The Packers and Giants both got off to a slow start, but Green Bay turned it on late in the second quarter and kept the momentum throughout the second half, locking up a 38-13 win. Giants Vs Packers It’s that time of year where we begin to separate the little boys from the grown men in the 2017 NFL NFC Wildcard Playoffs. My dog's prediction for the Giants vs Packers Wildcard round football game to be held on 1/8/17. Get team statistics for the New York Giants vs. Green Bay Packers football game. Wide receiver-turned-running back Ty Montgomery had to leave the game with what seemed to be a lower body injury, but he did return in the fourth quarter. The Giants will face the Green Bay Packers Sunday at 4:40 PM as the NFL Playoffs get underway: The Giants will begin their postseason journey in a familiar venue. The Green Bay Packers will advance to the Divisional Round of the playoffs following a hard-fought win over the New York Giants at Lambeau Field on Sunday. Packer Fans talk football. The New York Giants and Green Bay Packers both look like Super Bowl contenders, but they’ll go head-to-head in the first round of the 2017 NFL Playoffs. Predictions and more! For much of the first half, the Giants' defense flustered the two-time NFL MVP. Giants: Manning was 7 of 11 for 85 yards in the first quarter, when New York had a 105-7 edge in total yardage. Rodgers began dissecting the secondary after coach Mike McCarthy had his quarterback roll more outside the pocket, and the Packers started working the middle of the field. Cobb’s third touchdown didn’t just help secure the victory for Green Bay. To add insult to injury for the Giants’ defense, Packers fullback Aaron Ripkowski added a 1-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter. "No negative-yard plays, the offensive line blocked really well, regardless of the stats.". Packers: Green Bay will play at Dallas on Jan. 15 in a rematch of a Week 6 game at Lambeau Field. NFL playoffs 2017: Picks, predictions for New York Giants vs. Green Bay Packers, NFC Wild Card game. GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers, master of the Hail Mary pass, struck again in another big moment. The Giants have punched, kicked, and scratched their way back from the NFC East basement to lock up the first Wild Card spot as the No. That got us going," Rodgers said. Took my dad to our first ever playoff game. After Eli Manning narrowed Green Bay’s lead to 14-13 with a touchdown pass to Tavarres King in the third quarter, Rodgers took control. 5 seed. But the Giants were plagued by a series of drops by their receivers . As the 2017 NFL Playoffs get underway, looking at the biggest X-Factors for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers in their NFC Wild Card matchup.What a game this should be. Playoff Matchup: Giants vs. Packers Sunday at 4:40 PM ET Jan 01, 2017 at 03:10 PM. Rodgers overcame a sluggish start and finished with four touchdown passes, including a momentum-swinging 42-yard heave to Randall Cobb at the end of the second quarter, to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 38-13 win Sunday over the New York Giants in an NFC wild-card game. As it turned out, Rodgers was just getting started. It also tied an NFL and franchise record for the most touchdowns in a playoff game. The Packers beat the Giants in the regular season and experts think they’ll do it again in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The Packers hosted the fifth seeded New York Giants, who defeated the Packers at Lambeau in the 2007 and 2011 playoffs. Giants: CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie limped off after the first defensive series with a thigh injury. It was also a rematch of week five, which was won by the Packers 23–16. Over the Packers’ last eight contests, Rodgers has thrown 22 touchdowns and no interceptions. "It was a heck of a throw, heck of a catch.". He finished with 27 yards on 11 carries, and 41 yards on three receptions. Packers have made the playoffs in nine of the 11 seasons under Mike McCarthy (most ever by a Packers coach) The Packers have eight ten-plus win regular seasons since 2006 (most in the NFC) Aaron Rodgers career against the Giants: Record of 3-2, Passing: 116/199, 1515 yards, 13 … A game that looked at times in the third quarter that it might turn into a shootout got out of hand for the Giants in the fourth quarter. A Packers defense ranked 21st in points allowed (24.3) coming into the game limited the production of Odell Beckham Jr., and the Giants' receiving corps in spite of a battered secondary. What a game this should be. As the NFL Playoffs 2017 have finally arrived, here’s a final prediction for today’s Giants vs Packers NFC