Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
New York Giants Rank  Player Projections QB 5 Eli Manning Pass: 330, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0 RB 4 Ahmad Bradshaw Rush: 60, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0 RB 8 Brandon Jacobs Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 WR 2 Victor Cruz Rec: 8-110, 1 TD WR 4 Hakeem Nicks Rec: 7-90, 1 TD WR 14 Mario Manningham Rec: 4-50, 0 TD  TE 7 Jake Ballard Rec: 3-30, 0 TD K 4 Lawrence Tynes FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3 DEF 8 Defense / ST   View all Divisional Playoffs Rankings or Projections		Green Bay Packers Rank  Player Projections QB 1 Aaron Rodgers Pass: 350, 4 TD Rush: 20, 0  RB 10 James Starks Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 RB 16 Ryan Grant Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 WR 1 Greg Jennings Rec: 8-110, 1 TD WR 7 Jordy Nelson Rec: 6-90, 1 TD WR 19 Donald Driver Rec: 2-30, 0 TD WR 21 Randall Cobb Rec: 2-20, 0 TD TE 5 Jermichael Finley Rec: 5-60, 1 TD K 2 Mason Crosby FG: 2/2 XP: 4/4 DEF 5 Defense / ST

Teams meet for seventh time in postseason. First five meetings were NFL Champ. Last playoff meeting was 2007 NFC Champ. GB has won 4 of previous 6 postseason meetings. NYG won last playoff meeting (2007 NFC Champ, 23-20 in OT) during team's SB XLII championship season. Packers won Week 13 meeting (38-35).

Giants Playing in 31st postseason, most in NFL history. Head coach TOM COUGHLIN has led NYG to 5 postseason appearances, tied with BILL PARCELLS for most in team history. Giants had 2 players selected to Pro Bowl: QB Eli Manning (2nd) & DE Jason Pierre-Paul (1st)... QB Manning passed for 277 yards, 3 TDs & 129.3 rating in WC last week. Has 11 postseason TD passes, most in team history. Ranks 2nd in club playoff history with 1,574 pass yards, 136 comp. & 225 att. Had franchise-record 4,933 pass yards & 8 300-yard games in reg. season. Has 22 career 300-yard games & passed PHIL SIMMS (21) for most in team history. Recorded 7th consecutive season with 3,000+ pass yards & 20+ pass TDs, most in team history. Had 15 4th quarter TD passes in reg. season, most ever in season, topping HOFer JOHNNY UNITAS & PEYTON MANNING... RB Brandon Jacobs ties for 2nd in club postseason history with 3 rush TDs & needs 1 to tie JOE MORRIS (4) for most. Since start of 2005 (incl. playoffs), has 59 rush TDs, tied for 4th most in NFL. RB Ahmad Bradshaw is 1 of 7 players in NFL with 1,800+ rush yards (1,894) & 80+ receptions (81) since start of 2010 season... WR Hakeem Nicks had 6 catches for 115 yards & 2 TDs in WC last week, his 1st career playoff game. Ranked 2nd on team in reg. season with 76 catches, 1,192 yards & 7 TDs. Only player in team history with 75+ catches, 1,000+ yards & 7+ TDs in consecutive seasons. WR Victor Cruz had team-record 1,536 rec. yards in reg. season, 193 more than previous mark (1,343, AMANI TOOMER). Had team-high 9 rec. TDs in reg. season, incl. 99-yard TD in Week 16, tied for longest in NFL history. Had 5 rec. TDs of 65+ yards in reg. season, 2nd most in season in NFL history (6, HOFer ELROY “CRAZYLEGS” HIRSCH, 1951). Had 7 100-yard games in reg. season, most by Giant in season. Cruz (1,536) & Nicks (1,192) are 1st set of Giants to each record 1,000+ rec. yards in same season. WR Mario Manningham has 19 career rec. TDs & 13 have been 20+ yards, incl. 27-yard TD in last week's WC... DE Pierre-Paul ranked 4th in NFL during reg. season with 16.5 sacks. Joined HOFer LAWRENCE TAYLOR & MICHAEL STRAHAN as only Giants with 16+ sacks in season. DE Justin Tuck had 2 sacks in SB XLII, tied for most in postseason game by Giant. In past 23 games (incl. playoffs), DE Osi Umenyiora has 20.5 sacks & 11 FFs. Has 3 career postseason sacks. Team had 20 reg.-season INTs, most by NYG since 2000 when club advanced to SB XXXV. CB Corey Webster led team with career-high 6 INTs in reg. season. Had INT in 2007 NFC Champ. vs. GB. Has 2 career postseason INTs.

