NO. IT'S HIS LEG AND LAST TIME I CHECKED, YOU DON'T THROW THE BALL WITH HIS LEGS. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT ALL DAY LONG. >> Joe: THE CHAIRMAN OF THESE SEAHAWKS RAISING THE 12th MAN FLAG. SEATTLE WON THE TOSS. THEY DEFERRED. THAT MEANS AARON RODGERS ON THIS 51-DEGREE DAY, WITH GUSTING WINDS UP TO 25 MILES PER HOUR WILL START HIS DAY MOMENTARILY AND START IT FROM THE 20. THE NUMBERS IN HIS POSTSEASON CAREER, 22 INTERCEPTIONS, RATHER FIVE INTERCEPTIONS, 22 TOUCHDOWNS, A QUARTERBACK RATING, THE CAREER POSTSEASON RECORD MIGHT SURPRISE YOU, JUST 6-4, COMING OFF THAT GRITTY, GUTTY PERFORMANCE AT HOME AGAINST DALLAS. HERE WE GO. FOUR-MAN RUSH. RODGERS OUT TO HIS LEFT. THROW IS LOW, BUT CAUGHT. THAT'S JOHN KUHN. AND ON FIRST DOWN, A PICKUP OF THREE. SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN COMING UP. GRAPHICALLY WE LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE. THEY LOVE TO GET OFF TO A GREAT START AND THEY LIKE TO START FAST AS THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE NOT WASTING ANY TIME. JORDY NELSON OPPOSITE SHERMAN. RODGERS WAS LOOKING THAT WAY, BUT PRESSURE IN HIS FACE, HE HAD TO GO TO THE BACK SIDE.
HERE'S LACY. NICE PLAY. UP FROM THE SECONDARY WITH SUPPORT AND THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN KEVIN WILLIAMS, WHO WAS FILLING IN UP FRONT AND HAD SOME INJURIES. THEY NO LONGER HAVE BRANDON MEEB ANN UP THERE OR JORDAN HILL. YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE DEFENSIVELY IN SEATTLE. THIS DEFENSE IS ROLLING. ON A SEVEN-GAME WIN STREAK, THIRD AND SEVEN. BENNETT CAME ACROSS AND IT'S AGAIN SEATTLE. >> Referee: [ INAUDIBLE ] FIVE-YARD PENALTY WILL REMAIN. THIRD DOWN. >> Joe: WITH ALL THE CROWD NOISE, THE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN LIKE TO GET A JUMP. THEY HAVE MORE DEFENSIVE OFF SIDE CALLS THAN ANY OTHER TEAM IN THE SEASON. AND BENNETT MAKES IT NOW THIRD DOWN AND LONG ONE. LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS AS WELL FOR THE PACKERS WITH THAT SILENT COUNT, WHICH THEY HAVE TO USE DUE TO THE NOISE HERE IN SEATTLE. THEY GIVE IT TO LACY. HE'S GOT A FIRST DOWN, AND EDDIE LACY, WHO GOT DINGED WEEK ONE ON THE OPENING THURSDAY NIGHT HAD ONLY 34 YARDS RUSHING, PICKS UP 13.
>> Troy: YOU SEE THE BLOCK BY RANDALL COBB IN THE SLOT POSITION AND HOW HE'S ABLE TO CREATE A LANE FOR EDDIE LACY. THAT WAS A BIG PENALTY ON MICHAEL BENNETT. IT MAKES IT THIRD AND SHORT AND ALLOWS THEM TO RUN THE FOOTBALL TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: HERE'S LACY AGAIN. LEFT SIDE. THAT'S WHERE HE LIKES TO RUN. THEY'VE GOT ONE OF THE BEST LEFT GUARDS IN THE BUSINESS, JOSH SITTON, WHO HAS BEEN GETTING HEALTHIER AND HEALTHIER AFTER TEARING A LIGAMENT IN WEEK 8 AGAINST NEW ORLEANS. MORE TIMES THAN NOT, LACY WILL TAKE IT TO HIS SIDE. SECOND AND SEVEN. PENALTY FLAG FLIES. THIS ONE MAY BE A FREE PLAY AND DOWNFIELD FOR NELSON, INCOMPLETE. BUT WITH THE SUBSTITUTIONS, WE'LL SEE IF SEATTLE HAD MORE THAN 11 ON THE FIELD. >> Troy: MIGHT HAVE HAD 12 ON THE FIELD, JOE. THEY'RE RUNNING UP-TEMPO OFFENSE AND CAUGHT THEM IN A SUBSTITUTION. >> Joe: I THINK AARON RUNS OUT ABOUT AS WELL AS ANYBODY IN THE NFL. SURPRISED THEY DON'T DO IT MORE.
>> Referee: THE 12th PLAYER ON THE DEFENSE DID NOT LEAVE THE FIELD IN TIME. DEFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY. REPEAT SECOND DOWN. >> Joe: THAT'S BRUCE IRVIN, TRYING TO GET OFF THE FIELD WITH A SUBSTITUTION. AARON RODGERS, AS YOU SAID, JOE, DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF PICKING UP THE TEMPO UPON WHEN HE RECOGNIZES THAT A DEFENSE IS TRYING TO SUBSTITUTE PLAYERS, HE'LL GET THE BALL SNAPPED, AS HE DID AND CATCH THEM WITH AN EXTRA MAN ON THE FIELD. >> Troy: THIS TIME THE 12th MAN HURT SEATTLE.
>> Joe: SECOND AND TWO. JORDY NELSON. AGAINST SHERMAN. HIGH SNAP, QUICK THROW, PASS BEHIND ADAMS. FIRST DOWN. AND A GOOD CATCH BY THE ROOKIE WHO LET EVERYBODY KNOW LAST WEEK, AND THE COWBOYS KNOW, JUST HOW GOOD HE IS. >> Troy: AND AARON RODGERS TOLD US THE OTHER DAY THAT ON THAT LAST THROW THAT HE MADE TO ADAMS ON THE LAST DRIVE FOR THEM AGAINST THE COWBOYS, HE MOVED HIM FROM ONE POSITION TO THE OTHER KNOWING THAT'S WHERE THE BALL WAS GOING TO GO. SHOWED GREAT CONFIDENCE IN HIM. HE MADE THE PLAY AND ESSENTIALLY LOCKED UP THAT GAME. >> Joe: ADAMS NOT A FACTOR AT ALL WEEK ONE WHEN THESE TWO TEAMS MET. GOOD PROTECTION, QUICK THROW.
COBB IN SPACE. MAKES A MOVE, A FLAG IS DOWN. COBB'S GOT A FIRST DOWN. BANGS INTO A PARABOLIC MIKE ON THE SIDELINE, BUT A FLAG IS THROWN. >> Referee: ILLEGAL USE OF THE HANDS, HANDS TO THE FACE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 66, THIS PENALTY WILL BE DECLINED. RESULT OF THE PLAY, FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: THEY GET CLIFF AVRIL AND THE PLAY WILL COUNT. >> Troy: YOU SEE THE ROUTE, A SIMPLE FRONT SLAT COMBINATION. CLIFF AVRIL AND HE GETS HIS HAND UNDER THE FACE MASK OF RIGHT TACKLE BRYAN BULAGA. BULAGA GOT INJURED IN WEEK ONE, AND THAT WAS A HUGE DEFICIT FOR THIS GREEN BAY PACKER OFFENSE.
THEY JUST COULDN'T FUNCTION. HE'S GOT HIS HANDS FULL WITH THESE EDGE RUSHERS. >> Joe: RODGERS PULLS IT BACK AND THEN TRIES TO HIT ADAMS. PASS INCOMPLETE, SECOND AND TEN COMING UP. DAVANTE ADAMS WAS NOT EVEN THE THIRD RECEIVER WEEK ONE. HE'S BEEN GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. HAD A DOWN MONTH OF DECEMBER. IN THE BIG GAME END OF NOVEMBER AGAINST NEW ENGLAND, AND THEN LAST WEEK, WENT OFF. THERE ARE THE NUMBERS AGAINST THE COWBOYS IN THE DIVISIONAL WIN. >> Troy: THEY'RE BEEN NEEDING A THIRD GUY TO STEP UP. RICHARD RODGERS DID IN THE SEASON FINALE AGAINST DETROIT. HAFT WEEK IT WAS DAVANTE ADAMS.
JORDY NELSON, RANDALL COBB HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING ALL YEAR. LOOK AT DAVANTE ADAMS GOING LIKE THEY DID LAST WEEK, THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING. >> Joe: SECOND AND TEN. THIS ONE FAR SIDELINE, INCOMPLETE, GOOD COVERAGE. JORDY NELSON THE INTENDED TARGET WITH MAXWELL AND THOSE TWO SAW A LOT OF EACH OTHER IN WEEK ONE. >> Troy: THEY SURE DID. THEY LINED UP JORDY NELSON IN THAT FIRST MATCH-UP. ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FORMATION ON EVERY SNAP EXCEPT THREE. THEY WENT AFTER BYRON MAXWELL AND YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL WHETHER YOU'RE GOING AFTER HIM TOO. RICHARD SHERMAN OBVIOUSLY THE ELITE CORNER. BUT BYRON MAXWELL IS AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER IN HIS OWN RIGHT. >> Joe: RODGERS, TOP RATED QUARTERBACK ON THIRD DOWN THIS SEASON. COBB IN THE BACK FIELD. PROTECTION, END ZONE, ADAMS, AND HIT BY SHERMAN! OH, THEY'RE PLAYING WITH FIRE AND NUMBER 25 JUST BURNED AARON RODGERS. >> Troy: TALKED TO AARON RODGERS THE OTHER NIGHT, SAID, ARE YOU GOING TO DRY A DEEP BALLBiQz >> Joe: TURNOVER IS CONFIRMED. BOTH FEET DOWN. IT'S A PICK. MARSHAWN LYNCH PICKS UP THREE.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE INTERCEPTION, TROY. >> Troy: WELL, INITIALLY, AARON RODGERS IS TRYING TO THROW THE BALL TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD. DAVANTE ADAMS, ONE-ON-ONE ON RICHARD SHERMAN AND, ONE, I WOULD BE NERVOUS ABOUT THROWING ANYTHING DEEP TO RICHARD SHERMAN. BECAUSE IF YOU UNDERTHROW IT, IT'S GOING TO BE INTERCEPTED. CAM NEWTON FOUND THAT OUT LAST WEEK. A LOT OF QUARTERBACKS HAVE OVER THE TIME OF HIS CAREER. BUT RODGERS COMES BACK, NOT ONLY UNDERTHROWS IT, BUT HE'S LATE ON THE THROW, AND HE MADE HIM PAY.
