Giants lose to the Packers 45-17.
Eli Manning was 17 of 33 for 301 yards and 2 TDs, 4 INTs.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 47 yards on 8 carries.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 31 yards on 12 carries and caught 5 passes for 41 yards.
Mario Manningham caught 4 passes for 132 yards and 1 TD.
Hakeem Nicks caught 4 passes for 93 yards and 1 TD.
D.J. Ware caught 2 passes for 24 yards.
Derek Hagan caught 2 passes for 11 yards.
Justin Tuck had 1 sack and recovered 1 fumble.
Lawrence Tynes kicked a 38 yard field goal.

Game Notes:
"Coming off the spirit of Christmas, the Giants still seemed in the mood for giving things away. They handed over four interceptions and two fumbles and advanced Green Bay's chance to get to the playoffs while likely sacrificing theirs. 'Give till it hurts' seemed to be the theme instead of 'win and you're in,' and being the perfect guests they made a lot of Green Bay fans happy. It was the most turnovers they'd recovered over the last four seasons.
The defense was certainly lacking. You would figure that Aaron Rodgers would be a little gun-shy coming back after two concussions and the Giants couldn't take advantage of that. There wasn't much quarterback pressure and before long, Rodgers was comfortable enough to scramble for yardage against the Giants 'fierce' quarterback-killing defense.
To be fair, Aaron Rodgers played a spectacular game and as an outsider I can see now why the Green Bay management was anxious for Brett Favre to respectfully retire and hand things over to his younger very talented stand-in. I give credit to Aaron Rodgers for coming back after his second concussion and playing so well. This may surprise you, and you're probably not in the right mood to hear it now, but I also give credit to Eli Manning working with inexperienced receivers. I know he threw four interceptions but with his team down and totally uncaring about statistics and the Monday morning newspapers, Manning didn't back down and went for it all to win. I want to see him in the playoffs again and with some help from other teams, maybe my wish will come true."

Game Notes:
"The Giants felt they had a good outlook coming off their loss to the Eagles last week, at least from everything I read. If they did, it somehow didn't translate too well into this game. Maybe the defense was a little too confident and laid back considering they gave up that 80 yard touchdown pass to Aaron Rodgers on the first snap of his second possession. Eli Manning was anything but relaxed on his second possession. You would have thought they were down about twenty points in the fourth quarter instead of just seven in the first.
Too many times this season the offense looks like they're in some sort of desperate 'panic mode' before the snap. They line up and every time someone on the defense scratches their backside Manning barks out orders and redirects. Forget that crowd noise makes it almost impossible for them to hear all his new wisdom and - the play clock is almost zero. Quick - snap the ball and surprise, another bad pay. This 'panicked' series ended quickly with a third-down interception.
Eli Manning is a football brainiac running the offense, and it would be great to have the absolute best percentages down to twelve decimal points in every single play, but guess what? Football is not a relaxed board game. It doesn't work if you can't get your knowledge across to everyone involved before the snap. That's one reason Sheldon Lee Cooper (187 IQ) isn't your go-to guy for running a football offense.
There was some glimmer of big-play hope from the offense in the second quarter when Manning threw back to back touchdown passes, Hakeem Nicks - 36 yards, Mario Manningham - 85 yards, That tied the game up at 14-14 but that score couldn't even last the half. The Giants, falling all over themselves, could only muster enough offense for one field goal in the third quarter. That may be just enough to bring back a glimmer of one fond memory to Lawrence Tynes in his thoughts of playoffs gone by. Other than that, the Giants sure look like they let the playoffs go bye-bye.
Coaching wise, did anybody notice that Brandon Jacobs averaged about 6 yards a carry and Ahmad Bradshaw less than 3? Why not more carries by Jacobs, and what was with that wildcat snap to Bradshaw? He seemed more surprised to have the ball in his hands than the guy who knocked it out. Defenses are always going to have someone keying on Bradshaw so what's the benefit of this play? Also, going into this game you knew the Packers had 18 interceptions and opposing quarterbacks have had trouble passing on them. Eli Manning fed right into both of their strengths, and the Giants failed to capitalize on their weakness, defending against the run. The Giants have given up 83 points in their last two games. That sounds a lot like last year when they folded and gave up 85 points in the final two games. That alone doesn't look good for this coaching staff at this point in time."

Giants started 11 players who also started the 2007 NFC Championship Game victory in Lambeau Field.

Giants Eli Manning has thrown a career high 30 touchdown passes.
Giants Eli Manning is only the second quarterback in Giants history to reach that total.
Y.A. Tittle threw a franchise-record 36 touchdown passes in 1963 and 33 in 1962.

Giants Eli Manning's 85-yard touchdown pass to Mario Manningham was the longest completion of his career.
His previous long pass was a 78-yard touchdown to Plaxico Burress at Oakland on Dec. 31, 2005.

Giants Eli Manning has thrown a career-high 24 interceptions this season.

Giants 6 turnovers is the most since 6 against the Ravens, Eli Manning's rookie year.

Giants Mario Manningham gained 132 yards on just 4 catches for his second 100+ yard game in a row.

Giants Hakeem Nicks with 4 catches for 93 yards and a touchdown has 1,052 receiving yards.
That makes him the 10th player in Giants history with 1,000 receiving yards in a season.

Giants rushing for 90 yards was their second-lowest total of the season.

Giants time of possession of 22:59 was their lowest since Dec. 6, 2009.

Giants have an NFL-high 41 giveaways.

Giants Justin Tuck now has the team lead with 11 sacks.

Giants Justin Tuck's fumble recovery was his fifth of the season.

Giants Kevin Boss ended his streak of 33 games in which he played with at least one reception.

Giants with a win over Washington and with a Bears victory over the Packers, would get into the postseason. A Giants win and two Saints losses also gets them in.

Packers Aaron Rodgers is the first quarterback to throw 4 touchdown passes against the Giants since Brett Favre did so for Minnesota on Jan. 3, 2010.

Packers gained 515 yards, the highest allowed by the Giants since San Diego had 567 yards on Oct. 19, 1980.

Packers Aaron Rodgers had started 45 straight games and was tied for fourth among active NFL quarterbacks, before missing last week's game due to a concussion at Detroit in Week 14.

Packers with a win over the Bears at Lambeau, will make the NFC playoffs as a wildcard.

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