2012 Wild Card Vikings @ Packers

the Green Bay Packers in the Minnesota Vikings begins tonight at Lambeau Field when these division rivals five weeks in an NFC wild card playoff game next on NBC [Applause] Green Bay 29 degrees clear skies fairly windless and this crowd right now awaiting the start the bionic man Adrian Peterson needs the Minnesota Vikings into town to take God Aaron Rodgers happened [Applause] Bay Packers in this NFC wild card playoff game now Michael is with Chris Collinsworth Michelle deploy welcome to Green Bay of the Packers win tonight they have a date in San Francisco next Saturday if the Vikings win tonight they have a date in Atlanta next Sunday now the Packers won the NFC North they started two and three but won nine of their last 11 blue a chance to rebuy by losing to Minnesota last week Rodgers has been magnificent again and the team is as healthy as it's been in quite some time last year the Minnesota Vikings won only three games this year they wound up 10 and 6 won their last four to get into the playoffs Adrian Peterson has been out of this world but the big story with the Vikings is at quarterback where Christian Ponder got hurt last week was able to finish the game barely practice with the bad arm this week inactive night and thus Joe Webb who has not thrown a single pass this season will start this play off to him for the Minnesota Vikings so what do you make of this what do you see happening tonight with the change at quarterback well no matter who plays quarterback the goal is always to take pressure off Adrian Peterson so the Christian Ponder's the quarterback you have the threat of the play-action passing game but with Joe Webb you have the threat of the play-action passing game and this read-option office which Green Bay really hasn't had a chance to prepare for so this could be a really interesting matchup it could be the wave of the future so just flipping around right now what is this all mean for Green Bay well think about it you know this is the third time played the Minnesota Vikings at five weeks did you come in here thinking we don't everything there is a note about what they're gonna do on offense and then all of a sudden you get this Joe Webb x-pac there's an uncertainty which is going to make it really really interesting to watch this is like Saturday night mystery theater a lot of crazy stuff about to happen tonight in Green Bay the Packard's host the Minnesota Vikings in this NFC wild card playoff match the history of quarterbacks or the postseason game who did not start a game during the regular season Roger Staubach in 72 the Cowboys gary Danielson with the Lions in 83 and Frank Reich replacing the injured Jim Kelly with the bills in 92 and he led that miracle comeback against the Houston Oilers meanwhile Webb in the NFL since 1950 the first player to start a postseason game without throwing the pass during the regular season well the guys who will have to contend with it the Packer defense led by Clay Matthews and moments ago he spoke with Michele playing Vikings starting quarterback Kristen Barker is inactive they're gonna start Joe Webb how do you expect that to change what they do offensively they don't hand the ball off the 28 we know that but offensively Parker's on a few more trick plays back there with the stator but the desktop 28 plus when we buy the equipment dating Leslie Frazier told me a few minutes ago that they may run some read-option how is the defense prepared for that one day you mentioned number 28 you guys have given him 409 yards in the last two meetings what do you have to do differently tonight but to be a little more disciplined I think the effort was there last week but we didn't know we got out of place a few times so we'll just hold up the edge we'll be good to go hey thanks very much easy and Charles Woodson the Packers defensive back returns after nine games out with a broken collarbone they hope he can help shore up their run defense for the Vikings quarterback Antoine Winfield will start last Sunday he played with a sawed cast on his broken right hand and had to leave the game after 18 defensive plays because of the pain tonight he'll wear a hard cast and take a pain killing injection and help he tells me he's confident he can go to the hole for quarters tonight yeah they missed him last week Michelle take a look at the coaches Leslie Frazier completing his second full season took over the branch interest thousand ten season Mike McCarthy's been in green thousand six now the Packers won sports you're spending a lot of time thinking about what the to defer or not and they have so that means Minnesota will get the ball we will see Peterson immediately you've got Marcus Cheryl's back to receive the kick nation Crosby cut some of the air and we are hey Sheriff chin up hands 225 and taken out of balance in front of the Green Bay bench at the 33 yard line let's take a look at the Viking starters Joe will you AV agent Peterson album Jerome Felton from University draw Simpson Coastal Carolina Michael Jenkins the Ohio State University powered off Matt Khalil the University of Southern California Charlie Johnson Sherman Texas John Sullivan Notre Dame Burnett Fusco slippery rock university a rock that line has been healthy all season long the interior 5 has started every game and of course with Pederson we closed the middle who takes it out to the 36 yard line so last year on Christmas Eve in the Washington Peterson went down torn ACL torn MCL surgery in Birmingham with dr. James Andrews spent New Year's Eve in the hospital and of course in an injury like that you're not expected to come back for the start of the next season but of course all he did was chase Eric Dickerson's record and a phenomenal season on second and six Peterson again out to the 39 yard it'll be third and three let's take a look at the Green Bay defense then pick at Ohio State universe BJ Raji BC CJ Wilson East Carolina Desmond Moses Tulane University a Jayhawk the Ohio State University right Jones Colorado play Matthews USC tramonto Eden and he's annotate Charles Woodson the University of Michigan Morgan burned me Georgia Tech Sam [Applause] woodson back after nine Matthews came back about three weeks ago after missing for their nine and three with Webb taking a snap out of the shotgun and he fakes the handoff is able to scramble pick up the first down and all and it's the type of thing that we see these days now with of course Kaepernick and Wilson and rg3 and Webb can do a lot of the same sort of stuff where we go Joe was telling us last night in college he was known for his Houdini plays well there's Houdini number one that was completely bottled up by the Green Bay Packers they play it perfectly and just a one on tremendous effort on the part of Joab who establishes himself early on in this at the 44-yard line they took three snaps all season to hand offs and then kneel down against Tennesse gives the ball to Peterson and Peterson who averaged 6 yards per carry on the season picks the ball to the 36th year after year the average carry in the NFL is about four point one one of the key matchups is going to be what can they do with this big guy right here BJ Raji tore him up last time that time Brandon Fusco who really had a tough time with BJ Raji in the last game opens up a big hole to set up a second one if you're gonna let Joe Webb throw the ball this is not a bad spot right here [Applause] as Matthew's calls him and even takes it to the 29-yard line web was born grew up and went to college in Birmingham Alabama the University of Alabama at Birmingham was a quarterback there then they made him a receiver then they brought him back to play quarterback then he was drafted in the sixth round by Minnesota and they wanted to make him a wide receiver but on the third day and rookie camp he was throwing the ball and they said we're gonna make you a quarterback again but pretty good hitting with him last night how far can you throw the football we figured about 75 yards [Applause] and the handoff the Peterson and Peterson who gained over 400 yards in two games against the Packers this season gets taken down by Woodson and he's already gained 33 on this drive let's see if we can come up here you see a little bit on the backside here watch these guys over here they freeze because they don't know if Joe Webb's going to run back at him so Desmond Moses number 54 had to hesitate that's what we're seeing around the league we're seeing really great running backs have even better days because of the uncertainty of what the quarterback might do ball rushes on this Drive and one and web takes it to the 13 the Vikings have been very proficient in opening drives this season they scored six opening drive touchdowns third highest total in the NFL and in the red zone in the two games against the Packers five touchdowns and two field goals in eight drives and the decision now by Mike McCarthy to defer on the opening drive the one thing want to do was get behind early like they did last week down 13 to nothing so the Vikings could stay with this one day seven ones and no passes on the opening drive and this time they're rated as stuffing in the backfield that's Charles Woodson yes sir that was Charles Woodson welcome back broken collarbone and all knifes his way between three different blockers to make the play in the backfield this is exactly what they need out of him he has been has been a major factor on his defense that experience absolutely huge Charles was a little concerned didn't know how his collarbone would hold up second time he had broken it in with a big play early third and seven and Toby Gerhart now comes into the game feel flanking whoop is going to take the time out in plays all Russia's third and seventh we come back an active got hurt toward the end of the first half was able to finish the game last week arm injury it's really more about the tricep than anything else he was telling us last night the elbow as well trying to throw at about 4:30 this afternoon here in green they couldn't make it Leslie Frazier said I've got to go to and he's backed up by MacLeod that felt option the backup quarterback with the time out it's third down and seven from the 15 while looking to jail for the first time and dodging it's incomplete he had to dance away intended from Michael Jenkins and it's 4th down and Minnesota will have to settle for a field goal attempt to tell Jo Webb was thinking about running this football wasn't there on his first look wanted to take off but there was Desmond Moses right there in the hole did a little jump pass to get it out of there but all in all not a bad first drive for Joe Webb established that he could do a few things offensively and at least get a feel go today 33 yard attempt for the rookie Blair Ross who said a phenomenal year and that one is just good inside the left upright the year so good that he's going to the throw ball Minnesota leads three playoff game brought to you by Southwest Airlines you can find our fares online only at southwest.com buy the new santa baby from London like severe NFL fans here we go and by GE brilliant machines to transforming the way we work that was a scene Thursday with all the snow hundreds of locals showed