Green Bay Packers vs Atlanta Falcons Match Player Stats On Jan 15, 2011

Aaron Rodgers threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers looked nothing like a sixth seed, routing the host Atlanta Falcons 48-21 in an NFC divisional playoff game Saturday night.

Rodgers also ran for a touchdown and Tramon Williams returned an interception 70 yards for a score to cap a 28-point second-quarter blitz as Green Bay advanced to next weekend's NFC Championship Game at either Seattle or Chicago.

The Packers (12-6) erased an early seven-point deficit by reeling off 35 unanswered points in avenging a 20-17 loss to top-seeded Atlanta (13-4) on Nov. 28.

Rodgers carved up the Falcons with surgical precision, completing 31 of 36 passes and compiling a dazzling passer rating of 136.8 as Green Bay never punted in the game.

He directed four consecutive drives of 80 yards or longer in handing Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan just his third loss in his last 23 games at the Georgia Dome.

Green Bay seized control by scoring four touchdowns in the second quarter, including a pair in the final 42 seconds to take a 28-14 halftime lead.

After Williams halted an Atlanta drive by picking off Ryan in the end zone with 2:22 left in the half, Rodgers moved the Packers 80 yards in seven plays, capping it with a 20-yard strike to a leaping James Jones in the right side of the end zone.

Ryan committed a major gaffe on the ensuing possession. With 10 seconds left in the half and the Falcons at the Packers' 35-yard line, he tried to force a pass to Roddy White along the left sideline.

Williams stepped in front of it and brought it back 70 yards as time ran out in the half.

Rodgers led two more scoring drives in the third quarter, scoring on a 7-yard run and hitting fullback John Kuhn for a 7-yard touchdown to balloon the lead to 42-14. Kuhn also scored on a 1-yard run.

Ryan finished 20 of 29 for 186 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions for Atlanta, which led 14-7 on Michael Turner's 12-yard touchdown run and Eric Weems' 102-yard kickoff return.

It marked the third time in the past four seasons that the No. 1 seed in the NFC has lost in the divisional round. That followed a streak of 17 consecutive wins by NFC top seeds since the league went to a 12-team playoff format in 1990.