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Jeff Janis catches bit of playoff history

Green Bay — The great Max McGee is fondly remembered for producing arguably the most surprising post-season performance in Green Bay Packers history.

Jeff Janis might now be No. 2.

Back in 1966, McGee had just four receptions all season. Then when Boyd Dowler was injured on the first series of Super Bowl I, McGee entered and caught seven passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns, and helped lead Green Bay past Kansas City.

Amazingly, Janis also had just four receptions for 95 yards in his two-year NFL career. Then when Randall Cobb left early with a chest injury in Green Bay's NFC divisional playoff game at Arizona, Janis entered and put up numbers almost identical to McGee's from 49 years earlier.