>> Joe: WILSON, TO THE RIGHT, THROW ITS AWAY. RICHARD SHERMAN STARTED HIS COLLEGE CAREER AS A RECEIVER. DRAFTED IN THE FIFTH ROUND OUT OF STANFORD. CAME INTO THE LEAGUE WITH A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER. NOT A FRIEND OF HARBAUGH AT HIS TIME THERE. THE NUMBERS ARE UNBELIEVABLE. 24 PICKS IN HIS FIRST FOUR YEARS. THAT'S ONE SHY OF TYING THE NFL RECORD. HE'S GOT TWO THIS POSTSEASON. AND I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT CORNER BACKS THE WAY YOU TALK ABOUT RICHARD SHERMAN IN THE TIME WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER. >> Troy: I THINK YOU CAN THROW THE BALL AGAINST HIM, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE RECEIVER'S SIZE. LIKE JORDY NELSON, USE HIS BODY. WHEN YOU THROW BALLS DOWN THE FIELD AND ALLOW HIM TO MAKE A PLAY ONE-ON-ONE, TYPICALLY HE'S BETTER THAN THE REC THE BALL.
>> Joe: INTO THE AIR AND THE ROOKIE CLINTON-DIX ON THE RETURN IS GOING TO BE KNOCKED DOWN INSIDE THE 5. TRAMON WILLIAMS IS THE FIRST GUY WHO GOT HIS HANDS ON IT IN FRONT OF JERMAINE KEARSE AND IT'S A TIP, A PICK, AND THE PACKERS ARE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN THEY WERE FIVE MINUTES AGO. >> Troy: EXCELLENT COVERAGE BY TRAMON WILLIAMS. THIS BALL GETS OUT IN FRONT OF JERMAINE KEARSE. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THE BALL GETS TIPPED UP AND CLINTON-DIX IS RIGHT THERE TO CATCH THE BALL OFF THE DEFLECTION. BOTH OF THESE OFFENSES HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB ALL YEAR LONG OF NOT TURNING IT OVER. HERE ON THE FIRST POSSESSION, EACH QUARTERBACK HAS AN INTERCEPTION. >> Joe: AT THE END OF THE PLAY, THEY THREW A FLAG, UNSPORTSMAN LIKE CONDUCT AGAINST GREEN BAY AND THIS IS BIG.
IT'S DANIELS THAT CAME OVER AND GOT IN THE FACE OF J.R. SWEEZY. INSTEAD OF HAVING FIRST AND GOAL FROM INSIDE THE 5, THE BALL IS BACKED UP TO THE 19 YARD LINE. >> Troy: WELL, IT HURT THE PACKERS LAST WEEK IN THE GAME AGAINST THE COWBOYS WITH T.J. LANG. HE GOT AN UNSPORTSMAN LIKE PENALTY, 15 YARDS, NOT SMART FOOTBALL. >> Joe: TRYING TO WIN A PLAYOFF GAME ON THE ROAD, THAT KIND OF STUFF WILL KILL YOU. MIKE DANIELS GUILTY OF IT. FIRST AND TEN NOW FROM THE 19. RUSSELL WILSON HAD GO FINISH FOUR PLAYOFF GAMES WITHOUT A PICK. THAT STREAK OVER. TIME-OUT GREEN BAY. SO EACH SIDE HAS A >>> TODAY'S GAME IS SPONSORED BY BUD LIGHT WHO REMINDS FANS TO STAY IN THE GAME AND DRINK RESPONSIBLY.
>> Joe: PLAY STARTS AT THE 19. SPANISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST AVAILABLE ON BOTH FOX DEPORTES AND BY USING S.A.P. ON OUR BROADCAST. COBB IN MOTION OUT OF THE BACK FIELD. RODGERS OVER THE MIDDLE, GOT THE ROOKIE TIGHT END, AND ANOTHER GUY WHO IS MUCH MORE OF A FACTOR, RICHARD RODGERS, THAN HE WAS IN WEEK ONE, IS GOOD FOR 12. AND THE PACKERS ARE ABOUT BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE THE UNSPORTSMAN LIKE CONDUCT. >> Troy: GOOD POCKET IN THE MIDDLE FOR AARON RODGERS. THEY GET A FREE RELEASE WITH RICHARD RODGERS OVER THE MIDDLE. I KNOW IN TALKING WITH AARON THE OTHER DAY, HE FEELS IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD, THAT LITTLE POCKET RIGHT OVER THE CENTER HAS BEEN A WEAK SPOT FOR THE SEATTLE DEFENSE.
>> Joe: HERE'S LACY ON FIRST AND GOAL. EDDIE LACY, THE SECOND-YEAR BACK IS GOING TO LUNGE NEAR THE 1. MUCH BETTER DAY TODAY WEATHER WISE THAN LAST WEEK IN GREEN BAY WHEN THE ASTHMA ACTED UP. HE'S ALSO BEEN BOTHERED BY A BAD KNEE, BUT HE LOOKS CHARGED UP AND READY TO GO, GOOD FOR SIX. IT'S SECOND AND GOAL WITH THE BALL RIGHT AT THE 1. EXTRA OFFENSIVE LINEMEN IN THERE FOR GREEN BAY. SEE IF THEY CAN POUND IT IN. HERE'S KUHN, THE FULLBACK. HE'S IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN AND IT'S POINTS OFF THE TURNOVER, THE INTERCEPTION ON THE DEFLECTION, AND JOHN KUHN, THE PRO-BOWLER POUNDS IT IN, THE FULLBACK FOR THE FIRST POINTS OF THE DAY.
AND WE'LL GIVE IT ANOTHER LOOK AND MAKE SURE THE ELBOW WASN'T DOWN BEFORE THE BALL BROKE THE PLANE. ELBOW'S DOWN — >> Referee: THE RULING ON THE FIELD WAS TOUCHDOWN. >> Joe: BECAUSE IT'S A SCORING PLAY, THEY'LL GIVE IT ANOTHER LOOK AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PULL THIS ONE BACK. >> Troy: JUST A MATTER OF WHERE THE POINT OF THE BALL IS AT THE TIME THE ELBOW GOES TO THE GROUND. FROM THAT ANGLE THERE — >> Referee: THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS TOUCHDOWN. >> Troy: THAT HE DID NOT TOUCHDOWN THE GOAL LINE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE A DEFINITIVE VIEW. >> Joe: MIKE PEREIRA THINKS THEY'RE PULLING IT BACK. >>> TODAY'S GAME ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY FORD. BEAUTIFUL THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU GO FOR THEM. AND BY PIZZA HUT. WE'RE TAKING PIZZA WHERE IT'S NEVER BEEN BEFORE.
>> Joe: WE'LL GET THE CALL HERE FROM OUR REFEREE, TONY PARENTY. WE THINK HE'S SHORT. IT WILL BE THIRD AND GOAL. >> Referee: AFTER REVIEW, THE RUNNER WAS SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE AT THE HALF YARD LINE. IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE ONE-HALF YARD LINE. >> Troy: WE'VE SEEN MIKE McCARTHY, I KNOW IT'S THIRD DOWN HERE, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO THINK HE'S VIEWING THIS AS FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY. WE'VE SEEN HIM A NUMBER OF TIMES GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROAD AGAINST A GOOD DEFENSIVE UNIT, TO GET THIS CLOSE, I WOULD EXPECT HIM, IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO SCORE THE TOUCHDOWN HERE ON THIRD DOWN TO GO FOR IT ON FOURTH.
>> Joe: AGAIN, THEY BRING IN EXTRA OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, ON THIRD AND GOAL FROM INCHES AWAY. HERE'S LACY. HE DOESN'T GET IT. IT'S FOURTH DOWN AND EARL THOMAS AT THE END OF THE PLAY, COMES A FEW FEET AWAY FROM AARON RODGERS, THEN STICKS HIS RIGHT-HAND OUT TO SHAKE HIS HAND, AND GREEN BAY IS BRINGING THEIR FIELD-GOAL UNIT ON, AS BRUCE IRVIN MADE THE PLAY. >> Troy: BRUCE IRVIN DOES A NICE JOB OF COMING OFF THE BLOCK JUST ENOUGH TO STUFF EDDY LACEY AND KEEP HIM FROM CROSSING THE GOAL LINE. I THINK MIKE McCARTHY HAS SEEN ENOUGH TIMES THEM NOT MAKE IT WHEN THEY'VE GONE FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN. HE SAID, WE'LL TAKE A THREE-POINT LEAD PROVIDED CROSBY CAN MAKE THIS FIELD GOAL.
>> Joe: LESS THAN AN EXTRA POINT. THEY JUST GOT IT AWAY AND IT'S 3-0 GREEN BAY, BUT WE'VE HAD A REVERSAL OF THE CALL ON THE FIELD. AND >> Joe: AERIAL COVERAGE IS PROVIDED BY NATIONWIDE HERE IN SEATTLE. AND I KNOW YOU'RE STILL SURPRISED, AS AM I, THAT MIKE McCARTHY FROM LESS THAN A YARD AWAY DIDN'T TRY IT ON FOURTH DOWN. >> Troy: I THINK A LOT OF COACHES WA WATCHING THIS GAME WOULD HAVE MADE THE DECISION HE DID, AND YOU GO UP 3-0 ON THE ROAD. BUT MIKE McCARTHY HAS BEEN SO AGGRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY IN RECENT WEEKS, AND HE'S SO CONFIDENT IN HIS OFFENSE, I'M JUST SHOCKED THAT HE DIDN'T GO FOR IT. AND THEN IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT, BOY, YOU'RE PUTTING SEATTLE ON THE HALF-FOOT LINE AND PRETTY GOOD FOR YOUR DEFENSE TOO. >> Joe: THAT'S HOW GUSTY IT IS, HAD TO HOLD THE BALL, AND ABOUT MIDWAY INTO THE END ZONE, IT'S CAUGHT OUT BY BALDWIN. BALL IS OUT. GREEN BAY LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE GOT IT. REMEMBER, PAUL RICHARDSON, THE ROOKIE IS OUT. TORE HIS ACL LAST WEEK.
