Green Bay Packers vs. Atlanta Falcons 2016 NFC Championship Full Game

offense and they are not going to hold him back let's send it over to chris myers for more on the atlanta falcons aaron the falcons have their own term for it they call it toe gate their game-changing receiver julio jones and more pain than usual this week he's been battling the toe injury for weeks and he had a one practice session but in pre-game warm-up he gave the thumbs up he's outstanding his offensive coordinator said he's good to go kyle shanahan said i know i might lose him in the course of the game for recovery time but he knows his bodies like nasa for him all systems have to be intact so at least to start the game number 11 for the falcons is ready to take off and joe it's so loud down here you can hardly hear yourself think chris thanks thanks daryn spanish language broadcast available on both fox to port jason by utilizing sap on our broadcast here we go williams will bring it out and williams gets popped at the 20. kentrell bryce who got a lot of action defensively last week when morgan burnett was lost in on the stop a 23-yard return and the last five games have all been wins for the atlanta falcons and number two is the big reason why well you look at his last five games 14 touchdowns no interceptions and i think that's been one of the big things in matt ryan's season this year really for the entire offense is the way they've been able to protect the football all year long well bryce who was in on the stop and who as i said got a lot of work last week when morgan burnett went down with a thigh injury was injured he was in on that hard tackle of weems and here it is well that's significant depending on what his status is joe because like you said the fact he had to come in last week for morgan burnett when he left the game morgan burnett is active today but how how is he feeling what's his health like if he's unable to finish the ball game then obviously kentrell bryce would be the guy who comes in off the bench as he did last week so ryan has to wait to get this thing started meanwhile the packers get quentin rollins back an extra defensive back who suffered a concussion at detroit week 17 he's missed the last two games so they have one extra body back there and we'll see if they have lost brice or if he's able to continue as this game goes on there's burnett he's the quarterback of that back line of defense for dom capers and as you said in our open dom's got his hands full here today trying to defend the toughest team to defense in the nfl well the injuries that this green bay packard team has suffered throughout this season is really incredible and here they open up the opening kickoff the nfc championship game and they lose kentrell price a toss to freeman running right and big mike daniels in on the stop a gain of four this is a balanced team and they are explosive both with the run and with the pass and on the scoreboard as they rank first in points per game during the course of the regular season and over the last five that winning streak they've averaged scoring 38. i think beats a lot of different ways they can do it running the football they can do it throwing the ball and it doesn't all go through julio jones they've got a lot of weapons for matt ryan second and six pass is caught by austin hooper and the rookie tight end we missed a couple of games late in the season the final two with an mcl spring had a nice game against seattle he's got eight yards here and a quick first down as you look at the packers defense the takeaways they've started to pile up as the packers have won eight straight right back to the line ryan drops back has a man wide open and a drop from gabriel and the young receiver was absolutely wide open clay matthews with pressure on matt ryan but that is a drop these are the plays obviously you got to be able to make taylor gabriel who really came on perfectly thrown ball by matt ryan he came on the last time these two teams met back in late october and he has been a nice addition he is a big play threat whenever they go in his direction just 5-8 little body ryan hangs in fires past caught jones and he's brought down by jake ryan a gain of four to bring up the first third down of the afternoon well we're going to be talking about this down a lot throughout this game because as we said coming in when you're expecting a high scoring game these downs like this become critical they get behind the chains because of the drop with gabriel now they're facing their first third down which defense is going to win on this down in this ball game third down and six splits coming from green bay pass is caught by jones depends on the spot gunter in coverage and jones was brought down right at the stick and it's a first down clay matthews he rushes right over the center alex mack and he's able to get past him put some pressure on matt ryan before he's able to get the ball out and julio jones he's able to go down and make the play and convert keep this drive alive matt ryan now 31-36 over the last four plus games on third down on first down handoff to coleman and kevin coleman's got 10. morgan burnett on the tackle and the second year pro from indiana gets the fresh set of downs you're gonna see chris chester the right guard as that hole opens up he combo blocks he comes off he gets the linebacker jake ryan in a nice hole then for tevin coleman right up the gut you saw that graphic seven straight games the falcons have scored an opening drive touchdown handoff is to coleman and he's brought down immediately by nick perry who's been playing great and now a little pushing and shoving after the play [Applause] a loss of one on that carry by coleman gunter was involved as he defends sunu emotions running high in a in an important ball game but right now dom capers he's trying to figure it out he'd like to be able to play the run and keep his safeties deep in coverage the falcons have been able to run the football he's having to drop the safety down it's going to give one on one looks on the outside with some big play potential ryan looked left all the way jones can't make the play and ha ha clinton dix delivered the hit throw a little high for julio jones well even though they're playing the run they're going to keep haha clint dicks over to the side that julio jones is on so you see dicks does not get to the middle of the field he's able to then come back and make a play on julio jones and baja clinton dix really had an outstanding season this year a pro bowl player and and came into his own and as many problems as this secondary has had haha clint dix and morgan burnett have really been the stabilizing guys back there now third and eleven ryan hangs in the pocket pass is caught first down sunu they see the route by muhammad sunu and what a pickup he was by thomas dimitrov for this offense and a veteran guy had some good years there with the cincinnati bengals and he's able as a veteran player to work the inside the middle of the field and you have to have that when you've got a guy on the outside like julio jones who's going to attract so much attention he knows how to play second fiddle did that for a.g green in cincinnati now he does it for jones here in atlanta already four first downs for the falcons left alone the fullback to marco and demarco sets up goal to go from the five all the weapons on display for matt ryan well the falcons they motion gabriel around and as a result the packers they completely vacate the zone they get caught up in the receivers down the field you see demarco he's out in the flat all by himself season long 31-yard catch and run by patrick demarco what a drive handoff to coleman coleman to the three julius peppers on the stop this offense is orchestrated by coordinator kyle shanahan who it seems like is headed to the san francisco 49ers as their next head coach but right now his plate's full trying to figure out how to get atlanta for their second super bowl there's kyle 37 year old offensive coordinator and he and matt ryan finally clicking here this season second handoff to coleman coleman is stood up well played by green bay julius peppers in the middle of a big pile of players no game well those guys in the middle of that packers defense they're hard to move out kenny clark in the middle of that so now as good as this drive has been for the atlanta falcons to be able to move the ball down the field here on this opening possession big down right here for this packers defense and are they able to keep them out of the end zone red zone possessions huge in this ball game third down a goal ryan flushed out flips it touchdown atlanta sunu but a flag is down at the two atlanta believes it's on green bay we'll get the call to make sure and it's another opening drive touchdown for the atlanta falcons their eighth straight game and that's the penalty the touchdown will stand well matt ryan who's really not much of a scramblers he starts out unnecessary roughness defense number twenty-one touchdown the green bay packers are in zone coverage and as you're going to see matt ryan when he gets flushed up into the pocket he's going to look to his left micah hyde kind of following his eyes and sunu comes underneath and makes a nice catch on that one to score the touchdown three third down conversions on that opening possession including that flip to sunu for the touchdown and now bryant makes it 7-0 [Applause] well dan quinn in his second year with the falcons has his team up seven early taking on green bay [Music] on sunday february 5th pepsi presents the biggest concert of the year the pepsi zero sugar super bowl 51 halftime show to follow lady gaga on her journey to the world's biggest stage visit pepsi halftime.com washa will kick it away from midfield matt ryan a great start even had a drop mixed into that opening possession he starts six for eight sixty four yards and a two yard flip to sunu said the thing he learned from the last nfc championship game he played in that he doesn't have to do more than he had done all season long and that was a nice start for him [Applause] it's the final football game to be played in this the 25th year in the history of the georgia dome and the fans like to start their falcons up seven well now aaron rodgers has his chance to try and answer matt ryan the numbers are insane for aaron rodgers this postseason just willed his team with a huge assist from mason crosby to a win last week over dallas nelson at the top of the screen montgomery in the backfield and he gets it cuts back now takes it up field and on the first play from scrimmage a four-yard gain for ty montgomery before this drive started a little moment between aaron rodgers and bill vinovich all the pressure in the world on those two guys with their respective jobs and able to share a laugh he's playing with a lot of confidence as we know but you come in now and this game started the way that we anticipated atlanta gets the opening kickoff they take it 80 yards for a touchdown and now we'll see if aaron rodgers and company can match second and six time for rogers there's nelson welcome back jordy nelson out of bounds inside the 45 broken ribs and all unbelievable well the packers were expecting to start this game with man coverage from the falcons and that's what they draw here on second down jordy nelson runs a corner round he shakes free an excellent job by him and then he takes the hit protects himself a little bit and see how he holds up when he takes a fall right on those ribs the left side there but i'm impressed that he's even in this game playing just a few weeks removed from broken ribs 27 yarder to start the day for jordy nelson now in the slot on the near side first down rogers pass to nelson again and he is spun down at the 29-yard line by brian poole a gain of 15. do you think the atlanta falcons really believed that it was even a chance that jordy nelson was going to play in this game well i don't know what they thought but i didn't think you would i really didn't i thought that they would say well yeah this is a really important game but last week's game was important and you try to get them as healthy as you can but anyone who's had broken ribs i have not but anyone who's had him will tell you it's the most painful injury they've ever had so for him to be out here going through and doing what he's done already on this possession is awfully impressive on first down pass is caught and in the middle of the field it's devante adams is dealing with his own injury a twisted ankle from last week but here's that hit by leon hall on jordy nelson he stayed down on all fours on the bench area for quite a while he said it's the most pain he's ever been in in his life and during the week he had a tough time just drawing breath and here he is a couple of weeks later taking hits in an nfl game with a trip to the super bowl on the line second and fourth pass is incomplete for jared cook [Applause] and aaron rodgers took a hit when he let this one fly it's third and four well the falcons have been able to get a little pressure here on this opening possession on rogers he hasn't been as comfortable in the pocket as we've seen in previous weeks courtney upshaw is the one who's able to get home at the end of that and he's got a big role in this game they lose adrian claiborne their second leading sacker last week and courtney upshaw he's going to have to help pick up the slack eight seconds on the play clock before third and four right here third down so critical in this game you cannot miss opportunity and this will be a big one the other side of this is great well we flashed back to week eight in this game the packers and falcons here in atlanta aaron rodgers throws a touchdown pass to jeff janus the packers lead by six with 358 left matt ryan answered the muhammad saneu 31 ticks left and the falcons won the game 33-32 and the two quarterbacks combined for ridiculous numbers seven touchdowns no interceptions and a combined quarterback rating of 128.5 