Giants Pull Off Surprising Upset, Advance To NFC Championship With 37-20 Win Over Packers

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2012 NFL Playoffs: Eli Manning Asserts Himself, Proves His Worth Again

On paper, it looked like a mismatch. On one side of the field was Eli Manning, a Super Bowl winner who's continued to face questions about his ability to be the superstar. On the other was Aaron Rodgers, the man who led his team to a Super Bowl title last season, then broke the NFL record for yardage in a single season this year. Green Bay boasted a high-powered offense while New York quietly went about its work.

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But instead of Rodgers winging the ball all over the field, carving up the Giants' defense in the process, it was Manning who took over the game with his arm. He threw for 330 yards, three touchdowns and a pick, taking over the game while his counterpart, Rodgers, struggled with turnovers and inaccuracy.

And in Sports Illustrated's David Hack's opinion, Manning proved himself yet again.

After proclaiming himself an elite quarterback earlier this season, Manning has left no doubt that he is. His calm in the pocket, accuracy on the move and feel for the big moment have coalesced into a magical season that marches on for at least one more week.

Thanks to a strong performance from Manning and the offense, the Giants are one step away from returning to the Super Bowl. But the task doesn't get any easier next weekend as the Giants head to San Francisco to face a 49ers defense that's built a reputation on its toughness throughout the season.

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NFL Playoffs 2012, Packers Vs. Giants: Aaron Rodgers Says 'We Got Beat By The Better Team Tonight'

While the Green Bay Packers can point to a litany of offensive mistakes they made in the aftermath of their stunning 37-20 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday, perhaps the most stunning aspect was how convincing a win it was.

As Aaron Rodgers told the media afterwards:

"We got beat by a better team tonight. That's the reality of this league. It's tough. Didn't think it was going to end tonight."

The Giants outgained the Packers 420 yards to 388, with Eli Manning outplaying Aaron Rodgers.

Manning completed 64% of his passes for 330 yards and 3 TD's compared to Rodgers' completion percentage of 57% for 264 yards and 2 TD's.

Green Bay played from behind the entire game, with New York striking on the first possession, moving the ball 67 yards down the field for a 31-yard Lawrence Tynes field goal.

And after allowing a four-play touchdown drive at the end of the first half, the Packers never trailed by fewer than seven points the rest of the game.

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Giants Vs. Packers, NFL Playoffs: Aaron Rodgers Interception A Fitting End For Green Bay

The Green Bay Packers have turned the ball over three times with three fumbles and had a fourth fumble erroneously taken off the board. Aaron Rodgers has been far from his usual self. The Packers more or less gifted a win to the New York Giants on Sunday, so it was only fitting that things ended with an interception. On the final Packers play of the game, Rodgers had a pass tipped and impressively intercepted by Deon Grant.

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It was the perfect way for the Giants to cap off a great performance, and they went to the victory formation after the pick. After three kneel-downs, the scoreboard reads 37-20, and the Giants are going to be making a trip to San Fransisco.

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PHOTO: Brandon Jacobs Is A Bundle Of Joy

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VIDEO: Brandon Jacobs' Touchdown Run Seals Giants' Upset Of Packers

The Green Bay Packers couldn't recover their onside kick late in the fourth quarter while trailing 30-20. Brandon Jacobs' touchdown on the subsequent drive both salted away the win for the New York Giants and poured salt in the Packers' wound.

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I mean, what's more painful than letting the big, slow Jacobs outrace your defense to the corner? (Other than losing a home game in front of the Lambeau crowd, anyway?)

Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw failed to do much against the Packers' front seven early, but both have found success late in this game. Jacobs has that 14-yard touchdown run, and Bradshaw has tallied 63 yards on the ground on just 12 carries.

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Giants Vs. Packers Score, NFL Playoffs: Donald Driver Scores, Keeps Things Interesting

The Green Bay Packers now have two touchdowns, and they have been aided in both of them by bad calls by Bill Leavy. Their first came in the first half when a Greg Jennings fumble was inexplicably called down by contact. This one came from a phantom roughing the passer call, turning an incomplete pass on a third down into a first down for the Packers. That extension of the drive eventually resulted in a touchdown, and the New York Giants now lead 30-20.