HE HAD BEEN RETURNING KICKS AND BALDWIN PUTS IT ON THE GROUND. GREEN BAY'S GOT IT. AND TWO EARLY TURNOVERS HERE AT HOME BY THE SEAHAWKS. >> Troy: YOU SEE DOUG BALDWIN AND BRAD JONES ABLE TO COME IN AND KNOCK IT LOOSE. WHAT A JOB BY THE SPECIAL TEAMS. SHAWN SLOCUM, SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR, GIVING THE BALL BACK TO THE OFFENSE WITH GREAT FIELD POSITION ONCE AGAIN. SEATTLE CAME INTO THIS GAME HAVING TURNED THE BALL OVER JUST 14 TIMES ALL SEASON LONG. NOW IN THE FIRST SEVEN MINUTES OF THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THEY'VE TURNED IT OVER TWICE. >> Joe: YEAH, THESE WERE TWO TEAMS THAT WERE IN THE TOP THREE, TURNING THE BALL OVER, MEANING THE FEWEST. GREEN BAY TIED FOR THE FEWEST GIVE AWAYS WHEN NEW ENGLAND WAS 13. SEATTLE RIGHT BEHIND THEM. THERE'S SHAWN SLOCUM, PROUD OF HIS GROUP. IT'S BEEN AN UP AND DOWN GRUM FOR THE SPECIAL TEAMS FOR GREEN BAY, AND THEY FORCE A FUMBLE. IT WAS BRAD JONES, THE LINE BACKER WHO'S LOST A LOT OF PLAYING TIME THIS YEAR, WHO FORCED IT. RIGHT BACK TO WORK IS AARON RODGERS FROM INSIDE THE 25, AT THE 23.
HE'S GOING TO HAND IT TO LACY. HE RUNS TO THE RIGHT SIDE THIS TIME. AND EDDIE LACY, WHO COULDN'T POUND IT IN ON THIRD DOWN AND GOAL IS GOOD ON FIRST DOWN FOR EIGHT. BROUGHT DOWN BY TONY McDANIEL. BACK TO THE FUMBLE BY BALDWIN. >> Troy: DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING SPECTACULAR. BRAD JONES DIDN'T PUNCH IT OUT. JUST CAME IN TO MAKE A TACKLE AND JUST DID NOT SECURE THE BALL. BUT A COSTLY TURNOVER FOR THIS SEATTLE TEAM. HERE'S LACY LEFT SIDE. EDDIE LACY, A LOT OF ROOM TO RUN. HE'S SET UP FIRST AND GOAL. AND TALKING TO AARON RODGERS, WITH THE LIGHTER DEFENSIVE LINE FOR SEATTLE, HE BELIEVES THEY ARE GOING TO RUN IT RIGHT DOWN THEIR THROAT OR ATTEMPT TO. >> Troy: EDDIE LACY, GOING BACK TO WEEK ONE, JUST HAD 34 YARDS RUSHING IN THAT GAME. HE'S ALREADY SURPASSED THAT HERE IN THIS FIRST QUARTER.
SO THEY HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN THE EARLY GOING OF THIS GAME ON THE GROUND. >> Joe: HERE'S LACY AGAIN. RIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF McDANIEL. McDANIEL WAS ON THE INJURY LIST THIS WEEK, BOTHERED BY A SHOULDER. HE'S MADE A COUPLE OF GOOD PLAYS. A GAIN OF ONE, SECOND AND GOAL. >> Troy: CAME IN TALKING ABOUT RICHARD SHERMAN AND HOW THE PACKERS WERE GOING TO TRY TO PLAY AGAINST HIM.
GOT THE INTERCEPTION, REALLY SINCE THE EARLY PART OF THIS GAME, THE FIRST POSSESSION, THEY PUT JORDY NELSON TO HIS SIDE. SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE BEEN GOING WITH DAVANTE ADAMS TO THE RIGHT SIDE AGAINST RICHARD SHERMAN, AND HE'S THERE ONCE AGAIN ON THIS PLAY. >> Joe: SECOND AND GOAL. THIS IS NELSON, OFF HIS RIGHT HAND, INCOMPLETE. WELL PLAYED BY LANE, DEFENSIVELY. GOOD THROW BY AARON RODGERS, THE TIMING JUST A HAIR OFF. >> Troy: THE TIMING WAS PRETTY GOOD IN TERMS OF WHEN HE TURNED IT LOOSE. IT JUST WAS A LITTLE TOO FAR OUT IN FRONT OF JORDY NELSON IN ORDER FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PLAY. THEY GET THE MATCH-UP. THEIR BEST RECEIVER AGAINST JEREMY LANE, THEIR NICKEL CORNER. THEY JUST FAILED TO COMPLETE THE PASS. >> Joe: THIRD AND GOAL. PASS IS CAUGHT, BUT SHORT OF THE END ZONE. RANDALL COBB. AND NOW IT'S FOURTH AND GOAL AGAIN. AND THE FIELD-GOAL UNIT WILL COME ON AGAIN FOR GREEN BAY. RICHARD SHERMAN AND EARLY THOMAS MADE THE STOP. SO THESE ARE TWO MISSES IN THE RED ZONE FOR THIS GREEN BAY OFFENSE WITH REGARD TO TOUCHDOWNS.
>> Troy: WELL, PACKER FANS ARE CRINGING RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN GREEN BAY OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, WHEN THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD IN THE RED ZONE, AND WE'VE SEEN THEM AT OTHER TIMES WHEN THEY'VE REALLY STRUGGLED. THEY'VE NOW GOTTEN DOWN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AGAINST A GREAT DEFENSIVE UNIT WITH SHORT FIELD POSITION AND HAVE FAILED TO CAPITALIZE. >> Joe: THIS ONE FROM 19.
IT'S A 6-0 GAME, BUT SEATTLE WILL TAKE IT. THE GOOD NEWS IS, FOR GREEN BAY, THEY FORCED ANOTHER TURNOVER. THE BAD NEWS IS, THEY COULDN'T POUND IT . >> Joe: BOTH THESE TEAMS VERY GOOD AT NOT TURNING IT OVER. FOR SEATTLE, LAST TIME THEY HAD TWO TURNOVERS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, IT'S BEEN 60 GAMES. 2011. AND THEN ON THE GREEN BAY SIDE, I'M SURE PACKER FANS ARE BACKING GREEN BAY ALL OVER THINKING THEY'VE LEFT EIGHT POINTS SITTING OUT THERE ON THE ROAD AGAINST SEATTLE, LEADING BY JUST SIX. OVER FIVE TO GO. OPENING QUARTER. THIS ONE OUT OF THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. AND TONIGHT THE MAN THEY'RE CALLING THE IRISH MUHAMMAD ALI IS FIGHTING ON FOX SPORTS 1. >> I'M THE NOTORIOUS CONOR McGREGOR AND NO FIGHTER MOVES LIKE I MOVE.
THEY DON'T THINK LIKE I THINK. THEY DON'T TALK LIKE I TALK. ONE THING IS FOR SURE, THEY DON'T LOOK AS GOOD AS I LOOK. SEE FOR YOURSELF TONIGHT AFTER THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP ONLY ON FOX SPORTS 1. >> Joe: HE WAS ON THE ROAD TO BECOMING A PLUMBER. HE'S 4-0 IN UFC AND HE'S FUN TO WATCH. >> Troy: THAT DUDE'S THE REAL DEAL. I WATCH SOME OF HIM IN THOSE FIGHTS AND MAN, THAT GUY, HE IS SOMETHING ELSE.
THE IRISH MUHAMMAD ALI. >> Joe: HE CAN TALK. HERE'S LYNCH. HE DOESN'T LIKE TO TALK. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. I'M THANKFUL. A GAIN OF THREE. MARSHAWN LYNCH HAS BECOME A GAME FOR HIM WITH THE MEDIA. IT'S BEEN AN EXPENSIVE GAME, WHERE HE DOESN'T TALK WHEN A MICROPHONE IS PUT IN FRONT OF HIS FACE. WHEN HE'S FORCED TO, HE JUST GIVES THE SAME ANSWER OVER AND OVER. WORRIED THAT HE WAS GOING TO WEAR GOLDEN SHOES FOR THIS GAME, BUT THE LEAGUE SAID, GO AHEAD AND TRY IT. FIRST TIME IT WILL BE A PENALTY. NEXT TIME YOU'LL BE GONE.
TRADITIONAL SHOES. SECOND AND SEVEN. SEAHAWKS TRYING TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING AND BROUGHT DOWN FROM BEHIND IS WILSON. GOOD PRESSURE AND IT'S JULIUS PEPPERS WHO IS CELEBRATING HIS 35th BIRTHDAY TODAY. HE HAD A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH GAME LAST WEEK AGAINST DALLAS, AND HE'S GOT A SACK HERE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. >> Troy: WHY WOULDN'T IT BE PEPPERS AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. HE KEEPS PLAYING, HE COMES IN AND RUSSELL WILSON FORTUNATE TO HANG ON TO THE BALL.
COULD HAVE GOTTEN PEPPERS WITH THE FACE MASK. BUT RUSSELL WILSON HANGING ON TO THE BALL AS PEPPERS GOES FOR IT. MADE A COUPLE HUGE PLAYS IN THE GAME LAST WEEK AND COMES UP WITH A BIG ONE THERE. >> Joe: COUPLE OF FORCED FUMBLES AGAINST DALLAS. NOW THIRD DOWN AND TEN. WILSON HIT AS HE LET IT GO. THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD START FOR THIS GREEN BAY DEFENSE. ALL THE FOCUS ON SEATTLE'S ROLLING DEFENSE, AND AFTER THROWING A THIRD DOWN PICK ON THE FIRST POSSESSION, THIS TIME IT'S THREE AND OUT.
>> Troy: JULIUS PEPPERS, YOU SEE THE DRIVE, HE GOES RIGHT THROUGH J.R. SWEEZY AT RIGHT GUARD. AND J.R. SWEEZY IS A FORMER DEFENSIVE LINEMAN WHO REALLY HAS HAD A NICE TRANSITION TO THE GUARD. BEEN THERE SINCE A ROOKIE. BUT JULIUS PEPPERS GOES RIGHT THROUGH HIM. >> Joe: PACKERS ARE ALL UP LOOKING FOR THE BLOCK, AND THEY ALMOST GOT THERE. END OVER END FROM RYAN.