up 10 bucks an hour and they had to turn away hundreds and or 600 person crew coming in here to shovel the snow out of Lambeau Field tonight here skies temperature at 29 through nothing is the score and the Packers will get the ball for the first time with Jeremy Ross want to come along Packers up at about the 30-yard line Aaron Rodgers coming out of this is the defense he'll face tonight Brian Robeson University of Texas the trigger on for State University Kevin William Oklahoma State jerilyn : area Academy Chad Greenway the University of Iowa Aaron Henderson was hurting them in the home of the Terrance AJ Jefferson Fresno State Jamarcus south Mississippi Harrison Smith University of Notre Dame Chris Koch Yuliya that's why when Phil deal out of State University which it's a beautiful campus or with the Kohen area the picture it's not right there from the 29 Rogers on first down it's carving around this last week's game they were arresting him preparing him for tonight out to the 36 yard line for a gain of seven second and three and Rogers will go without a huddle per usual for the Packers [Music] we [Applause] it was handed off to B'Elanna Harris one of five guys who have started at running back this season for Green Bay and the five seven two hundred three pounder picks up a couple Rodgers meanwhile the MVP last year his numbers almost as good this season last week against the Vikings four touchdowns no interceptions but of course because of Peterson's year and paint man the probably finished steward 31 [Applause] is able to get away by Harris so Harris who is in Pittsburgh scamp spent a little time with Jacksonville drops this one it's three it out watch this section right here the goal is not necessarily to sack Aaron Rodgers sometimes it's just to get him to not run for this first down so Jared Allen rather than coming screaming around the top end folds back under forces him to flip that one out of there they get a drop in a punt that Tim mast a one of the best in the league line drive this time that was Gerald's it backs up collects it at the 16 yard line and Cheryl's with a nice run back as he takes that out to the 33 yard line and a half involved at the second time up three nothing in this wild-card game check it out for the complete viewing experience at Sunday Night Football extra NBC sports.com what a good stuff there and social media analysis the guest analyst tonight Gilbert Brown defensive tackle for the Packers back in the late night - mm there's just Saturday he was the starting center up until a couple of weeks ago to Green Bank was a long time center for Peyton Manning in Indianapolis with using his starting job right now the benches Minnesota takes over at the 33-yard line with off the play fake and we'll pick up the first down on an 11 yard scamper here we go again in order to stop Adrian Peterson the backside has to slide down the line here Erik Walden trying to do that but now you have this added factor a guy that runs for four able to escape around the edge and pick up the first down again no time really to prepare for this I don't think anybody including us thought so well is going to start a quarterback shot last night we found out that the possibility existed his Adrian Peterson picks up a couple gain of two so what is Peterson done in the two games this year against Green Bay 409 yards a couple of touchdowns 17 point seven yards per carry when he was outside left tackle four point eight when he runs between the tackles and sixteen for outside right tackles and he goes to the edge and gets around a corner seven minutes to go on the quarter play action and the pass out of the flat I'll Rudolph who's become the favorite target of Christian Ponder samshield makes the tackle to tight end there for a gain of six it'll be third down at two backers had their own x-factor back Charles Woodson just kind of creeping up right down offensive line will for the possibility of the safety coming in there and so right now you've got Woodson playing again he's almost a tailback on the defensive side Peterson's the tailback on the offense which the one Heisman Trophy Peterson one but second to Cedric Benson that is an Oklahoma we'll try to get in the lane it's not that bumping wolf style Walden came in had his arms and whoever's able to get it away for the incomplete pass that's what you can't have out of Joe Webb there Erik Walden's going to make eight play does not get fooled on to play fake this time catches Joe Webb who just cannot throw the ball straight up in the air very lucky to have gotten away without Chris Kluwe to punt and Randall Cobb his back mention economists last week's game with an ankle injury could have played totally healthy tonight the 13-yard one leads back to the 18 DeMarcus an furred maybe the time 6:11 to go in the opening quarter in Green Bay three nothing biking now Williams took over as the Vikings defensive coordinator came over from Indianapolis had served there but at one point with Leslie Frazier has done a nice job his defense much improved from last season and of course the team overall from three wins to ten wins was the Frazier non time Chicago Bear player ended his career in that super day Harris what a clear up one thing Peterson told us last night he lost the Heisman Trophy to Cedric Benson I mentioned it got me to thinking mentioned never won the Heisman so that's number one number two it was Matt Winer who beat him out when Peterson was a freshman he should have given you a $20 back that's right he lost another bet right I'm betting you're right second I had sex of the 22 yard line to the outside those powers who breaks a tackle tries to pick up the first out is very close and let's take a look at the Green Bay starters Aaron Rodgers California Dhawan has books bill for Greg and Jenny's Western Michigan University James John solid state Randall Cobb Kentucky Jim Michael family the University of Texas Marshall new house TCU TJ lying Eastern Michigan Evan Dietrich Smith Idaho State Josh sitting Central Florida Don Barclay West Virginia Mountaineers Berkeley taking over about a month to go third down and two now with the ball at the 28 yard line and with a flag thrown in the first of the game this is yn brain with a clock back last month who is close to a first down for the first time tonight here is Scott Green side defense [Applause] kevin williams and a first down for greenberg he didn't jump offsides he just lined up offsides you can see right there that's clearly all sides and a huge mistake when they played here about a month ago Aaron Rodgers was able to get the Vikings to jump offsides three different times that time just lined up offsides Williams 10th year at Oklahoma State Vikings after the number one back in over 3 [Applause] Rogers out of the gun Rogers is able to avoid a sack from behind at him and he's able to get the ball out to the 33 for a short gain down field just playing zone coverage against these wide receivers that are finally back to full health nothing fancy about the coverage at all they just did a solid job and really there was time to throw that football just unable to find anybody open practice of all of their receivers back up in Genesys a lot of the season missed a couple of games but everybody hoped he enlisted and then a swing pass to Paris and he's out of bounds near midfield for first now and a 16 this is it now this is the play that I think the Green Bay Packers are really hurting people on now they just send their wide receivers down the field to block they don't even pretend to be going out for a pass they come straight off the ball go down and block almost like a screen pass and dump it off it's a very difficult play to try and defend on the inside handoff there's two Harris through the 50 Diane makes the tackle second and nine let's take a look at the prior play watch these guys out here they're not going out for a pass here they're coming straight off and blocking right off the bat and they have used that play now to win football games over the past five or six weeks use it to beat Detroit a little while back in Detroit [Applause] Augustine for his first three between the green yards and completes another one and that's going to be a first really come on drops earlier and he's been much more sure-handed and Roger singing his praises to us the other day three different times this year he's had five or more catches and two of them that they said Minnesota Vikings no huddle again the terrace that's again at 2:00 before we get stuck by the middle of the line well as long as the Minnesota Vikings are gonna play these safeties and everybody back here almost no choice for Aaron Roger who's who is the final decision-maker run pass at the line of scrimmage forces you to stay with that running game Gerald again second and eight and it bump it off over the middle and it's Harris who gets free 24-yard another first now this is called a Tampa 2 coverage why they're lining up this deep on the snap of the ball I don't every quarterback in the NFL is going to take it and dump it right down to that spot in the middle of field if you're going to show that kind of coverage usually they line up put it tight and drop into that the Vikings are just showing both teams get a lot of substitutions there so much so in fact that Scott Green the referee got ahold [Applause] you toss back to grant was able to get back to the 25-yard line turns and loss of two into a loss of one he's tackled there by Jared Allen second at 11 Jared Allen over the years has had a monster days against the Green Bay Packers 16 sacks in about 11 games against them got the first hit and the last hit a little rodeo throw him up by the legs there at the end up it's a shot issues an overall second down and 11 they've dumped again two grand on a stream gram is inside the 10 yard line setting up a backhoe thereby Jamarcus Sanford his drive started back at the Green Bay 18:6 rushes through our passions that's good for 17 yards Josh sit-ins going to get out in front of this thing and throw an ice block but you get the feeling come playoff time the old veteran Ryan grant or they brought back in early December might just be the guy Mike McCarthy Donna say if he gets hot we're going to the toss girl he cuts it back and parish to the almost no touchdown signal yet did he reach the goal line as the question inches short one against Mike McCarthy throw the challenge what happened last week is his knee ever down oh he has controlled interesting meanwhile time has expired that's the end of the first quarter with the score Minnesota three Green Bay nothing wildcard Saturday resumes after these messages Urso McCarthy decides to challenge this is not like last week this is challengeable without any penalty because it's not a scoring play it was ruled down inside the one it's not a turnover and he is saying that the ball had reached the goal line in possession of brand before the ball starts to come out grant winds up recovering it or the Packers do in the end John here great did break the plane of the goal line who's these it's Harris who gets the touch now so Harris with the ball crossing the goal line and they win the challenge to the touch Center Green Bay Packers with two guys that neither on