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VIKINGS AT PACKERS – NFC WILD CARD
POSTSEASON PROFICIENCY
As productive as QB Aaron Rodgers has been during the regular season
in his five years as the starter, he has also carried that over to the playoffs.
Rodgers capped off the 2010 postseason with a 304-yard, three-TD
effort vs. Pittsburgh that earned him Super Bowl XLV honors. He
became just the fourth quarterback in NFL history to throw for
300 yards and three TDs in a Super Bowl, joining Joe Montana, Steve
Young and Jake Delhomme.
Rodgers has posted a 110-plus passer rating in four of his six career
postseason starts. That already ties him for fourth in league history
behind only Montana (six in 23 starts), Brett Favre (five in 24
starts) and Tom Brady (five in 22 starts).
A look at where Rodgers ranks in NFL postseason history in several
categories (min. 150 attempts):
Quarterback
Passer Rating
1. Aaron Rodgers, GB 105.5
2. Bart Starr, GB 104.8
3. Drew Brees, SD/NO 104.2
Quarterback
Completion Pct.
1. Drew Brees, SD/NO 67.0
2. Kurt Warner, STL/ARI 66.5
3. Ken Anderson, CIN 66.3
4. Aaron Rodgers, GB 65.5
Quarterback
Interception Pct.
1. Drew Brees, SD/NO 1.02 (391/4)
2. Bart Starr, GB 1.41 (213/3)
3. Aaron Rodgers, GB 1.82 (220/4)
Rodgers threw for 1,094 yards in the 2010 postseason, good for No. 3
in NFL history behind only Eli Manning’s 1,219 passing yards with the
Giants in 2011 and Warner’s 1,147 yards with Arizona in 2008. Rodgers’
nine TDs in 2010 tied him for No. 3 in NFL postseason history behind
only Montana (1989) and Warner (2008), who threw for 11 TDs each.
With his three-TD passing performance at Atlanta in the NFC Divisional
Playoff, Rodgers brought his TD total in his first three playoff games to
10, the most in NFL history. That topped the mark of nine held by Jeff
George, Daryle Lamonica and Dan Marino in their first three playoff starts.
Rodgers holds both of the top single-game passing yardage marks in
postseason history with a 423-yard outing at Arizona in the 2009 postseason
and a 366-yard effort in 2010 at Atlanta.
HOW THEY HAVE FARED
Since the NFL went to a 12-team playoff format in 1990, the Packers have
been the No. 3 seed in the NFC four times (1995, 2002, 2004, 2012).
This will be the 10th time that the Packers have played in the Wild Card
round in their 15 playoff appearances since 1990. Green Bay has a 6-4
(.600) record in Wild Card games, including a 1-1 mark under Head
Coach Mike McCarthy.
A breakdown of the Packers’ playoff seeds, and their postseason record
as that seed, from 1990-2011:
PLAYOFF SEED
No. 1 2 times (3-1) No. 4 3 times (3-3)
No. 2 2 times (3-2) No. 5 2 times (0-2)
No. 3 3 times (2-3) No. 6 2 times (5-1)
WHERE THEY STAND
A look at where some current Packers rank in the career postseason franchise
record book:
Player
Rushing TDs
1. Edgar Bennett 5
2. Dorsey Levens 4
3t. Ryan Grant, Paul Hornung, Ahman Green 3
Player
Passing Yards
1. Brett Favre 5,311
2. Aaron Rodgers 1,781
3. Bart Starr 1,753
Player
Passing TDs
1. Brett Favre 39
2t. Aaron Rodgers, Bart Starr 15
Player
300-Yard Games
1t. Aaron Rodgers, Brett Favre 3
3t. Bart Starr, Lynn Dickey 1
Player
Receptions
1. Donald Driver 49
2. Antonio Freeman 47
3. Robert Brooks 45
4. Dorsey Levens 41
5. Greg Jennings 40
Player
Receiving Yards
1. Antonio Freeman 748
2. Donald Driver 675
3. Robert Brooks 651
Player
Receiving TDs
1. Antonio Freeman 10
2t. Greg Jennings, Boyd Dowler 5
Player
100-Yard Rec. Games
1t. Greg Jennings 3
1t. Robert Brooks, Antonio Freeman 3
Player
Interceptions
1t. Herb Adderley, Craig Newsome, 4
Eugene Robinson
4t. Tramon Williams, Joe Laws 3
Tyrone Williams, Mike Prior
Player
Sacks
1. Reggie White 8.0
2. Clay Matthews 4.5
3t. Keith McKenzie, Sean Jones 4.0
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