AND A BOBBLE FROM HYDE WHO IS ABLE TO GET BACK ON TOP OF IT. NOT RAINING, BUT THE BALL IS SLICK. SUN IN THE EYES OF MICAH HYDE, ABLE TO GET BACK ON TOP >> Joe: 2015 NFL PRO BOWL PRESENTED BY McDONALD'S. FANTASTICCY FOOTBALL FOR REAL. MICHAEL IRVIN, CRIS CARTER SELECTED TEAMS THIS WEDNESDAY. PRO BOWL LIVE FROM ARIZONA, HOME OF SUPER BOWL XLIX ON SUNDAY JANUARY 25th. PACKERS HAVE THE BALL. MICAH HYDE, LOSING IT IN THE SUN. THAT'S HOW THE BALL WAS LOST IN THE SUN. LAST TIME WAS 1999. THAT STAT IS UNOFFICIAL. WE'VE HAD EVERY SEASON IN ABOUT TWO HOURS HERE IN SEATTLE. AND AFTER A DAY AND A HALF, WAITING FOR IT, AARON RODGERS FINDS JORDY NELSON. YOU GIVE AARON RODGERS THAT MUCH TIME, THAT KIND OF PROTECTION, WITH THESE RECEIVERS WHO KNOW HOW TO SCRAMBLE AND AARON RODGERS WILL PICK YOU APART.
>> Troy: THERE'S 31 OTHER QUARTERBACKS IN THE LEAGUE THAT WILL PICK YOU APART WITH THAT KIND OF TIME. YOU SEE THERE'S NO PRESSURE ON HIM WHATSOEVER. JORDY NELSON, HE'S WAITING, WAITING, WAITING. NO REASON FOR HIM TO GO ANYWHERE. HE'S OPEN, AND AARON RODGERS FINDS HIM. >> Joe: FOURTH PACKER DRIVE, ALL FOUR TIMES IN SEAHAWK TERRITORY AND NOW JORDY NELSON TRIED TO MAKE A MOVE BEFORE HE MADE THE CATCH. LOOKING FOR A FACE MASK CALL, DOESN'T GET IT. NELSON COULDN'T MAKE THE CATCH. SECOND AND TEN AND LET'S SEE WHY JORDY NELSON WAS UPSET WORKING AGAINST MAXWELL. >> Troy: CLEARLY HANDS TO THE FACE MASK BY BYRON MAXWELL. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, JORDY NELSON HAS TO MAKE THAT CATCH.
WE SAW HIM MAKE A COUPLE DROPS LAST WEEK. THAT WAS AN EASY BALL THAT HE TYPICALLY MAKES. >> Joe: FIELD HAS BEEN TILTED SO FAR, SECOND AND TEN. HERE'S LACY, RIGHT SIDE. GOOD BLOCKING OUT IN FRONT. EDDIE LACY WITH THAT SPIN MOVE AND HE'S CLOSE TO FIRST DOWN YARDAGE, JUST SHORT. THIRD AND SHORT COMING UP. WAGNER IN ON THE STOP AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THIS MOVE IN TWO YEARS FROM EDDIE LACY. >> Troy: WELL, HE'S A YOUNGER VERSION OF MARSHAWN LYNCH. HE'S A PHYSICAL RUNNER. KAM CHANCELLOR IS GOING TO BE DOWN IN THE BOX THROUGHOUT THIS GAME. DAVANTE ADAMS, HE GETS ENOUGH OF HIM THAT HE'S NOT ABLE TO MAKE A PLAY ON EDDIE LACY.
I KNOW IN WEEK ONE, EDDIE LACY SAID KAM CHANCELLOR RUNG HIS BELL PRETTY GOOD. THAT'S A PHYSICAL MATCH-UP BETWEEN THOSE TWO GUYS. BUT DAVANTE ADAMS GETS ENOUGH OF HIM TO ALLOW LACY TO GET BY. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND ONE. AND A TIME-OUT TAKEN BY GREEN BAY WITH THE PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO ABOUT ONE. AND SO BEFORE THIS THIRD DOWN AND ONE, WE'LL GIVE AMERICA A CHANCE TO SEE TROY AIKMAN. THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE. THIS START FOR GREEN BAY, I KNOW THE SCOREBOARD JUST SAYS 6-0, BUT DEFENSIVELY, OFFENSIVELY, ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL, OPEN HOLES FOR EDDIE LACY.
THIS IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS THEY COULD HAVE HOPED FOR COMING ON THE ROAD. >> Troy: WELL, IT'S AS GOOD AS THEY COULD HOPE FOR IN TERMS OF FIELD POSITION, BUT NOT CAPITALIZING. AND THIS IS A SEATTLE DEFENSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN GOOD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN STOPPING PEOPLE FROM SCORING TOUCHDOWNS IN THE RED ZONE. SO AS DOMINANT AS THIS FIRST QUARTER HAS BEEN FOR THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, TO ONLY BE LEADING 6-0, SEATTLE FEELS GOOD ABOUT THAT. >> Joe: AND NOW THEY'VE GOT A THIRD DOWN AND LESS THAN ONE. AARON RODGERS MOVING AROUND WELL, BETTER THAN HE DID IN THE FIRST HALF LAST WEEK AGAINST THE COWBOYS. THEY'RE IN FIELD-GOAL RANGE FOR CROSBY. THEY'RE THINKING FIRST DOWN. HERE'S KUHN, THE FULLBACK, AND HE'S GOING TO PICK IT UP. IT'S NOT SPECTACULAR WITH JOHN KUHN, BUT HE SEEMS TO GET WHAT THEY NEED JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME HE TOUCHES THE BALL.
THAT'S A NICE FIRST DOWN FOR GREEN BAY. >> Troy: IT'S REALLY NICE AND GREEN BAY GOES FROM A FULL HOUSE BACK FIELD FROM THE PISTOL SET AND IT ALLOWS THEM A LOT OF OPTIONS, WHETHER RUN IT TO THE STRENGTH, GO BACK WEAK SIDE, HAND IT TO EDDIE LACY, OR GIVE IT TO JOHN KUHN, BUT IT WAS A GOOD FIRST DOWN PICKUP BY JOHN KUHN. >> Joe: UNDER TWO TO GO, OPENING QUARTER. PASS CAUGHT. THAT IS THE ROOKIE TIGHT END RODGERS. AND RICHARD RODGERS, WHO BY AARON RODGERS ESTIMATION, JUST WASN'T READY FOR WEEK ONE, WASN'T A FACTOR AT ALL.
HE'S ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF CATCHES DOWN HERE. >> Troy: WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON BOTH OF THEM, SINCE THEY STARTED RANDALL COBB IN THE BACK FIELD, MOTION HIM OUT, IT SOFTENS UP THE DEFENSE BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN OF COBB. THEY THEN BRING RICHARD RODGERS BACK OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE BALL AND BOTH TIMES THERE'S BEEN AN OPEN SPOT FOR HIM TO GET IT. >> Joe: GOOD FILM STUDY BY AARON RODGERS. AS YOU SAID, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE EXPECTED. AGAIN IN THE RED ZONE. HERE'S LACY. CUTS IT BACK A BIT. AND EDDIE LACY DOWN INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE. LACY SET A GREEN BAY ROOKIE RECORD LAST YEAR WITH OVER 1100 RUSHING YARDS. DOWN A BIT THIS YEAR, BUT FINISHED THE SEASON RED HOT OVER THE FINAL EIGHT GAMES.
I HAVE A FEELING HE'S GOING TO BE A KEY FACTOR FOR GREEN BAY IN THIS ONE AGAINST THE SEATTLE DEFENSE. SECOND AND FIVE. JORDY NELSON AGAINST SHERMAN. AGAIN A JUMP, A FREE PLAY. RODGERS IS GOING TO GO TO THE END ZONE, HE'S GOT A TOUCHDOWN! RANDALL COBB. A FLAG IS DOWN. THE PLAY CONTINUED. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AGAINST SEATTLE. AND IF IT IS, IT'S A TOUCHDOWN. IT IS. >> Referee: OFF SIDES, DEFENSE, NUMBER 72. THIS PENALTY IS DECLINED. THE RESULT OF THE PLAY IS A TOUCHDOWN. >> Joe: IT'S AGAIN BENNETT AND ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE QUARTER, TOUCHDOWN PACKERS. >> Troy: AND RANDALL COBB, HE'S WORKING THE BACK LINE, AND THE SEATTLE SECONDARY COLLIDES. LOOKS LIKE EARL THOMAS. THEY RUN INTO EACH OTHER, KIND OF A NATURAL PICK, AS RANDALL COBB IS TRYING TO FIND A SPOT TO GET OPEN AND FREES HIM UP COMPLETELY AND AARON RODGERS FINDS HIM. >> Joe: YOU AND I BOTH WALKED OUT OF OUR MEETING WITH AARON RODGERS THINKING THAT DESPITE WHAT HE SAID THAT HE HAD REGRESSED FROM LAST WEEK WITH A BAD CALF, THAT HE JUST HAD THE BODY LANGUAGE WAS A GUY WHO WAS FEELING BETTER THAN HE FELT A WEEK AGO.
HE'S MOVED LIKE IT GOT A HIT, GOT A TOUCHDOWN. PACKERS FINALLY IN THE END ZONE AND >> Joe: RANDALL COBB GATES THE 13-YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH. AS JAY GLAZER REPORTED BEFORE THE GAME, RANDAL SPENT THREE HOURS IN THE HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT, THINKING HE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE HIS APPENDIX OUT. WHATEVER THEY GAVE HIM, THE PAIN SUBSIDED. AND NOW HE'S GOT THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. AARON RODGERS REALLY GOT HIT WHEN HE LET THAT PASS GO. BUT WITH THE HIT CAME THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE PACKERS — HERE'S THE HIT — WERE FINALLY IN THE END ZONE. AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION, TROY, ON THE SEATTLE SIDELINE AS THIS DEFENSE, WHICH HAS BEEN JUST DOMINANT. THEY'VE WON SEVEN STRAIGHT, ALLOWED THE OPPONENTS AN AVERAGE OF EIGHT POINTS A GAME. NOT GETTING PRESSURE ON RODGERS. >> Troy: THEY'RE NOT GETTING PRESSURE, HE'S THROWN THE BALL EFFECTIVELY AND WE HAVE EDDIE LACY WHO ALREADY IS HALFWAY TO A HUNDRED YARDS RUSHING.
