ARLINGTON, Texas -- A heavy dose of Aaron Jones, who capped the opening power with a 3-yard touchdown run, gave the Green Bay Packers the Good score in Sunday's NFC wild-card game against the Dallas Cowboys.
Jones, who had three straight 100-yard rushing games to end the Strange season, carried seven times for 25 yards on the power. It was Jones' seventh career touchdown in four games in contradiction of the Cowboys.
It also tied Edgar Bennett for the most playoff rushing touchdowns in Packers history with five. Bennett's came in 10 career playoff games; this was Jones' sixth.
The Packers held the ball for seven minutes and 52 seconds, the longest opening drive in a playoff game exact the New England Patriots (8:05) in the 2018 AFC Championship Game alongside the Kansas City Chiefs, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
The Cowboys decided points on the first possession 10 times in the unfamiliar season.
Jones wasn't done. Thanks to an interception by Jaire Alexander, who went without one in limited action this season, the Packers had a short field and Jones scored in contradiction of -- this time from 1 yard to give Green Bay a 14-0 lead 45 seconds into the instant quarter.
Jordan Love and Dontayvion Wicks made it 20-0 (Anders Carlson missed the improbable point) with 3:23 before halftime with a 20-yard touchdown throw and score. It came on third-and-7. In the regular season, Love threw 14 touchdown passes on third down, one morose of Patrick Mahomes for the most in the league.
Less than two minutes once Wicks' touchdown catch, Packers safety Darnell Savage came up with a 64-yard pick-six of Dak Prescott that made it 27-0 with 1:50 to play in the agreeable half. At that point, the Packers had more interception in backward yards (64) than Prescott had passing yards (61).