Packers Have won 13 NFL championships, most all-time. Team's .644 postseason winning pct. (29-16) is best in NFL history. Club has 29 playoff wins, 3rd most in NFL annals. Head coach MIKE MC CARTHY is 5-2 (.714) in postseason, 2nd best mark in franchise history (HOFer VINCE LOMBARDI, 9-1, .900). Won franchise-record 15 games, 6th team in NFL history with 15 wins. Packers were 6-0 vs. 2011 playoff teams. Team scored 560 points, most in franchise history & 2nd most all-time. Packers had 7 players selected to Pro Bowl: WR Greg Jennings (2nd), FB John Kuhn (1st), LB Clay Matthews (3rd), DT B.J. Raji (1st), QB Aaron Rodgers (2nd), C Scott Wells (1st) & CB Charles Woodson (8th)... QB Rodgers had 122.5 rating, best single-season mark in NFL history. Set NFL season record with 13 games with 100+ rating & 12 games with 110+ rating. Had franchise record 4,643 pass yards & 45 TDs. Is only QB in NFL history to pass for 4,000+ yards & have 6 or fewer INTs. In postseason, Rodgers has completed 118 of 174 (67.8 pct.) for 1,517 yards with 13 TDs vs. 3 INTs for 112.6 rating, highest in NFL history. Also ranks 1st in NFL playoff history with 67.8 comp. pct. & 8.72 avg. gain. Is 2-0 in career vs. NYG with 773 yards, 8 TDs, 1 INT & 121.2 rating... RB Ryan Grant rushed for franchise playoff record 201 yards in 2007 Div. (1/12/08), 1 of 7 200-yard rush games in NFL postseason history. RB James Starks led NFL with 315 postseason rush yards last year... Packers had 5 WRs with 25+ catches each for 1st time in team history: Jordy Nelson (68), Jennings (67), James Jones (38), Donald Driver (37) & rookie Randall Cobb (25). Nelson had career-highs in catches (68), yards (1,263) & TDs (15). His 15 rec. TDs were 3rd most by Packer in season. In 7 career playoff games, Jennings has 5 TDs & 3 100-yard games. Driver has 46 postseason catches & needs 2 to pass ANTONIO FREEMAN (47) for most in team history. Cobb led NFC & was 2nd in NFL with 27.7 KR avg. TE Jermichael Finley had 55 catches for 767 yards & 8 TDs & is 1st GB TE with 2 seasons of 50+ catches, 600+ yards & 5+ TDs... Since joining GB in 2006, CB Woodson has 37 INTs (2nd in NFL) & 9 INT-TDs (1st in NFL). Has INT-TD in each of 6 years with GB & is only player in NFL history with INT-TD in 6 consecutive seasons. Since 2010 (incl. playoffs), CB Tramon Williams leads NFL with 13 INTs. Williams had 3 INTs in last year's playoffs, incl. 70-yard INT-TD. LB Matthews had 6 sacks & 3 INTs (1 TD) in 2011 & is 1st player in team history with defensive TD in each of 1st 3 NFL seasons. Had INT-TD in last game vs. NYG. LB Desmond Bishop led team in tackles. S Charlie Peprah tied for 3rd among Safeties with career-high 5 INTs & had most INT return yards by S (147).