Wild Card game. 2017 NFL Playoffs, Wild Card Round: New York Giants vs. Green Bay Packers. A Scout’s Take on the New York Giants vs. Green Bay Packers Matchup in the NFC Playoffs January 6, 2017 January 8, 2017 / greenbaybobfox There is no doubt that the marquee game of the week in the NFL on Wild Card weekend is the one which has the 11-5 New York Giants going to Lambeau Field to face the 10-6 Green Bay Packers late on Sunday afternoon. He rolled to his right before heaving a throw from about the Packers 47. ... RB Ty Montgomery limped off the field early in the fourth quarter with an apparent left leg injury, but returned. This year we have the Green Bay Packers and the NEW YORK GIANTS. ... LB Blake Martinez departed in the second half with a knee injury. Cobb somehow got behind three defensive backs near the back of the end zone to haul in the pass, getting both feet down before falling out of bounds. Giants: New York will try to build on its first postseason trip since 2011. green-bay-packers Packers Best buds Sean McVay, Matt LaFleur to lock horns when Rams battle Packers 1/15, 6:00 AM ET Vikings eliminated from playoff contention with loss to Saints 12/25, 7:57 PM ET The handful of NFL teams that prefer to train at college campuses or other remote sites -- a list that includes Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Washington, among others -- can return to doing that, according to a league memo. It was frigid in Lambeau, with the temperature around eight degrees at the beginning of the game, and the windchill was one degree. Eli Manning was 23 of 44 for 299 yards, including the 41-yard touchdown pass to Tavarres King in the third quarter. That score answered a Giants scoring drive that briefly cut the deficit to one. Mina Kimes and Pablo Torre seize an opportunity to mock Katie Nolan as they each attempt to draw a picture of Tom Brady. Packers: Rodgers was 3 of 7 for 19 yards in the first quarter. Sunday's wild-card playoff matchup featured the same venue but evolved teams and much higher stakes. Running back Kerryon Johnson, a former second-round pick of the Lions who rushed for 1,225 yards over three seasons, has been claimed off waivers by the Eagles. The divisional round will feature four rematches from the regular season for the first time in six years. The score extended Green Bay’s lead to 38-13 and put the game well out of New York’s reach. The first, a 5-yard strike from Aaron Rodgers to Davante Adams in the end zone, came after Rodgers evaded Giants defenders for over eight seconds until he had an open receiver. Twitter Share. NFL Playoff Picks: New York Giants Vs Green Bay Packers January 6, 2017 at 3:34 pm Filed Under: 2016 NFL Picks , Aaron Rodgers , Bryan Altman , Eli Manning , Giants , NFL Playoffs , Packers ... RB Paul Perkins finished with just 30 yards on 10 carries. Advantages of Packers and who to watch. Packers: Nelson looked stunned as he rode back to the locker room on the front seat of a cart after getting hurt, hunched forward with his hands on his face. There was a Mason Crosby field goal in between Cobb’s two second-half touchdowns, giving the Packers a seemingly insurmountable 31-13 lead with just under 10 minutes remaining. The Giants looked stunned, just like how the Detroit Lions and Arizona Cardinals looked last season after Rodgers pulled off similar feats. Green Bay Packers playoff game against the New York Giants. They got pressure on Rodgers and the secondary blanketed the Packers' talented receiving corps , and a few boos even rained down from the stands after New York built a 6-0 lead on two field goals by Robbie Gould. Rodgers connected with Randall Cobb on a 42-yard pass with just six seconds remaining in the half to give the Packers a 14-6 lead. (1:39). The NFC North champion Green Bay Packers are back at Lambeau Field for another playoff game against the New York Giants. It didn’t help. "We hit a Hail Mary. The Packers will travel to Dallas to take on the top-seeded Dallas Cowboys in the Divisional Round. A classic NFC rivalry was reignited on a cold day in Wisconsin. The quarterback hit Cobb with two more touchdowns, a 30-yarder and a 16-yarder, respectively. 