12/21/24
January 16, 2011
Packers Crush Falcons, 48-21: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed 31 of 36 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another, dismantling the No. 1 seed Atlanta Falcons 48-21 and advancing to the NFC Championship Game. "Rodgers made counterpart Matt Ryan(notes) look like one of the kids competing in the halftime 'Punt, Pass and Kick' contest," writes Jason Cole.
That kid was huge! Cursory GIS search led me to no images. :(
posted by tron7 at 02:07 PM on January 16, 2011
Oh, that was a fantastic game. A fantastic, fantastic game.
I felt bad for the non-Packer-jersey-wearing kids at that halftime thing because the jackass Falcons fans weren't cheering for anybody. They're kids competing in athletic stuff! Cheer for them!
posted by evixir at 04:09 PM on January 16, 2011
Ugh.
Just, ugh.
This loss will take some getting over.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:47 PM on January 17, 2011
That pick just before halftime was a backbreaker (as was the Patriots giving up 7 just before halftime after the botched fake punt), although the way Rodgers was playing, I suspect GB would have prevailed in any event.
posted by holden at 01:06 PM on January 17, 2011
"Rodgers made counterpart Matt Ryan(notes) look like one of the kids competing in the halftime "Punt, Pass and Kick" contest," writes Jason Cole.
Did you see the male winner in the 14-15 age group? He was a beast of a kid.