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Randall Cobb had a massive 21-yard reception after the roughing the passer penalty before Aaron Rodgers picked up 16 yards on a run to get the Packers down to the Giants' 24-yard line. After an eight-yard run by James Starks, Rodgers threw a 16-yard strike by Driver. The Giants are still in control, but this one is interesting once again.

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VIDEOS: Ryan Grant Fumble Leads To Mario Manningham Touchdown

The Green Bay Packers trailed 23-13. They needed a touchdown, or at least some points. And instead, Ryan Grant, looking for an extra yard or two, gave up the Packers' third fumble of the day.

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Grant made a couple of moves to wriggle free of tacklers on a short pass from Aaron Rodgers, but the third move doomed him, as Kenny Phillips punched out the ball and Chase Blackburn picked it up and returned it to within yards of paydirt.

Cashing in that opportunity was easy for the Giants: Eli Manning rifled a touchdown pass to Mario Manningham, giving the Giants a 30-13 lead after the extra point.

Now the Packers need touchdowns, plural.

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Giants Vs. Packers Score, NFL Playoffs: Another Field Goal Makes It A Two-Score Game

The Green Bay Packers defense has not been excellent. They were downright awful on the two Hakeem Nicks touchdowns, actually. But they're doing enough to keep their team in the game right now, if Aaron Rodgers and the offense can ever get things going. The New York Giants drove down into Green Bay territory once again, but the Packers' D forced them into a field goal attempt for the fourth time in this game. Lawrence Tynes converted for the third time, giving the Giants a 23-13 lead with under eight minutes to play.

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The Giants started at their own 45-yard line and drove all the way down to the Green Bay 12-yard line before Brad Jones came up with a big sack on third and five, forcing the field goal.

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Giants Vs. Packers, 2012 NFL Playoffs: Aaron Rodgers Misses Jermichael Finley By That Much

The Green Bay Packers had momentum and a chance to tie the game against the New York Giants. Then a near-miss on a third down throw to Jermichael Finley and a sack of Aaron Rodgers on fourth down stopped the Packers' most recent foray into Giants territory, and gave Eli Manning the ball and the lead lin the fourth quarter.

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Rodgers' pass was just inches beyond the grasp of Finley, who had no one within five yards of him, but the big tight end could only get one hand on it, not enough to reel it in.

Giants linebacker Michael Boley, who sacked Rodgers late in the first half, once again mocked the likely NFL MVP's belt celebration after taking Rodgers down.

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Giants Vs. Packers, NFL Playoffs: Holding Call Causes Another Punt For New York

The New York Giants are leading the Green Bay Packers 20-13 late in the third quarter, but it feels like the momentum has shifted just a bit. The Packers added a field goal at the end of a nice drive the last time they had the ball, and they've forced a three and out for the second time in this game. Steve Weatherford hit a huge punt to pin the Pack back a bit, but the Giants will still have to solve the problem of their stalling offense.

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A holding call on the first play of the drive derailed it before it had a chance to get started. The Giants never could recover from first and 20, though Eli Manning certainly came close. Manning was given all kinds of room to run on third and 17 and looked to have a shot at a first down, but opted to slide five yards short instead of risking taking a hit.

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Giants Vs. Packers, 2012 NFL Playoffs: James Starks Provides Spark, Lead Cut To 20-13

The Green Bay Packers haven't earned many of their 15 wins in 2011 with superb play on the ground. But superb play from James Starks, a hero of the Packers' Super Bowl run, may be part of a win over the New York Giants if the Packers can come back. Starks' hard running helped the Packers score the first points of the second half on a Mason Crosby field goal, cutting the Giants' lead to 20-13.

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On consecutive plays in the third quarter, Starks took a screen pass for a first down and ran 29 yards on a toss play to get the Packers deep into New York territory. The Packers subsequently bogged down, with Aaron Rodgers missing Greg Jennings on a tough throw into the end zone, and had to settle for a field goal, but Starks' play could be a spark for an offense that desperately needs one.

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Giants Vs. Packers, NFL Playoffs: New York Can't Capitalize On Fumble

Aaron Rodgers fumbled on the Green Bay Packers' first offensive possession of the second half, gifting the New York Giants some excellent field position and an opportunity to build their lead. Unfortunately for New York, the Packers' defense finally felt like stepping up and forced a three and out for the first time all game. The Giants were forced to punt, and Rodgers has another opportunity to make this a one-score game.