yeah we were here for that one and it was a lot of fun to cover and both of these offense of course the packers they got on their roll then just a few weeks later and have been lighting it up with a lot of points on the scoreboard averaging over 30 points a game during that stretch then of course the highest scoring offense in all football with the falcons third down and four rogers gets rid of it avoids the sack but it's fourth down dion jones the rookie middle linebacker got through dion jones number 45. it's just a five-man rush and he comes up the middle they turn him loose somebody is supposed to pick him up rogers was expecting it forces him to get the ball out of his hands and a big stop for this falcons defense and now mason crosby who has hit on 23 straight during the post season from 41. he missed it wide right the snap from brett good the hold from jacob shum and crosby it's been a while since he's done that in january [Music] this game is sponsored by ford f-series the best-selling trucks for 40 straight years and by samsung pay turn your phone into your wallet this is the ninth game of this postseason overall kickers have been 33 of 33 before that miss by mason crosby his last miss in the postseason came here in atlanta back in that 2010 divisional game and this should cost atlanta five [Applause] number 67. five yard penalty still first down that's against levitry and mike pereira during the break we watched jordy nelson on that third down drop back by aaron rodgers looked like maybe a little holding out there on the edge you know joe i thought it was a good no call aaron scrambling to his left timing wise he's just throwing the ball when that happened i think you leave that alone first down in 15 now for atlanta from the 26 freeman carries and he got hit immediately at the line it was claimed matthews has been playing with that bad left shoulder and tears that go down into his chest he has a sack this postseason that came against the giants you talk about guys that are playing hurt and jordy nelson devonte adams and clay matthews he's played basically the last four or five ball games of the regular season with a shoulder that may require surgery once this season is over he's been dealing with some pain and of course on the other side of him nick perry playing with a broken hand he's got a club on his fist those guys are going to be key and being able to get pressure on matt ryan second and thirteen now ryan fires sidelines sunu first down atlanta hit by burnett 16 yards and a first down on the throw by matt ryan mohammed's sunu he's in the slot two deep look by the green bay packers that's the hole within that zone and matt ryan exploits it and a lot of talk about julio jones he of course attracts a lot of attention the last time these two teams met joe it was mohamed sanu who had the big game he had nine catches in that game julio jones just had three for about 29 yards and so sunu already off to a great start in this game on first down now ryan pulls it back down pass is caught by toilolo levine choilolo who is big 6-8 fourth year player out of stanford is good for five the pro bowl is headed to orlando and returning to the traditional afc against the nfc watch your favorite nfl stars compete in the pro bowl coming up presented by aquafina sunday january 29th at 8 eastern on espn second and 5. [Applause] and off to freeman and freeman is put to the ground by haha clinton dicks a loss of two well for being so early in this ball game still over three minutes left in this first quarter you just get the sense that this is a critical possession defensively for this green bay packer defense in not giving up any more points micah hyde coming off the edge as well and right now a big third down for this packers team third down and seven ryan fires wide open pass caught hooper first down and more left all alone austin hooper picks up 16. [Applause] ryan found him at the last instant well initially when hooper gets the ball it looked like you know he was a little slow coming out of his catch and getting up the field to pick up the first down i couldn't see exactly who that was that missed the tackle might have been joe thomas but if he makes the play hooper is short of the first down quick snap play action ryan out to his right there's sunu again 15 yards to muhammad sunu damarius randall he did not play well last week at all he was spinning around in circles that entire ball game and you see he's playing soft he's just a young player he's missed a lot of time he's had injuries this season and he is not playing with confidence and you cannot play in this league at that position if you lack confidence especially when you're going up against this receiving core missed six games with surgery to his groin under fire last week the same this week pass is bobbled and dropped by robinson albert robinson was open ryan put it on him and that's the second drop here in this first quarter for the falcons tom capers the man in charge of trying to figure out how to slow down the falcons so far no answers for sunu and then seemingly every play somebody's left alone and ryan's been able to find him i thought last week he was trying to call a defense with his hands tied behind his back and far as what he could do defensively that was against that cowboys offense and this one is a much more explosive group than them blitz on second and ten pads is caught by coleman out of the backfield and tevin coleman scoots out of bounds if it appears a first down and it is that's the sixth different receiver matt ryan has completed a pass to well you said it a moment ago i mean they can beat you a lot of different ways you start focusing on certain guys the key guys and then you've got these backs both kevin coleman and devonta freeman who are outstanding coming out of the backfield they have over 80 receptions between the two of them and they make it awfully difficult on a defensive team wildcat formation for the falcons sunu in the backfield gets the snap takes it himself right up the gut to the five joe thomas on the tackle and kyle shanahan is showing all the different facets that this atlanta offense has here in the first quarter you see andy levitry he comes out he leads the way and whether or not muhammad sununu is actually reading this but if he is he reads it well devin coleman's going to come across dayton jones gets up the field he comes underneath that picks up a nice game [Applause] 35 seconds left in the first quarter second and three again make a one-handed catch as he works against randall [Applause] third and three well that's going to be the match up a good part of this game is damaris randall on mohamed sanu because on the other side they really want ladarius gunter to match up with julio jones with some safety help and gunter he the last two weeks he's drawn odell beckham jr and then last week he had dez bryant and today the task gets no easier on him with julio jones matt ryan's four for four on third down at the bottom on third and three third and eight levitri five yard penalty still third down [Applause] that's a big help right now for the packers the falcons four for four on third down i'm going to say it again matt ryan the last four plus games is now 34 for 39 on third down down and eight now with 26 seconds left and that's how he started this time they put julio jones in the slot and with the packers playing the safeties widely would be a good spot for ryan to go with the football ryan flushed out penalty flag on the play and ryan fires to the back of the end zone incomplete and the flag looked like it was thrown in the area where there would be a hold against atlanta it is i would assume mccarthy would decline it bring up fourth down holding office number 51. penalties decline result of the play fourth down four-time pro bowler alex mack who has really solidified this offensive line that's been healthy all year the only team across the nfl that started the same five guys yeah that explains a lot when you have that kind of continuity with this offensive line and not missing any starters all year long why they've been so effective offensively and you're right alex mack who got voted to his fourth pole bowl this year has been a key component in their offensive production the 41 year old matt bryant from 28 and it's 10-0 atlanta here's the penalty on mack as he got a hold of dayton jones it's a ten nothing falcon lead at home quarterback comparison not fair aaron rodgers has been on the field for less than three minutes and matt ryan in the offense for the atlanta falcons the top scoring team this year in the nfl they have started out hot trying to get to their second super bowl in franchise history 14 seconds left in this first quarter janice will go out of the back of the end zone the daytona 500 is just around the corner and the cast of the mech have already made their plans hey caitlin you uh want to come to my daytona day party you're having a party for the daytona 500 yeah why you drive a hybrid with two baby seats in the back we'll have beer oh yeah i'm in well there you go happy daytona day right around the corner and super bowl 51 will be right here on fox february 5th second possession for green bay and this for the packers their largest deficit during their eight game win streak and we're not out of the first quarter bass is caught out on the edge and nowhere to go ty montgomery and that's how the first quarter will come to a close we'll be second down when we come back here the georgia dome it's the nfc championship game today on fox falcons lead by 10. [Music] nfl commissioner roger goodell is in attendance as the nfl says goodbye to the georgia dome final game five more events are scheduled here falcons spent 26 years at fulton county stadium this their 25th and final in this dome and the packers in a 10-point hole to start the second quarter throws has a man in a first down that's cobb and randall cobb who went off in game one of the playoffs against the giants makes a catch and a run for 17. well they come off the slot randall cobb then was expecting maybe the ball to be thrown to him right away but rogers with enough protection in the pocket hangs in cobb slicing through the middle of that defense falcons playing zone coverage there and when these two teams met the last time they opened the game in zone coverage and the packers really exploited that they had a tougher time when the falcons matched up in man in that second half that time zone coverage and rogers gets a nice game rogers out to his right deadly outside the pocket throws back across the field for cobb and the numbers that aaron rodgers is putting up outside the pocket are mind-boggling that one good for 22. but when he's been out of the pocket his quarterback rating is perfect 158.3 during the postseason he's so accurate with the football but you can imagine what that does to a defensive back when number 12 is outside the pocket and you're trying to then cover these receivers for an extended period of time almost impossible to do handoff here to montgomery mike mccarthy once time montgomery to touch the ball 10 to 15 times in this game that one for three aaron rodgers has a lot of fans in this league including a contemporary like tom brady it's fun to watch him play i always love watching him play and whenever he's on i usually stop and watch i would imagine aaron rodgers says the same thing when tom brady's on television tom brady and the patriots take on the steelers later today in the afc championship game montgomery limped off kristen michael in the backfield and out of the backfield makes the catch dancing around and went backward a gain of three could have been maybe a bigger play and here's ty montgomery who was a little gimpy getting off the field after that carry on first down well then that puts kristen michael into the game he wasn't even with the packers the last time these two teams played but they've only ran the ball twice here in this first half and the falcons have played a lot of nickel coverage the packers run the ball better than they give credit for but mike mccarthy's sticking with the pass play clock is already under 10. and they're going to reset the play clock that was a break as the ball moved the official jogs in and instead of the packers potentially having to call a timeout they get a fresh blade clock third and four it looks like the falcons are at least way they're aligned right now the safety dropping down they're man-to-man across the board quick throw pass caught first down jared cook the numbers speak for themselves jared cook who had a high ankle sprain he suffered week three against detroit missed six games the packers are ten and two when he's available as a weapon for aaron rodgers that was too easy for the packers keanu neal the rookie safety who's had an outstanding season he was the one dropping down he played soft and they're able to get the completion and the first down ready right up the gut how about that one pulls out a fumble for ripkowski and recovered by atlanta and it's the one thing the packers have been able to avoid during this eight game win streak for the most part turning it over and that ball's clearly out now jalen collins he comes in once they're able to stand him up so to speak and he rips it out and it's collins who ends up not just ripping it out but recovering the fumble 10 nothing atlanta today's game is sponsored by ram trucks america's longest lasting pickups buy burger king try the 3.99 whopper junior deal only at bk and buy pepsi zero sugar tune into the pepsi zero sugar super bowl 51 halftime show what a great individual play by jaylen collins we'll show it to you again it's only the third giveaway for the green bay packers during this eight game winning streak and for this falcons defense their 10th straight game with a takeaway and they're good at forcing fumbles neal forced five vic beasley for six during the regular season [Applause] from the 20 play action pass is caught by julio jones 17-yard completion back