>> Joe: AND NOW MOVEMENT AT THE SNAP. >> Referee: OFFENSE, NUMBER 77, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, REMAINS FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: AND NO TEAM DOES THIS MORE THAN THE SEAHAWKS, THEY LED THE LEAGUE IN FALSE STARTS. >> Troy: THAT'S SURPRISING TOO. WHAT'S MORE SURPRISING, OVER HALF OF THOSE FALSE STARTS HAVE OCCURRED HERE AT HOME. SO WHEN YOU COME HERE AND YOU PLAY AGAINST THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS IN SEATTLE, YOU EXPECT TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE NOISE OPERATING AS AN OFFENSE.
INSTEAD WE'VE SEEN SEATTLE COME OFF SIDES DEFENSIVELY, MICHAEL BENNETT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND NOW A FALSE START OFFENSIVELY. >> Joe: NOW FIRST AND 15, IT'S LYNCH. HE RUNS INTO HYDE. MARSHAWN LYNCH DIDN'T REALLY GET ROLLING LAST WEEK AGAINST CAROLINA. HAD 59 YARDS ON 14 CARRIES AND HE'S WORKING WITH AN INJURY UP FRONT AS JUSTIN BRITT, THE ROOKIE RIGHT TACKLE IS OUT WITH A KNEE INJURY. AND ALVIN BAILEY MAKES HIS FIRST START AT RIGHT TACKLE THIS SEASON. AND HYDE WITH A GOOD SQULOB TO MAKE THE INITIAL STOP. >> Troy: GREAT JOB BY MICAH HYDE WORKING THROUGH THE BLOCK OF JERMAINE KEARSE AND MORE IMPORTANT MAKING A TACKLE ON MARSHAWN LYNCH.
>> Joe: SECOND AND 11. LYNCH TO THE RIGHT, CUTS BACK. BROUGHT DOWN FROM BEHIND. A GAIN OF FOUR. NICK PERRY WAS IN ON THE TACKLE AND, TROY, THIS DEFENSE AGAINST THE RUN WAS AWFUL THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON. THEY WERE BETTER EVERY MONTH. THEY ALLOWED LESS THAN 90 A GAME IN DECEMBER, AND A BIG PART OF THAT WAS BARRINGTON PLAYING MORE AND CLAY MATTHEWS MOVING MORE INSIDE. >> Troy: I THINK CLAY MATTHEWS HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT IMPROVED RUN DEFENSE. I THINK THOSE GUYS DOWN IN THE TRENCHES, GUION AND DANIELS, DATONE JONES, THEY'VE ALL ELEVATED THEIR PLAY ALSO.
>> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. HERE'S ONE THAT IS INCOMPLETE TO DOUG BALDWIN. AND SO RUSSELL WILSON, WHO WAS PERFECT ON THIRD DOWN LAST WEEK AGAINST CAROLINA, HAS THROWN A THIRD DOWN INTERCEPTION, TWO INCOMPLETIONS, INCLUDING THIS ONE, AS BALDWIN COULDN'T CORRAL IT GOING TO THE GROUND. >> Troy: THAT WAS ALMOST ONE HECK OF A CATCH BY DOUG BALDWIN, BRINGING THAT ONE IN. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, JOE, THEY WERE SO GOOD ON THIRD DOWN JUST A WEEK AGO.
AND THEY HAVE NAILED TO CONVERT IN THREE ATTEMPTS HERE TODAY. >> Joe: NOT A FIRST DOWN YET. ONLY ONE NINE OFFENSIVE PLAYS. TO GREEN BAY'S 25. LINE DRIVE, HYDE HAD THE CHANCE TO MOVE. MICAH HYDE WITH A GOOD RETURN AND GREAT FIELD POSITION TO START FOR THE PACKERS. PACKERS WINNING EVERY PHASE OF THIS GAME SO FAR. THEY'LL START WITH GREAT FIELD POSITION LEADING BY 13 WITH THE BALL INSIDE THE 35. THEY'RE GOING TO MARK IT AT THE 33. >> Troy: TELL YOU, JOE, OTHER THAN THE OPENING KICKOFF, GREEN BAY PACKERS, THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD THROUGHOUT THIS GAME. >> Joe: WELL, THIS CROWD IS GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SOME NOISE AND ENCOURAGE THIS DEFENSE THAT IS HAVING TROUBLE.
WITH THE AVERAGE STARTING FIELD POSITION SO FAR. >> Troy: WE'LL SEE IF SEATTLE FIRST TRIES TO BRING PRESSURE. THEY'VE BEEN RUSHING FOUR THROUGHOUT THIS FIRST HALF AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TO RODGERS. SEE IF THEY TRY SOMETHING ELSE. >> Joe: STILL JUST FOUR MEN ON THE RUSH. RODGERS DROPS IT OFF AND LACY CAN'T MAKE THE CATCH.
THE PUNT AND THE RETURN, THE PUNT BY RYAN, THE RETURN BY HYDE, IT WAS ONLY A NET GAIN OF TEN YARD FOR SEATTLE WHEN THEY PUNTED IT ON FOURTH DOWN. AND NOW SECOND AND TEN FOR RODGERS. HAD LACY COME DOWN WITH THAT LITTLE PASS, HE HAD SOME ROOM TO RUN. EDDIE LACY, WHO WAS THIRD ON THE TEAM IN RECEPTIONS, HE HAD OVER 40 CATCHES THROUGHOUT THE REGULAR SEASON. AND MOST OF THEM WERE ON THAT CHECKDOWN PASS THAT HE JUST DROPPED. >> Joe: AGAIN A FLAG. HERE'S RODGERS DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR ADAMS, OUT OF HIS REACH, BUT COULD BE ANOTHER FREE PLAY. ADAMS COVERED BY SHERMAN, AND THIS COULD BE THE THIRD OFF SIDE AS THIS TIME IT'S McDANIEL. >> Referee: OFF SIDE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 99, FIVE-YARD PENALTY AND REPEAT SECOND DOWN. >> Joe: WELL, THEY GET TONY McDANIEL THIS TIME.
AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, AARON RODGERS KNOWS WHEN HE'S GOT A FREE PLAY. AND IF HE'S GOT ANYBODY GOING DOWN THE FIELD HE'S GOING TO TAKE A SHOT. HE'S GOT DAVANTE ADAMS, ONE-ON-ONE ON SHERMAN, TRIES TO GET WHAT HE CAN, FIVE-YARD PENALTY. SECOND AND FIVE. HERE'S LACY AND A GOOD PLAY UP FRONT. THAT'S BENNETT. AND A LOSS OF THREE. GOOD PLAY BY MICHAEL BENNETT WHO IS THE BEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN THE SEAHAWKS HAVE. THIRD DOWN. YOU SEE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE ROOKIE COREY LINSLEY, THAT'S A TOUGH BLOCK FOR HIM TO TRY TO MAKE. HE'S GOT TO TRY TO REACH MICHAEL BENNETT, WITH THE QUICKNESS AND POWER OF BENNETT, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
HE MADE THE PLAY. IT WILL BE A 49-YARD TRY FROM THIS SPOT. CROSBY, THE FIELD-GOAL KICKER OF THE PACKERS, TO PICK UP ANY YARDS. BULAGA, THE RIGHT TACKLE, GUILTY OF A FALSE START. >> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, NUMBER 75, FIVE-YARD PENALTY. REMAINS THIRD DOWN. >> Joe: THEY WORKED THAT HARD COUNT EVERY DAY IN PRACTICE. YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, NUMBER 75, BULAGA, HE'S THE ONE WHO MOVED, THEY GOT HIM. THIS TIME THE PACKERS FLINCHED. BUT AARON RODGERS HAS BEEN MASTERFUL THIS FIRST HALF USING THE SILENT COUNT AND KEEPING THE PASS RUSH AT BAY. >> Troy: LOOKING AT MORE THAN A 50-YARD TRY FOR CROSBY IF THEY DON'T GET ANY YARDS. >> Joe: RODGERS ON THE MIDDLE, PASS IS ON THE HANDS OF RANDALL COBB, AND HE WAS WIDE OPEN.
A FLAG IS DOWN. FLAG BACK AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. >> Referee: ILLEGAL USE OF THE HANDS. HANDS TO THE FACE. DEFENSE NUMBER 56. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: SO THE AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN FOR HANDS TO THE FACE AGAINST CLIFF AVRIL. >> Troy: THAT'S THE SECOND TIME NOW THEY'VE GOTTEN CLIFF AVRIL WITH THE HANDS TO THE FACE OF BRYAN BULAGA. AND THIS IS A THROW YOU JUST DON'T SEE AARON RODGERS MISS VERY OFTEN. AS YOU SEE THE PENALTY ON CLIFF AVRIL AND IT'S A FIRST DOWN, BUT THEY'RE FORTUNATE, THE SEAHAWKS ARE, THAT THERE WASN'T A LOT MORE YARDAGE PICKED UP ON THE PLAY, BECAUSE HE HAD RANDALL COBB WIDE OPEN. >> Joe: FIRST DOWN. HERE'S LACY. GO BACK TO THE THROW THAT RODGERS MISSED AS HE HAD RANDALL COBB WIDE OPEN. >> Troy: COBB RUNNING THE SQUARE IN, PLAYING ZONE COVERAGE, GETS TO THE INTERMEDIATE ZONE ABOUT 15 TO 18 YARDS AND JUST FAILED TO CONNECT. >> Joe: SEAHAWKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FLAGGED SIX TIMES IN THIS GAME.