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Hakeem Nicks made yet another reception on first down to set up second down and three, but the Packers defense came up huge with two stuffs on two subsequent run plays, setting up a fourth down and inches and a punt. Rodgers hasn't been his usual self so far, and the Packers need him to step up sooner rather than later.

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VIDEO: Osi Umenyiora Forces Aaron Rodgers Fumble, Packers Deep In Hole

Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers find themselves in a hole in the second half. A Rodgers fumble recovered by the New York Giants will certainly not help get them out of it.

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One play after scrambling and throwing a perfect pass to Donald Driver to convert a third down, Rodgers had the ball knocked out of his hand by Osi Umenyiora, and Deon Grant fell on the ball.

It was the second turnover of the day for the Packers, who had a +24 turnover margin in the regular season, and the first lost fumble by Rodgers since the Packers' first playoff game of last season, a win over the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Giants Vs. Packers Halftime Score: New York Leads 20-10 After Incredible Hakeem Nicks Hail Mary Catch

Ladies and gentlemen, Hakeem Nicks is an alien. Eli Manning has thrown an interception, the Green Bay Packers defense has made a couple of goal line stands and the referees gave the Pack one major gift, but the New York Giants and the Packers looked set to enter halftime with the G-Men up 13-10. Thanks to Nicks, they have another seven points. The Giants' wide receiver got up to haul in a hail mary at the end of the half, and his team leads 20-10 at Lambeau Field.

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Even before the hail mary catch, Nicks was the best player on the field. He enters the locker room with 152 yards and two touchdowns on just five catches. He scored the Giants' first touchdown as well, bouncing off Charlie Peprah before ripping off a big run to record a 66-yard touchdown reception.

The Packers' defense forced a couple of field goals in the red zone and blocked another, while their touchdown came after a fumble that wasn't. Greg Jennings lost a ball while the Packers were down 10-3 that was initially called a fumble, but Bill Leavy overruled his crew and called down by contact. Tom Coughlin threw his challenge flag, but the play surprisingly stood. The Packers went on to score a touchdown on that drive on a short pass to John Kuhn.

New York's second touchdown drive took just 41 seconds. On third down on the Giants' 40-yard line, with no time outs, Ahmad Bradshaw set up the hail mary with a 23-yard run where he impressively got out of bounds, leaving six seconds on the clock. The touchdown came on the next play, as Nicks made the Packers defense look silly.

Eli Manning has by far his best halftime yardage total of the season, with 274 yards at the break. Aaron Rodgers has a very pedestrian 112 yards on 12-21 passing,

Highlights

Hakeem Nicks 66-yard TD

Greg Jennings fumble that wasn't

Hakeem Nicks hail mary catch

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VIDEO: Hakeem Nicks Hauls In Hail Mary To End The Half

I'd say someone should put a body on Hakeem Nicks, but I just don't think it matters at this point. Throughout the first half, the Green Bay Packers certainly tried to slow down Nicks, failing every time. He bounced off a defender and raced into the end zone for an early score, then ripped the ball away from a cornerback later to set the Giants up with first and goal.

But his best act came just before the half. Caught in an in-between situation -- just out of field goal range, not quite enough time to pickup a small chunk -- Eli Manning went deep on a Hail Mary. And guess who was there to grab it.

For the half, that's five catches for 152 yards and two touchdowns for Nicks. And because of his Hail Mary reception, the Giants have a 20-10 lead over the Packers.

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Giants Vs. Packers, 2012 NFL Playoffs: First Sack Of Aaron Rodgers Leaves Pack Blue

Aaron Rodgers has dealt with a fair bit of pressure against the New York Giants in the first half of their 2012 NFL playoffs game in Green Bay, but the Packers' superstar quarterback and MVP candidate was never put on the turf ... until the last play of the Packers' last offensive drive of the first half.

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Michael Boley came around right end and looped around a running back to get to Rodgers for the Giants' first sack of the day. He then celebrated by mocking Rodgers' belt celebration.

Rodgers has been significantly less effective than he has been all year, completing just 12 of 21 passes for 117 yards against a Giants defense that has been torched by lesser quarterbacks this season.

