2010 Green Bay Packers season The 2010 Green Bay Packers season was the 90th season in the National Football League for the Packers and the 92nd season for the team overall . With a record of 10 – 6 , the Packers entered the playoffs as the NFC ' s sixth seed . After defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 21 – 16 in the Wild Card round , the Atlanta Falcons 48 – 21 in the Divisional round and the Bears 21 – 14 in the NFC Championship , the team advanced to Super Bowl XLV in which they faced the AFC ' s 2nd seed Pittsburgh Steelers . The Packers defeated the Steelers 31 – 25 to win their fourth Super Bowl and 13th NFL championship . Offseason . 2010 NFL Draft . After finishing the 2009 season with a 11 – 5 record , the Packers held the 23rd selection in the 2010 NFL Draft . With the pick they selected Offensive tackle Bryan Bulaga from Iowa . On the second day of the draft , with pick 2 – 56 the Packers selected Defensive end Mike Neal from Purdue . The Packers then traded picks 3 – 86 and 4 – 122 to the Philadelphia Eagles for pick 3 – 71 . With pick 3 – 71 , the Packers selected Safety Morgan Burnett from Georgia Tech . On the third and final day of the draft , with pick 5 – 154 the Packers selected Tight end Andrew Quarless from Penn State . With their compensatory selection pick 5 – 169 , the Packers selected Offensive guard Marshall Newhouse from Texas Christian . In the sixth round with pick 6 – 193 , the Packers selected Running back James Starks from Buffalo . Their final selection of the draft came when the Packers selected Defensive end C . J . Wilson of East Carolina with pick 7 – 230 . Draft Pick Trades . Undrafted Free Agents . Following the 2010 NFL Draft , the Packers signed 11 undrafted free agent s . They were : On May 3 , the Packers signed wide receiver Shawn Gore , safety Anthony Levine and nose tackle Aleric Mullins after they attended a minicamp on a tryout basis . Free Agents . Notes : Regular Season Results . Week 1 : at Philadelphia Eagles . The Packers began their season at Lincoln Financial Field against the throwback - cladded Philadelphia Eagles . Green Bay trailed in the first quarter as Eagles kicker David Akers made a 45 - yard field goal . The Packers would then take control in the second quarter as kicker Mason Crosby nailed a 49 - yard field goal , followed by quarterback Aaron Rodgers completing a 6 - yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Donald Driver . Crosby would then end the half with a 56 - yard field goal . Eagles starting quarterback Kevin Kolb left the game with concussion at halftime , and was replaced by second string quarterback Michael Vick for the remainder of the contest . Philadelphia would respond in the third quarter as running back LeSean McCoy scored on a 12 - yard touchdown run , yet Green Bay came right back with Rodgers finding wide receiver Greg Jennings on a 32 - yard touchdown pass . The Eagles tried to rally in the fourth quarter as quarterback Michael Vick completed a 17 - yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jeremy Maclin , followed by a 24 - yard field goal from Akers . Fortunately , the Packers ' defense prevented any further progress stopping Michael Vick on a key 4th and 1 rush up the middle for no gain . With the win , Green Bay not only began its season at 1 – 0 , but also got its first victory in Philadelphia since 1962 . However , the Packers victory was not without cost . During the game Justin Harrell injured his ACL and Ryan Grant injured his ankle . Both players were placed on injured reserve for the rest season . Week 2 : vs . Buffalo Bills . Hoping to continue their current winning streak the Packers returned to Lambeau Field for their home opener , an Interconference duel with the Buffalo Bills . In the 1st quarter Green Bay took the early lead as kicker Mason Crosby made two field goals from 44 and a 24 - yards . RB Brandon Jackson added a touchdown on a 1 yard run . The Bills then answered in the 2nd quarter when RB Fred Jackson scored a touchdown on a 3 yard run . In the third quarter the Packers increased their lead when WR Donald Driver hauled in a 7 - yard touchdown pass from QB Aaron Rodgers , followed by Rodgers scrambling 9 yards to the endzone for a touchdown . The Packers continued to dominate in the fourth quarter when Rodgers completed a 30 - yard touchdown pass to WR James Jones . With the win , Green Bay improved their record to 2 – 0 on the season tied with the Chicago Bears for the division lead . Both the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions fell to 0 – 2 . Week 3 : at Chicago Bears . Coming off their home win over the Bills , the Packers flew to Soldier Field for a Week 3 Monday night duel with their hated divisional rival , the Chicago Bears . Green Bay would deliver the opening strike in the first quarter as quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed a 7 - yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Greg Jennings . The Packers would add