text: For the Giants, Eli Manning went 21–40 for 251 yards.  Although he didn't throw a touchdown, he avoided an interception for the third straight playoff game.  It was generally agreed by critics after the game that he outplayed Favre, making another instance where he outplayed a quarterback considered far superior to him in the lead-up to the contest. Brandon Jacobs added 67 yards on 21 carries with a touchdown, while Ahmad Bradshaw ran 16 times for 63 yards and a touchdown. Plaxico Burress caught 11 passes for 151 yards.  Along with his 200+ yard receiving performance in 2002 against the Falcons while a member of the Steelers, it is considered by many to be his single greatest game as a receiver.
  While the Giants defense didn't have a sack in this contest, they held the Packers to just 28 yards rushing.  Former Giants running back Ryan Grant, who had run for 201 yards against the Seahawks the previous week, ran for just 29 yards against his former team.
  The game was Brett Favre's final game as a Green Bay Packer, with whom he played with for 16 seasons.  He appeared to retire for good during the offseason, but instead announced just before the season started that he wanted to play again.  Because the Packers spent the offseason after the retirement announcement preparing Aaron Rodgers for the starting job, Favre became expendable and was traded to the Jets.