the roster as of about a month and a half ago Ron Harris coming in he was selling cars in Jacksonville got his chance scores a touchdown there and it was Ryan grant it was picked up late after being cut earlier in the season by Washington and now those are the two backs that you've got in the playoffs so meanwhile it is not the end of the first quarter you 28 seconds left because that was the time remaining and to come back to the other end detects the extra point which caused because and Green Bay has the lead so we're still in the first quarter seven two three to be peeler through a season kickoff continues tomorrow the Hyundai Tournament of Champions coverage begins tomorrow 3:00 Eastern on NBC and continues with the final round on takeoff Jenna back to the future we're still in the first quarter after the successful challenge the Minnesota Vikings who of course play indoors when they come outside all and five in the elements and have picked off by this and crossed way through the back of the end zone the Vikings will start from the 20-yard line as and look at Joe Webb the web's done all right few interesting plays is the field the problem is he just has one completion to show for it and see the backside read what it does to hold there against Aaron Rodgers playing against the guy that is likely to put up over 30 points so points in a couple of Drive get it done eventually completes and passes take some pressure off of Adrian Peterson and ap with his Beach County of [Applause] they perish the 34 yards as the Moses makes the tackle second and I in the hard part about game planning for the Minnesota Vikings is nobody else plays defenses like they see the Green Bay Packers in this game have had safeties all over the line of scrimmage and you're not seeing that on tape around the - the football hard to prepare that's the end of the quarter we've been here before seventh grade back every of these lessons Easton hall from 1939 to 2001 11 in awe at Lambeau Field to other wins in bill walking but since then since Michael Vick and Atlanta came to town ten years ago they're two and four-year with losses to Atlanta that night to Minnesota after the O for season and a pair to the Giants in the seasons when the Giants went on to win the Super Bowl you know seven and eleven so label mystique is sort of faded away a little bit we'll see about tonight in the 21 second down and - Cris Collinsworth in the cell to FOIA as we start the second quarter [Applause] first down as he gets it up to the 31 yard line so it's so funny how down the stretch Green Bay was in such great shape to get the by but the Minnesota wins and now all of a sudden like they did two years ago will have to win three games and probably two on the road to get to the Super Bowl but I think they feel like that offensively they're getting back and rhythm and as long as offensively they're putting points on the board they have a great opportunity to make a run just like they did in two 2010 they want all three games on the road before going to Dallas and knocking out the Steelers here's Peterson gaining four yards after the 35 yard line second and six for the Vikings Peterson and Rodgers the marquee guys tonight Adrian with nine carries already and that drive five out of six for 61 yards second five from the 36 webmin fools Matthews they get sacked as Walden team and he was able to escape him and then mattify's was underneath him and he trips over him and Matthews gets the gift Center Matt's a little SP saying what the heck I give up a sack on a perfect block take clay Matthew and gets the sack former teammates at USC and that's the cheapest one Clay Matthews got it is third and fifth after the nine 126 buying time and then he cuts it off again and Walden is making his presence felt on almost every plane in the 93 well the problem is when they get in those third down and very long situations now you put the Green Bay Packers with six or seven defensive backs on the field playing coverage and you have a quarterback who's really not used to having to sit in the pocket and make these kind of reads he has thrown a pass all season coming in here so those types of situations sometimes a running a punts not all bad and intentional grounding was also cold on that play as live just got rid of the ball then you get it back toward the line of scrimmage you got Cod now back employee spot Gotham the 30 and wins the ball back to the 36 yard line 7 2 3 Aaron Rodgers completing his fifth year as the starter here succeeding Brett Favre 24 touchdowns and only two interceptions in 10 starts a sparkling passer rating myocin NFL history for quarterback against one team and try to work some magic tonight and earn the Packers a trip to San Francisco for a divisional game next Saturday the Vikings when they go to Atlanta Sunday [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Wallace made the books to Paris switch hands with the ball before the handle off that time and Harris picks up eight yards well you play a young back this is what you did there was a lot of Burbidge at the line of scrimmage time from Aaron Rodgers and I winged one here has got about half of it he said just give me the ball up to that second down to [Applause] that's it over the the 52 49 yard line talking about all the packer receivers who are healthy but we haven't seen Jordy Nelson tonight he's been battling some hamstring and leg injuries as well and knee injuries and he has not been in the game to this point even though he is in uniform and ready for duty or something then those sorted two wide receivers day now for the Green Bay Packers they've been shopping bags in and out all season so they're comfortable all the makeshift toss now us again and that's a nice tackle by Aricent Smith who comes up from the safety spot they loved Smith number one draft choice a rookie out of Notre Dame here we go he's gonna come ripping up right out here there was not one person that we talked to on the Minnesota Vikings including Adrian Peterson that was not singing the praises of one Harrison Smith they think he is totally remade this secondary with his physical play started every game this season loss of one there it's in the pocket the time and down he goes at the 40-yard line Jared Allen Rogers got sex 51 times this season most of anybody in the gonna film well they finally did come up with single coverage and if you're playing Aaron Rodgers you're not willing to do this one-on-one stuff very much against these wide receivers but it does allow you a little more pressure up the middle that time they blitz a linebacker and end up getting a sack they got away with it you have to be careful with Aaron Rodgers playing that single safety high because one-on-one usually these white outs win for the Manatee if it's drunk flanking Rogers and Rogers goes over the middle and that is caught genny's makes the catch and gets tackled at the 45 by Harrison Smith so Jennings who is missed about half the season with injuries makes his first catch of the game it's worth that in five well he almost looked like Ray Rice on that one and was going to escape and possibly pick up the first down but that was Harrison Smith coming out with a huge hit that's what you love from a defensive side of the ball when you have a safety they can bring the hammer like that it really makes a difference Master your cash is billed for at the 14 yard line by - 956 remaining in the opening hands in his wife arcane 7 to 3 great book I got a limo filled the aerial view brought to you by Geico so the Minnesota Vikings will begin this drive from the 14 yard line the sack M'Lynn series 73 Green Bay must intend to flow in the opening half they compete us in and the pass is knocked away at the 28 yard line same shield coming in to break it up intended for Jenkins talking about Adrian Peterson last year it's hurt kind of a nondescript play in a game in Washington he goes down he's in shock he said he said that first and the first thought was why me and then he goes to the locker room and he knows it's the ACL and when he finds out it's the MCL as well his dad comes in and he says hey you know what maybe this would be a blessing in disguise he's come back better than ever second and ten Peterson trying to break away that no can only get back to the line of scrimmage Moses is there third name again you've got a deal with BJ Raji inside they could not move him last week Raji was in the backfield one of the problems that the Packers had a week ago was it was plain mad penetration up the field the other guy's not there were some gaps in there tonight much tighter across the line [Applause] levels in which Adrian Peterson can split the outside and out of the Cauca short of the first gun needed nine got about seven catch is made by Jerome Simpson and Obie fourth in a long one and then comes the pumping group just inexperienced on the part of Jerome since and you have to know as a receiver that you're going to have to come back to the football in one-on-one coverage at time he stopped about one yard past the first down marker and by the time he came back two or three yards ended up chill Louise kick will be taken down at the 26 with a 26 in the opening hand and the Packers up by 4 live from New Orleans super-weak dan Patrick will do a show from there Mike Florio football talk as well Michelle Beadle as the new show bull drops over Super Bowl week and there is Leslie Frazier who had one of the most bittersweet days you could ever have at the Superdome following the 85 season and the Bears won the Superbowl top takes the handoff as he winds up in the backfield that's the Mike Ditka 85 Bears one of the greatest teams everybody Ryan's 46 defense you had Frazier you had Singletary but on a punt return he wrecked his knee and that was the end of his career so you win the Super Bowl but your career is over worked out alright for him though yeah came here and three wins a year ago and take his team to the playoffs this year and he was a proud papa talking about a last second in section the backfield in the place a tin and a little dump off there's two time travel his first pitch of the night results in another Green Bay first down [Applause] the Crabtree's going to get off and block a little bit they've come out late on the screen but everybody wants to tackle these big tight ends at the knees so what do they do they start jumping over the top now we haven't really seen anybody be flipped in that sort of situation but it's a dangerous move to try for grab tricks I want to be out of emotions we Bice time and then finds the open man that's changed 14 touchdown receptions to lead the league in that category and James Jones gets into the mix to the 20-yard reception and they're getting help out here they're helping Don Barclay the tackle who got burned for three sacks a week ago and then it's all Aaron Rodgers and his ability to just buy time like a Ben Roethlisberger until somebody works their way over and dirty Nelson's for the first 40 on the benches in the game he was at the bottom of the stream today and here goes Cobb again the 38 bar can line up as a wideout can line up in the backfield can take a direct snap returns kicks in as Mike McCarthy told us early in the season you can't