Packers pluck Falcons 48-21, advance to NFC championship game
Wisconsin Sports-- Aaron Rodgers is making his mark as Green Bay Packer quarterback with an exclamation point. Rogers continued his march through the NFL playoffs by slicing Atlanta for three touchdown passes in a surprising 48-21 rout in the Georgia Dome Saturday night.
ATLANTA - Aaron Rodgers is making his mark as Green Bay Packer quarterback with an exclamation point.
Rogers continued his march through the NFL playoffs by slicing Atlanta for three touchdown passes in a surprising 48-21 rout in the Georgia Dome Saturday night.
Rodgers also ran for a score. He completed 31-of-36 passes 366 yards, leading his team on a middle-of-the-game rally for 35 straight points against the favored Falcons. After a relatively error-free regular season, the Falcons committed turnover after turnover -- and Rodgers made sure his Packers took advantage.
Tramon Williams picked off Matt Ryan twice late in the second quarter, returning one interception 70 yards for a score on the first half's final play, helping the Packers gain a trip to the conference title contest for the second time in four years.
Atlanta came into Saturday's game as the top seed in the conference after surging to a 13-3 regular season mark. The Falcons were ahead 14-7 after Eric Weems ran a kickoff back a team-record 102 yards for a score in the second quarter, but the Packers responded with five straight TDs to take control.
The game marked just the second time in history Atlanta came into the playoffs seeded number-one -- and the result was the same. One game, one loss, season over.
The Packers will take on the winner of today's game between the Chicago Bears and the Seattle Seahawks for the NFC title and a place in the Super Bowl.
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