to the fumble we go you see jalen collins he comes in on the right side of the screen and he just does a great job textbook once a back is kind of held up he reaches in and pulls it out and then he follows it up and makes the recovery and jalen collins he's had a bit of a bumpy ride you see here aaron ripkowski knows that that was a great opportunity for the packers down in that red zone but jalen collins he was suspended for four games worked his way back into onto the playing field and about the time desmond truffant went down he was asked to come in and play and he's done a good job more play action pass is to jones who gets his feet down [Music] 20-yard completion to julio jones mike daniels he's applying a little pressure inside on matt ryan but julio jones able to make the catch they're giving him some help it's man coverage underneath and ladarius gunter he just gets turned around and that's not good coverage at all knowing you have safety help and you're in a trail technique and you completely lose the receiver and these defensive backs don't know where they're going right now devonta freeman on a toss ryan on the stop perry in there as well the packers had a good opening possession went down and mason crosby who was brilliant the final two minutes last week against the cowboys missed a 41-yarder next time they get it ribkowski's plowing through defensive players for the falcons ends up fumbling momentum on the recovery brings it out to the 20 and now a few completions later here are the falcons deep into green bay territory with a six yard completion for another first down next sunday it's the big east versus the acc in college action on fox josh hart number one villanova hosts number 16 virginia should be a good one tips off next sunday at 12 30 eastern only on fox well dom capers just up there scratching his head trying to figure out what he has to do if matt ryan has time in the pocket there is no way his packers defense is going to be able to stop the falcons he brings a five-man rush that time but falcons pick it up beautifully here's freeman now falcons so far not able to get their ground game going that's the only slow part of the offense to this point no gain by devonta freeman dean lowry a rookie defensive lineman on the stop and now alex mack second team all pro center is down now look at him we'll take a break atlanta with a football and a 10-point lead in this nfc championship game [Music] [Music] 51st year of franchise history for the atlanta falcons have never won a championship trying to get to their second super bowl playing in their fourth nfc champ game pass is dropped julio jones and it'll be third down and 10. we go back to the injury to alex mack and it was devonte freeman who landed on the left ankle of mack he thinks he'll be okay ben garland has taken over at center and mack is back in so garland in there for just one play max fine third and ten [Applause] falcons are inside field goal range for bryant pass is caught jones all alone full head of steam inside the 15. these receivers are running free and clear through this secondary well dom capers he brings a five-man rush and you see that there's no underneath coverage then on julio jones there's easy releases by these guys off the ball and given protection matt ryan just picking this defense apart five for six on third down is atlanta play action ryan enzo robinson out of his reach really when you look at this defense for the packers joe the thing that they've been able to do a good job of down the stretch is they've been able to create takeaways during the eight game win streak 18 takeaways by this packers defense they give up yards but you knew coming in that that was going to be what they have to rely on in order to slow down this falcons offense and the longer this game goes and the more ability that the falcons have moving the football i expect tom capers to start selling out and just doing all he can to get after matt ryan [Applause] second down ryan escapes gonna run has some room and a touchdown usually when you see a run like this it's because the defense is in man coverage the packers are playing zone joe thomas right there at linebacker he has his eyes on the quarterback and he just is unable to make a play the falcons have made this look awfully easy here this afternoon matt ryan has his sixth career rushing touchdown his first since 2012. and it's 17 to nothing atlanta the likely mvp is playing like an mvp here in this championship game up 17. the walter payton nfl man of the year award presented by nationwide recognizes nfl players who've made a significant impact on both the game and in their communities stay tuned at halftime when we'll exclusively announce the three finalists for this year's award and the winner will be announced at the nfl honors on february 4th at 8 eastern here on fox three possessions three scores for atlanta they took advantage of the first career fumble by aaron rapkowski and went 80 yards for a nine play drive and a touchdown a 14-yard carry by matt ryan [Applause] krakowski had a good run going but put it on the ground and the defense trying to find answers for green bay atlanta up 17. little gamesmanship going on during the break that huddle on the sideline and atlanta had to wait to see who they were going to have on the field defensively they had a couple of the bigger body guys up shawn jarrett waiting to see if they were coming in and when the little receivers came jogging on jarrett and upshaw went back to the sideline as john madden would say when the little guys came on the big guys went off i mean that's the way that deal works biggest comeback in nfc championship history was here four years ago when the falcons led the 49ers 17 to nothing rogers diving catch by jordy nelson good for eight let's go down to the field and say hi to chris myers defensive line coach brian cox and veteran dwight freddie have emphasized in the first half for the line to play a quick off the line of scrimmage so they're not caught offside by aaron rodgers and it allows them to push up the middle and contain and they want that fast first step joe but not a misstep second and two pass out to the right incomplete for nelson made the grab but was out of bounds according to the headlines when it's third and two i'm amazed at how jordy nelson is able to stretch for these last two balls he caught the first down play and then that one you know just outside of his reach unable to make it but this is you know broken ribs that's not easy to do look at this packers offense you look at the score and you say well the packers aren't really doing anything offensively they have moved the ball against this defense this is just their third possession they get pressure they miss the field goal the turnover big third down here for them pass to cobb is low and short it's fourth down and now the packers go three and out after falling behind by 17. yeah you see brian poole he comes off the slot and puts the hit on aaron rodgers and that's why the throw was low and rogers he's having a talk with vinovich and he was hoping to see a flag [Applause] it went for a completion but did not gain any yardage and here's shawn [Applause] it's a beauty on a line but there's some room in front of weems [Applause] aaron rodgers hoping his defense can get a stop just took a hit from brian poole it's been all falcons so far the offensive leaders for atlanta matt ryan has started 15 of 22 there's three drops factored in muhammad sunu with five catches a touchdown on a little flip pass and five catches for julio jones this drive will start at the 23 for the falcons who this year led the nfl by averaging over seven and a half yards on first down [Applause] ryan pass is caught by coleman kevin coleman showing off what he can do running routes and a nice grab on a perfect throw from matt ryan yeah you called it joe a perfectly thrown ball not bad coverage this time but tevin coleman dynamic player he is he's able to come out on the option route one-on-one there and beat his man and matt ryan puts it on him perfectly and ryan already over 200 yards throwing it [Applause] handoff to coleman well played by green bay joe thomas will get credit he was not alone gain of three how about the job thomas dimitrov did this off season and what they were able to do with this roster they addressed the defense the last two years since dan quinn took over as the head coach but the weapons that they gave matt ryan this off season to complement julio jones it's really terrific we talked about muhammad sunu and going out and getting him and taylor gabriel who's emerged as a heck of a player and then to combine them with these two running backs [Applause] they do a lot take advantage of these defenses here's a mistake green bay trying to capitalize and they can't jake ryan had a shot at the ball but taylor gabriel ends up on top of it looks like joe they're trying to time it to where they snap it to taylor gabriel either that or it looked like gabriel was expecting the ball but as he's right in line with matt ryan the ball comes out and a missed opportunity for this packers defense and a takeaway that they desperately needed third down and ten in trouble gets rid of it pass caught by coleman short of the first down as he's hit by micah hyde and morgan burnett let's go back to that timing play yeah gabriel's looking for the ball he turns and looks and yet matt ryan was kind of acting like he was kind of expecting the ball too they're really fortunate there not to have given the ball to this packers team with a with a short field but nevertheless the packers finally make a stop in this game well there's opportunity here for green bay to jump back in it they're about to get the ball back and they get the ball to start the second half boscher one of the better punters in the league with cobb waiting [Applause] at the 10. 42-yard punt nothing on the return here comes aaron rodgers trying to deliver hope to the packers you can download nfl mobile to watch every live nfl playoff game and we'll welcome you back inside the broadcast booth i'm joe buck along with the hall of famer tory aikman there's hope here for the green bay packers it has to start now at their own time this is an important drive right now over three minutes to play they've been heavy pass which is what the packers have really been all season long but they're starting to get pressure on aaron rodgers i'd expect to see a little more balance they're able to do that with as much time still left on the clock here before the end of the half but they're able to come away with a touchdown on this drive as you said to start the second half with the ball i think you could climb right back into this game even though the falcons have pretty much dominated the first 30 minutes we'll mark this one a drive starting at the 10. first three drives have ended and a missed field goal with a fumble and then a punt but they've been able to move the ball at times rogers throws pass caught and rogers got crunched at the end of that play you've seen brian poole come off the edge now a couple times it happened on the previous possession on third down and and aaron rodgers gets lit up here by poole at the very end he doesn't see it it's a clean hit it's a good hit but they he's not seen that blitz until he didn't see it at all then but he didn't catch it on that third down either second and one passes bobbled caught first down randall [Applause] so 244 on the clock two timeouts and when aaron rodgers in this offense is rolling that's an eternity trying to get on the scoreboard lane taylor who's had a great year and right guard is down on a knee well what the falcons do is they just get you out of your comfort zone when offensively they're able to score the points like they have again today and then as an offense you start abandoning the running game and then it plays right into their hands teams have run the football against the falcons but the packers have just ran it three times here in this first half of course the last time they ran it with aaron ripkowski it was a nice gain he fumbles the football but you know with time on the clock obviously they're going to throw the ball and that's what aaron rodgers does and that's what this offense is all about but i'd expect to see a little more bounce maybe a few runs on this possession but certainly when we get into the second half because they're starting to tee off on aaron rodgers backers made the switch they let josh sit and go he ended up in chicago had a good year with the chicago bears he's a tremendous player but that meant that lane taylor was going to take over at guard and now with taylor out it's don barclay taking over from his spot spot over from center cory lindsley open nelson dropped it and they're saying incomplete rogers put it right on jordy nelson could not make the catch that's a good route by jordy nelson robert alford he comes in and is just able to knock that one loose right at the point of the catch and makes a play on the ball we were all down there bugging these guys before the game trying to see if they would reveal anything about their status jordy nelson said i feel fine how are you feeling that was my cue to leave second and ten ready just got it away rogers is sacked down he goes rasheed hegman just got him on the foot well rasheed hegman right over the center cory lindsley he goes right through him puts him on his back and then that's something you just don't see very often with an arm and a hand putting aaron rodgers on the ground two-minute warning in atlanta third and forever when we come back [Applause] follow your favorite team all season long go to itunes.com nfl third down at 21. if there's any quarterback that can cover that kind of ground it's aaron rodgers just asked the cowboys he was third and 20 when he completed that 35 yarder to cook to set up the game-winning field goal yeah now though you worry about the fact that if the packers don't pick it up here here we are talking about them