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Aaron Rodgers, with some help from his defense, leads the Packers into the NFC title game

January 13, 2020 at 12:18 a.m. EST
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GREEN BAY, WIS. — The Green Bay Packers didn’t need vintage Aaron Rodgers until the end. They had built the team this way, with a running game and a real defense, because they understood the 36-year-old could no longer carry them as he once had. But now they were facing long third downs, clinging to a slim lead late in the fourth quarter of an NFC divisional playoff game, trying desperately to keep Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson off the field. They needed Aaron Rodgers.  
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