THEY WERE THE EIGHTH MOST PENALIZED TEAM DURING THE REGULAR SEASON IN THE NFL. >> Troy: WELL, THE QUESTION WAS, COULD THIS OFFENSIVE LINE HOLD UP IN PASS PROTECTION FOR AARON RODGERS, AND IT'S A RESOUNDING YES RIGHT NOW. >> Joe: HERE IS COBB OUT OF THE BACK FIELD, AND RANDALL COBB ON THE HANDOFF, IS KNOCKED DOWN A COUPLE YARDS SHY OF A FIRST DOWN BY EARL THOMAS. THIRD DOWN AND SHORTCOMING, BUT WELL WITHIN FIELD-GOAL RANGE FOR CROSBY. >> Troy: RANDALL COBB, HE DOESN'T GET THE BALL A LOT WHEN HE'S IN THE BACK FIELD, BUT EARL THOMAS IN SOME PAIN OVER THERE ON THE SIDELINES. WHEN HE CAME UP AND TRIED MAKING A TACKLE OR MADE THE TACKLE THERE ON RANDALL COBB. >> Joe: FIRST DOWN SAVING TACKLE. NOW THIRD AND THREE. HERE'S LACY. CHURNING. ABOUT A YARD SHY. O'BRIEN SCHOFIELD MADE THE STOP. HE WAS SIGNED TO A DEAL BY THE NEW YORK GIANTS, PRETTY GOOD MONEY, BUT THEN FAILED A PHYSICAL AND CAME BACK ON A ONE-YEAR DEAL FOR JUST OVER 700 GRAND.
HE'S BEEN COMING ON OF LATE. AND NOW ON FOURTH DOWN, CROSBY WITH THE SWIRLING WINDS HERE IN SEATTLE WILL ATTEMPT HIS THIRD FIELD GOAL. HE'S HIT ON 13 STRAIGHT IN THE POSTSEASON, THIS FROM 40. AND HE IS PERFECT. IT'S A 16-0 LEAD FOR GREEN BAY. CROSBY NOW 3 FOR 3 ON THE DAY. ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER IN PACKER HISTORY. AND IT'S >>> TODAY'S GAME ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY CHEVROLET. FIND NEW ROADS. BY NATIONWIDE. NATIONWIDE IS ON YOUR SIDE. AND BY JUPITER ASKENDING FROM WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES, IN THEATERS FEBRUARY 6. >> Joe: PACKERS TURNED IT OVER ON THEIR FIRST DRIVE. SINCE THEY'VE GONE FIELD GOAL, FIELD GOAL, TOUCHDOWN, FIELD GOAL, LEAD 16-0 HERE ON THE ROAD. WITH UNDER TEN TO GO IN THE HALF, CROSBY KICKING WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE, DRILLS IT OUT OF THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.
WE SAW EARLY THOMAS COME TO THE SIDELINE, BANGED UP ON THAT TACKLE ON RANDALL COBB. AND THEY'VE TALKED HIM AT THE MOMENT INTO GOING INS >> Joe: LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS. 143 TOTAL YARDS. SEATTLE WITH 11 YARDS, NO FIRST DOWNS. 9:30 TO GO IN THE OPENING HALF. AND THEY GOT TO GET IT CRANKING. THEY PROVED LAST WEEK AGAINST CAROLINA THEY CAN SCORE POINTS IN A HURRY. RUSSELL WILSON STILL LOOKING FOR HIS FIRST COMPLETION. ROLLING OUT, HE'S GOING TO AIR IT OUT. GOOD COVERAGE, AND PICKED OFF! BY HA HA CLINTON-DIX. THAT'S HIS SECOND OF THE GAME. AND CLINTON-DIX ON THE RETURN, WHAT A CATCH ON THE PICK. A FLAG FLIES, BUT THAT WAS AFTER THE INTERCEPTION.
AND IT'S ANOTHER TURNOVER FOR THE SEAHAWKS, THEIR THIRD. TRYING TO GET IT TO JERMAINE KEARSE. AND THE FLAG CAME WELL AFTER THE PICK. AND HOW ABOUT THE ROOKIE CLINTON-DIX, HE'S GOT TWO. >> Troy: PLAYED THIS BIKE WILLIE MAYS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HIM GETTING TURNED AROUND A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES. AND THEN HE'S ABLE TO FIND THE BALL. HE'S RIGHT HERE PLAYING CENTER FIELD. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, BLIND SIDE BLOCK. RECEIVING TEAM, NUMBER 52. 52. 15-YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: PRETTY ATHLETIC BY CLINTON-DIX. HE GETS TURNED AROUND, GETS BACK DEEP ENOUGH AND ABLE TO CATCH THAT, HAUL IT IN WITH HIS RIGHT ARM. >> Joe: HERE'S THE FOUL AGAINST CLAY MATTHEWS, THAT'S WHO THEY SAID RIGHT THERE, AND THAT WAS THE HIT ON RUSSELL WILSON.
WHICH COSTS GREEN BAY 15 YARDS OF FIELD POSITION, BUT THEY STILL GET THE TAKE-AWAY. AND IT'S ANOTHER TURNOVER FOR SEATTLE. >> Troy: WELL, SKEALT FRUSTRATED OFFENSIVELY, NOT BEING ABLE TO GET ANYTHING GOING. THEY TRIED TO FIRST DOWN TO TAKE A SHOT. JUST A GREAT PLAY BY THE ROOKIE. >> Joe: CROWD IS AS QUIET AS IT'S BEEN AS RODGERS SLIDES THROUGH PRESSURE, AND THROWS INCOMPLETE. NO DOUBT AARON RODGERS IS MOVING AROUND BETTER TODAY THAN HE DID A WEEK AGO. HERE'S THE PICK AGAIN, THE ONE-ARMED CATCH BY HA HA CLINTON-DIX.
>> Troy: AND THE PENALTY ON CLAY MATTHEWS, LEADS WITH THE SHOULDER TO THE HEAD, AND THAT'S GOT THE PENALTY. JUST MAKING THE BLOCK WOULDN'T HAVE DRAWN A FLAG. NOW WITH EARL THOMAS OUT OF THE LINE-UP, THEY HAVE DESHAUN SHED. >> Joe: HERE'S NELSON AND NELSON DOWN INSIDE THE 35. GOOD THROW BY AARON RODGERS RIGHT IN STRIDE, 23 YARDS TO NUMBER 87. >> Troy: YOU SEE THE QUICK SLANT. AARON RODGERS GETS IT TO HIM AND THAT'S WHERE THE PACKERS REALLY MAKE THEIR BIG PLAYS. NOT SO MUCH DOWN THE FIELD ALL THE TIME. THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THE BALL, YARDS AFTER THE CATCH. JORDY NELSON DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB. >> Joe: THIS DEFENSE THAT CAN BULLY YOU, ESPECIALLY HERE AT HOME, IS GETTING BULLIED BY THE PACKERS HERE IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. BACK INSIDE SEATTLE TERRITORY AND HERE'S A PICK.
IT'S MAXWELL. AND EXACTLY WHAT SEATTLE NEEDED. BYRON MAXWELL MADE THE CATCH BEFORE IT HIT THE GROUND. >> Troy: IT'S A MISCOMMUNICATION THERE WITH AARON RODGERS AND RANDALL COBB. SAW THEM MISS EACH OTHER EARLIER, THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BREAK OUT, HE DOESN'T, AND IT'S INTERCEPTION SEATTLE.@@@úúpúppxx >> Joe: AARON RODGERS THREW ONLY FIVE INTERCEPTIONS ALL SEASON. ALL OF THEM COMING ON THE ROAD. AND THIS, A CLEAN CATCH BY BYRON MAXWELL.
>> Troy: YEAH, IT WAS. AGAIN, IT WAS JUST A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN RANDALL COBB AND RODGERS. RODGERS THOUGHT ONE THING, HE LETS IT GO. AND BYRON MAXWELL WAS THERE TO MAKE THE PLAY. >> Joe: HERE'S LYNCH TRYING TO GET GOING. AND MARSHAWN LYNCH PICKS UP FOUR, MAYBE FOUR AND A HALF. AND THE TWO TEAMS START TO SHOVE. GO BACK TO THE INTERCEPTION AND TELL US WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS ONE. >> Troy: HERE'S RANDALL COBB IN THE SLOT. YOU'LL SEE, HE COMES OFF THE BALL AND THEN JUST HOOKS IT UP. RODGERS IS EXPECTING HIM TO BREAK TO THE OUTSIDE. WHEN HE DOESN'T, THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS MAXWELL TO MAKE A PLAY AND A NICE PLAY HE DOES MAKE, IN MAKING THE CATCH. BUT HERE THE PACKERS, WITH GOOD FIELD POSITION AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY COME AWAY WITH MORE POINTS, FAIL TO DO IT. >> Joe: HERE'S LYNCH, MAKES ONE MAN MISS, NOW TWO MORE. AND MARSHAWN LYNCH IS GOOD FOR THREE. BROUGHT DOWN BY LETROY GUION. >> Troy: PRETTY REMARKABLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST HALF. THESE TWO TEAMS CAME INTO THE LEAGUE, TWO OF THE BEST AT NOT TURNING THE BALL OVER AND HERE COMBINED THEY'VE TURNED IT OVER FIVE TIMES.
>> Joe: ANOTHER THIRD DOWN FOR SEATTLE, 0 FOR 3 ON THIRD DOWN. LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST FIRST DOWN OF THE GAME. IT'S LYNCH. HE'S GOT IT AND MORE. AND A LITTLE LIFE HERE IN SEATTLE. SHIELDS FORCED HIM OUT AFTER A CARRY OF 14. >> Troy: WELL, THE PACKERS DROPPED MORGAN BURNETT, THEIR SAFETY DOWN AND THEY'VE GOT HIM TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BALL. HE'S RIGHT IN POSITION TO WHERE HE CAN POTENTIALLY BE THE FREE GUY. BUT THEY BLOCK HIM UP. HE'S UNABLE TO MAKE A PLAY. AND FINALLY SEATTLE'S ABLE TO MOVE THE CHAINS. >> Joe: 14-YARD CARRY. THE SEAHAWKS HAD ONLY 19 YARDS ALL GAME BEFORE THAT. TURBIN NOW IN THE BACK FIELD. HE GETS IT, BOBBLES IT, KORERALS IT AND HAS A NICE GAIN ON FIRST DOWN AS CLINTON-DIX MADE THE TACKLE.