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Giants Vs. Packers Score, NFL Playoffs: Green Bay Defense Holds Up, Forces Field Goal

John Kuhn lost a fumble for the first time in his professional career and gifted the New York Giants good field position late in the second quarter, but the Green Bay Packers defense was able to make a stand in the red zone and force a field goal. Aaron Rodgers will have a chance to get his team on the board again before halftime, but the Giants lead 13-10 with under two minutes to go in the second quarter after a Lawrence Tynes field goal.

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Hakeem Nicks got the Giants into field goal range by himself with an absolute monster of a catch, beating Sam Shields for a ball before running down inside the 10-yard line for a 29-yard gain. On second down from the one, Brandon Jacobs was blown backwards (how?), setting up third and goal from the five-yard line. Jarrett Bush forced an incompletion with good coverage on Jake Ballard on third down, forcing a field goal.

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VIDEO: John Kuhn Fumble Sets Up Giants In Packers Territory

The Green Bay Packers have been careful with the ball all season in 2011, giving up just 14 turnovers on the year. But they have put the ball on the Lambeau Field grass three times today, and John Kuhn's first-ever fumble as an NFL player finally gave the New York Giants a takeaway.

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After Randall Cobb's overturned fumble on the Packers' first kickoff return and Greg Jennings' fumble that wasn't in the first quarter, Giants fans were likely relieved to see another fumble pop out of a Packer's arms and into the clutches of a Giant, in this case Antrel Rolle.

All of the excitement of this game so far hasn't translated to points. The Packers and Giants are still tied, 10-10.

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Giants Vs. Packers, NFL Playoffs: Eli Manning Throws Interception To Morgan Burnett

Until this most recent drive, Eli Manning had been fantastic, but he's thrown an interception to give Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers a chance to take the lead heading into halftime. The Pack's pass rush has been poor, giving the New York Giants QB plenty of time to throw the ball, but Desmond Bishop came up big to hit Manning and force a bad throw, which Morgan Burnett intercepted.

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Victor Cruz and Jake Ballard both made huge receptions on the drive of 18 and 17 yards respectably, helping to get the Giants onto the edge of field goal range. On third down and five at the Packers' 34, Manning made a questionable decision and threw the ball up for grabs, and Burnett made a great play to get his hands on the ball and make the pick.

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Giants Vs. Packers, 2012 NFL Playoffs: Dropped Passes Force Pack's Punt

Aaron Rodgers is going above and beyond his usual duties for the Green Bay Packers against the New York Giants. He would probably appreciate his receivers stepping up in kind. Drops killed the Packers' third offensive drive of the day at Lambeau Field, forcing the Packers to punt for the first time.

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Rodgers threw passes that hit the hands of both James Starks and Tom Crabtree on the last set of downs on the possession, but neither player could haul in the ball.

As for Rodgers' extraordinary day: typically, he uses his legs to make things happen in the passing game, but he has instead made plays as a runner moving downfield in this NFL playoffs matchup, carrying the ball three times for 23 yards.

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Giants Vs. Packers, NFL Playoffs: Brad Jones Comes Up With Big Field Goal Block

After scoring a touchdown to tie up the score at 10-10, the Green Bay Packers tried to catch the New York Giants off guard with an onside kick. It didn't work out, and the Giants jumped on it to secure excellent field goal position. Manning hit Travis Beckum on the first play of the drive and Ahmad Bradshaw recorded a nine-yard run to get into field goal range, but the Giants came away empty thanks to a blocked kick by linebacker Brad Jones.

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Though the Giants did well to get on top of the surprise onside kick, this is their second special teams gaffe of the afternoon. They set up the Packers' touchdown drive with a kickoff out of bounds, and now have allowed Jones to get around the edge to make this key block.

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ANIMATED: John Kuhn Has Mastered The Tuck And Roll

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Giants Vs. Packers, 2012 NFL Playoffs: John Kuhn Touchdown Produces 10-10 Tie

Theoretically, one of the things that would seem inadvisable against the potent Green Bay Packers offense would be setting them up on their own 40-yard line to begin offensive drives. But that's what the New York Giants did with a kickoff that landed out of bounds, and thanks to a questionable call and a somersault by John Kuhn, it turned out to be a bad decision, as the Packers tied the game at 10-10.

