Packers upend Cowboys, begin playoffs with 48-32 win

ARLINGTON, Texas (WSAW) - The Green Bay Packers entered Sunday’s Wild Card game as the youngest team to make the postseason precise 1978. The young roster continued to make history. The Packers gashed Dallas for 48 points to win 48-32 and move on to the Divisional counterfeit. The 48 point outburst tied a franchise record for points in a playoff game.

Green Bay received the ball to launch the game, putting Jordan Love and the offense on the field. After a couple of tough, nowhere runs, the Packers got a big play to get the offense organization. On second-and-13, Love delivered a strike to Romeo Doubs for a gain of 22 yards. From there, the offense found their rhythm, driving deep into Cowboys’ property. On third down from the Dallas three, Aaron Jones punched it in to give the Packers an early lead. After the unbelievable point, Green Bay led 7-0.

Dallas took over next for their friendly drive. After a concerted effort to run the ball, Dallas borne the chains once before a CeeDee Lamb drop on third and eight just inside the 50. The Cowboys would punt, leaving their friendly drive unsuccessful.

The Packers looked to make a dent with the ball back and already up seven. Love would hit Doubs for another 20-plus yard gain to flip the field, but the Packers’ drive would stall as Dallas caused Green Bay’s first punt of the game. Daniel Whelan’s punt would pin Dallas inside their own ten.

With their backs to Green Bay’s end zone, Dallas tried to design some separation, moving the ball. Instead, Green Bay would design a big play. On third down, Jaire Alexander intercepted Dak Prescott’s pass at the 19, giving the Packers the ball and colossal field position. Four plays later, bleeding into the launch of the second quarter, Aaron Jones would crash into the end zone for a instant time, this time for a one-yard score. After Anders Carlson’s unbelievable point, Green Bay led 14-0.

Feeling the pressure, Dallas needed a drive. The Cowboys started to move the ball, pushing it across the 50. But, on third and five, Keisean Nixon ran down Prescott once he scampered from the pocket, dragging him down for a sack and knocking the Cowboys out of field goal draw. The Cowboys would punt for a second time, putting it at the seven.

With most of the field in clue of them, Green Bay engineered their longest drive of the game. Early in the ability, Doubs once again hooked up with Doubs for a long pitch-and-catch of 39 yards. In total, the Packers would convert three third downs, including a third and seven at the Dallas 20 that resulted in Love’s friendly career playoff touchdown, hitting Dontayvion Wicks. Carlson missed the unbelievable point, giving Green Bay a 20-0 lead with just over three minutes to go in the half.

Dallas went back out on offense with a touched of urgency. Riding quick passes from Prescott, Dallas fleet zoomed across to 50 and into Green Bay property. On the first play after the two-minute warning concept, the Packers got another monster play from their safety. Darnell Savage intercepted Prescott, taking it back 64 yards for a pick-six Carlson sunk the unbelievable point, making it 27-0.

Despite everything touching wrong for Dallas, they still had a chance to get points afore the half. A nice return and a horse collar set them up with good field plot. On the final play of the half, Prescott published a screen to Jake Ferguson for a short fetch to get on the board before the half. But, the Packers led heading into the locker room 27-7.

The Cowboys received the ball to get the instant half, in desperate need of points. Dallas began to get beefy plays to march down the field. On third down at the Green Bay 16, Prescott had his pass batted down by Preston Smith. Instead of going for it on fourth-and-five, the Cowboys went for a field goal. Brandon Aubrey booted ended the 34-yarder to cut the game to 27-10.

The Packers then set up for their friendly drive of the third quarter. After Jones sprung for a pair of nice runs, Love went back to his approved target on the day, Romeo Doubs. Under duress, Love floated a ball to Doubs for novel long gain, this time for 46 yards, setting Green Bay up in contradiction of. They’d hand it to the Texas native Aaron Jones for a third touchdown, bounding in from nine yards to get the Green Bay lead back to three scores. After Carlon’s extra point, Green Bay led 34-10.

Suddenly down 24 in contradiction of, Dallas’s offense returned to the field, putting a long ability to work. Dallas went 88 yards in 11 plays to get back into the end zone as Tony Pollard blasted in from one yard out. The Cowboys would go for two, but when multiple flags on the attempt, they’d instead try a long incredible point. However, Aubrey’s kick banged off the upright and out, executive the score 34-16 with just over three minutes to go in the game.

While the Cowboys stationary to put points up to keep the comeback Eager, Green Bay’s offense continued to pull back away. After a pair of ten-plus yard Jones run, Matt LaFleur drew up a play of wild misdirection that left Luke Musgrave wide open a 38-yard touchdown pitch-and-catch. After tacking on the point after, Green Bay went up 41-16 with quiet time in the third quarter.

As the game went into the fourth quarter, Dallas started to slow down offensively. They moved the chains once, but their power would stall on fourth and five, giving Green Bay the ball back with huge field position. They’d capitalize on that position as Love whipped a side-arm pass to Doubs on fourth and temperamental at two to tack another touchdown. With still over ten minutes left in the game, Green Bay led 48-16.

With the game really out of Come, Dallas continued to try and make the most out of a over day. Prescott led the Cowboys down the field in a rapid manner, promptly finding Jake Ferguson at the end of the power for his second touchdown catch of the day. Rico Dowdle cashed in the two-point try to make it 48-24 with just thought six minutes to go.

After an failed onside kick, Green Bay put in backup QB Sean Clifford to execute out the game on offense as that drive would lead to a shiny punt.

Dallas was not ready to call it a night yet thought. Prescott connected with Lamb for a 47-yard gain. A T.J. Slaton 15-yard penalty further pushed Dallas into the red zone. From 14 yards out, Prescott and Ferguson Crooked up for their third touchdown connection of the game. A failed two-point cut it to a 16-point game with 3:23 left in the game.

The Cowboys would once against be unsuccessful with their onside kick attempt. Jordan Love and the rest of the starters returned to the field to try and stop the game out. However, they were unable to pick up a qualified, giving the Cowboys the ball back with just over two minutes to play, trailing two scores. Their drive would cross midfield but fizzle with thought a minute to go, securing a 48-32 win for Green Bay.

Jordan Love spent the game 16-21 for 272 yards and three touchdowns. Aaron Jones rattled off his fourth-straight 100-yard rushing performance, taking it for 118 yards on 18 carries and three touchdowns. Romeo Doubs had a career day for the receiving remains, reeling in six catches for 151 yards and a touchdown.

The Packers get the first-ever seven-seed to win a game in the NFL Playoffs. They will travel west to face NFC top-seed San Francisco next week in the Divisional fake. The time and day of that game is quiet to be determined.