GAIN OF FIVE. FOR AARON RODGERS, HE'S GONE 17 STRAIGHT HOME GAMES WITHOUT A PICK, NOT SINCE THE 2012 SEASON. HE'S THROWN TWO HERE TODAY, SEVEN ON THE ROAD. AND THE INTERCEPTION IS LEADING TO THIS DRIVE, WHICH ON THE LAST PLAY OF IT, ALMOST PUTTING IT ON THE GROUND IS TURBIN. SECOND AND FIVE. FIRST TIME IN PACKER TERRITORY, LOCKET AND MATTHEWS CAN'T BRING HIM DOWN. AND LOCKETTE TURNED THAT INTO SOMETHING. THAT PLAY WAS ABOUT TO GET BLOWN OUT. >> Troy: CLAY MATTHEWS ALMOST MAKES ONE HECK OF A PLAY. JUST UNABLE TO MAKE THE TACKLE. LOCKETTE GOT ABOUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OUT OF THAT PLAY CONSIDERING HOW IT STARTED. >> Joe: THOMAS BACK OUT ON THE BENCH. WITH HIS OFFENSE ON THE FIELD. ONE-HANDED CATCH, MARSHAWN LYNCH IS GOING TO FIGHT AND PICK IT UP. IT LOOKED LIKE ON THAT LAST LUNGE. FIRST GUY THERE WAS BARRINGTON.
AND LYNCH PICKED UP THE FIRST DOWN. AND HE HAD TO WORK TO GET IT. >> Troy: THESE ARE TOUGH YARDS TO COME BY FOR MARSHAWN LYNCH BECAUSE GREEN BAY, THINK BACK TO A WEEK AGO, THEY FACED THE RUNNING GAME OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS, BUT THEY ALSO HAD TO CONTEND WITH A RECEIVER LIKE DEZ BRYANT. SEATTLE DOESN'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF GUY. DOM CAPERS HAS BEEN ABLE TO PUT AN EXTRA GUY DOWN, WHETHER THAT'S HA HA CLINTON-DIX OR MORGAN BURNETT.
SO THERE'S AN EXTRA GUY IN THE LANE TRYING TO THROW DOWN THIS RUNNING GAME. >> Joe: WILSON JUST THROWS IT AWAY. PRESSURE IN HIS FACE AND THAT PRESSURE WAS MIKE NEIL. SECOND AND TEN WITH FOUR AND A HALF TO GO, OPENING HALF. >> Troy: AT THE END OF THIS PLAY, MIKE NEIL ABLE TO GET TO RUSSELL WILSON. THE OTHER PART OF IT FOR DOM CAPERS, NOT ONLY TRYING TO SLOW DOWN MARSHAWN LYNCH, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT RUSSELL WILSON IS CAPABLE OF DOING WHEN HE GETS OUTSIDE THE POCKET WITH RUNNING THE FOOTBALL. >> Joe: RUSSELL WILSON, 0 FOR 6 THROWING. HERE'S TURBIN. NOWHERE TO GO. ON SECOND DOWN AND TEN, TURBIN PICKS UP THREE. BARRINGTON ON THE TACKLE. THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN COMING UP. BARRINGTON, ANOTHER FIND FOR TED THOMPSON, TERRIFIC GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, IN THE SEVENTH ROUND OUT OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
HE'S COME MORE INTO THE LINE-UP. A.J. HAWK HAS SLID OUT MORE. BARRINGTON'S BEEN A FORCE. ON THIRD DOWN, PASS CAUGHT. FIRST COMPLETION, IT'S LOCKETTE. AND A FIRST DOWN AT THE 21. >> Troy: WELL, THE PACKERS HAVE TWO DEFENSIVE DOWN LINEMEN. THEN THEY TRY TO WORK CLAY MATTHEWS IN THE MIDDLE. THEY PICK IT UP NICELY. YOU SEE THE JOB THAT LOCKETTE DOES, BEING ABLE TO PUSH SAM SHIELDS, CREATE SOME SEPARATION AND FINALLY RUSSELL WILSON COMPLETES A PASS, AND IT'S A BIG ONE FOR A FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: THEY GAVE FORWARD PROGRESS BY LOCKETTE TO THE 20. SHIELDS STEPS OUT. TENTH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE AFTER THE INTERCEPTION BY MAXWELL. PACKERS SHOWING BLITZ. THEY BACK OUT OF IT. WILSON, TO HIS LEFT, HASN'T CARRIED IT TODAY. NOW HE SLIDES, GETS A HIT, AND THERE IS NO FLAG. CLAY MATTHEWS ON THE STOP. IT'S SECOND DOWN, A GAIN OF THREE.
>> Troy: HE'S TRYING TO WORK DOUG BALDWIN AGAINST TRAMON WILLIAMS AND JUST NOT ENOUGH OF A PLACE FOR HIM TO GO WITH THE FOOTBALL, SO HE TAKES OFF SCRAMBLING. I THINK IT'S A GOOD NON-CALL. >> Joe: AS DOES MIKE PEREIRA, WHO IS NODDING TO YOUR RIGHT IN OUR BOOTH. THAT LOOKED WORSE THAN IT WAS. SECOND AND SEVEN. HERE'S LYNCH. NOWHERE TO GO.
JUST STOPS. FIRST GUY THERE WAS JOSH BOYD. AND ONE OF THOSE BIG BODIES YOU TALK ABOUT UP FRONT THAT'S PLAYED BETTER IN STOPPING THE RUN FOR GREEN BAY. >> Troy: REALLY AN OUTSTANDING JOB BY JOSH BOYD. RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE, HE ABSORBS THE DOUBLE-TEAM AND DOESN'T GIVE UP ANY GROUND. HE HANGS THERE, AND THEN BECAUSE OF THAT, MARSHAWN LYNCH HAS NO LANE AND THE OTHER GUYS RALLY. THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO, YOU GOT TO GANG TACKLE THIS GUY, MARSHAWN LYNCH. >> Joe: TWO-MINUTE WARNING IN SEATTLE. DID YOU SEE THIS COMING, >> Joe: FOLLOW YOUR FAVORITE TEAM ALL SEASON LONG. GO TO iTUNES.COM/NFL. LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS. FOUR INTERCEPTIONS BETWEEN THESE TWO QUARTERBACKS TODAY COMBINED. TWO GUYS WHO JUST DON'T DO THAT IN JANUARY FOOTBALL. THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT. LYNCH AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. WILSON. TOWARD THE END ZONE, THAT'S SHIELDS. AND IT IS INTERCEPTED! THIRD INTERCEPTION THROWN BY RUSSELL WILSON, TRYING TO GET IT TO JERMAINE KEARSE. AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR POINTS GOES DOWN THE DRAIN FOR SEATTLE. >> Troy: WELL, SAM SHIELDS PLAYS THIS PERFECTLY.
HE'S IN AN OUTSTANDING POSITION. HE TOO PLAYED WIDE RECEIVER IN COLLEGE, JUST LIKE RICHARD SHERMAN, AND HE'S GOT BALL SKILLS, AND HE'S ABLE TO PULL THIS ONE IN FOR THE INTERCEPTION. JUST AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF TURNING AND PLAYING THE BALL, AND THEN SECURING THE CATCH. >> Joe: RUSSELL WILSON HAS STARTED 1 FOR 8, 14 >> Joe: IT'S BEEN A FOUR TURNOVER FIRST HALF FOR SEATTLE. NOW SHIELDS GETS IN ON THE FUN. HA HA CLINTON-DIX WITH TWO PICKS. AND THIS IS AS BAD A START AS RUSSELL WILSON HAS EVER HAD, UNCHARTERED WATERS FOR THESE SEAHAWKS. WINNERS OF 10 OF THEIR LAST 11, SEVEN STRAIGHT. STARTING AT THE 20, RODGERS WILL COMPLETE TO RANDALL COBB. BUT EARL THOMAS BACK IN THE LINE-UP, HE'S IN ON THE STOP, A GAIN OF SEVEN. BACK TO THE INTERCEPTION. >> Troy: IF YOU'RE SEATTLE, YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SAW AT THE PRE-SNAP. DOUG BALDWIN IN THE SLOT VERSUS PRESS COVERAGE, GIVES YOU A LOT OF FIELD TO TRY TO THROW THE FOOTBALL, BUT YOU GOT TO THROW IT TO THE CORNER.
WILSON MAKES A POOR THROW. BUT A NICE PLAY BY SHIELDS. >> Joe: HERE'S A LOT OF CONTACT AND A FLAG IS THROWN. MAXWELL WITH JORDY NELSON AND THEN JORDY NELSON GETS INTO IT WITH SOMEBODY ON THE SIDELINE FOR SEATTLE. AND NO DOUBT AGAINST MAXWELL. >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE NUMBER 41, AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: THAT IS THE FIFTH DEFENSIVE PENALTY AGAINST SEATTLE IN LESS THAN A HALF OF PLAY. AND WITH 1:30 LEFT AND A TIME-OUT ON THE CLOCK, A CHANCE FOR MORE POINTS FOR THE PACKERS, UP 16. >> Troy: WELL, THEY'VE TARGETED MAXWELL A LOT IN THIS GAME, AS THEY DID WEEK 1. A LOT OF JAWING BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS. WE SAW IT, JORDY NELSON LINE UP OPPOSITE SHERMAN EARLY IN THE FIRST BTION TO START THIS GAME, BUT SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN DAVANTE ADAMS OVER THERE AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
>> Joe: NOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET A FALSE START AGAINST GREEN BAY. >> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, NUMBER 18, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, REMAINS FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: COBB IN THE SLOT. MEANWHILE, ON THE BENCH, RUSSELL WILSON, HIS QUARTERBACK RATING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS EASY TO REMEMBER. IT'S ZERO. >> Troy: NOT A HARD ONE TO REMEMBER. NOT ONE YOU LIKE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME, IF IT'S NECESSARY THAT RUSSELL WILSON'S CAPABLE OF THROWING THE FOOTBALL, HE MAY GET A CHANCE TO PROVE THAT IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Joe: FOUR MEN ON THE RUSH. RODGERS STEPS UP, HITS STARKS AND THAT'S WAGNER, THE ALL-PRO. THE MIDDLE LINE BACKER, WHO'S MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE AFTER COMING BACK, AFTER MISSING FIVE WITH AN INJURY, MAKES THE STOP, NO GAIN. HERE'S RODGERS. TIGHT END ON SECOND AND 15, PICKS UP FIVE.
