GREEN BAY, Wis. -- This was not the prolific Packers passing attack in which Aaron Rodgers' right arm humbles defenses and brings them to their knees.

It certainly was not the Rodgers of Metrodome form when Green Bay's quarterback stretched the field and roasted the Vikings' secondary for 365 yards and four touchdowns on 28-of-40 passing during the Dec. 30 regular-season finale.

This was Pack Attack Lite, a less dynamic but all-too-lethal offense that stacked its production brick by brick Saturday, Jan. 5, in a 24-10 wild-card victory over Minnesota at Lambeau Field.

The Vikings prevented Green Bay's healthy quadruple-threat receiving corps of Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb from shearing the top off their defensive backfield. But there was plenty of yardage to be had underneath coverage and on the perimeter as Rodgers surgically carved the Vikings' defense up for 274 yards on a more modest 23-of-33 performance.

"They have a very explosive offense," said cornerback Antoine Winfield. "You always have to worry about their vertical passing game, but they switched it up a lot today. There were a lot of quick screens, quick passes, to keep moving the chains. Didn't take a lot of shots, but they had a lot of success."

Rodgers, who had connected with Nelson for a 73-yard bomb last week, completed his longest pass for 32 yards. His touchdown was a 9-yard strike to fullback John Kuhn.

"Rodgers just went through his reads and found guys that were open," said safety Harrison Smith. "Credit to him taking what we were giving him. When you cover it and they get shots like that and sneak up for gains, you've just got to keep playing. We just didn't make enough plays to win the game."

Death by a thousand cuts included several self-inflicted wounds.

Winfield, who was unable to effectively jam receivers at the line because of a broken right hand, whiffed on an open-field tackle on running back Ryan Grant, who caught a screen pass to set up DuJuan Harris' 8-yard touchdown run that gave Green Bay a first-quarter lead it would not relinquish.

Earlier in the drive, Kevin Williams' neutral-zone infraction gift-wrapped the Packers a first down after it appeared Grant had been stopped short on the free play.

Leading 17-3 on the initial drive of the third quarter, the Packers turned a fourth-and-4 field-goal attempt into a seven points after picking up a first down when linebacker Jasper Brinkley was late coming to the sideline and the Vikings were penalized five yards for having 12 men on the field.

On the next play, Rodgers connected with Kuhn for a scoring strike that had the Packers in command 24-3.

Rodgers' mobility on the pocket and ability to extend plays made his dink-and-dunk attack more treacherous to defend. He was sacked five times last week in Minnesota but only three times Saturday.

"It was just their play calling," said defensive end Jared Allen. "Aaron getting the ball out and them being conscious of what we were trying to do up front. They didn't allow us to get into a steady groove of pass rushing."

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