onto their lead in the second quarter as kicker Mason Crosby got a 38 - yard field goal . Afterwards , the Bears would close out the half as quarterback Jay Cutler found tight end Greg Olsen on a 9 - yard touchdown run . After a scoreless third quarter , Chicago took the lead in the fourth quarter as wide receiver Devin Hester returned a punt 62 yards for a touchdown . Fortunately , Green Bay came right back with a 9 - yard touchdown run from Rodgers . However , the Bears ' Robbie Gould scored two field goals , from 25 and 19 yards , to win the game for Chicago . The Packers committed a franchise record 18 penalties in the game . With the loss , the Packers fell to 2 – 1 . Week 4 : vs . Detroit Lions . Hoping to rebound from their loss to the Bears the Packers played on home ground for an NFC North rivalry match against the Lions . The Packers took the lead in the 1st quarter when QB Aaron Rodgers made a 29 - yard TD pass to WR Donald Driver . The Lions replied in the 2nd quarter with QB Shaun Hill making a 23 - yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson . The Packers started to rally with Rodgers making a 13 - yard TD pass to TE Jermichael Finley and then a 17 - yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings . The Lions cut the lead as QB Shaun Hill made a 21 - yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson . The Packers continued to progress in the 3rd quarter when CB Charles Woodson returned an interception 48 yards into the endzone for a touchdown . The Lions tried to cut the lead with four field goals by kicker Jason Hanson . He kicked a 39 and a 52 - yard field goal for the rest of the 3rd quarter , and then a 49 and a 24 - yard field goal in the fourth . However the Packers ' defense prevented anything else from happening . With the close win , the Packers improve to 3 – 1 . Week 5 : at Washington Redskins . Coming off their win over the Lions the Packers flew to FedEx Field for an NFC duel with the Redskins . In the first quarter the Packers took the lead as QB Aaron Rodgers completed a 5 - yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee . This was followed in the 2nd quarter by kicker Mason Crosby hitting a 52 - yard field goal . The Redskins replied with kicker Graham Gano getting a 26 - yard field goal . Then in the third quarter Crosby made a 36 - yard field goal to put the Packers up 13 – 3 . The Redskins rallied to tie the game with QB Donovan McNabb completing a 48 - yard TD pass to WR Anthony Armstrong , followed by Gano making a 45 yard - field goal . At overtime , the decision was made when Gano successfully put away a 33 - yard field goal to give the Packers their second loss of this season . Donavan McNabb would finish the game with 357 passing yards and run his career record against Green Bay to 6 wins and 1 loss . With the loss , Green Bay fell to 3 – 2 . Week 6 : vs . Miami Dolphins . For the second consecutive week the Packers lost by an overtime field goal , falling to 3 – 3 on the season . Week 7 : vs . Minnesota Vikings . Trying to snap a two - game losing streak , the Packers stayed at home for a Week 7 NFC North Sunday night duel with the Minnesota Vikings , as quarterback Brett Favre made his return to Lambeau Field . Green Bay delivered the opening punch in the first quarter as running back Brandon Jackson got a 1 - yard touchdown run . The Vikings answered with wide receiver Percy Harvin getting a 17 - yard touchdown run . In the second quarter , the Packers regained the lead as quarterback Aaron Rodgers finding tight end Andrew Quarless on a 9 - yard touchdown pass . Minnesota would take the lead with running back Adrian Peterson getting a 1 - yard touchdown run , followed by kicker Ryan Longwell making a 28 - yard field goal . Green Bay would regain the lead in the third quarter as Rodgers hooking up with wide receiver Greg Jennings on a 14 - yard touchdown pass , followed by linebacker Desmond Bishop returning an interception 32 yards for a touchdown . The Vikings answered with Favre completing a 4 - yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Randy Moss . For the rest of the game , the Packers ' defense would prevent any further rally from Minnesota . With the win , Green Bay improved to 4 – 3 . Week 8 : at New York Jets . After finally beating former quarterback Brett Favre in Week 7 , the Packers traveled to New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford , NJ to take on the New York Jets . The Packers took a 3 – 0 lead on a Mason Crosby 20 yard field goal in the first quarter and held that lead until the fourth quarter . Crosby then hit two field goals in the fourth quarter ( from 41 and 40 yards respectively ) to seal the victory for the Packers . While Aaron Rodgers and the Packer offense sputtered against the vaunted Jet defense , Green Bay ' s defense excelled in stopping the NFL ' s second - ranked rushing offense and intercepted Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez twice . The win improved the