K.J. WRIGHT ON THE TACKLE AND A TIME-OUT IS TAKEN BY SEATTLE. SO THEY HAVE TWO LEFT. AND THEY WANT TO TRY TO GET IT BACK TO GET ON THE BOARD BEFORE THE HALF. COMING UP, THE VISA HALF-TIME REPORT, KURT, HOWIE, MICHAEL AND JIMMY, GOOD TO HAVE THEM ALONG. THERE'S JIMMY. JIM BEHIND HIM, MICHAEL STRAHAN, HOWIE LONG. AND THEY'LL GET CRANKING IN 48 TICKS OFF THE GAME CLOCK. THERE'S TERRY. THIRD DOWN AND TEN. BIG CHANCE HERE FOR THE SEATTLE DEFENSE. THROWN AT RICHARD SHERMAN FOUR TIMES TODAY. ONE COMPLETION FOR THE TOUCHDOWN AND THE ONE INTERCEPTION EARLY. THIRD AND TEN. BLITZ, PACKERS PICK IT UP, RODGERS THROWS, INCOMPLETE FOR COBB.
AND RODGERS ENDS UP ON THE GROUND FACE DOWN. IT'S FOURTH DOWN AND SEATTLE ABOUT TO GET IT BACK. >> Troy: THIS HAPPENS AT THE END OF THE PLAY. BRUCE IRVIN HOLDS UP AND RODGERS GOES DOWN. I THINK HE WAS MAYBE TRYING TO GET A FLAG OUT OF THAT PLAY. HERE'S THE SAME LOOK ESSENTIALLY THAT WILSON HAD ON THE INTERCEPTION TO SAM SHIELDS, BUT PLAYED VERY WELL BY SEATTLE IN NOT ALLOWING COBB TO CREATE ANY KIND OF SEPARATION ON THE THROW. >> Joe: MASTHAY WITH THE PUNT. RODGERS READY FOR IT. HIGH HANGING PUNT, FAIR CATCH BY WALTERS INSIDE THE 30. THEY'LL MARK HIM NEAR THE 26. SOME FANS ARE SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR REIGN WILSON'S NEW SHOW ON FOX. BACKSTROM. A BRILLIANT DETECTIVE WHO LOVES SOLVING CRIMES, BUT HATES PEOPLE. DON'T MISS THE PREMIERE OF "BACKSTROM" THURSDAY AFTER "AMERICAN IDOL" RIGHT HERE ON FOX. >> Troy: WE'LL SEE WHAT SEATTLE WANTS TO TRY TO DO HERE, JOE, WITH 35 SECONDS BEFORE THE END OF THE HALF.
GOT A COUPLE TIME-OUTS. HASN'T GONE WELL. ARE THEY GOING TO BE CONTENT JUST WHERE THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW? THEY GET THE BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF, OR SEE IF THEY CAN GET SOMETHING GOING AND I THINK A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS HERE ON FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: FIRST HALF TURNOVERS FOR SEATTLE. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THEY HAVEN'T DONE UNDER PETE CARROLL. WILSON IN TROUBLE. HE IS GOING TO TRY AND RUN AND THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO. AND DOM CAPERS HAS GOT TO BE THRILLED WITH THE WAY HIS DEFENSE HAS PLAYED HERE IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Troy: THEY'RE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF CORRALLING MARSHAWN LYNCH, NOT LETTING HIM GET GOING AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO MATCH UP ONE-ON-ONE ON THE OUTSIDE AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO GIVE A LOT OF HELP.
BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT SLOWING DOWN THIS RUNNING GAME AND THEN RUSSELL WILSON HASN'T BEEN TABLE TO BEAT THEM WITH HIS FEET EITHER. SO JUST AN EXCELLENT START TO THIS GAME AND THEN CREATING THE TAKE-AWAYS WHICH THEY'VE BEEN GOOD AT THIS YEAR. >> Joe: I THOUGHT WHAT YOU SAID EARLY WAS REALLY GOOD AND STILL PERTINENT. YOU DON'T HAVE DEZ BRYANT. YOU DON'T HAVE A CALVIN JOHNSON YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ON THE OUTSIDE FOR SEATTLE. IF YOU'RE GREEN BAY, YOU LIKE YOUR CORNERS, MATCH-UP AND SELL OUT TO STOP THE RUN OF MARSHAWN LYNCH. >> Troy: THAT'S WHY IN THE SECOND HALF, RUSSELL WILSON, WITH GOOD LOOKS. YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MORE THAN ONE-ON-ONE WITH ANY RECEIVER. HE'S GETTING THEM ACROSS THE BOARD. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BEAT THEM WITH HIS ARM. >> Joe: AND NOW SECOND AND 11 WILL BECOME SECOND AND 16 BECAUSE OF ROBERT TURBIN. >> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, NUMBER 22, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, REMAINS SECOND DOWN. >> Joe: YOU THINK ABOUT HOW THE SEAHAWKS STARTED THIS YEAR WITH PERCY HARVIN, MADE THAT BIG DEAL WITH MINNESOTA LEADING INTO LAST YEAR.
HE ENDED UP PLAYING ONLY EIGHT GAMES. HE WAS TRADED IN OCTOBER TO THE JETS, AND THE LEADING RECEIVER, RECEIVING YARDAGE WISE FOR SEATTLE, DOUG BALDWIN, 42nd BEST IN THE NFL. SO THEY DON'T HAVE THAT GAME-BREAKER ON THE OUTSIDE AS MUCH AS DOUG BALDWIN WOULD NOT LIKE TO HEAR THAT. THREE MEN ON THE RUSH HERE ON SECOND AND 16. THIS ONE DROPPED OFF FOR TURBIN AND HE'S WRAPPED UP IN THE BACK FIELD. AND A GOOD PLAY BY CASEY HAYWARD AND THIS DOMINANT FIRST HALF CONTINUES FOR GREEN BAY.
>> Troy: THE OTHER THING THEY DON'T HAVE, JOE, IS COOPER HELFET. THEY DON'T HAVE A BLOCKING TIGHT END AND THAT DOESN'T HELP THEM IN THE RUNNING GAME EITHER. GUYS ARE GETTING READY TO GO. THE HALF-TIME SCORE, THE PACKERS ON THE ROAD IN SEATTLE, LEADING 16-0. VISA HALF-TIME REPORT >> Joe: TODAY'S EXCITEMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY NISSAN. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> Joe: THAT WAS HALF OF TODAY'S EXCITEMENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY NISSAN. LET'S START THE THIRD QUARTER HERE IN SEATTLE. THE NUMBERS ARE SHOCKING. NOT FROM THE GREEN BAY SIDE. YOU EXPECT THAT WITH AARON RODGERS, BUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT, SEATTLE, EIGHT PASS YARDS. WE HAVEN'T SEEN RUSSELL WILSON HAVE A GAME LIKE THIS SINCE HE'S COME TO THE NFL. AND HE AND THE OFFENSE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED BY THE PACKER DEFENSE. >> Troy: WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAME INTO THE GAME WANTING TO DO.
STILL ATE LOT OF FOOTBALL LEFT, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE THROWING THE FOOTBALL THAN THEY WERE. >> Joe: WE ARE GOING TO CHECK IN ON THE SIDELINE AND SAY HELLO TO OUR FRIEND ERIN ANDREWS. >> HELLO, JOE. I JUST SAID HELLO TO PETE CARROLL. HE SAID IN THAT FIRST HALF, SO MANY THINGS WENT AGAINST US. DEFENSIVELY, THE PENALTIES. AND OFFENSE, WE COULDN'T GET IT GOING. YOU MENTIONED WILSON, THE LAST TIME HE THREW THREE INTERCEPTIONS IN A GAME, HIS ROOKIE YEAR.
PETE CARROLL SAYS HIS CONFIDENCE IS FINE. HE'S GOING TO SCORE FOR US. BUT THE BIGGEST THING FOR RUSSELL, HE HAS TO STAY PATIENT. THE OFFENSE NEEDS TO STAY PATIENT. HE SAID IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FEW SCORES TO GET US GOING, WE JUST HAVE TO HANG WITH IT. >> Joe: YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S A 16-0 GAME. MARSHAWN LYNCH TO THE RIGHT. SWARMED. PICKS UP THREE. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S A 16-POINT GAME, THERE'S A TON OF TIME HERE. THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS TO CHANGE SCOREBOARD WISE WHAT YOU CAME IN TO DO, IF YOU'RE SEATTLE.
>> Troy: THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHO THEY ARE. THEY GOT TO PLAY THE FIELD POSITION GAME, WIN ON SPECIAL TEAMS AND GET MORE PRESSURE ON AARON RODGERS IN THE POCKET, AND THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. >> Joe: HERE'S LYNCH. GETS DRAGGED DOWN. THAT WAS PEPPERS WHO GOT HIS RIGHT ARM ON HIM. AND WE GO DOWN TO THE GREEN BAY SIDELINE. HERE'S CHRIS MYERS. >> JOE, A BEAMING MIKE McCARTHY COMING OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM. KIND OF A BIZARRE FIRST HALF. HE SAID NO, I TOLD YOU I FELT GOOD. I FEEL EVEN BETTER SO FAR TODAY. AARON RODGERS' CALF IS NOT AN ISSUE AND THE DEFENSIVE GAME PLAN AGAINST RUSSELL WILSON HAS WORKED TO PERFECTION. HE EXPECTS MORE READ OPTION AND THEY MAY SPY HIM A LITTLE MORE IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Joe: THANKS, CHRIS.
THIRD DOWN AND THREE. HERE'S LYNCH. HE'S BROUGHT DOWN SHORT OF IT. AND IT'S THREE AND OUT TO START THIS SECOND HALF. THEY'RE CALLING FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN FROM THE SIDELINE AS SWEEZY CAN'T GET UP. SO THREE AND OUT. NOT EXACTLY THE START THAT THE SEAHAWKS HAD IN MIND COMING OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM. BUT RYAN IS OUT THERE TO PUNT. AARON RODGERS AND THE OFFENSE ABOUT TO GET IT RIGHT BACK. AND THERE'S SWEEZY, NUMBER 64, GETTING BENT OVER BACKWARD. MATTHEWS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT FOR GREEN BAY.
>> Troy: THEY RUN IT THREE STRAIGHT TIMES AND THEY'RE UNABLE TO PICK UP THE TEN YARDS. MIKE DANIELS DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB. THEY TRY TO PICK IT UP WITH LYNCH ON THIRD DOWN, AND FAILED TO DO SO. AN EXCELLENT JOB TO START THE SECOND HALF BY THIS GREEN BAY DEFENSE. >> Joe: RYAN HITS IT HIGH, WAITING FOR IT FROM INSIDE THE 30.
