Packers have traveled long road to wild-card meeting with Giants

Jan 1, 2017; Detroit, MI, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) pumps his fist after the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Packers won 31-24. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 1, 2017; Detroit, MI, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) pumps his fist after the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Packers won 31-24. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 20, 2016; Landover, MD, USA; Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) celebrates with Redskins guard Spencer Long (61) after throwing a touchdown pass to Redskins wide receiver Pierre Garcon (not pictured) against the Green Bay Packers in the fourth quarter at FedEx Field. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 20, 2016; Landover, MD, USA; Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) celebrates with Redskins guard Spencer Long (61) after throwing a touchdown pass to Redskins wide receiver Pierre Garcon (not pictured) against the Green Bay Packers in the fourth quarter at FedEx Field. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

The low point

After getting manhandled by the Titans the week before, the Packers played a beatable Redskins team on November 20 in Washington. They were in the game until the end but afterwards their future looked dim as they dropped to 4-6.

Insert football soothsayer Aaron Rodgers.

He knew he had faith in his abilities and he knew he had faith in his team, even if they may not have had it in themselves. Rodgers delivered his message in hopes of giving his team the needed push they so desperately needed.

“I feel like we can run the table, I really do,” Rodgers said after the Washington defeat, via ESPN. “The offense is starting to click a little bit more; we’ve just got to put together a game where we’re more consistent from the first snap to the last. We’ve been, I think, getting closer to that. We’ve really been clicking, at times, in the last few games.”

He and his team responded.

Sometimes when things are spiraling downward all you need to hear is that someone believes in you.