get the ball and Randall Cobbs hands enough second year out of Kentucky it was a wildcat quarterback out of the University of Kentucky played all those different roles and continued to grow it'd be a bigger and bigger part of this offense a lot to do with the fact that Greg Jennings was hurt so much early in the year secondly to the outside the pass is caught the 34 yard line and with Jennings hurt and Nelson in and out of the guys having some issues and Finley dropping some balls early on James Jones has really come to the forefront this year break out here he says he talks to himself now he just only had one drop all year that was a big problem for in the past that he always is saying all right stay focused stay hungry stay aggressive and he says it time after time out loud and every once awhile he says defensive backs have come up to me go are you okay you couldn't say a word about him out there he's talking to himself a lot [Applause] 35 for the 34 [Applause] seems that one out of Nelson is sort of the intended receiver who had slipped or wot but it's four thousand four to five big battle going on right up here how much do they trust Don Barclay and a tough time we Robson on a week ago at a tougher time with Everson Griffin 97 who's been in there and that was going to be the center of their attention Mike McCarthy said I did a poor job last week not giving Barclay enough help the right now he's holding his own well they're gonna have to go for it pass up a 52-yard field goal attempt the first nanogenes station he's inside the damaged [Applause] fourth and five we talked about it before if you willing to take your chances and play one-on-one coverage with these wide receivers eventually they are going to burn you this is the best set of wide receivers across the board in the NFL most teams don't the wife who's dead the crystal he picks up a lot more and it's worse than goal than the tree at the 32-yard game chorus serenading them Brian Robeson makes the tackle at the one second and goal Mike McCarthy calls his own plays and for the Minnesota Vikings you have your backup quarterback in you only have three points on the board you're playing in a tough environment huge defensive stand here it gets tough you go down 14 to 3 in this situation where antlers are running back on secondary [Applause] Finley is in the end zone and Harrison Smith with the coverage on the play and it's going to be third down and goal from the one where Harrison Smith just did not leave him alone on this play or he is here all the way down the field Harrison Smith is going to be grabbing and poking and now that was Chad Greenway working on him down the field just couldn't bring it in and now significant third down from the war Pam is the full-back Ryan is the running back continues over to on the right side and foon can only get back to the line of scrimmage so now it's fourth down and goal from the one under for deploying in the half Fred Evans and TJ lang could not get there here we go right there's TJ Lang could not cut off Fred Evans and no choice here big big defensive stand for the Vikings huge play that time by Evans and they're going to send in Crosby for a chip shot 20-yard field goal and the kick is good but a little bit of a victory there for that Minnesota defense holding him to three and three is the story before we move along too far I think I would have gone for the touchdown I probably would have taken a few gold just because it doesn't look like the Vikings are going to be able to score 20 points tonight and you got to think you gonna get there there they're Cheryl's a pastor 20 Pharaoh's and they fly brings it back out to the 33 yard line Scott green will make the call holding receiving team number 55 10-yard penalty first down so Marvin literally we talked about the Packers defense being on multiple levels in the game a week ago you could see defensive guys up the field some hanging back and what that did that two level approach ended up creating big plays for Adrian Peterson tonight has been much more of a single-level a solid wall across there and by doing that and making sure they have contained the outside they're not giving Adrian Peterson those big bounce out plays and having charles woodson and his sort of x-factor ability on the defensive side has certainly helped to peterson have 200 Don papers front way the defensive coordinator 210 including an 82-yard early December here for Peterson to the 17 yard line but Peterson just coming up short nine yards short the whole nine yards of Eclipse and Eric Dickerson record set back in 84 take a look at some of those numbers there dickerson with the 31 more carries and ones for loss at the very bottom there from the canine for Dickerson 51 for Peterson that he broke seven runs of 50 or more beauty second and four fit Joanna buys time deep downfield the TD as Jerome Simpson can't make the play covered there by saying shields gonna be third down and four but you have to take that shot and they had that one there Charles Woodson is always going to be the guy that's going to try and creep towards the line of scrimmage a little bit he took a ball step there they get Simpson in behind and he just threw it to take those cleanest shots when you get your one-on-one [Applause] jumpin did the flip for the touchdown give him a chance two of seven for 14 yards and it stared in fuel that is the four-man rush pressure again escaping again but just for the moment and then tackle with the [Applause] well let's just call it the way that it is because BJ Raji called tore up brandon Fusco a week ago really guards it doesn't have a sack all year but he created that sack with his ability and one-on-one blocking schemes of just taking apart the Minnesota Vikings guards he did it last week to Chris Kluwe will get set for his fourth pot but first a let the clock wind down to the two-minute warning Green Bay 10 Minnesota coming away me too Arian Foster living the Texans to a window go to New England and next week as the night goes Cincinnati and the guys will look back an hour for a staff and for you look at the tomorrow's matchups in the wild atrium Lambeau Field teams to go in the open Louie setting up in the end zone handles the low snap gets it away and it's a wine drive pick and table not be able to handle it at the 38-yard line 148 to go this wildcard playoff game is being brought to you by DirecTV and calling yourself a sports fan you got to get DIRECTV by the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado working part on and off the field by Microsoft Surface sent by identity thief director of Horrible Bosses this February new bosses great ones first and ten from the 38-yard line Green Bay has all of its timeouts and Rogers in the game [Music] [Applause] it's Nelson Nelson takes it to the 40-yard the Greenway coverage and the plans again at 23 well tell you when you get all these receivers back together again it gets a little frightening trying to play defense against a lunch [Music] [Applause] weddings that tiny takes it to the 26 yard line by harrison smith and on the first down and this offensive line is giving an error rogers plenty of room to step up no pressure whatsoever leave it was TJ laying that time to put his man on the background back we night Jane [Applause] by the time on the one that's Nelson along a sideline [Applause] first and goal if the hesitate and go then come back when you five or six seconds to throw the ball your wide receivers can do anything they want down the field watch the top of your screen hesitate go now stop now come back to the back shoulder not fair defensively week that bashes first condole from 3:19 [Applause] find time and it's incomplete and Nelson was covered on the play that time by the rookie Harrison Smith it'll be second and goal with 42 seconds eight different receivers eight on 14 completions you know Piggy's been red-hot coming in here ten touchdown passes no interceptions over the last three games and when this offense starts to get on this kind of a roll you almost have to create some turnovers to have a chance against them in particular in this building the 97 passing yards - - food second door his team and this time he [Applause] the coming [Applause] this block is going to come from kevin williams really never saw coming in athletic enough to bounce around it and I'm sure he was relieved to be able to do the Lambeau leap high enough to actually get a sit down you know not just have to hold on okay we've got a sit down impressive for a fullback and one touchdown during the regular season and one tonight and with 38 seconds remaining in the half it's 17 to 3 little surgical that time for Aaron Rodgers and when he gets time to throw it to be a tough night Barclay on the outside hit the in cut to start with welcome back Jordy Nelson come right back great Jennings with one and the bootleg the hesitate go and come back as he sat alone on the edge once a while Aaron Rodgers gets it going and when you look at his numbers I know Peyton Manning may well be the MVP but from a pure number standpoint nobodies numbers are better than Aaron Rodgers I almost think that his numbers were so good last year out people compared him to what he did in that record-breaking year and said well it was it as good as last year but still the top-rated quarterback in the NFL only agree with you if he doesn't win it last year maybe as a shot but then again then everybody looking at Peyton Manning what he did is spectacular then you look at Adrian Peterson so you got two other guys in the mix hey you know he already won the award one time so we're doing the other direction Vegas throwing all taking it to 15 yard line but wet Ellison the 34 sir [Applause] [Music] so defense number 35 yard penalty first down and we haven't even mentioned Tom Brady but he got a pretty good year too meanwhile the Vikings at first drive they look great if the hoe you know what's going on here tonight 10 plays 53 yards but since then they're averaging a little over two yards per play 33 total yards and they really needed one first down before last Drive you knew yes they had the pun at the back they were in the danger zone [Applause] first connect sticks into the 41 yard line and Minnesota will take its time out right here to stop the clock with 27 seconds that'll be their second timeout we just wonder how many Minnesota Vikings fans find themselves going boy I sure wish we had Christian Ponder wear all season long they were trying to figure out a way to put him on the bench and yet his ability at late in the year not turning the football over big conversions on third down in that game against Green Bay and beating them in that and up for 37 points in the ball game finally started to get it going in that one fluke hit for Morgan Burnett knocks him out of his first opportunity with the playoffs the ponder who started every game and played almost to the finish in every game he's mentioned earlier that Webb had taken only three snaps all season all in Vince palsu and Webb [Applause] after 32 a little Appleton was the name of that town we're in last night Nina Nina we were out in Nina last night we've got the full tour of the Green Bay Area there last couple of trips up here that's where