the throw guys are misjudging it and one of us is able to come up with it," - Cobb on his Hail Mary catch. Top receiver Jordy Nelson was knocked out of the game with 11 minutes left in the second quarter with a rib injury. Adams had eight receptions for 125 yards and a score. Rodgers began dissecting the secondary after coach Mike McCarthy had his quarterback roll more outside the pocket, and the Packers started working the middle of the field.Ĭobb had a big night after missing the last two games of the regular season with an ankle injury. "It's a game inches, and we were just inches short on some of these plays, inches away from big plays," Beckham said. Eli Manning was 23 of 44 for 299 yards, including the 41-yard touchdown pass to Tavarres King in the third quarter.īut the Giants were plagued by a series of drops by their receivers. "No negative-yard plays, the offensive line blocked really well, regardless of the stats."Ī Packers defense ranked 21st in points allowed (24.3) coming into the game limited the production of Odell Beckham Jr., and the Giants' receiving corps in spite of a battered secondary.īeckham finished with four catches for 28 yards. "Second half we got back to some rhythm throws and I was getting better on my timing, getting the ball out of my hand quickly," Rodgers said. That score answered a Giants scoring drive that briefly cut the deficit to one. They connected again on a 30-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter for a 21-13 lead. We're better with 18 on the field and he showed it tonight." "And Randall Cobb, who this offense has been missing for a long time. "Davante (Adams) made a bunch of plays," Rodgers said. The Giants looked stunned, just like how the Detroit Lions and Arizona Cardinals looked last season after Rodgers pulled off similar feats. "It was a heck of a throw, heck of a catch."
"They boxed us out better than we played it," Giants coach Ben McAdoo said. Cobb somehow got behind three defensive backs near the back of the end zone to haul in the pass, getting both feet down before falling out of bounds.
He rolled to his right before heaving a throw from about the Packers 47. With the ball on the Giants 42, Rodgers took the snap with 6 seconds left.
Green Bay scored two touchdowns in the final 2:20 of the second quarter, punctuated by another remarkable desperation pass by Rodgers. They got pressure on Rodgers and the secondary blanketed the Packers' talented receiving corps, and a few boos even rained down from the stands after New York built a 6-0 lead on two field goals by Robbie Gould.Īs it turned out, Rodgers was just getting started. For much of the first half, the Giants' defense flustered the two-time NFL MVP.