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What does NFL playoff destiny look like<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

What does NFL playoff destiny look like:-<\/strong> \u201cNot yet,\u201d Randall Cobb maintained Sunday night, after the Green Bay Packers punched their ticket to the NFC Championship Game after outlasting the Dallas Cowboys 34-31.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we win the Super Bowl, maybe. Now is not the time to say it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fair enough. There is more work to be done. Another shootout looms next weekend at the Georgia Dome. Then maybe it ends with a bang in Super Bowl LI.<\/span><\/p>\n

But this is clearly what destiny looks like \u2014 like Aaron Rodgers, with that sly grin, picking himself up after absorbing the most punishing blow he endured in the entire game on a blindside hit from blitzing safety Jeff Heath. Too bad for the Cowboys that they couldn\u2019t force a fumble, too, on that 10-yard sack. Because Rodgers still had something left.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like a few seconds to work with.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let Jared Cook explain it. It was the tight end’s 35-yard toe-drag catch along the sideline, after Rodgers dashed out of the pocket and zipped the ball on the run, that set up the 51-yard field goal by Mason Crosby that won the game as time expired.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think you ever get used to things Aaron does,\u201d Cook said. \u201cHe always does things that make your jaw drop. Think about it: Dude rolled to his left and put it on a dime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

So that\u2019s how the game was won. It didn\u2019t take a Hail Mary. The Packers just needed one more big play to position themselves for a shot to win it in regulation, and Rodgers delivered.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Aaron Rodgers, no ending out of reach for Packers<\/span>
\n Again.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as we have time and downs, we\u2019ve got a chance,\u201d said Ty Montgomery, the receiver who has morphed into a running back with the team in a pinch.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Green Bay players toiling alongside Rodgers are probably not unlike the 1920s New York Yankees, who rolled with Babe Ruth. Or the Chicago Bulls teammates of Michael Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are playing with a living legend, one of the greatest ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a magician,\u201d Cobb said.<\/span><\/p>\n

And so crafty. Rodgers pretty much drew up the last offensive play in the dirt, giving each of the receivers instructions on the fly. No wonder Cook flashed an incredulous look when asked if he was the primary target.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUh, I don\u2019t think so,\u201d he said. \u201cBut you never know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Aaron Rodgers, Packers topple Cowboys to advance to NFC Championship Game<\/span>
\n Just be ready.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, they\u2019re going to talk about that guy as one of the top three quarterbacks who ever laced them up,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said of Rodgers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back to the throw. Someone asked Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy for an instant comparison of how the completion to Cook ranked with other passes over the course of Rodgers\u2019 career.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the best one today, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, why rank it now? There\u2019s probably another crazy throw coming next weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

This time, magic came on third-and-20. Just 12 seconds were on the clock. As Rodgers circled left, extending the play as advertised, Cook ran a deep crossing route from the right slot. Rodgers was off balance while on the run, but you couldn\u2019t tell by the velocity on the ball. It was a hummer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Or, in other words just another ho-hum, routine throw from a legend.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n \u201cI feel confident anytime I\u2019m out there, game on the line or not, but we\u2019ve made those throws before in practice,\u201d said Rodgers, who threw for 356 yards, with 2 TDs and a pick. \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of trusting your muscle memory and your training and thinking about a positive picture when you break the huddle and executing it right away.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what destiny looks like, a positive picture. Rodgers must have envisioned something special a few weeks ago when he declared that the Packers could run the table at the precise time they were mired in a four-game losing streak.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, after blowing an 18-point lead that put the Cowboys on the brink of a miracle comeback victory, the Pack are on an eight-game winning streak.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Cobb put it, \u201cWe never flinched. We always had faith.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Never mind that Green Bay players are dropping like flies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tornado warning keeps Cowboys, Packers fans at AT&T Stadium after game<\/span>
\n There was no Jordy Nelson on Sunday. He\u2019s only the team\u2019s top receiver, nursing cracked ribs. The battered secondary lost another man during the game, as safety Morgan Burnett went down with a quadriceps injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

None of that was enough to derail the mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Packers believe. And that\u2019s a powerful thing to combine with momentum about now \u2014 especially as long as they have Rodgers is still out there, sizzling with the hottest hand in the land.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Atlanta Falcons are warned. He\u2019s coming for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

And he looks a lot like destiny.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/columnist\/bell\/2017\/01\/16\/aaron-rodgers-green-bay-packers-destiny-cowboys-falcons\/96629552\/<\/span><\/div>\n

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