Here we go!
7:20 PM: Packers forgetting to cover the Falcons No. 1 receiver. Need to get that cleaned up.
7:22 PM: Defense bends but doesn’t break. Here comes Aaron Rodgers.
7:27 PM: Greg Jennings will never be a top-flight receiver because he makes mistakes like that way to often. Defense is going to pressed early.
7:35 PM: Hopefully this is just the beginning of the shootout I predicted. Last week Jones, this week Jennings. The Packers will need to address the receiver position this offseason.
7:45 PM: Grinding it on the ground with Starks, nice little drive going here. Big third down coming.
7:46 PM: Great play by Rodgers there. Let’s tie this thing up.
7:51 PM: No mistakes down here now. Let’s get it in!
7:53 PM: Great drive! 7-7. The shootout is underway.
7:56 PM: Can we please fire Slocum now! The hole is dug, special teams and turnovers. Amazing.
7:59 PM: Now a muffed kickoff return. Special teams have put the Packers in a hole. The offense will have to dig the out. Rodgers is going to throw for 400 today.
8:06 PM: Boy would a touchdown be big here.
8:08 PM: Kuhn behind Raji for the touchdown! 14-all.
8:17 PM: Just like I thought. We can’t stop them and they can’t stop us.
8:33 PM: James Jones on the TD! What a drive by Rodgers and the Packers. If it wasn’t for that kickoff return this game would be over. However, the Falcons have plenty of time to answer.
8:37 PM: Bad play by Shields there. Have to hold them to three. Now a bad play by Williams. Defense needs to shape up in the second half. Big sack by Matthews though makes it a long field goal. Whew!
8:40 PM: A 28-point second quarter! I like a 14-point halftime lead but we are not done yet!
9:01 PM: Wow! Starks getting the job done. Any kind of score right now will be huge.
9:08 PM: 35-14! That helps. Don’t give up though. Do not give them life!
9:22 PM: The Packers are on the doorstep of the dagger. Even a field goal might seal it.
9:27 PM: Not calling the dagger yet, but 42-14 and the new Packernet’s allegiance to positivity makes me feel pretty good.
9:39 PM: Packers better not be in prevent mode with a whole quarter of football to be played. I think the offense will keep it going.
9:45 PM: A field goal would feel real good right now. Got to make it four scores.
9:47 PM: Crosby’s miss could be huge. I think the Packers will hang on but that three points would have made it a four-score difference. Somebody will make a play on defense though, and the Packers’ offense will have the ball a few more times too.
9:54 PM: Matty Ice’s hands were a little slippery there. Might be the end of the line for Atlanta. Knock on wood.
9:59 PM: Wow! That looked no good from the start! Packers are about to win the game and head to Chicago. Won’t call it the dagger yet though.
10:06 PM: There is your dagger! Packers are in the NFC Championship game for the second time in four years. What a job by Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson. But we are not done yet!