by Joe LapointeFiled under: Giants, Packers, NFC East, NFC North, NFL Quarterbacks, NFL Analysis
GREEN BAY -- Sunday's 45-17 victory by the Packers over the Giants left both teams 9-6 and still eligible to make the playoffs with one game left in the regular season. But their records were about the only things that looked alike after this one-sided pummeling.
The winning Packers seemed to surge with confidence and energy before their rambunctious fans in Lambeau Field, while the disillusioned Giants continued another late-season tailspin that has become characteristic of the three seasons since their improbable Super Bowl triumph under coach Tom Coughlin that followed the 2007 season.
According to a Packers spokesman, the NFL said Green Bay can clinch a playoff berth with a victory next week over Chicago. The Giants, who could have clinched a berth Sunday, would need a victory over the Redskins next week and a few other permutations.
Contributing factors in Sunday's result included four touchdown passes by Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who returned from his second concussion of the season to complete 25-of-37 passes for 404 yards; and six more turnovers by the Giants, four of them on interceptions by quarterback Eli Manning, who leads the National Football League with 24. The Giants lead the NFL in turnovers with 41.
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