the Vikings had to stay normally the visiting teams stay in Appleton - that made a wrestling town you never know when the wildcard games need to be played so off they went to Nina 32 when Peterson spring in it to the outside and then to think it out of bounds with 16 seconds and a first down so it seems to at least get into field goal rings they said I've got one timeout yeah and it's interesting watch how they play out here instead of trying to drive up the field they're just making sure that Adrian Peterson doesn't get that bounce out run you saw the graphic we put up earlier his huge plays don't come between the tackles don't allow him to get out around the edge and at least give him a hundred yards who cares but don't give him those 75 yard runs Peterson 12 carries for 48th I yards for tape let's pass is incomplete with ten seconds Williams covering on the play second down at Ramon Williams on the coverage he wasn't even in practice when we were out there on Thursday he went home with the flu they've had two or three guys it seems like every week with the flu here for the past month or so come on Williams though their best cover guy for the Green Bay Packers from the 44 [Applause] [Music] and taking a shot is given a woman should do indeed Jennings covering and with four seconds left its third down well this hasn't exactly been an efficient passing offense anyway but now you have backup quarterback in there who had not thrown a pass trying to throw two receivers who really haven't caught that many balls this season the first time these two teams played the wideout spot exactly three passes in the game it's good barring a defensive foul this will be the last player hat arranged that way the goods are in Minnesota but not much since that one's a brief the child at 17 3 at the break in the Toyota halftime show coming your way next on NBC watch your favorite teams top moments from 2012 go to itunes.com slash NFL now Michaels Chris Colin a shelf employer Lambeau Field and let's go to the show well Joe Webb completed just three passes in that first half Ally talked to Leslie Fraser about it happening so he shook his head and said the opportunities are there we just have to take advantage of we've got to find some rhythm and that might come if we can complete some shorter passes but the opportunities are there as for Mike McCarthy he wasn't extremely surprised that Joe Webb was the starter today now they had a long day so he told me they spent it watching film of Joe Webb as for the success they're having against Adrian Peterson he said we're being much more patient staying in our gaps and just bottling him up we got to continue to do that now all right Thank You Michelle that's what the plan was with Peterson who obviously they've seen enough Bob since this is the third time these teams have met in 34 days eventually Joe Webb is going to have to complete some passes on first down that's when the opportunities are there that's when they're coming the sages out there washes picked in the direction of Jeremy lost and lost will take any knee in the endzone for a staff numbers remember Minnesota with a good opening drive 53 yards resulting in a field goal but since then not very much and on the other side of the coin you've got 197 passing yards for Green Bay to 6 for the whites and for whatever reason Aaron Rodgers is just torn up the Vikings over the course of his career that QB rating of 116 higher than against any other team for any other quarterback and is on pace again I say do it inside or out if it the dome or in any kind of weather here Green bacon is a 29 degree night at least at the outset is dawuan Harris picks up four to the 24 yard line and there's no question that the running game of the Green Bay Packers over the second half of the season has been much better and because they've been better Aaron Rodgers has been getting more of that single coverage look that he didn't see almost at all in the first half of the season without a huddle on second and four for the 28 yard line goes Harris much-improved Green Bay rushing game over the second half of the season they finally get it together averaging 90 yards per game to the midway point and then 123 in the last date and I really like this young man Duan Harris said if he gives them energy the question is is he going to be able to pick up blitzes and block because he's not very big five foot seven 303 pounds and exceed [Applause] [Music] dürdane - it's a quick shift over the middle of makes the catch and it's a first down I'll tell you one thing that governor Rogers does is he has a way of getting the ball from a casual position to a throwing position about as fast as any quarterback that I've seen watching more and more of them on tape this week there's almost like he could law defenses asleep [Applause] and you can feel that pressure from behind and there is the shack who had three sacks last week was able to put him to the turf well it's going to go against Don Barclay right up here but it really was not his fault this was a coverage sack Aaron Rodgers had plenty of time to throw that football good pocket to step up underneath Griffin just staying with it but it was the coverage down the field that resulted in that sack second and forty one of the reasons Rodgers has the best interception rate in the history of NFL is he takes a lot of sense [Applause] and doesn't make goofy throws and it can do this too as he runs for a first time down to the 43 yard line now he does and it's probably the biggest difference when you look at the statistics with Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning you know Peyton Manning over the course of his career no matter where he is he doesn't take many sacks he just has the ability to get it out but he also doesn't have Aaron Rodgers ability to move around by time can make play so I think you might in the cart that you're willing to trade off some of those sacks for some of the big play ability that Rodgers has third down and four in the 43 yard line 34 for Greenway Jews fires a strike [Applause] to the 38-yard line where Smith makes the tackle so another third down conversion that one good for $19 let's go over here to the other side with Jaron Alan Marshall Newhouse working on him Jared Allen got a hit on him at the end of that play but because they're trying to help Don Barclay now on the other side that means that Marshall Newhouse has to go one-on-one against one of the best pass Russians in the league and he's done a pretty good job so far in this one driver the furry little thump off to Harris an heiress to the 34-yard line Paris was in the Pittsburg camper only on and then he was out of football at a spill with the Jacksonville Jaguars and he was working on a car lot he said that I was selling cars and he hesitating with no way I was trying to sell cars I came close a couple times never actually sold one second and six number 34 [Applause] the parish again be given into the pie of sweet pretty soon can you 20-yard line I'd say Aaron Rodgers it's fun to watch him play quarterback they had a little duckling going on the outside he saw a dual pump fake didn't like it didn't want to take the chance then dump it down and when you have a weapon in the backfield like duan harris but a major factor just that little 5-yard roll over the ball and it's something they haven't had today and inside the 15-yard line for a gain of six I really like the energy that he brings to this office he has her saw him on tape a week ago and he was almost jumping into runs and jumping in the blocks and you could just feel the enthusiasm of him a little bit like James Starks remember in the Super Bowl run when he came in and really gave him a lift it's that same sort of feel here is if Peterson who hasn't been on the field yet the second half because Green Bay winning the coin toss at the beginning the firing taking the ball here in the second half and watching down the field of a second and full on Rodgers is going to take a time on with 945 ago in the third quarter Green Bay up on fortune the car playoff game is being brought to you by the last stand in theaters January the 18th by Samsung Galaxy Note 2 big thing is here by wendy's now that's better and by Toyota care in town the runner e on every new Toyota it's the Oneida Nation of Legends on Lombardi Avenue [Applause] pro-football here and great news here miss his parkstar he mentally could quarterback to the steam next in his go second and fourth to the time at the 14 yard line Raja's fluent everybody BB's do their work as well hanging on and its third down and four McCarthy's been here since the O six season and in the red zone in postseason almost three-quarters of the time have they scored a touchdown the NFL average as you can see 57 points fix [Applause] is introduced these things can stuff in the ER B's we're already down by two scores third and four [Applause] [Music] coverage and he goes over the middle that's not the way good play that's eros and Smith and much talked-about rookie out of Notre Dame fourth down just absolutely perfect coverage that time by Harrison Smith on the big tight end we're seeing more and more of these kind of tight ends around the league and you're Michael Finley I think was a little bit right a little pull before that happened but that one keeps the Minnesota Vikings in that they had to keep them out of the end zone there to stay in the game and this is no circle 33 yard attempt formation cause he's half his option Gasper Brinkley he's got green numbers fourth and four [Applause] there we go Jasper Brinkley one-to-many well it's hard enough to beat the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers here you give away first downs and Green Bay Packers had one of those streaks this year where they have converted so many first downs off of penalties I can't remember the exact number but it's happened a couple times already in this game tonight 243 times [Applause] of course not allow the penalties so we're talking about the two and a half times per game makes it a first and goal from the and can rogers make the pay off its food his second touchdown that lettuce is about him before back he did the John Elway spinning hit thing and sticked up in his feet give him time to go through the lamp only we need the paper and he's laughing that was something else doubt for a full bag here he come right out of the backfield now watch the end of this play great play by Rodgers fighting him Brook Brown take it on in the stands going with one touchdown during the regular season on the ground - tonight one shaving and crosby for the point after so the penalty is a kill by 25 remaining in the third 24 to the Biggest Loser is back this season age doesn't matter Jillian returns to the Biggest Loser challenge America to see it to horrified NBC Green Bay where the temperature was 29 at the outset my body thermostat says 23 points fix later the doctor [Applause] Marcus Cheryl was down into the end zone the Vikings will take it over to 20 down by 21 reset Joe Webb gets to start the night didn't throw a fast ball back up quarterback - Christian Ponder who hurt his arm last was very limited credit Businessweek like I'm sort of new there's Potter that web might