maybe being able to climb back into this game and to get the ball to start the second half they give the ball to the falcons with all three of their timeouts and a lot of time on the clock format on the pass rush rogers out to his right gonna air it out looking for nelson he's not there ricardo allen is and he's gonna be down at the 31. well they basically run the play that similar anyway that they got the third down conversion last week only this time rogers to the right they put tj laying out front to help lock it up and rogers does what he should do and just takes a shot but there was no chance whatsoever ricardo allen he's playing deep middle and jordy nelson he was playing defense as soon as that ball was thrown and that's essentially a punt yeah it is it's 55 yards of field position and it was third and 21 so in essence a 55-yard punt but here's the atlanta offense back out there first down three timeouts and then at 50. out of the shotgun ryan fires pass caught davonte freeman going to be marked down at the 40 a gain of eight [Applause] second and two underneath again first down freeman into green bay territory [Applause] and i like what matt ryan's not doing here and that is calling timeout he's got the packers on their heels and he's continuing to apply the pressure [Applause] ryan flushed out to his right passes incomplete [Applause] and it was nick perry in coverage on devonta freeman let's go down to aaron andrews joe an update on safety micah hide for you dom capers called this guy invaluable the last few games he is questionable to return with a shoulder injury keep in mind this is a guy who's played every position in the secondary for the packers over these playoffs joe yeah he had the big sack last week the interception and now he's in the locker room wondering with the rest of the world what the score is going to be at the half when his teammates join him second and 10. [Applause] ryan gets away airs it out balls up for grabs and incomplete marwyn evans was down there that ball was up there for about a half an hour and nobody comes down with it outright robinson was the closest falcon to it that typifies what's happened in this first half for the packers defense marwin evans undrafted free agent he's in position to make a play on this ball and he just misjudges it i mean he's he's there it should it should have been an easy completion i'm actually shocked that matt ryan with pressure having to hold on to the ball and throw it late that he even took a shot down the field atlanta takes a timeout they have two left and it gives us a chance to tell you that your former head coach and the rest of the group will have the visa halftime report coming up they're here with us in the georgia dome and they'll have a little first half analysis christina pink from foxborough for the afc championship game and will announce the walter payton man of the year finalists so that's a couple of opportunities now to get a take away for this green bay defense jake ryan couldn't come up with a fumble on that exchange from the center back and that ball was up there for grabs for marwyn evans and he missed timed his jump and you don't get many opportunities like that against this falcons offense they just simply do not turn the ball over here come the packers third down and ten passes caught for a first down taylor gabriel and he had rollins all over him what a throw and what a catch yeah taylor gabriel he pulls a veteran move here he comes across he slows up and is able to help shield rollins there to make a play on the ball ryan has completed passes to eight different receivers here's one to freeman and devonta freeman spins inside the 15. [Applause] this guy devonte freeman he has some moves with the ball in his hands haha clinton dicks he comes up to make a play and and freeman's just able to plant his left foot in the ground and haha clinton dicks had no chance whatsoever to make a tackle on him kante freeman one of three backs this year with over a thousand rushing yards over 500 receiving yards and he's on that short list with le'veon bell and ezekiel elliott and he forms a combination with tevin coleman that's the best one-two punch in the nfl it really is and what separates them is not just their ability to run the football but the way in which both of them are able to catch the ball in fact kyle shanahan he compared devonta freeman to cole beasley he said he could be our starting slot receiver he's that good in the passing game that says a lot nobody's covered cole beasley in five years see what that combo's done over the last four games meanwhile the falcons are over 300 yards of offense they have one timeout left and they have a first down at the green bay 14. it's been a half of big plays for dan quinn's offense 15 of them 10 or more yards oh this defense has been on the field for 43 plays already in this first half they're going to welcome halftime see if they can't catch their breath on first down ryan steps through and we'll go head first to the five [Applause] clock continues to run and ryan's gonna use the last timeout well falcons fans don't want to see this they deliver hope to green bay fans the 49ers and falcons met in the 2012 nfc championship game atlanta led 17 to nothing in the second quarter but the 49ers went to work they mounted a comeback one by a final of 28-24 there's frank gore taking it in and more heartbreak for tony gonzalez who never got to the mountaintop as a team individually the best receiving tight end in the history of the nfl well julio jones this week he talked about that experience and said well then we were just happy to be there and now we're a different group and we know that we're not just happy to be here and we expect more but there wasn't many guys there's not many guys left on this team from from that group either a lot of young players in this falcons offense six total remain on this roster a couple of them special teamers bryant and bosher so not many second and one blitz ryan throws end zone nearly picked again gunter had a chance at it and now seven seconds remain on third down and one another missed opportunity for green bay yeah ladarius gunter that was not going to be an easy catch he actually plays it pretty well and undercutting the throw and comes underneath just not able to make a make a play on it it would have been a nice catch if he hauled that one in remember no timeouts remaining for atlanta so this effort has got to go into the end zone can't get zach got to be smart ball's got to come out quick they're all up on the line for green bay now some back out end zone jones touchdown and we'll make sure that he was in bounds here on the catch he is close ladarius gunter you know the situation and that the ball looks to me like it's a touchdown the ball's got to come out quick i expected gunner to challenge him a little bit more off the line of scrimmage a perfectly thrown ball and it sure looks to me like he was able to haul this in well watch where this right foot comes down it taps in and then slides to the boundary and mike pereira in the back of our booth says it's a catch and a touchdown and that would mean matt ryan with two third down touchdown passes in this first half but they're gonna go for a scoring review they show the replay on the board here some celebrate and it looked like jones left foot down the toes hit then they slide out of bounds and mike pereira says touchdown i'll go with mike and you see that right hand gets extended a little bit by julio jones and whether or not maybe he got away with a little something there at the top of that route but that's a great job he's a terrific player you talk about what he's battled through he's such a big physical guy he takes a pounding but he does so much for my money he's the best receiver in football [Applause] the green bay packers were delayed by fogg change their travel plans getting to atlanta a three and a half hour delay and they've been hit hard here in this first half reviewing the play rooney on the field is confirmed touchdown before i mentioned thomas dimitrov he's the man in the middle with a blue shirt and the owner of the falcons is to the right arthur blank rich mckay also in that box there he is on the far left and down below they have a terrific young head coach in dan quinn and quinn and the other three in that box [Applause] have a 24 to nothing lead [Applause] with three seconds left in the half marwin evans mistimed his jump could not come down with a pick [Applause] and then the tip by haha clinton dicks off the hands of ladarius gutter that gave matt ryan another opportunity of points and he didn't miss yeah that's the thing i mean they they don't give you many opportunities to create takeaways they were tied for first with the new england patriots just turned it over 11 times in the regular season and the falcons have made it look awfully easy and how about this crowd here at the dome they thought last saturday night they were closing down shop and moving into their new facility next year and because the cowboys lose all of a sudden they get a chance to host the nfc championship game and they're making it known see the last time the packers were shut out the postseason was that game where michael vick took the atlanta falcons into lambeau field at that point the packers hadn't lost a home playoff game the majority of those games at lambeau falcons moved on in that game and they're trying to move on in this one to get to super bowl 51 well like we said the packers get the ball to start the second half i would never rule out aaron rodgers and his ability to climb back into this game but the defense they've made one stop in this ball game we got to find a way to stop this falcons team squib kick by boscher it comes up on a hop and the return by dayton jones that ends the first half in the final football game in the 25-year history of the georgia dome visa halftime is coming up it is all atlanta looking for their second super bowl in franchise history 24 to nothing over aaron rodgers and green bay pizza half times coming up next today's excitement brought to you by the new nissan titan [Music] and that was today's excitement brought to you by the new nissan titan as we welcome you back to the georgia dome beginning of the second half 24 to nothing atlanta on top welcome back to the booth i'm joe buck along with troy aikman atlanta's held up their end of the bargain for this supposed shootout now it's time for the green bay packers to get something moving offensively yeah they're not going to get that many more possessions the thing about the atlanta falcons is they can play small ball too and take this clock down and run the football with those two outstanding running backs so it starts right here for the green bay packers they've got a score touchdowns of course and then of course the the defense has to find ways to to make a stop one stop in that first half 325 yards of offense by the atlanta falcons they got a monumental task ahead of him in the second half they're gonna climb back into this ball game yeah 271 yards through the air for matt ryan that is a first half personal career high for matt ryan and the green bay packers will start this second half with the football see the first half stats as troy said the 325 yards of offense third down conversion seven of nine that's been matt ryan's down in the month of january and the ten plus yard plays 15 and the excellence of the atlanta falcons is on display here for the football world to watch [Applause] aaron rodgers will start at the 25 aaron andrews it's all yours and in speaking with mike mccarthy i first asked him what did you say to your team at the half he said well you guys dug yourself into a huge hole and these mistakes have killed us defensively i said how do you stop matt ryan and he said hit the guy we've given him all day he's sitting back there he also said this is a second straight game we've had absolutely no pass rush offensively i said what's the key here and he said again turnovers guys a couple updates for you lane taylor micah hyde and kentrell bryce are all out of this game and with that lane taylor injury don barkley takes over at left guard you look at the defense and their inability to slow down atlanta that was kind of expected coming into this ball game maybe not to the extreme that it happened the two things the missed field goal the fumble by aaron ribkowski those were the real turning points and now a drop to start the second half from jared cook and down to chris myers we go well it sounded like a party already in the falcon locker room at the half but dan quinn told me he told his team reset that's how they play it all season long players came out of the locker room yelling reset reset he said we're going to get the running game working in the second half we have to what's worked against aaron rodgers other than take-aways the three-man rush but he said we will not ease up on aaron rodgers rodgers just throws it away it's an incomplete pass ty montgomery was there it went right toward his feet as rogers was yet again under heavy pressure really good pressure and on the inside by rasheed hageman and then off the edge you've got dwight freeny and grady jarrett so yeah with a four-man rush they have been able to get pressure on rogers as well the falcons have played basically five defensive backs throughout this game mccarthy did not run the football now with the score what it is don't expect to see many more runs in this game third down and 10. pass is dropped by cook three and out starts the second half for green bay so two drops by cook in this first possession of the second half that's not an easy catch but one that he certainly can make we've seen him make a lot tougher and to come out and start this drive in the second half and to continue to have the problems that they had in the first half is demoralizing for this group that drive took 11 seconds here's shawn [Applause] fair catch for wings at the 25. it's been [Applause] a dominant first