Sunday,  January 6, 2013 • Vol. 13--No. 171 • 26 of 45 •  Other Editions

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Packers show off depth in 24-10 win over Vikes
NANCY ARMOUR,AP National Writer

• GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Deep on offense and scary-good on defense, the Green Bay Packers were way too much for the Minnesota Vikings.
• Maybe everyone else in the NFC, too.
• Aaron Rodgers, Charles Woodson and the Packers reminded everyone of how dangerous they can be when they're at full strength Saturday night, overwhelming the Vikings 24-10 in an NFC wild-card game that was never really close.
• "Our defense played great," Rodgers said. "Our defense tonight played at a championship level and that's what you need in the playoffs."
• John Kuhn scored two touchdowns, DuJuan Harris added another and Rodgers connected with an NFL playoff-record 10 receivers as he threw for 274 yards in his first playoff victory at home. Defensively, the Packers (12-5) finally managed to contain Adrian Peterson and were all over Vikings backup Joe Webb, pressed into service because of Christian Ponder's triceps injury.
• Peterson was held to 99 yards -- an improvement after gaining 199 and 210 in the first two games against Green Bay. It was only the second time in the last 11 games that he was held below 100 yards. Webb, who hadn't thrown a pass all season, was sacked three times and off target all night. His only highlight was a 50-yard scoring pass to Michael Jenkins late in the fourth quarter, but it was far too late for the Vikings (10-7).
• "No disrespect to Ponder, but ... it's about one guy and that's Adrian Peterson," said Woodson, who played his first game since breaking his right collarbone Oct. 21. "Our main focus, whether it was Ponder or Webb, was to keep 28 (Peterson) from getting off. And if we were going to keep him from getting off, put the ball in the quarterback's hands, whatever quarterback it was, we felt good about what was going to happen."
• With a little over a minute left, Packers fans began taunting the Vikings (10-7) with chants of "Nah-nah-nah-nah ... goodbye." The win snapped a two-game losing streak at Lambeau Field in the playoffs, and sent the Packers to San Francisco next Saturday for an NFC divisional game with the 49ers. The teams met in the season opener, with San Francisco winning 30-22.
• "A lot has happened since we played San Francisco," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "We're a different team."
• This was the third game in six weeks between Green Bay and the Vikings, and

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