Jordan Love threw three touchdowns and Aaron Jones scored three more. Darnell Savage returned the interception. On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers gained 64 yards and handed the Dallas Cowboys their first home loss since the wild-card opener and their first since the 2022 opener, en route to a stunning 48-32 victory. I got it.
After finishing the regular season 6-2, the Packers clinched the NFC's final playoff berth with a win in Love's postseason debut, and one week after being hospitalized with a chest injury, Romeo Dubs He recorded a career-high 151 yards receiving and clinched the NFC's final playoff berth.
“We came here with the mindset that we had an advantage,” Love said. “A lot of people ignored us, but we didn't care.”
Green Bay (10-8) will visit top-seeded San Francisco next weekend in the regional round.
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Dak Prescott was another playoff flop for the second-seeded Cowboys (12-6) at quarterback, throwing two interceptions and then three largely meaningless touchdown passes. .
Dallas had won 16 regular-season home games, but is currently allowing the most points in a single game in the club's postseason history. The previous high was 38.
The Cowboys, who have not reached the NFC Championship since the most recent of their five Super Bowl victories 28 years ago, have never trailed by more than eight points at AT&T Stadium this season and are 27-0 at the half. I was defeated and at a disadvantage.
The loss will put Dallas coach Mike McCarthy's future in question, as the Cowboys lost their playoff opener at home for the second time in three postseason games under the former Green Bay coach. .
Dallas becomes the first team to win at least 12 games in three consecutive playoff seasons without appearing in a conference title game.
The Packers have never lost in six trips to AT&T Stadium, including the Super Bowl against Pittsburgh during the 2010 season. They currently have two playoff wins against the Cowboys since Aaron Rodgers led them to a 34-31 division title when Dallas was the top seed in the NFC in 2016, Prescott's rookie year.
The Packers blew a 21-3 lead. These Packers, featuring the heirs of a four-time MVP, left little doubt as they led 48-16 in the fourth quarter before Dallas scored two second-half TDs.
Playing against Green Bay, which boasts the fifth-best defense in the NFL, it tied the team that won the Super Bowl in 2010 for the most points in a playoff game. It also included a 48-21 victory over top-seeded Atlanta in the regional round.
The Dubs returned from the hospital to the Green Bay sideline before the end of last week's home game against Chicago, which clinched a playoff berth, and had 102 yards at halftime. He beat the previous best for a sophomore player by seven points.