Thank you for following along with the liveblog of Falcons-Packers. Hunter Felt will have you for the liveblog of Patriots-Steelers. You can get that: here. Matt Ryan was outstanding from the very start and threw for 4 TDs and ran for another. But the Atlanta defense was dominant, as well, pressuring Aaron Rodgers all day.
Remember what happened to them the last night they made it to the big game in :. After all, some of them said, other Falcons had been there several times for the same purpose. Hey, the Packers stopped the Falcons for the second time in the game! The Packers fair catch it at the 4. Freeman churns forward on the ground to give the Falcons a first down at the The clock is burning away now. This will be over soon and the Packers will get to fly back to their fogged-over town.
Another onside try by Green Bay Atlanta ball at the There is 6 minutes and 43 seconds left of this torture for the Packers. Rodgers hits Cook in the left side of the end zone for another TD, then the Packers fail on the 2-point attempt. The points line for this game was 60, in case any of you are into that kind of thing.
Lots of penalties to catch up on. Then Atlanta responded with a pass interference in the end zone. Packers facing 3rd and goal at the 7. Rodgers hits Reggie Cobb downfield for 33 yards -- with the Falcons in full prevent mode -- to give Green Bay a new set of downs at the Atlanta Rodgers is sacked by Tyson Jackson on 3rd and 10 and now Green Bay will go for it on 4th-and from their own Facing 3rd-and-1 at the 25, Atlanta powers it through the Green Bay line for a new set of downs.
There are now only nine quarters left in the NFL season. The Packers might not win this game. Rodgers hits Jordy Nelson on a slant for the TD.