half certainly for atlanta but there's been some missed opportunities on green bay side the early miss field goal by mason crosby of 41 yards next time they have it they're marching in toward the end zone and ribkowski his first career fumble and then this ball was on the ground and right through the arms of jake ryan a chance for a couple of late first half interceptions marwyn evans didn't time his jump right and then clinton dix taps it ladarius gunner can't come down with it and a touchdown followed to julio jones [Applause] handoff to freeman freeman gets a yard and half well that missed field goal to start this game for the packers by mason crosby it was a seven nothing game at that point then the falcons go down and they come away with a field goal of their own it's a ten nothing game when aaron rubkowski fumbles you know in a scoring opportunity that could have at least made it a one-possession game and since then the packers have just gotten to where their everything's been a challenge trying to run the ball then or trying to move the ball and then of course being unable to stop atlanta thomas showing blitz he comes with a blitz falcons pick it up and there's jones flag is down julio jones with a catch still going still in bounds touchdown atlanta but a flag is down back at the 35. and bill vinovich is going to call that official over and check and see what the call is they're probably going to get ladarius gunter on the call look like that's where the flag came from no match to try to play man coverage on julio jones the pass holding defense number 36. decline for the play how about julio jones he's had the turf toe he missed two games in december this one good from 73 yards out twice he walked the tightrope down the sideline and demarius randall could not bring him down all 6'3 226 of him took it into the end zone and boy these fans had fun here today or what number two seeded atlanta falcons had a bye week then took apart seattle [Applause] even more impressive today against green bay julio jones 31 nothing today's game is sponsored by southwest yes to long beards with nothing to hide that's transparency by chevrolet more gdpr initial quality awards than any other brand four years in a row and by intuit turbo tax relax there's turbo tax [Music] well the party is on here at the georgia dome atlanta falcons took the opening kickoff went down the field and scored and they've been barely slowed since 31 to nothing [Applause] the guys from new girl are also getting ready for daytona day you 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[Applause] matt ryan has never been to the big game 25 ready right here ryan's already thrown for 344 yards this ball's tipped forward pass the time montgomery incomplete tell you this defense may be better than we realize and it got better as the season went on it was awful young coming into the year they start three rookies they have a second year player like jalen collins they lost desmond true fun but they're on the upswing right now they played great against seattle and even better today the league better take notice because this defense is here to stay and they're only going to get better as they did throughout this year i expect them to be one of the real dominant forces in this game as we move forward in future years a lot of first and second year players they were last in the league in defense in 2014 the year before dan quinn took over the rare run montgomery is going to carry it for a first down aaron rodgers 0 for his last six with an interception is keanu neal young safety they drafted out of florida and the draft experts thought the falcons reached for him but dan quinn was aware of keanu neal quinn was at florida was part of the recruiting process to get neal to the gators and he has been a perfect fit yeah what an impressive guy he is we had a chance to visit with him on friday and a well-mannered young man and he's going to be one of the real cornerstones for this defense montgomery lead kristen michael takes over and michael gets it and goes nowhere hageman was in there on the stop in a loss of two [Applause] well they're trying to get the running game going now after running it just three times there in that first half and you see the total yards and the difference between that's uh that's amazing over 300 yards of offense out of this falcons group i think the falcons are more than happy to let aaron rodgers hand the ball off ready go go here's michael out of the backfield another drop and we haven't seen the green bay packers play like this since november when aaron rodgers said he felt like they were going to run the table eight wins later here they are in the championship game but not much is going right in atlanta well didn't you think after last week's win against the cowboys and there was so much energy and emotion expended in that win and what a great win it was you know i know i found myself asking are they going to be able to yeah to kind of get back to that level the level you have to get to to play in a big playoff game like this today but you've had a hard time you talked about the delay that they had arriving in atlanta and what kind of impact that might have had i think they're going to grant aaron rodgers the timeout before the delay of game prior to the explanation of the play clock green bay called timeout first charge timeout montgomery goes in to get looked at well this atlanta team remade the defense according to dan quinn's wishes keanu neil devondre campbell dion jones second-year players ricardo allen jalen collins vic beasley jr and grady jarrett dan quinn for two years a defensive coordinator for the seattle seahawks quince trying to by the way get to his third super bowl over the last four years and they've kind of remade this defense in the seattle seahawks image when you play the style of defense that dan quinn wants to play a lot of single high safeties some zone coverage mixed in they play a little more man than what dan quinn played in seattle you better have linebackers that can run and that's the first thing they did when dan quinn came in they addressed the linebacker the overall speed but especially at that position they have to cover a lot of people in those underneath zones and boy did they it's as fast a linebacking core as there is in all of football third down and 12. rogers pass is caught nice catch this time by jared cook for a first down well when you're on offense joe and you're in a game like this and you're down 31 points you don't even worry about what the end is going to be like you just try to focus on one series one play and try to come away with some points at some and then worry about it the next possession and not focus on the huge deficit that you're faced with here's cook gets a couple of blocks has another first down you can see in that previous catch cook hit his head against the turf his helmet came off the official checked with him to make sure he was okay cook gave him the thumbs up and then comes back with a 12-yard catch for back-to-back first downs montgomery it's a rib injury his return is questionable here's cook again three in a row to the 40 and a nice play made by keanu neal well that's the other part of this whole thing joe i mean in terms of emotionally being able to get to that level just the number of injuries coming in you know who was going to play it was really a game time decision for devonta adams and then jordy nelson and morgan burnett bactiari was hurt last week we've seen time montgomery leave lane taylor left guard at some point they've been overcoming so much all year catches up with you here's michael who breaks loose first down kind of reminiscent of when they won it all in 2010 they came through atlanta in that postseason but they went into the super bowl with 15 players on ir and then lost charles woodson and donald driver in the third quarter of that game and they still want it all incredible rogers has cook and cook slides with a first down inside the 10. you know the one thing that we have seen from from rogers is he's he's just not been on the mark like we've seen from him over this last eight-game win streak we've seen a number of times where jared cook has had to go down and make some tough catches he hadn't made all of them but they that's close yeah they haven't been uh cheesy as they should be no challenge flag from dan quinn and this one skips into rainbocop troy i know a lot was made during the week about the flu that was going around the green bay packers mason crosby had it jordy nelson had it aaron rodgers dealt with it you saw aaron rodgers before this game on the field would he tell you about how he felt yeah he said he felt fine i didn't ask him specifically about you know if he was under the weather but i don't think that that's a factor in anything that we've watched here today i think it's really a falcons defense because for the first time in a long time we've seen rogers with pressure in his face and it has disrupted his timing within the pocket second and goal nelson cannot break loose robert alford with a strong tackle and out of bounds it'll be third and goal [Applause] backers knocking on the door their first touchdown of the day and they need touchdowns i mean to me this is obviously two downs if they need them to get the touchdown this is a falcons defense that has really struggled down in the red zone they last in the league stopping teams from scoring touchdowns and now timeout taken by atlanta [Applause] so each side [Applause] having to take timeouts here recently in the second half the walter payton nfl man of the year award presented by nationwide has been narrowed down to three finalists larry fitzgerald eli manning and greg olson who have all consistently upheld high standards both as players and as humanitarians this year's winner will be announced at the nfl honors show on february 4th at 8 eastern right here on fox well that's a great honor joe and maybe the greatest honor when you consider what it entails not just your performance on the field but more importantly what you do within your community so congratulations to those nominees and there's a lot of people in this league as i often say a lot of players that give up their free time on their days off and give back to their respective communities so says a former winner himself now third and goal 59. ready to go rogers pass to adams for the touchdown [Applause] and aaron rodgers looks over to the sideline to check with mike mccarthy it looked like he's holding up two fingers wondering if mccarthy wants to go for two but he's going to send out mason crosby and make it a 24 point game devonta adams is excellent off the line of scrimmage and he's able to get inside of jalen collins it's just a matter of rogers putting it on him so the first points are the hardest ones to get and the packers finally get on the board on the other side you see jordy nelson wondering what the play is rogers was going to his left he found devante adams and crosby makes it 31-7 [Applause] atlanta about to get the ball back early third quarter 919 left third quarter 31-7 after a 12-play drive it took four and a half minutes off the clock devante adams who had a great year had 997 receiving yards during the regular season was iffy coming into this game after turning his ankle last week on a tackle against the dallas cowboys adams with two catches eight yards and the two-yard score see if crosby kicks it deep there's always a chance for an on-site kick falcons are up just in case and the play clock was at zero this will be delay a game wow late game kicking team number two five yard penalty still kickoff yeah you can see mike mccarthy he's not happy about that at all and i don't blame him there's no excuse i mean they're trying to get lined up there was some uncertainty with these guys as to where they were getting lined up i can't imagine that after that scoring drive that they're going to kick an onside kick as you said the falcons are prepared for it i would expect them to kick it deep but ron zook the special teams coordinator whatever was communicated there was some confusion and now they're backed up five more yards still into the end zone and eric weems takes a knee jody nelson's been gutting it out all day long with his fractured ribs and a frustrating day for the packers down 24. a couple things have happened that will get you caught up on it's the second week in a row first against seattle now against green bay that atlanta has scored on five of their first six drives and that touchdown pass to davonte adams from aaron rodgers was the 100th touchdown pass in green bay postseason history aaron rodgers with over one-third of them 34. but it just makes it a 24-point game toss to freeman running right to the 30. pickup of five and a tackle by kenny clark and now the hard part now that you finally got on the board yourself now the packers have to do something they've basically been unable to do and that's stopped matt ryan in this offense so far matt ryan leads all rushers in this game with 23 yards and a touchdown 14 yarder in the first half second and five ryan out to his left matthew's in pursuit with daniels and they both converge to bring down matt ryan the flag is thrown in the secondary [Applause] there's bill vinovich to sort through it holding defense number 36 five yard penalty automatic first down i'd say that qualifies yeah that certainly qualifies he he knows as matt ryan goes down mcdaniels with the takedown he gets up a little bit gimpy but ladarius gunner look he was an undrafted guy out of college he ran a 4-7 coming out and he's facing a guy playing man-to-man coverage that runs a 4-3 i mean there's no way you can cover that guy and he knows it and he's just trying to hold on for dear life but they've caught him a few times play action ryan throws middle of the field and wow what a catch jones gets flipped and hangs on unbelievable grab by julio jones and jake ryan who was in on the stop and there's gunter who went low to take