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The Packers plodded down the field for their first touchdown, with no plays of over 16 yards and three runs, but got their touchdown from a familiar face. Kuhn scored with a reception instead of his customary rush, vaulting over a Giants defender.

The questionable call came on what looked like a fumble by Greg Jennings. Though one official called it a fumble on the field, that call was changed and then upheld after a replay review.

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VIDEO: Greg Jennings Fumbles, According To Everyone But Bill Leavy

With the New York Giants leading the Green Bay Packers 10-3, the Giants forced Greg Jennings to fumble the ball and recovered it. It was initially called a fumble on the field, until Bill Leavy overruled his crew and said that Jennings was down by contact. Tom Coughlin was obviously annoyed and made what was probably an excellent decision to throw his challenge flat. Incredibly, Leavy took a very long time to review the play and declared that the ruling on the field stood as called.

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How could this have happened? Check out the video.

The ball is pretty clearly loose before Jennings' backside is on the ground. This certainly constitutes indisputable video evidence. It's pretty tough to figure out what Leavy was thinking on this one. The Packers would go on to score a touchdown and tie the score at 10-10 after being gifted possession of the ball.

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VIDEO: Hakeem Nicks Bounces Off Charlie Peprah, Scores Long TD

The Green Bay Packers' poor pass rush has been their early undoing. The New York Giants now lead by a score of 10-3, thanks to a big touchdown catch and run by Hakeem Nicks. Just one play after the Packers gave Eli Manning all day to find Nicks on third down and 11, they gave him all day to find the same man wide open for another big play. The throw was what made the first 15 or so yards of the play, but the run made the rest.

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Charlie Peprah had a chance to make the tackle, but decided to go for the kill shot instead of wrapping up. Nicks bounced right off him, then took off running, burning the Packers defense for the 66-yard score.

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ANIMATED: Jermichael Finley Drops Pass, Takes Hit To The Head

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Giants Vs. Packers, 2012 NFL Playoffs: Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Grant Help Pack Tie Game Up

After a fumble on the opening kickoff by Randall Cobb was overturned on review — you can see Cobb's knee hitting the ground on the kickoff in the photo above — Aaron Rodgers and the vaunted Green Bay Packers offense wasted little time getting to work on the New York Giants' defense in their NFC Divisional Round game on Sunday.

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Ryan Grant opened the Packers' day with a run for 19 yards, and then Rodgers took to the air, finding Greg Jennings, Jermichael Finley, and Grant for three completions totaling 31 yards on Green Bay's opening drive.

But the Packers dropped two passes, and Rodgers' ability to throw on the run failed him on the final third down of the drive, as he missed a wide open Jennings near the Giants' goal line. Mason Crosby had no problem with the 47-yard field goal to cap the drive and make the score 3-3.

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Giants Vs. Packers Score, NFL Playoffs: New York Opens Scoring With Field Goal

The Green Bay Packers defense came up big to stop the New York Giants in the red zone and force a field goal, but Eli Manning and the G-Men will be happy with their opening drive. Starting at the 20-yard line, Manning made some massive throws on third down to march the Giants down the field, but they were ultimately stopped just outside the end zone and forced into a Lawrence Tynes field goal to open the scoring and make it 3-0.

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The drive lasted an impressive 12 plays, with Manning completing four out of seven pass attempts and Ahmad Bradshaw carrying the ball five times. B.J. Raji and A.J. Hawk made big stops in the run game during the drive, but Manning made some fantastic third and long throws to keep the Giants moving down the field. The best of those was a strike to Mario Manningham during the first set of downs, good for 19 yards on third and 10. The Packers struggled to get pressure on third down until the last one of the drive, when the pass rush forced a bad throw out of Manning, leading to the field goal.

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Giants Vs. Packers: Inactive List Released

The inactive lists for the Green Bay Packers - New York Giants playoff game have been released, and there are no major surprises:

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6 QB Graham Harrell
31 CB Davon House
49 LB Robert Francois
72 T Herb Taylor
84 TE D.J. Williams
95 NT Howard Green
97 LB Vic So’oto

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13 WR Ramses Barden
33 RB Da’Rel Scott
58 LB Mark Herzlich
63 C Jim Cordle
69 DE Justin Trattou
73 DT Jimmy Kennedy
79 T James Brewer

Howard Green, a seventh-year defensive lineman out of LSU who has started five games for the Packers this season, will be replaced in the starting line-up by CJ Wilson, a second-year player out of East Carolina.