tonight couldn't make it so it is Webb who gets the start good first drive but since the next and they trying to get something going with Peterson's hanging to the outside then he goes [Applause] who has just been a monster they're not letting Peterson get outside it was drom Felton the fullback who's gonna try and come up and make the block on walden out there and yet he is not giving up the edge that's how they lost the game a week ago allowing Peterson outside of them tonight not only setting the edge but making the tab [Applause] on a slant by George Simpson and Simpson losing the ball that he's down the play was whistled dead at the 29-yard line they retain possession it will be third down and worn organ inside against Sam Shields and pretty sure in this ball is down without question and I'll tell your first downs have been barred come by for the Vikings [Applause] six in the game for three days Peterson for a first down tackled by Wilson for Adrian Peterson tonight 14 carries for 47 yards his longest run tonight 11 yards you know you know they and he wasn't beating them between the tackles last time either it was when he got the bounce out and so what they've done basically is given Adrian Peterson about a 10-yard area in which he can run and they've been able to bottle that up with the big guys inside through the third quarter [Applause] we'll be caught at the 45 by Kyle Rudolph Rudolph has ascended this year percy harvin got hurry clayton only nine games and when you look at the stats for the season harmon still winds up as the leading receiver on the team but it was Rudolph who came on and he and ponder established a great connection first career postseason game for the second-year guy added picked on the second round last [Applause] the score the touchdown here really December down the sideline and incomplete intended for John Carlson second down at a right now with Charles Woodson back the combination of having Woodson and a really developing young safety in Morgan Burnett Burnett has had to take over sort of a leadership role in this secondary without Woodson and so now even when Woodson came back they've left the play calling responsibilities on the back end with more net and so his absence has really added experience to the second the toothpicks and what the valence going way as Peterson swings for the outside feels coming up to stopping third date when this is another thing we didn't see especially in the first game between these two talk to some of the guys from the Vikings who said listen nobody in this secondary can tackle Adrian Peterson and several of them don't want to that's time Sam Shields one of the small maybe get him on the ground [Applause] let's coming and he gets it away Meucci for the first time right MD Jennings makes the tackle and he does have it as he gets to the 45 of the Packers now this Jarius rights done a nice job he had a huge catch in the game last week he has the two biggest pass plays all season long and now they're starting instead of just trying to go everything down the field starting to do a little bit more underneath and finally getting a little something going with the passing game knee off the ground good call by the official all hose me down are they three rushes and four pence Chloe's 20 remaining in the quarter from the 45 [Applause] my web survey attending for Peterson and a Jayhawk was right their second attempt that time they had Kyle Rudolph on a little out and up they had Morgan Burnett the safety turned and looking the wrong way gonna come out and then up the field and watch burn at number 42 he starts to look away that way there is nobody back there and is shot at a big play [Applause] beautician that's in the way but only for a couple of yards Matthews making the tackle sending up another third and long it'll be third and eight I don't know exactly how to lay this story but it was Clay Matthews was telling us a couple of days ago he said we've got it aspect of this game you cannot go after the quarterback you have to sit and be patient and play lay his cutbacks and worse the field as a pass rusher but that's exactly what he's makes a lot of sense when you think about a third day today and it's paid off tonight and the web will dump it off and that's brought by taken out of bounds by heels it'll be four thousand three and down by 21 points I think you got to go for it here you do have a field goal kicker and Blair Walsh that was ten for ten over 50 but I think in this situation go down different cell faculty typically this is where you see [Applause] make it a two-possession we metaphor of 1814 one's gonna lose the ball by Clay Matthews so Matthews able to come in on a four take the ball away and get the foot new recovery Bay Packers with designs of the shampoos just go why is he right there on NBC by McDonald's Aaron Rodgers play Matthews Adrian Peterson Jared Allen should will be there unless the backers or the banking still from behind the next AHA get to the Super Bowl one that big is the COBOL halfway the week before the Super Bowl this is Paris for a game of three and back to the sack and this is the equivalent of the hat-trick in football this is the Shaq the forced fumble on the fumble recovery Clay Matthews gonna make a nice play no question about it but Joe Webb has got to know you don't back up when you're sitting in the pocket you climb up into the pocket by stepping back he gave Matthews just enough room to hatch it down on that arm and turn the dough we talked about it but Joep not doing a single pass not doing singing the fundamentals might be sick and sent tonight so how is able to escape but not for very long and he's taken down there by by green way in green way that says Smith Harrison Smith with the tackle and writhing on the ground right now so an injury timeout mr. Harrison red maybe just the cramp ease he got up and was able to come off the field with no problem they're checking him out on the sideline and mr. OWL Raymond will come in to take his spot here on a third down and 15 from the Green Bay 40-yard line just Saturday looking on including his fourteenth season the Randall Cobb in the back hill [Music] sets up in the slot to the left this five receiver set complete intended for cob so forth down hit on Jeff Saturday a little bit and a few weeks ago he basically had to go in and tell the coach listen I can't do it anymore I've got a bad foot my neck I've got stingers all the time running down my neck it's time you were trying to develop Evan Dietrich Smith anyway and we've reached that point and really it's helped this team especially with the maskull's punt is fear caught by Cheryl's at the 19 yard line to 23rd wildcard Sunday tomorrow coach sent Ravens Joe Flacco another postseason start one in each of his first five seasons so have you done by hologram of the Basten Andrew Luck the overall draft pick starting a postseason game tomorrow in Baltimore and then the Seahawks at the Redskins its RG 3 it's Russell Wilson looking very much forward to that one to conclude the wildcard weekend let's say we've seen those guys over the past couple of weeks it's a new dynamic in the league right now it's a new era really think that it's going to be around those guys are not just runners they couldn't throw the football agree here's Peterson up to the 25-yard line but they'll always be rule for the drop back guy as well as Andrew Luck proven this season yeah I mean still the easiest way to beat a defense I believe is for a single guy to sit in the pocket and be able to attack a defense 60 yards down the field 53 yards wide that's the most square footage you can attack from any one spot but if you don't have one of those ten guys in the universe that can play that position these other guys are pretty good there's Pederson bouncing it to the outside picking up the first down in the heels [Music] one of the things that Clay Matthews was going to try and do was use the tackle Khalil as almost a run defender squeeze him into the hole but that time Matthews tried to loop back underneath and there was the old bounce out that's what beat him the last time when they put up 37 points and what they haven't done so far in this [Applause] 19th carry of the night and Peterson to the 36 yard line teen of three found your wildest imagination could you have foreseen what Adrian Peterson did this year I'm ready to go have surgery the doctor and Susan are you need any just help your golf game a little whatever anything I mean he really has been phenomenal of course tonight the Packers have just done the job they've done what they didn't do in the first two games they tackle much better they set the edge they kept it inside [Applause] officer jury anything outside second six - is incomplete he said it was so painful after the surgery a couple of weeks afterwards it was three to four months there his there he is New Year's Eve last year with his parents and that's how he celebrated New Year's with ice cream the horn and all of the rest day after the surgery and then he started trotting about four months they kept them out of preseason we're going to play a little bit that kept them out let him out of the gate on opening day and all he did was fill his plate that I should record by the end of the season and Webb will take off and run for a first down and plenty more she takes it all in to Green Bay territory say it was a very difficult decision trying to come up with an MVP for me this year there were so many terrific performances but at the end of the day he separated himself talking about Adrian Peterson so much almost 500 yards difference between him and the next best running back in the game I gave him my vote there was terrific performances of course Aaron Rodgers pay but I couldn't get past what Adrian Peterson good this year and well we'll keep it again there's Matthews right Woodman and then his friends at that field in the coverage and in his same sealed for the pick see if she is the intersection for green go first of all was out of bounds anyway so he couldn't do anything once he does the out and up the outs not supposed to be outside the boundary shields gave him a little pop but I tell you we talked about to have another healthy receivers back again how about getting these border bags back and healthy again Sam Shields was out for six weeks with an ankle injury Charles Woodson was out for six or seven weeks with that collarbone injury now they're all back and defensively this looks like a different team tonight reminding you a lot of what took place two years ago and they got some guys back toward the end and steamrolled their way through the playoffs one three road games to set up the Super Bowl in Dallas against Pittsburgh and they wound up winning the Lombardi Trophy somewhat similar to find out daddio next week to San Francisco from their home on the night and north by 21 I'm a subpoena for the third quarter with the Juan Harris countering up to the 10 yard line in three and a twenty four two three backers wildcard saturday resumed after these messages and tonight's aerial coverage from Greenberg is brought to you by Geico that Lambeau Field now Michaels Cris Collinsworth Michele Tafoya as we wrap up wildcard Saturday start the fourth quarter