the legs out ryan comes away injured on that play julio jones he can play any game you want to play i mean if it requires him having to get physical he can do that he's a big guy that can run as i said a moment ago and he's as tough as they come and for him to be able to hang on to that ball going to the ground that's that's that's something right there this might be one of those times where as we see jake ryan come off we heard chris myers open up this game kyle shanahan said yeah invariably in a game you're going to lose julio jones for a little bit he's going to eventually work his way back onto the field but that was a big time fall and catch by him he appears to be fine you saw the numbers michael irvin by the way has the nfc championship record in a game 192 receiving yards julio jones is fast approaching that [Applause] he's got 167 here's freeman he's a load tough to bring down shifty he's strong he's compact he's got a 14-yard carry well this is uh this is what you do you're able to run the ball and you know shorten this game here in the second half with a big lead he's difficult to get on the ground and the follow up on julio jones these packers know all about julio jones the whole league does earlier in the year he had a 300 yard receiving day and then just against these packers two years ago he went for 259 yards so he's had some big afternoons and one of which came against these packers here's freeman on a toss burnett on the stop after a gain of nine in the middle of the second quarter here is a conversation on the sideline and it's julio jones who's doing all the talking and it's been julio jones who's been doing all the receiving yeah since i think julio jones was saying hey you know throw me the ball that can't cover me and i think muhammad sanu he spoke up said yeah put me in that box too and young taylor gabriel they haven't been able to cover anybody [Applause] good play mike daniels julio jones by the way had an 11 catch 182 yard two touchdown day in the championship game four years ago against san francisco joe we talked earlier about the job thomas dimitrov did you know in terms of building a defense and some players for matt ryan well ted thompson you know back two years ago he drafts damarius randall and then he brings in quinton rollins some corners with their first and second picks last season and they're going to match up against these wide receivers and the spread offenses and those guys have been hurt a lot but so far in their second year they have not lived up to the building [Applause] third down and two ryan keeps enjoying low flag on the coverage as the ball comes out burnett in coverage and a flag was thrown when those two bodies hit the turf here's the call that's interference defense number 42. follow through in the end zone the ball places the one-yard line automatic first down i don't know i don't really like the call to be honest with you he got turned and he's trying to make a play you see he's trying to locate the ball there is a little bit of contact there but i don't like that call mike pereira what do you say i hate to disagree troy but i really do think it is he does get his head around but is he making a legitimate play on the ball he certainly plays into the receiver i do think it's a foul i i i i'm not going to argue with mike i agree with you i'm just saying hey these guys have had a tough afternoon let's give them one first goal from the one freeman can't get there never seen you bow out of an argument that fast how about toy lolo though i mean this guy he he's primarily a blocker he's a he's a tall rangy guy he's six eight predominantly a blocker he's only had 13 receptions during the regular season but when he does catch the ball invariably they're for 30 or 40 yards down the field he's averaging 20 yards to carry excuse me 20 yards of reception this season and he just hey he's just another guy that defenses have to occasionally worry about mccarthy agreed with you ball's on the ground and ryan gets on top of it another loose ball that the packers can't pick up and it'll be third down and goal julio jones will come back into the game and there's the center quarterback exchange from alex mack [Applause] so third down and goal with four and a half to go third quarter [Applause] jones on the slot to the left ryan passes caught by freeman and it's fourth down inside the one morgan burnett was there those two fought for the football and it's gonna be fourth down just outside the goal line what a strong catch by devonte freeman yeah that was a it was really challenged here by morgan burnett as he comes in and he just kind of he tells you i was wondering if he caught it where that ball is if it's not a touchdown matt ryan wants his bench to challenge this call sure look from that angle that he had possession and it was a touchdown is it there is there a definitive look down that line and here comes the challenge [Applause] atlanta is challenging the ruling on the field that the receiver was short of the goal line timeout the call is it's fourth down on the field is there a definitive look to say it's another touchdown for the falcons this one for freeman we'll get the call right now from bill vinovich after reviewing the play the receiver had possession of the ball over the goal line it was a touchdown mike pereira you told us before this game started that it was in good hands with bill vinovich and this crew has done nothing to dispute that you like this call i like the call paulie widener and the replay booth new york chiming in the question is control did he maintain control of the ball after that first contact which he did and the ball was breaking the plane at that point so that's a good decision this to make it a 31 point game again about the day matt ryan's having this afternoon [Applause] i agree with you joe you mentioned it earlier i think he's going to be the league mvp and well deserved and the only thing keeping him from being mentioned amongst the greats in our game is getting on and winning a world championship the extra point is no good and it's a 30-point game the 39th president of the united states jimmy carter and rosalind applauding a 37-7 game [Music] on sunday february 5th pepsi presents the biggest concert of the year the pepsi zero sugar super bowl 51 halftime show and to follow lady gaga on her journey to the world's biggest stage visit pepsi halftime.com 30-point game [Applause] and matt ryan as you said the presumed mvp with an mvp-like performance four touchdown passes and a 14-yard touchdown run he's been fantastic well next year it will be a 1.5 billion dollar stadium that's going up next door it'll be the home to the atlanta falcons they're so proud of this facility and those who have been in it they say it's breathtaking with a board that literally rims that upper circle in the center of mercedes-benz stadium right next door look around the league there are some incredible stadiums that have been built in recent years rogers out of the shotgun protected and now it'll take off he's got a lot of room to run i'm still going and aaron rodgers who ran for a season high 60 yards in that week eight match-up here in atlantic it's 28th that shows you what aaron rodgers is made of right there as he gets through the line and there was no thought whatsoever of sliding when he got there instead he's going to take it as far as he can and not worry about whether or not he takes a hit that's his longest run of the year on first down here's ripkowski this poor guy he has the fumble early he is really frustrated a guy they enjoy having on their team the second year pro out of oklahoma a sixth round pick kind of taken the role of john and there have been a lot of drops today for the green bay packers and tj lang who missed three games earlier in the year with a broken foot named to his first pro bowl is down and needs attention another injury and we were talking about it yesterday joe i mean they practice on saturdays and it seems like every time we've had a packers game somebody's gone down on a saturday workout and it's remarkable and i know that mike mccarthy spends a lot of time evaluating how he's doing things in the practice schedule and how to keep the players healthy that's become what this league is about really is just making sure you get to sunday healthy enough to play but the amount of injuries that this organization has had not just this year but for many years i can guarantee you mccarthy will be taking a hard look at the way they do things and trying to correct it but i haven't seen any team decimated the way these packers have been for many years well they're still looking at t.j lang this guy is a tremendous pro eighth year out of eastern michigan he's had a great year he really has b.j he finally got boated to his first pro bowl and we miss some time you can see he's in a he's in a great deal of pain right now now jason sprags the rookie will join don barkley two guys off the bench and the packers are out of off extra offensive linemen i said this during one of our hits early in the pregame the green bay packers buy came on october 2nd it's been a long push you see lang emotional with that injury to his knee and it's been hard just to try and stay healthy week to week they had 15 guys on the injury report coming into this game falcons had four rogers throws and the pass is picked intercepted by jalen collins what a game he's had and collins goes down at the 30. we'll take another look it's a turnover so they'll take another look as well and that ball looks to be on the ground yeah it does it hard to tell if his forearms were underneath the ball or not the ball definitely hits the ground but did he have clean possession of it trying to get the ball into randall cobb he does not work back through the football jalen collins is able to drive on and at least make a play on it whether or not it holds up as an interception mike pereira in our booth thinks it's incomplete not an interception as this ball goes through the arms of collins then gets trapped against his body but we'll wait and see it's not all that clear-cut if it holds up as a turnover it's the third of the game for the packers and the second interception for aaron rodgers who went 318 straight throws without an interception before he was picked by the cowboys last week i'm gonna go back to that tj lang injury joe and by no means am i suggesting that a practice schedule would prevent the injury that he just suffered the point being just amazed at how many injuries the packers team has had and it's continued again in this ball game this is just today kentrell bryce was hurt on the opening kickoff micah high to shoulder lane taylor's out with a knee jake ryan is out with a shoulder in time montgomery his return is questionable with a rib injury and now tj lang emotional [Applause] and able to compose himself here comes a call from bill vinovich tell you more about lang in a second after reviewing the play prior to the defender possessing the ball the ball hit the ground it's an incomplete pass it'll be third and 10 at the 47 yard line as a green bay hash please reset the game clock for three minutes and 27 26 seconds and just to finish on t.j lang who's a great guy as we said going to his first pro bowl his future now is very much in doubt depending on the severity of that injury he's a free agent to be so he's coming off one of his best years he finally gets voted into the pro bowl and here in a 30-point game with under five to go in the third quarter he gets that injury that has to be part of that reaction from tj i think you're right and i think also joe in addition to that the reaction that we're seeing from tj lang you can tell that he believes it's something extremely significant and it's difficult when you're talking about knees when you see somebody walking off the field i've i've played with guys mark stepnowski my center he played five more snaps after he needed a complete reconstruction so hard to determine anything but at least he based on his reaction looks like he thinks it's pretty significant third down and ten the pass is caught by adams fourth down coming up quick tackle by robert alford and adams a little gimpy getting up with his bad ankle packers will go forward on fourth and two [Applause] so now adams has to check out where do you go rogers will take it himself and slide with a first down and a flag for the hit robert alford with the hit into aaron rodgers at the end of the slide [Applause] personal foul unnecessary roughness defense number 23 15 yards from the end of the run automatic first down that one mike pereira does not agree with [Applause] and neither does this crowd at the georgia dome mike you don't agree with that call well you know let's see what the bill binovich has to say after further discussion the quarterback did not slide feet first therefore it can be hit therefore there's no penalty on the play and that's why i didn't like the call because he didn't slide feet first so he really doesn't get any protection it's not late and he really hits him in the back area and uh and i just think again good crew discussion at least of getting together and figuring this out so there you go did you buzz him be honest did you buzz i did i did not i did not it's a seven yard carry for aaron rodgers and still a first down on fourth and two two and a half to go third quarter this is rogers pass caught jared cook good throw by aaron rodgers and cook out of bounds with a first down just inside the 14 a gain of 18. it doesn't look like much but this is this is probably aaron rodgers best throw of the day as cook comes out of that rouse the ball is perfectly placed on him and there hasn't been a lot of those in this ball game from rogers and then when he has delivered the ball as you said earlier joe they've had a lot of drops in this in this one as well have been five green bay packer drops ready go right here on first down roger's out to his left he's deadly out to his left he has to pull it down good