In 20, Rodgers was outplayed by San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers ousted the Packers both years. In his lone playoff game, though, he laid an egg with a 78.5 passer rating, was outdueled by Eli Manning and the Packers fell to the New York Giants, 37-20. In 2011, the Packers went 15-1 and Rodgers won the MVP with a 122.5 passer rating. Those aren't the only postseason disappointments for Rodgers. And after the Packers pulled within 31-23, Rodgers and the offense could manage just three points on their final three possessions. But his lousy play early helped put Green Bay in a 28-10 hole. Rodgers was slightly better during a 31-26 loss to Tampa Bay in the 2020 NFC title game. And in 2019, the Packers trailed San Francisco, 27-0, before scoring. Rodgers and the Packers fell behind, 31-0, to Atlanta in the 2016 NFC Championship Game before they scored. Rodgers had a passer rating of 55.4 in the 2010 title game against Chicago and a 55.9 rating against Seattle in 2014. He’s 1-4 in those contests and has not played championship football in any of those games. Rodgers’ disappointing performances in NFC Championships Games has been well-chronicled. I definitely take my fair share of blame tonight.” So definitely disappointed by some of the decisions I had tonight. “Obviously if I hit Allen (Lazard) on that deep in on the last drive, that probably gets us out to about midfield and then we’re a couple first downs away from being in field goal range. I probably should have taken a couple hole shot chances a couple times. “They did a good job of kind of getting me off the spot, and a better job of taking away some of the quick game we got going last time we played them,” Rodgers said. And since leading the Packers to a win in the 45 th Super Bowl, Rodgers is just 7-9 in playoff games. Rodgers fell to 11-10 all-time in the postseason and 0-4 during his playoff career against San Francisco - the team that snubbed him in the 2005 NFL Draft. Unfortunately for the Packers, these types of games have become the norm for Rodgers in recent seasons.
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