Category Archives: Playoffs
NFC Championship Preview: Packers vs. Bears
Kickoff: Sunday, 2 p.m. TV: Fox (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver, Chris Myers). Keys to the game As red-hot as Aaron Rodgers is, playing the Bears in Chicago introduces several factors he didn’t have to deal with on the … Continue reading
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Packers vs. Bears: Keys to winning the NFC Championship
As we get closer to the weekend, let’s take a deeper look at the Bears-Packers NFC Championship game at Soldier Field. Schemes, X’s and O’s, etc. My three keys for each team to winning this Sunday–and punching that ticket to … Continue reading
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Green Bay Packers await Chicago Bears in NFC championship game
The Green Bay Packers are on a roll and on a mission. They head into this week’s NFC championship game on a run of four straight victories that were essentially win-or-go-home – the last two regular-season games to qualify for … Continue reading
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Green Bay Packers defeat Atlanta Falcons 48-21 in NFC divisional playoff
ATLANTA – Aaron Rodgers, Tramon Williams and the rest of the Green Bay Packers stormed into the rowdy Georgia Dome on Saturday night and gave the NFC’s top-seeded Atlanta Falcons a brutal playoff whuppin’. The white-hot Rodgers blistered Atlanta’s defense … Continue reading
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Game notes: Packers vs. Eagles
1. McCarthy’s game plan: In my opinion, his best game plan of the season. Green Bay got back to balanced football and we saw some examples of a team that could line up in their Tank personnel (1 WR, 2 … Continue reading
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Williams’ Interception Saves Playoff Victory; Play Falcons on Saturday
Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes and the Packers’ defense made a final stand with Tramon Williams’ end zone interception to save a 21-16 victory at Philadelphia. Up next: A divisional playoff game at Atlanta at 7 p.m. on Saturday. … Continue reading
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Playoffs! Packers Edge Bears; Eagles Are Next
The Green Bay Packers survived the preliminary round of the playoffs. The real thing begins next week. With Bears coach Lovie Smith living up to his word, Chicago came to play and pushed Green Bay to the limit, but the … Continue reading
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Packers once again control playoff destiny
The Packers are in control of their playoff destiny once again, and all they had to do was sit in their hotel room this afternoon and watch the results of some key NFL games. The Lions’ overtime victory over Tampa Bay, … Continue reading
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Featured Article: The Day After: Hurt, Reflection and Hope
By Mike Spofford, Packers.com Having one night to reflect on Sunday’s playoff overtime defeat in Arizona didn’t make the Packers feel any better on Monday morning as they cleaned out their lockers, but even with some emotions still raw there … Continue reading
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Featured Article: Cardinals worried? Not even a little bit
By Mike Sando (ESPN) GLENDALE, Ariz. — Sly grins bordering on smirks flashed across Ken Whisenhunt’s face more than once during his postgame news conference Sunday. The Arizona Cardinals‘ coach seemed to know something the scoreboard failed to reveal at … Continue reading
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