2017 NFL Playoffs, Wild Card Round: New York Giants vs. Green Bay PackersA legendary NFL rivalry resumes on Sunday as the New York Giants take on the Green Bay Packers … The game was emblematic of Green Bay’s season. The Packers move on to face the Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round next week. "It's a game inches, and we were just inches short on some of these plays, inches away from big plays," Beckham said. New York Giants 13 at Green Bay Packers 38 on January 8th, 2017 - Full team and player stats and box score Beckham finished with four catches for 28 yards. "It's unbelievable ... (Rodgers) makes the throw guys are misjudging it and one of us is able to come up with it," -- Cobb on his Hail Mary catch. The Packers advance to the Divisional Round and will face the Dallas Cowboys. They connected again on a 30-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter for a 21-13 lead. The Cowboys won 30-16. Rodgers threw for 362 yards, highlighted by a 42-yard Hail Mary to Randall Cobb before halftime, as the Green Bay Packers earned a 38-13 win over the Giants … Still, Giants players took the field for warmups shirtless. As the 2017 NFL Playoffs get underway, looking at the biggest X-Factors for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers in their NFC Wild Card matchup. Giants vs. Packers 2017 live updates: Scores, highlights, and news from NFL playoffs. It was a defensive battle early. Jan 8, 2017; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) drops back to pass against the New York Giants during the first quarter in the NFC Wild Card playoff football game at Lambeau Field. The win over the Giants in wild card play was the team’s seventh consecutive victory. The Green Bay Packers will advance to the Divisional Round of the playoffs following a hard-fought win over the New York Giants at Lambeau Field on Sunday. Green Bay has been buoyed along by Rodgers’ play over the past several weeks. View the Box Score for the NFL football game between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers on January 8, 2017. A legendary NFL rivalry resumes on Sunday as the New York Giants take on the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field to complete Wild Card weekend in the 2017 NFL Playoffs. Herm Edwards says that the Giants were able to challenge Aaron Rodgers early in the game, but the tide turned and the Packers gained confidence on the Hail Mary touchdown at the end of the first half. It's the first home playoff game since the divisional round win over the Dallas Cowboys following the 2014 season. A Packers defense ranked 21st in points allowed (24.3) coming into the game limited the production of Odell Beckham Jr., and the Giants' receiving corps in spite of a battered secondary. Top receiver Jordy Nelson was knocked out of the game with 11 minutes left in the second quarter with a rib injury. One of the NFC’s two hottest teams is guaranteed to be eliminated from the 2017 NFL Playoff contention by the end of Wild-Card Weekend. Giants vs Packers at Lambeau Field. For more NFL coverage: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL. Green Bay scored two touchdowns in the final 2:20 of the second quarter, punctuated by another remarkable desperation pass by Rodgers. NFC playoffs 2017, Giants at Packers: Game time, TV channel, odds, more Everything you need to know about Giants vs. Packers By Ed Valentine January 8, 2017 Packers vs. Giants 2017 NFL Playoffs Wild-Card Game Information. Wide receiver Jordy Nelson left the game with a rib injury and did not return. Giants vs. Packers odds, 2017 NFL playoffs: New York listed as betting underdog at Green Bay Two of the NFC's hottest teams clash on Sunday as the New York Giants … Updated Jan 16, 2019; Posted Jan 06, 2017 . He returned in the second half, but appeared to play mostly on special teams. The Packers kept rolling in the second half. Five reasons why the New York Giants will win against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Wild Card round game of the 2017 NFL Playoffs. The Vikings have signed tight end Shane Zylstra out of the Division II program at Minnesota State that produced two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Adam Thielen. Cobb had a big night after missing the last two games of the regular season with an ankle injury. The Giants only managed to get on the board once in the first quarter, with a 26-yard Robbie Gould field goal. He was sacked five times in the game ... Damarious Randall had an interception late in the fourth quarter. Adams had eight receptions for 125 yards and a score. After a slow start in 2016, during which the team struggled enough that many questioned Mike McCarthy’s job security, the Packers won their final six games of the season. New York added one more Gould field goal in the second quarter, and Green Bay answered with two touchdowns on its last two possessions of the half. Cobb finished with five receptions for 116 yards and three scores. "And Randall Cobb, who this offense has been missing for a long time. We're better with 18 on the field and he showed it tonight.". The Packers won despite suffering a couple of notable injuries. 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