coverage and this time a more clear slide they'll mark him down outside the six yeah it was good coverage and rogers did not want to have to run with the ball he was trying to do everything because of the score in this game just to score as quickly as possible but the falcons they hold up on the back end and he eventually then had to tuck it second and two pass is caught somehow by cobb and a good play out on the edge by the rookie brian poole the cop kind of snatched that one right out of the air that one had a little something on it ryan poole he's an interesting guy you talk about all these young players on this defense and he is an undrafted free agent out of florida another guy that dan quinn knew when he was on that staff and when you're able to find a third corner and especially a slot corner as an undrafted free agent that speaks volumes for your personnel apart ready go ready go cobb picked up a first down pass is caught by nelson for the touchdown i've seen jordy nelson wincing in pain as this game has gone along but he's still out there playing tells you how tough he is and the packers now will go for two as they trail 37-13 we saw devonta adams earlier the touchdown that he got was on the slant route robert alford he he slips as nelson starts into the outside and comes underneath and when you get down in these areas in critical third downs against the packers you can expect to see the slant routes they throw them as well as anybody in football this will try to make it a 22 point game packers on the year two for four attempting a two-point try devonte adams back out there at the bottom of the screen ready go ready go go here's ribkowski gonna plow his way in for a two-point conversion [Applause] it's a 22-point game with this nfc championship still in quarter number three looks like an old oklahoma drill with keanu neal jumping into the gap he's going to come down and it's just him and aaron ripkowski and who's going to win that matchup good blocking up front one-on-one rapkowski drops his shoulder and is able to drive his way across the goal line so ribkowski plows it in you can see your favorite troy nfl players show off their strength speed skills in the new pro bowl skills showdown on thursday january 26th at 7 eastern and don't miss the 2017 pro bowl presented by aquafina on sunday january 29th at 8 eastern on espn you saw aaron ripkowski walking off the field that right arm was dragging a little bit and that's the shoulder that he used to go through keanu neal it looks like they're going to give him a little bit of attention and make sure he's okay to the point now dorsey levins was the honorary captain for the green bay packers they might try to find him a jersey and pads the ranks are getting thin for the green bay sideline with these injuries in this game and they have plenty coming in only one player is back that's hardy the onside kick drive is taken by sunu and he gets tripped up [Applause] at the 28. he was sure thinking touchdown couldn't see exactly who it was that got a hold of him but mohamed saw he catches this one he gets the good bounce and and he sees nothing but end zone in front of him that was marwyn evans who just got enough of muhammad sanu move the ball to the 33 first down a toss to coleman running right sure gain for kevin coleman of one blake martinez on the stop so initially they had sunu down at the 28 moved it back to the 33 and we are through three quarters in atlanta one quarter left and the prize at the end of this one super bowl 51 for the winner the atlanta falcons leading by 22 with the football fourth quarter coming up after this from your local fox station what a day for matt ryan to look at today's top performers matt ryan with his four touchdown passes one rushing touchdown it's the first time that's happened in falcons history and today is game number 805 in franchise history combining the regular season in postseason they're in their 51st year here's gabriel breaks one tackle and he picked up nine third down and one coming up haha clinton dicks on the stop taylor gabriel he was uh he went to cleveland as an undrafted guy when kyle shanahan was the offensive coordinator a couple years ago with the browns and they've given away the money that they were going to pay him when he went undrafted and he was about to sign with the oakland raiders and kyle shanahan said look if you sign with us we guarantee you you will make our team and so he signed with cleveland he makes the team and kyle brings him here to atlanta and what a year he's had third down and one handoff for the first down to coleman there are two x cleveland browns that are heavily involved for atlanta taylor gabriel and alex mack who was there for seven seasons and obviously never tasted the postseason and cleveland comes in to play troy with the trade that thomas dimitrov made in 2011 when he traded with cleveland to move up from the 27th spot to the sixth position to draft julio jones but how about if you're an undrafted guy and you're told by a team undrafted guys it's hard to make a claw but you're told i guarantee you i promise you you will make our team if you sign with us that's a no-brainer here's coleman right side cuts it up field and spins down to the 16. i was going to say i'm not sure what that says about the browns receiving core at the time but i do know what that says about about the browns receiving core well meanwhile they drafted five receivers in this past draft and that meant that taylor gabriel was squeezed out you know the story with cleveland they did get a win but man wins have been hard to come by talent has been hard to come by game breaking type players sure they'd like to undo that second and six [Applause] ryan gets hit as he throws it pass is incomplete for toy lolo [Applause] and ryan has pulled up and right now if you're dan quinn and what is a 22 point game you're playing keep away and you're playing keep number two healthy that's right they don't want to see him getting hit they're not able you know the packers have done enough and with there being as much time left you know you still got to play your game and do what you do but no question dan quinn not wanting to see matt ryan on the ground [Applause] also some interested observers with a point total at 52 at the moment third down and six pass is caught julio jones down inside the four to center first and goal what a game what a player they go man-to-man with quentin rollins this time and you see the separation with julio jones dangerous collision there as he lowers his head right at the end of this play hate to see that but julio jones in addition to all of his physical skills he's obviously a very bright player as well because they can line him up in a lot of different places and he's hard then to get a beat on as a defense and trying to double him up and all the different routes that he's capable of running falcons are now 10 for 12 on third down in this game coleman on a toss running left untouched touchdown how about that guy lurking up the tunnel who gets a high five from tevin coleman who carries it in for another falcon touchdown patrick demarco 42. he's leading the way out flank him and that needed to go 80 yards it could have gone 80 yards there's nobody out there bryant has one missed extra point in the game four straight touchdown drives for the falcons all smiles pointing their way toward houston texas [Music] another touchdown drive they've scored touchdowns on their last four possessions and it's 44-15 atlanta [Applause] washer hits the crossbar and now we'll welcome you inside the broadcast booth i'm joe buck with troy aikman how about matt ryan just kind of goes about his business he's got a big contract people were wondering last year not a great year but man has he played tremendous football today a lot of pressure on his shoulders expectations were high he's had a great year how's he going to play you know in the nfc championship game two and four in postseason games coming in today and you know now like i said a moment ago the the only thing separating him and it's the case for all quarterbacks hey i mean we all understand it you're measured by what you do in the postseason and and championships and i don't know if i'm willing to say yet but he's going to the super bowl but sure looks that way with an opportunity to win his first here's ribkowski on a screen gets a block out on the edge from trevor davis collins is there to force him out after a gain of 20. but i thought i i thought matt ryan has been a great player for a long time i remember when he came into the league as a rookie and i hadn't watched him and went back and watched some film one day and i watched about five throws and i turned it off and and you could just tell i mean he was well coached at boston college you knew he was a special talent and now he's getting a chance to show everybody how good he is rogers just throws it away you know you rewind the tape and remember this game was ten nothing atlanta second possession for green bay and ribkowski was going toward the end zone taking tacklers with him in this play that was made by jalen collins not only to force the fumble but then recover it and who knows how big of an impact that had on how that first half played out well the first two possessions for the packers and missed scoring opportunities missed field goal the fumble by rokowski and after that then it's 17 nothing and essentially it was game over second and ten pass is broken up and a nice job defending by robert alford as he got his hand in their pass for cobb third and ten a great piece done by bill pennington the new york times they ran yesterday we'll get into some of that about matt ryan next time the falcons have the ball right now it's green bay facing third down and 10. low snap rogers had to corral at first and cannot get away from tyson jackson last week in that win against the cowboys corey linsley a lot of low snaps then that's pretty unsettling for a quarterback when you're having to concentrate that much on where the ball is going to be snapped but i don't think the snap had anything to do with the end result this this falcons defensive front he's been getting after him mike mccarthy wanted bill vinovich to throw a flag for a face mask as jackson came in and with his left hand he may have had part of the face mask of rogers no problem i thought it might have been the shoulder pad rogers is trying to get a first down fires a fastball for the first down to cobb man moving to his left able to set up momentarily and then fire a laser to cobb what a throw on fourth down he gets 33. and we haven't seen as much of aaron rodgers outside the pocket but he's able to to buy some time we've seen so many times even just in recent weeks and delivers a strike running go there's ribkowski play made by brooks reed falls out and they're going to say he was down [Applause] the call is he was down by contact before the fumble i don't think so i don't think the knee was down then the question is was there a clear recovery ball was knocked out looked like before the knee touched down and was there a clear recovery the answer is courtney upshaw was there for atlanta i would i would expect to see that challenged quinn's not going to challenge it he might have won that one here's a second and seven and here's ribkowski for a first down [Applause] 29 point game a gain of eight for aaron rapkowski in a fresh set of downs for aaron rodgers [Applause] still not moving at the speed in which you would expect i mean they're in the no huddle but there's not a lot of urgency with the people rogers with protection now out to his left campbell chasing him and the pass is short of jeff janice secondary has done a nice job for atlanta in this game yeah they really have and i i think this atlanta secondary is better than they get credit for if you just look at them where they rank in past defense on the year it would say that they're 28th but when you're playing opposite a great offense and scoring a lot of points then you get into games like this where the team's throwing the ball a lot in terms of yards per pass play they rank ranked 11th so they're they're they're a much better group in covering receivers than at first blush aaron rodgers only three for eight completing passes out of the pocket in this game he's out to his left here completes to allison and geronimo allison the ball came out when he hit the ground that will not be a fumble and looks to be enough for a first down [Applause] it'll be first and goal knees are down ball comes out when the elbow hits backers hurry it up trying to catch the falcons substituting incomplete back of the end zone for cook and rogers is aware of everything he was pointing over to the sideline as an atlanta defender just got off the field before that snap that's why he rushed it trying to see if he could maybe catch him first time rogers has tried that tactic in this game he got the dallas cowboys last week second and goal [Music] flag is thrown free play rogers and he just throws it up incomplete but a defender came across early for atlanta and it is against the falcons yeah it's a good job aaron rodgers is awfully good at drawing a defense off sides and then he's especially good he he knew offside defense number 93 after this is the goal repeat second down they get dwight freeny and and once he knows he's got to play i mean he he knows that he's drawn the defense and now it's a question of whether or not he got the flag he looks to his left immediately to see if the flag was thrown i'm trying to get a holding call there on the back end but as he's going to the ground he was going to sling it up in the air and do something to try to give a chance because he knew he had the free play that's the first defensive penalty on atlanta in this game 59 ready go 59. when he go rebkowski goes down third and goal and grady jarrett was in with rasheed higman [Applause] he just busts right through that offensive line jason spriggs who came in and took t.j lane's place