twenty four to three [Applause] Green Bay on top in second down and eight from the ten yard line Renate Jane [Applause] minnijean [Applause] fifteen carry of the night for Harris to be 14 for sure the three guys that you are looking at on the MVP watch can't go wrong with any of them you know you just take the two quarterbacks there and my estimation it was almost too hard to split on there and just from a pure number standpoint maybe Aaron Rodgers a little better but what Peyton Manning has done and coming back from his neck injury and turning around that Broncos team offensively spectacular but I just thought Adrian painters have had a truly truly special year this year especially paying off that for you go into the playoffs a pass intended for Jennings is incomplete when it's fourth down truly carried this team into the playoffs I mean there's no question there were times this year even with Christian Ponder in there that they just couldn't throw the ball well enough to make it to the playoffs and Adrian Peterson just took this team on his back and said let's go and studying the two tapes of the two games against the Green Bay Packers it was phenomenal special and all he saw were eight nine in the box game and the game as it's not and then the Packers are they're a bunch of green church surrounded at the 30 the sheriff's couldn't handle it and Green Bay recovers it there's been roses at the bottom of the pile I used to return punts in college and that ball is coming down and once the screen and phrases are coming down at you he just misjudged the ball you know it's one of those and you can't make casual moves to the ball and punt returns because sometimes that ball gets up there to win and it can just slide away from you way [Applause] and so the Packers to go to work on the clock we get the hurry up here [Applause] in the second minute of the fourth quarter Raja's its first down at the 39 yard line [Applause] Green 18 [Applause] and it's the one Harris again talked about Jeff salary there's another guy in the stocking cap inactive tonight behind Jennings and we're talking about Donald Driver for so many years one of the mainstays here Brett Favre's favorite target for the most part toward the end of breast stay here and well probably the last appearance for Donald albeit in Chico's at Lambeau Harris you know a couple like I've said it before but really Donald Driver one of my all-time favorites a guy that you could never approach without his having a smile on his face and a greeting and it didn't matter if you were critical of them the week before her for whatever he is just a guy that was so thankful to be here love this green bay area there's so many tremendous performance is not only with Aaron Rodgers but Brett Favre and he is going many years around and gems that Denine the drafting on the seventh round on stage with Rogers it's broken up intended for Jordy Nelson Josh Robinson breaks it up in its fourth to nine tell you that Josh Robinson is shown well here the last few weeks he is a rookie he was the fastest guy out of the combine ran a four point three three and is getting more and more experienced as he goes you see keeping his eyes back on the ball he will stay with Jordy Nelson on that played his college wallet Central Florida was picked in the third round Tim Baxter his fifth punt of the night this time would say fair catch cold for my girls at the nine twelve twenty five left in the fourth lucky for three ain't brought to you by Verizon here the holidays with the share everything planned by little light not just a good time its number time my Warner Brothers pictures gangster squad in theaters everywhere in January the 11th and by McDonald's Bob Lebanon [Music] the playoffs the foil football Wisconsin that is a don rickles didn't love the 9 yard line first down [Applause] and web airing [Applause] this last night he'd go to get through the ball 75 yards with Mike McCarthy a surprise choice when Green Bay brought him here in row six to replace Mike Sherman had been in San Francisco and New Orleans before that offensive coordinator but he's done a great job here he's won a Super Bowl and when you win a Super Bowl he get a street name bet they've got Lombardi Avenue and you've got later McCarthy Drive you think there's beautician as we've told the story many times about McCarthy back in college had to make some money as you look at the street signs he was a toll taker on the Pennsylvania Turnpike so he soon will be a toll road man they named the state for him here it's always so interesting to me to think about it too he was in on the decision with the 49ers to draft out [Applause] the fact that the next best guy [Applause] course if you went six championships the name the stadium Attica third in mine not be able to reach as they call it the wine to gain and weary fourth down that's a with coverage all over the field at this point and at this point in their career is the defensive backs of the Green Bay Packers are just better than these Minnesota Vikings receivers I mean it's as simply as I can put it it's almost not fair you see it all as what's in the middle of the field because they have so much depth you can take a shot now looks the Planning Group [Applause] 20:43 back now for a moment look like Minnesota was sneaking about gone forth team comes out now out of four and two [Applause] 17-yard never know if you have a fake pot of some kind probably gave away at that time now but was anything's possible here we'll kick it away rustle down at the 31 with 20 40 remaining so Green Bay this year with all the injuries in the rest meanwhile Randall Cobb was their leading receiver under a thousand yards mine 54 Alex Green led the team in rushing with only 464 the started with Cedric Benson and then Green came in and brought grant back and the Harris as well so for six before only the third one off in 30 years with guys under 500 and a thousand and leading the NFL passer rating without a 500 yard rusher or a thousand-aire receivers from 73 would be Rogers and Kenny innocent-looking Cincinnati Bengals that was not a 1974 side of kid man [Applause] okay buddy start hanging around with a Kenny Anderson great career for the team that was formed in 1968 you got there in 81 yeah I think you want for passing title something like that still not in the Hall of Fame wish we could push our way in we played so poorly in the first half of our first Super Bowl in Pontiac Michigan may have cost him right there it's a lot of fronts up against Joe Montana winning his first regretted that those missin complete over the middle and the tip it'll be third down and Jared Allen is working around and hitting Aaron Rodgers this game is still not completely out of control but for Jared Allen I'd say that guy has gotten as many sacks as many hits on Aaron Rodgers over the years as anybody has and just has been a relentless force and I learned I didn't know it this year he has the torn labrum he's been playing with said he discovered it too late to have the surgery may end up having it I guess after this year there died Nevada two touchdowns tonight it's taken to the ground at the 39 yard line and Green Bay will punt [Music] and holding his side and coming off as Aaron Henderson [Music] the last day we'll punted Cheryl's way clock as they can [Applause] Farrell's going for the surtax at the 21-yard line by 21 back with go on and a very special guest Bob Costas the benevolent Bob Costas know that working for scale go on all new Tuesday at 9:00 that you spend a Pacific eight central mountain right here on NBC [Applause] you got that right at the 22 yard run first down for the blips and gets up 17 still forcing his way forward just fun to watch you know I don't know how else to describe it slip to the ground good take big shots just keep running through people as tough of running back as you'll see a lot of people never compare anyone to a jump round but aspects of this game an 18-yard gain is water so tonight 2:11 we the food in my yard switching that makes the title here's what worked tonight for the Green Bay Packers first ball setting the edge on the outside not getting impatient not letting it bounce out locked up between big guys inside a chance it's tonight for Adrian Peterson almost good sack [Applause] before he goes out of the house he's able to pull it away and it wasn't woodson putting the heat on and it's just been a difference you know you think of Troy Polamalu with the Pittsburgh Steelers and when he plays the difference it makes there are just more options for Dom Capers to call defensively when you've got a versatile player like Charles Woodson on the field and he's a guy that capers trusts we've seen him sort of sitting in the middle of field play in little line back deep safe please been at the line of scrimmage a good tackle just [Applause] Peterson across the board a definite upgrade with kick his sock off is one of those pick play intended for Simpson and we'll check in with Michelle guys I asked Charles Woodson about Adrian Peterson he said the guy is special I mean it's like he doesn't see the defender he'll run as if you're not there when you watch his legs and his arm movement it's like he never sees anybody and you see a lot of guys just bounce off him and he never loses stride and he said well past that first and it seems like that defenders not [Applause] and look at exactly what I'm talking about right there as he powers his way the yard shy of a hundred [Applause] and let's step it away [Applause] just imbalance by Jones you know one thing we didn't talk about al is that this is a team defensively in the Green Bay Packers the only other guy that has over a hundred yards against them is Frank Gore in the opener with like a hundred and twelve and Adrian Peterson had 199 and 210 yards in the other game and the next closest is 112 so this isn't a bad one defense it's just a great bad [Applause] we anonymously they will go to fantastic park to meet the 49ers on Saturday it's four thousand nine [Applause] and that was Mike Neil who came across the line Scott Green to make the call encroachment defense number 96 five-yard penalty warfare the 19-hour 4004 mike Neal was second on this team was born a half sacks pretty remarkable for one of the leading sack teams in the NFL they have Clay Matthews with 13 and a half and then drops all the way down to Mike Neal a corn 1/2 but they get a lot of sacks out of that secondary too that's incomplete for Simpson Williams right there for the coverage they gets it back with six and a half left Oh matchups the Denver Broncos playing the winner of the Colts Ravens game with Houston winning today they're set they go to New England next week when the divisional land is the Green Bay Packers right now and for the 21 point work on the clock six on a hand to go and delete the world he takes it out to the 50-yard line and you've got Baltimore playing tomorrow and you know if you follow football off you see another great always said that this is it don't know if he's gonna play tomorrow or just what but tell him a trade then he got a pretty good one played here where a Nitschke with the Packers between the 58 and 72 and then this Ray Lewis completing the spectacular fool for the