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Seattle’s goal-line gaffe punctuates NFC futility

If only the Seahawks hadn’t outsmarted themselves at the most critical moment of Super Bowl XLIX, Seattle likely would’ve made history. Instead, they are the NFC’s final team to fall on its facemask, their pain, frustration and agony beginning with Dallas’s non-catch, continuing with the Packers’ five-minute meltdown and last – but definitely not least – escalating to the Seahawks’ inexplicable decision to throw the football within a yard of destiny’s doorstep.

Packers force five turnovers, still can’t KO Seahawks in 28-22 loss

The Packers played well enough, and in some cases sensationally enough, to position themselves to knock out the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks in their own house. That’s when playing not to lose, rather than staying aggressive and not letting up, allowed Seattle’s quarterback, Russell Wilson, to regain his senses and the defense to find its swagger.

Green Bay sends Cowboys home to earn rematch with Seattle

Rather than bask in the afterglow of perhaps his finest hour, Aaron Rodgers already was looking ahead to the next two. The Packers’ quarterback scarcely survived the previous 60 minutes due to a left calf injury, but still proved to be game despite being lame. Trailing by eight points late in the third quarter, Rodgers fired two touchdown passes to rally the Packers to a 26-21 victory over Dallas in Sunday’s NFC Divisional Playoff Game at Lambeau Field.

Packers brace for cold, Cowboys on Sunday

The Green Bay Packers discovered the second of two major obstacles facing them in the NFC Divisional Playoffs. The first was Aaron Rodgers’ injured left calf. The second is the Dallas Cowboys, who defeated Detroit 24-20 in the NFC Wild-Card Playoffs to advance to Sunday’s Cowboys-Packers game set for noon at Lambeau Field. It is the first time these teams have met in the postseason at Green Bay since The Ice Bowl in 1967.