he's not able to come down and pick up that block and he's got a straight shot for the tackle [Applause] this defensive front has really played well in this game not early on we saw some pressures by dan quinn in this defense but since the early part of this game a lot of four-man rushes and they've been able to do some good things and that time stopping the run third down and goal rogers running around like frank tarkington and now he'll try to run it in himself and can't get there it's fourth down and robert alford was there to stop it the flag is down and so is rasheed hageman [Applause] see what happens with rogers at the end of this play and he gets his hand up into the face mask of robert alford and rips the helmet off his head trying to stiff-arm him and the hand came up high into the face mask [Applause] meanwhile rasheed haigman is down and they're checking on him yeah he wasn't moving at all joe and was aaron rodgers was scrambling he ran right past for sheet eggman he was just on the ground first of all foul face mask offense of a 12 15 yard penalty retreat third down so here's the face mask call against aaron rodgers that's an easy call to make and we saw rasheed hegeman he came off the field on his own powers and boy he sure looked like he was hurt pretty good though he in the middle of that play he just did not move at all [Music] might have just been out of gas the way aaron rodgers was running around back there he went all the way to his left reverse course went all the way to his right and came up short the falcons by the way accept the penalty it's a 15-yard penalty [Applause] but it gives green bay third down instead of fourth down as rogers was stepped short of the end zone it's third and goal timeout taken by the falcons they have one left there's been a lot of pressure on aaron rodgers in this game whether it's dion jones ryan poole coming off the edge he's gotten hit and hit hard tyson jackson with a sack on this possession 6 57 left it'll be third and goal from the 18. yeah he has gotten hit a lot those are hits that you just don't see quarterbacks take very often in today's game they were they were clean hits little pool coming off the edge but they did they roughed them up pretty good early and as i said then as the game wore on not as much pressure by dan quinn but this defensive front the challenge of course was to disrupt aaron rodgers in the pocket and they've done a good job of that throughout this game ready go third and goal end zone janus flag and the call will be against robert alford this time they get offered he's got hands on the receivers jeff janice you're expecting that back shoulder fade and and there's contact and robert alford he fast interference defense over 23. founder in the end zone volatility places the one yard line automatic first down he's got his left hand on janus and and i think it's the right call and alford he's been plagued by that throughout the season he leads this defense or leads the team actually in penalties he's been penalized 12 times past interference and illegal contacts and holds and just has not been able to clean that up it's something that's been a bit of a problem all year six defensive pass interference calls time for the second most in the nfl during the regular season now first and goal from the one ready go go go pass is incomplete for cook [Applause] keanu neal is there for atlanta and we've seen that reaction from aaron rodgers quite a bit today a little different story here after this eight-game winning streak and over his last nine games coming in rogers 24 touchdowns one interception today 26 of 44 286 two touchdowns in one interception second and goal pass is caught for the touchdown jarrod cook [Applause] and rogers will stay out on the field as the packers again will go for two well he draws the the rookie keanu neal and rogers throws the ball and makes cook go get it unable to come away with a touchdown on this drive they'll go for two the onside kick and see what might happen [Applause] 6 43 remaining packers handed it to ritkowski last time he got it in justin michael comes back in for green bay 21 right now i would expect him to work here or cook in a slot just to make it a 21-point game handoff is to michael doesn't get it vic beasley made the play and will have no doubt an onside kick try when we come back the falcons again expect an onside kick try by crosby the last one was recovered by muhammad sunu 14-play drive yarder and it's a 23 point game kicker's always looking for that second bounce doesn't get it right into the gut of muhammad sunu falcons take over 6 43 left 44-21 [Music] [Applause] julio jones with a catch touchdown falcons have made this look awfully easy here this afternoon the ball sits at midfield the falcons have it and there's matt ryan who's had the first game in atlanta falcons history with four touchdown passes one touchdown run and you see the possessions today one punt one field goal otherwise touchdowns i don't know if i've ever seen it look that good [Applause] so that's pretty amazing there you expect the ground game and it's freeman daniel's on the stop talking about that article that was written by bill pennington in the new york times about matt ryan who was the number three overall pick in 2008 went to the playoffs that year as a rookie they ended up losing he grew up playing with family and friends in bill henfey park in north wildwood on the jersey shore ryan's grandfather sam a pearl harbor survivor his quote was games are played with a bat a glove or a ball but never your mouth and it feels like matt ryan listened all those years not a boastful guy just a really good nfl quarterback ordering on great and he's played he's played great here today he has he's played great all year long and kyle shanahan the offensive coordinator he's had a little bit to do with the way in which he passed over 52. five yard penalty repeat second down clay matthews trying to get a jump is guilty of the offside the way in which matt ryan has played and he's the odds-on favorite to take that san francisco 49er job and they don't have a quarterback on that roster like matt ryan and things if he does take the job they get a little bit tougher i know thomas dimitrov he talked to kyle shanahan and said hey you got a good thing going here in atlanta a lot of a lot of good pieces to work with and he's done a marvelous job coordinating that group but you better find that guy you're gonna be a head coach for long in this league [Applause] handoff to freeman and freeman just won't stop until he gets to the 40 and that's a first down kyle shanahan last year was the coordinator of this offense and it really wasn't clicking they got out to that 5-0 start but it was a major transformation that matt ryan had to make to the amount of verbiage that's in the offensive play calls and he said i'd go into the huddle i was more worried about getting the play called right than what i was going to do once the play started and you talked to him this week about that and well the verbiage is fine now for matt ryan and we're seeing all he can do here's coleman now [Applause] thomas on the stop you know a lot of kyle shanahan what he learned offensively you would think it came from his father he wanted to have a running game like mike shanahan had over the years with the denver broncos but he learned a lot of his philosophy and an offense from john gruden spent the years there on that tampa bay staff and john gruden is known for the long verbiage within the west coast offense and making those calls and and some some of these west coast gurus have simplified things a little bit but kyle shanahan has not and when you're a quarterback having to think about what you're calling instead of just letting your athletic ability take over yeah there's a reason why you're not as sharp coleman tries the right side and slips down burnett is there to tap him down well after the falcon victory in the 1998 nfc championship game head coach dan reeves did the dirty bird and then last week falcons owner arthur blank did his own celebratory dance it all looks good you know he'll probably be in there dancing after this one too he should be no dance-off scheduled between reeves and blank after the game third down and eight here's freeman and he's brought down in the backfield by martinez it's fourth down and the punt team comes on for the falcons with under three and a half to go matt bryant is going to check in as well so looks like they're going to try a long field goal i'll tell you i was watching him in warm-ups from from 58 yards this distance right here and he was making them with all kinds of room to spare it's going to be a 58-yard try the play clock is winding down matt bryant says he's comfortable at 60 so even with this lopsided score third and final timeout dan quinn's going to try to tack on three more matt ryan played his high school football in the philadelphia area was a triple option quarterback didn't throw the ball that much but showed enough to boston college where they wanted him that's where he developed the whole mattie ice nickname and he was the third overall pick the falcons have him locked up and there's word that they may they may end up redoing his deal in the days to come and further extend them and now dan quinn has thought better the field goal yeah there's too much there's a little too much that can happen that's not good from that distance to just try to come away with three points i i i think he thought things over you're making a good decision here to punt it [Applause] bosher and davis waiting and a fair catch around the five dancing that's our theme going to break arthur blank it's rubbed off the fans into it here in atlanta final game of the georgia dome all falcons aaron rodgers will finish this nfc championship game on the sideline with 236 left 44-21 game red hundley is now in the huddle and ready to show us what he can do in the last two and a half minutes he's been a pre-season star taking over at the front 23-point game handoff is to kristen michael and he's brought down immediately you don't get a lot of work when you're the backup quarterback darren rodgers he just has 10 pass attempts for the season but you know we've talked a lot about the falcons joe the packers the further you go along in the playoffs the more disappointed you are than when you lose and this is hard it's hard for a team in the nfc championship game to not win but the packers have a lot to be proud of they overcame an awful lot to get to this point i know it doesn't make them feel any better but they really had a nice run there no doubt about it celebration about to kick into high gear here in atlanta what's on the line that and a trip to super bowl 51. well coming up next is the state farm post game show matt ryan what a moment this is for him validation he is on the verge of his third career postseason victory in his first super bowl and for the falcons they're second when he go four touchdown passes and a touchdown run for matt ryan as kristen michael carries and takes it to the 10. third down coming up for paul warlow on the stop and man do these players love their head coach dan quinn well they sure do you can tell talking to these guys how much he has meant to this organization the way in which he treats him holds him to a high standard he gives him some flexibility within the rules he's built some a culture that has brought some real teamwork here's hundley keeping for the first down out just short of the 25. trying to encourage these guys to spend more time together then he gets the ceremonial dunk his second year a 5-0 start last year as a rookie head coach an eight and eight finish and this year an 11-5 record the number two seed and they'll represent the nfc woody falcons started four and three this year and they will end this portion of their season having won nine of their next 11. i'll say this in a few hours either keith butler the defensive coordinator of the steelers or matt patricia the defensive coordinator of the patriots can have a lot to worry about preparing to take on these atlanta falcons it'll be a lot of late nights for whoever ends up facing these falcons and like we've talked about as many ways as they can beat you the thing they do best is they don't beat themselves so where do you go you play smart football and don't turn it over and then you have the explosive players you've got michael nowhere to go and that's it the atlanta falcons nfc champions onto super bowl 51. [Applause] let's go down to the field and chris myers rna a most valuable performance matt congratulations a career hurdle cleared for you and going to your first super bowl excited uh we played great today all three phases showed up uh we did exactly what we've been doing all year and it feels really good i know it's human nature when you have a 24 nothing half time lead to ease up but you and your team did not no you know what we knew going against green bay and going against aaron it's never over he's such a great competitor such a great player uh we just kept battling the entire four quarters and whether it's uh tom brady's team or ben robert roethlisberger's team you'll be ready we'll be ready to go that's for sure all right and hey just a thought on the way this team approached it dude your wildest dreams did you think you'd be able to dominate like you did i know you're confident but come on you never know how they're gonna shake out you expect it to be you know down to the last play or two uh but i'm just proud of the way that we competed um and just really excited for uh two weeks from now we'll have a good time in houston congrats again thanks matt appreciate it the atlanta falcons become the 12th different nfc champion in the last 16 seasons and it's matt ryan going to the super bowl for the first time with head coach dan quinn the state farm post game show coming up congratulations to the atlanta falcons

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Published: Sat May 16 2020