Baltimore Ravens he was able to kick the yard line it was set the down it's a thousand our last year for grant sending up the third and lon Ray Lewis seventeen plus seasons came to the Ravens when the Ravens will in effect born even though the team had moved from Cleveland second oldest defensive player fifty career takeaways second-most in NFL history by a linebacker exceeded only by Jack ham and a lot of memories I always treated his team like they were his family and ultimately it was his family they've got him to go his son Ray jr. is at the university of decided there smith almost gets the sack but does create a situation were enough of the pressure gets through to put rogers down no christian Ballard gets credit for the shock here hey a harrison smith not only should end up on a bunch of the all rookie teams he probably should end up on a couple of all proteins as well his remark well what did adrian peterson say about it so i got a lot of respect for him he's got a lot of dog in them and from adrian peterson to say you got a lot of dog in you that's the ultimate compliment it's a good thing that's a very good thing in the NFL and you have a lot of dog in him [Music] that's real good this games had a little dog gonna take it in a different way Cheryl's love back takes it to the 34-yard line now as far as the NFC is concerned the Atlanta Falcons will await the winner of tomorrow's game between the Seahawks and the Redskins they'll go to Atlanta next Sunday and next Saturday the night game will be Green Bay against San Francisco and a rematch of week one this season when the 49ers came in here and won the game there it is the CBS's game indeed Baltimore early and then Seattle against watchdog Fox [Applause] call it a Super Bowl this year right yeah get ready for and Sepideh cities incomplete what's it again blitzing second down and ten Casey Heyward out there on the coverage that time and he is going to be one of the top candidates for Defensive Rookie of the Year long with Bobby Wagner from Seattle Luke Kuechly with Carolina and Norris Jenkins who had what four interceptions returned for touchdowns what a signal caller for that top scoring defense out in Seattle a tough time for me it was really tasty hey we're here probably was way second choice now the terrific young players on both sides of the ball in the NFL - is complete that's Michael Jenkins a long time at Lana Falcon to the 50-yard line tough situation to be thrown into for Joe Webb to not throw a pass all year and his first go-around is in the playoffs and out there fighting his way through it but tough spot being behind this form that time is Jenkins and Jenkins will take it to the endzone miscommunication Ayers Hawk was the closest guy to Owen that's 50 yards for the touchdown this one is just a completely blown coverage not sure exactly what happened but there was not anybody on that deep half of the field you do not want your middle linebacker and the deep third and get credit to Joe Webb and I guess we're not finished yet huh against the wide receiver so it's gonna make it a two possession game with 339 it's gonna come down to an executable onside kick try to keep you in the game we'll still have a couple of timeouts the two-minute warning so if you could make a defensive stop I guess you don't necessarily have to I'm going to do it at some point either now or on the Nexen extra point by Worf is good so it's 339 to play now in regulation with the Green Bay Packers up 24 to 10 little marquee guys tonight Peterson for 99 yards on the ground and Aaron Rodgers with 268 through the air one touchdown no interceptions the season in which he had 39 touchdowns only eight interceptions this year you know and Aaron Rodgers record of not throwing interceptions it is just extraordinary especially when you factor in that he has to play in Green Bay and some of the cold weather how many tip balls that they couldn't handle in the cold weather Bay their event but it's hard to argue that over the past couple years that guy right there is not the best player in football very bill this town shuts down doesn't it we call Packers game approaches and fans of all ages enjoy the Green Bay Packers everybody in town has a jersey several cooch get down to the 20-yard line Ross we'll take it there and steps out of bounds difference between regular season and postseason Aaron Rodgers I really believe that you earn your paycheck during the season you get paid to perform during the season and and play at a high level and get your team to the playoffs and then the postseason is all about creating your legacy and how you want to be remembered as a player the great quarterbacks are remembered for their playoff successes and triumphs and Super Bowl champions championships and Super Bowl MVPs though his legacy is building and building and he's got a long way to go he's only in his eighth year so Aaron's gonna be around for a while from the 20-yard line the ball has handed it off to grant and it's it's a very interesting legacy in the sense that remember he's behind Brett Farve and you think that nobody could ever eclipse farm in Green Bay and take a look at the highest passer rating in NFL history and that's including maybe a regular season you go to postseason and there is with large star and Drew Brees and gets passed over as you mentioned before San Francisco gets drafted late in the first round has to wait for his turn and then of course you know he's in a league at a time when Brady's in his prime when Peyton Manning is in his prime as well so you kind of think about him a little bit behind those guys but sooner or later he's right there with him yeah not anymore I think what he's done the last two years being the top-rated quarterback in the league it separated them you know you just have to say over the last two years those two guys are great players that you mentioned but if you had the rank on if you look at the she would say Aaron Rodgers first rants again up to the 25-yard line and Minnesota will spend its final timeout here one of the things that I kind of like about Aaron Rodgers is and see if you agree with this or not he still has a little chip on his shoulder you know people need the whole thing he sat in that draft room all that time and passed over by a lot of teams sat behind Brett Farr for a long while and it doesn't take much to get a little bit of that out of him and I think it served him well it keeps them motivated he jabs at Mike McCarthy all the time about not drafting him in San Francisco they have a great relationship but there's always a little edge to him right even if he has to make it up sometimes perceived slights yeah I think that it's not a bad thing I mean he was taking some heat and the team was taking some gig in October when they started out two in Korean down to Houston and that really turned this season around loosely handed the Texans their head Sunday night mid October the catch is caught by Jordy Nelson and he has a first down and that's going to take us in a couple of plays to the two-minute warning and the week one Green Bay and San Francisco meeting right here that Lambeau Field the Niners came in after NFC Championship game and I was Alvin Smith that was some acres with a 63-yard field goal to hit the crossbar bounced over gore had a big bang on the ground 49ers won the game 32 22 and they will meet again at the park as Rogers trips often gran is taken down or you are behind the line of scrimmage of course that game will be completely different now a Colin Kaepernick now the quarterback instead of Alex Smith we talked earlier about Frank Gore going over a hundred yards against this defense but a different day and you never know what could have been but for a play in Seattle where that game might have been played and all those various aspects to this season but no for Aaron Rodgers he feels like he's right where he wants to be you know these receivers are healthy now this offense has been sharp they're running the ball better than one two minutes to a trip to San Francisco chill down on the field Bob and Tony will break it down and we will look ahead to next week's divisional matchups second down at 12 for Green Bay that'll be caught by Ryan Taylor meanwhile let's take a look at the Jordy Nelson the issue Lego shoe coming into the game after that last cache before the two-minute warning and when he limped off he's gonna rolled over he bounced on that knee after that long catch last week for about 73 yards or so and bounced off that in they're both sort of laughing about it but that's definitely one to follow for next week when you need all hands on deck against that much third and 11 the 31-yard line ten different Packers tonight at a reception any postseason game Rogers on the offense get a nice hand as they come off and there it is Harris who had a good night as well on the ground with 47 yards rushing catching five Jennings with Lauren Jones with thorne and cool with that touchdown reception John only person is yeah helicopter you know but the big thing for me with these Green Bay Packers receivers is Greg Jennings had always been in that pivotal slot receiver position he got hurt and it forced other guys to play that role Randall Cobb came in and warned that position really studied some of the slot receivers around the league like a Wes Welker and and was able to come up and learn the way to play that now we're seeing sure Michael Finley in the slaw were saying Jennings and the slaw were seeing Cobb in the slot and that sort of versatility within this offense is really making a difference before dayliners will be preparing for that versatility as they get ready for the division of match up next week that's the putt that bet by Cheryl is at the 32 yard line with 19 seconds remaining in the game Patterson with the 99 yards so just give it to her how many times have you said of back at 99 yards and defensively you're going boy we had a great night what a night we had we home to half his average against us so from a 32-yard on when Christian Ponder he was playing very well down the stretch his in a queue and we've had to take over and complete that one the Michael Jenkins school that repaired the statute watch the game though it's been all green bay spike it here one second loan we need to laying our celebration well that started about 15 minutes ago right well YMCA the simplest song roll out the barrel they do all kinds of things there diddle dancing in the commercial breaks so it will end here by the Mayan calendar but this gave anyway - we'll be quiet we walk and as they get to the Sistine 1 this wild card playoff game head to Candlestick Park to meet the 49ers next Saturday night twenty four to ten anybody winning it Aaron Rodgers tonight 23 of 33 for 274 and a touchdown the defense gets the job done and coming up next will be the Wendy's postgame report after these messages

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Reddit Comments

[u/wheat-thicks]

No disrespect to Webb. I’m a big fan.

[u/MRJohnDoe01]

LOOL that’s something I’ll say

[u/forgivemyrebellion]

Man Webb was bad, but why we ever got away from the Wildcat is beyond me.

[u/2hrs_a_Day]

LOL, this is funny.

Thanks

[u/[deleted]]

Rather have him start.