GREEN BAY, Wis. — When it comes to Hail Mary playoff daggers, turnabout was fair play for the Packers.
Five years after Hakeem Nicks caught a bomb from Eli Manning on the final play of the first half to propel the Giants to an NFC divisional-round victory, Aaron Rodgers and Randall Cobb pulled the same trick for Green Bay in the very same end zone here Sunday afternoon.
The resulting momentum shift was similar, too, as Cobb’s 42-yard catch in the back of the end zone over a host of Giants defenders became a springboard in the Packers’ 38-13 wild-card win.