Coach Mike McCarthy, pictured here at a previous press conference, said he was disappointed in his team's inability to take care of the football, something for which, he said after the game, they pride themselves in doing well.

A fumble by Ryan Grant while digging for extra yardage with the score 23-13 in favor of the Giants in the fourth quarter tipped the field and assured the New York Giants a 37-20 upset win over the Green Bay Packers Sunday on an afternoon when nothing went right for the Packers.

When Eli Manning hit Mario Manningham for a touchdown on the Giants next offensive play, it gave them a 30-13 lead deep in the fourth quarter and left the New York fans celebrating.

The Packers failed on two onside kick attempts in the game, dropped at least eight passes, suffered a couple of sacks at critical moments and couldn’t stop Eli Manning on third down throughout the afternoon.

Add to that a number of missed opportunities by the Packers and it added up to the end of a great season that saw Green Bay win 15 regular season games – only to go down in history as another one-and-done Super Bowl champion.

“We did not play very well today,”  Packers head coach Mike McCarthy said in his post-game press conference.

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