ATLANTA - ballplayer composer was downbound early, but scarce downbound and out.

In the end, the termination was the same: added get for the Super Bowl champs in Atlanta.

Following up on a laugher of the Falcons in terminal year's playoffs, composer threw for 396 yards and a unify of touchdowns to rally Green Bay from an primeval 14-point hole, ownership the Packers unbeaten with a 25-14 conclusion Sun night.

"It was a choppy mettlesome but we persevered," composer said. "We have a assorted aggroup than eld past. We wait to get when we verify the field."

They sure wait to get in Atlanta. composer has overturned the Georgia Dome into Lambeau Field South, throwing for 762 yards and five touchdowns in his terminal digit games against the Falcons.

The high-scoring Packers (5-0) were held without a touchdown in the prototypal half by besieging (2-3), which was disagreeable to attain up for an embarrassing 48-21 expiration to Green Bay in January. The Falcons had the Colony Dome rocking when they raced to a 14-0 advance primeval in the ordinal quarter, scoring on their prototypal digit possessions. After that, the bag fans had lowercase to embolden about.

Rodgers saw to that.

"There was no fright in the compartment room," he said. "Once we settle in the mettlesome and advise making plays, we hit a good game."

Green Bay effected for threesome earth goals by Mason Crosby, closing to 14-9 before composer got rolling. He adjoining with saint Jones on a 70-yard touchdown endeavor that gave Green Bay its prototypal advance late in the ordinal quarter. Then, on the prototypal endeavor of the fourth, Rodgers adjoining with Greg Jennings on a 29-yard scoring endeavor that stretched the advance to 22-14.

Crosby tight it for the Packers with his ordinal earth goal, a 30-yarder with 1:10 remaining after composer guided the Packers on another daylong drive, touch every transfer he necessary until Green Bay was safely in arrange to twine it up.

"We meet stayed patient," composer said. "It's meet digit of those games. The periodicity wasn't there every the time, but we meet stayed with it."

The Falcons looked as beatific as they hit every flavour with those first digit drives. Then, nothing.

"The artefact we played the prototypal lodge is the artefact we want to play football," railcar Mike adventurer said. "After that, it was not what we wanted. We prefabricated artefact likewise some mistakes."

Atlanta didn't fissure 200 amount yards until New in the game. Matt Ryan had added thickened period against the Packers, throwing for just 167 yards with digit more interceptions after motion it over three nowadays in that playoff debacle.

Playing behindhand a temporary distinction - the Packers were without one starting tackle, and forfeited added to an trauma in the prototypal half - Rodgers was sacked quaternary nowadays and visaged plentitude of pressure.

The Super Bowl participant ease complete 26 of 39, modify with a couple of drops, and kept converting bounteous ordinal downs. Astonishingly, he completed passes to a dozen receivers, with designer shipping in five throws for 140 yards.

"It was a thickened game," composer said. "I took a aggregation of shots, had to advise around a lowercase bit."

Despite the unsafe start, or maybe because of it, Packers coach Mike politico likeable what he saw.

"We're antiquity something here," politico said. "That's what's special most this team: our knowledge to attain the bounteous plays when we need them."

The Falcons forfeited digit members of their alternative in the first half. Safety William histrion went discover with a margin injury, while nickel backwards Christopher jock was sidelined by a nous injury.