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Giants Vs. Packers: Packers' Joe Philbin Will Be At Game 'To Participate'

Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin, mourning the death of his son, will attend Sunday's NFC Divisional Round game between the Packers and New York Giants "to participate," according to CBS Sports' Lesley Visser.

Joe's 21-year-old son, Michael, vanished last Sunday and found dead Monday in a river in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Preliminary autopsy results show that Michael drowned.

Visser spoke to Packers head coach Mike McCarthy, who provided an update on Philbin:

"I just spoke with coach Mike McCarthy, and he said Joe Philbin will be here tomorrow, in Mike McCarthy's words, to participate," Visser reported Saturday.

Having Philbin in attendance in any capacity will surely be an emotional boost for Green Bay, who will have revenge on its mind. Sunday's game will be the first playoff game at Lambeau Field since the Giants won 23-20 in overtime in the 2007 NFC Championship Game. It was Brett Favre's last game for the Packers, but his successor, Aaron Rodgers, is 2-0 against New York.

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NFC Divisional Playoffs, Giants Vs. Packers: Both Teams Healthy Heading Into Sunday

Outside of a pair of backup linebackers, the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants will head into Sunday night's NFC Divisional Playoff game somewhat close to full strength. For the Packers, Robert Francois is listed as doubtful with a hamstring injury on Friday's injury report. The Giants' Mark Herzlich has already been ruled out due to an ankle injury.

Otherwise, no player has a designation worse than "probable" for either team. Greg Jennings and James Starks are both listed with knee and ankle injuries, respectively, but both were full participants in practice this week and are not expected to be limited come game time. Both of the Packers' starting offensive tackles are listed as well, but Bryan Bulaga (knee) was able to practice and Chad Clifton (hamstring/back) has been held out of Friday practices all season.

The Giants' Ahmad Bradshaw is dealing with a sore back and a broken bone in his foot. He was unable to practice until Friday of this week but, like Clifton, that hasn't been unusual this season. D.J. Ware is also expected to play despite suffering a minor concussion last week.

For updates and analysis on these teams leading up to their matchup, visit Packers blogAcme Packing Company, Giants blog Big Blue View and SB Nation New York. Don't forget to check out SB Nation's NFL hub for all your playoff news.

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Giants Vs. Packers, NFL Playoffs 2012: Wind In The Forecast In Green Bay

The Green Bay Packers will face the New York Giants Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in a matchup of two teams with elite passing offenses, subpar rushing offenses and, with the exception of the Giants' de-pantsing of the Atlanta Falcons last week, suspect defenses. Weather is a persistent question for playoff games in Wisconsin in January, but, according to Weather.com, snow won't be falling Sunday. There will, however, be winds between 15 and 25 m.p.h.

With winds like that, whether Aaron Rodgers and Eli Manning can complete passes with the accuracy they and their receivers are used to will be a huge factor in the ballgame. Lucky for Manning and Rodgers, they're each facing a team with a similar offensive identity. Everyone has to deal with the wind, after all.

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Giants Vs. Packers, NFL Playoffs 2012: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman To Call 2007 NFC Championship Game Rematch

With the team from the country's largest media market traveling to face the defending Super Bowl Champions, FOX will have Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and field reporters Pam Oliver and Chris Myers on hand to call Sunday afternoon's New York Giants-Green Bay Packers NFC Divisional Playoffs game.

The core of the same crew was on hand for the 2007 NFC Championship Game between the same two teams in the same venue. Aikman remembered how cold that game was and came away impressed with how Giants quarterback Eli Manning played.

"If there was ever a game I thought should’ve been cancelled because of weather, that would've been it," said Aikman. "I was amazed that they were even able to play and I didn't think either team would be able to throw the ball.

"Eli threw it amazingly well. That was an impressive performance."

For more on the Sunday's game, be sure to head over to SB Nation's Giants blog Big Blue View. For more on the Packers, check out Acme Packing Company. Stay tuned to our updated StoryStream as well.