Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Green Bay Packers Rank  Player Projections QB 1 Aaron Rodgers Pass: 300, 3 TD Rush: 20, 0 RB 8 James Starks Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 RB 11 Brandon Jackson Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 RB 18 John Kuhn Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 WR 1 Greg Jennings Rec: 7-110, 1 TD WR 8 Donald Driver Rec: 5-60, 1 TD WR 10 James Jones Rec: 4-50, 1 TD WR 22 Jordy Nelson Rec: 2-20, 0 TD TE 9 Andrew Quarless Rec: 2-20, 0 TD K 5 Mason Crosby FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3 DEF 5 Defense / ST   View all Divisional Playoffs Rankings or Projections		Atlanta Falcons Rank  Player Projections QB 5 Matt Ryan Pass: 220, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0 RB 2 Michael Turner Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 RB 13 Jason Snelling Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0 WR 3 Roddy White Rec: 6-80, 1 TD WR 18 Michael Jenkins Rec: 3-40, 0 TD TE 2 Tony Gonzalez Rec: 5-50, 1 TD K 7 Matt Bryant FG: 0/0 XP: 3/3 DEF 6 Defense / ST

Teams meet for 3rd time in postseason. Packers won 1995 WC (37-20) & Falcons won 2002 WC (27-7). Clubs met in Week 12 (Atl. 20-17). All-time series, incl. playoffs, is tied 13-13.

Packers Have won 12 NFL championships, most all-time. Packers have 26 postseason victories, 3rd most in NFL history. Last week's win was 1st road playoff victory since 1997 NFC Champ at SF. Team's .619 postseason winning pct. (26-16) is 3rd best in NFL annals. Packers have advanced to postseason in 13 of past 18 seasons. Club had 5 players selected to Pro Bowl: T Chad Clifton (2nd), S Nick Collins (3rd), WR Greg Jennings (1st), LB Clay Matthews (2nd) & CB Charles Woodson (7th)... QB Aaron Rodgers threw 3 TDs last week & has 7 pass TDs in 1st 2 playoff starts, most by QB in 1st 2 postseason games in NFL history. Had 122.5 rating last week & is 1st QB with 120+ rating in each of 1st 2 playoff starts in NFL history. Led NFC with 101.2 rating. Is 1st Packers QB with consecutive seasons with 100+ rating (103.2 in 2009). Has 2 of top 3 marks in franchise history, trailing HOFer BART STARR's 105 rating in 1966. Had 3,922 pass yards & his 12,394 yards since becoming starter in 2008 are 2nd most by QB in 1st 3 years as starter (KURT WARNER, 12,612). Aims for 3rd start in row vs. Atl. with 300+ yards & 100+ rating... Rookie RB James Starks rushed for franchise playoff record 123 yards. Starks (6th round) is 1st rookie drafted in 6th round or later/undrafted to rush for 100+ yards in playoff game. RB Brandon Jackson had rec. TD last week. RB John Kuhn scored career-high 6 TDs (4 rush, 2 rec.)... Packers had 3 WRs with 50+ catches each for 1st time in franchise history: Jennings (76), Donald Driver (51) & James Jones (50). Jennings tied for NFC lead with 12 rec. TDs. Had 5 catches for 119 yards in Week 12. Driver has longest TD catch (90 yards) in team postseason history (2007 NFC Champ vs. NYG). Jones aims for 3rd playoff game in row with TD. WR Jordy Nelson had TD catch in last game vs. Atl. TE TOM CRABTREE had 1st career TD last week... Since joining GB in 2006, CB Woodson leads NFL with 8 INT-TDs. Has INT-TD in each of 5 years with GB & is only player in NFL history with INT-TD in 5 consecutive seasons. S Collins ties for 2nd with 4 INT-TDs in that span. CB Tramon Williams had INT last week to seal win. Led club with career-high 6 INTs & tied for 2nd in NFC. LB Clay Matthews had sack last week. Finished 2nd in NFC with 13.5 sacks & is 1st Packer to start career with consecutive 10-sack seasons (10 in 2009). DE Cullen Jenkins played in 11 games & had career-high 7 sacks. LB Desmond Bishop & DE Jarius Wynn each had sack last week.

Falcons Are NFC's top seed for 1st time since 1980. Are 3-1 in postseason at home. Team was 7-1 at home in 2010 & is 20-4 (.833) at home under head coach MIKE SMITH. Club has posted 3 consecutive winnings seasons, 1st time in franchise history. Team won division for 4th time in franchise history (1980, 1998, 2004). Club had 7 players selected to Pro Bowl: DE John Abraham (4th), TE Tony Gonzalez (11th), FB Ovie Mughelli (1st), QB Matt Ryan (1st), RB Michael Turner (2nd), ST Eric Weems (1st) & WR Roddy White (3rd)... Team had 3,000-yard passer (Ryan, 3,705), 1,300-yard rusher (Turner, 1,371) & 1,300-yard receiver (White, 1,389) for 3rd time in franchise history (1981, 2008). Ryan (3,440), Turner (1,699) & White (1,382) accomplished feat in 2008. QB Ryan has 33 wins as starter, tying HOFer DAN MARINO for most wins by QB in 1st 3 seasons since 1970. Is 20-2 (.909) as starter at home. In career, has posted 100+ rating 16 times & Falcons are 16-0 (7-0 in 2010). Had team-record 357 completions. Is 2-0 vs. GB with 104.8 rating. In Week 12, tied team record with 85.7 comp. pct. (24 of 28)... RB Turner led NFC with 1,371 rush yards & tied for 1st with 12 rush TDs. Since joining Atl. in 2008, has 39 rush TDs, 2nd most in NFL. His 39 rush TDs are most by Falcon in any 3-year span. Aims for 3rd in row vs. GB with 110+ rush yards & TD... WR White set club records for most receptions (NFL-best 115) & rec. yards (NFC-best 1,389) in season. Owns top 2 rec. yard seasons in team history (1,382 yards in 2008). In only postseason game, had 11 catches, most by Falcon in playoff contest. TE Gonzalez was named to 11th Pro Bowl, most by TE. Had 70 receptions & is only player in NFL history with 60+ catches in 12 consecutive seasons. Has TD catch in all 3 meetings vs. GB. Has 100+ yards in 2 of those 3. WR-KR-PR Weems had franchise-record 102-yard KR-TD & 55-yard PR-TD, only player in team history with both in season. Only NFC player with KR-TD & PR-TD in 2010... DE Abraham ranked 3rd in NFC with 13 sacks & is only Falcon to register 13+ sacks in 2 seasons (team-record 16.5 in 2008). Has 102.5 sacks since entering NFL in 2000, 2nd most during span. Aims for 3rd in row vs. GB with sack. LB Curtis Lofton led club in tackles for 2nd consecutive season. CB Brent Grimes & S William Moore tied for team lead with 5 INTs. Marked 1st time since 2001 2 Falcons had 5+ INTs in season (ASHLEY AMBROSE, 5 & RAY BUCHANAN, 5). Grimes had 6 INTs last year & is 1st Falcon since Buchanan (2000-01) with 5 INTs in back-to-back seasons. Led team with 23 passes defensed.