Packers to 5 – 3 and in first place in the NFC North . Week 9 : vs . Dallas Cowboys . After winning against the New York Jets for the first time in the New York Area , the Green Bay Packers took on the lowly Dallas Cowboys . After a scoreless first quarter , the Packers offense that was limited to 9 points against the New York Jets , built a 28 – 0 lead before the Cowboys scored their only touchdown before the end of the first half . The Packers would score 17 more points in the second half before closing the game out 45 – 7 over the Dallas Cowboys . The Green Bay Packers intercepted Jon Kitna 3 times including one to Clay Matthews which would result in 62 yard touchdown , while Aaron Rodgers threw for 3 touchdowns . With the win , the Packers improved to 6 – 3 . Week 14 : at Detroit Lions . Green Bay lost to Detroit for the first time in 11 games against the Lions . Also at the end of the 1st half , Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion and wouldn ' t play the next week . Week 17 : vs . Chicago Bears . The Packers finished the 2010 regular season vs the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field . Going into the final Sunday of the season , the Packers needed a win or a New York Giants and a Tampa Bay Buccaneers loss to clinch the sixth and final NFC wild card seed . The Bears on the other hand had the NFC North Division title and the number 2 NFC seed wrapped up , though played their starters for the entire contest . Tampa defeated the New Orleans Saints in their 1 o ' clock contest before the Packers game , so the Packers had to come out of the game with a win . During the first quarter , the Packers and Bears offenses exchanged possession with no scoring . The Bears forced a turnover with 5 : 58 left in the 1st when Donald Driver was stripped of the ball after an 8 yard reception and the fumble was recovered by the Bears . In the second quarter , the Bears put their first and only points on the board for the day when Robbie Gould successfully converted a 30 yard field goal with 4 : 35 left in the half . The scoring drive was highlighted with two 20 + yard passes by Jay Cutler to WR Rashied Davis and RB Matt Forte to get them into field goal range . The teams entered went into half time of the defensive contest with the Bears holding onto a slim 3 – 0 lead . After the half , the Bears started the quarter with the ball . After moving the ball into Packers territory , the Bears chose to go for it on a fourth and two at the Packers 40 . Jay Cutler failed to complete a short pass to Rashied Davis and the Packers took over on downs . On the Packers first play of the second half , Rodgers threw a deep pass intended for Greg Jennings but the pass was intercepted by CB Charles Tillman and returned to the Packers 15 yard line . The interception was challenged but upheld . After a holding penalty and a couple of short gains by the Bears , Jay Cutler was intercepted on 3rd down in the endzone by Packers safety Charlie Peprah for a touchback . The Packers and Bears swapped possessions and CB Tramon Williams returned the Bears punt back to the Bears 44 yard line to set the Packers up in optimal field position . Three plays into the drive , Aaron Rodgers completed a 33 yard pass to Greg Jennings down to the Bears 1 yard line . The Packers failed to score a touchdown and settled for a 23 yard field goal attempt by Mason Crosby which was successfully converted to tie the game at 3 – 3 . At the start of the fourth quarter , the Packers had possession and again got into the red zone highlighted by two key plays , a 21 yard pass over the middle to Donald Driver and a 46 yard pass deep right to Greg Jennings that set up the Packers for a 1st and goal at the Bears 1 yard line for the second time of the game . This time though , the Packers scored a touchdown on 1st down when Aaron Rodgers completed a pass into the end zone to Donald Lee short right for his second 1 yard touchdown reception in two games to give the Packers a 10 – 3 lead with 12 : 46 remaining in the game . After exchanging possessions , the Bears took over with 4 : 49 left in the game at the Bears 2 yard line . The Bears moved the ball into Packers territory with many short passes down to the Packers 32 yard line . Needing a touchdown to tie the game , the Bears continued to pass the ball but their drive came to an end when Cutler passed deep left to Devin Hester and the pass was intercepted by Nick Collins and returned 24 yards to the Bears 35 yard line . With the interception , the Packers sealed their victory over the rival Bears along with the 6th seed in the NFL playoffs . The Giants later won their game against the Redskins , but it was all for naught due to the Packers holding tie breakers over the Giants and Buccaneers . Postseason ( Playoffs ) . NFC Wildcard Round : at Philadelphia Eagles . Entering the postseason as the NFC ' s # 6 seed , the Packers began their playoff run at Lincoln Financial Field for the NFC Wild Card game against the # 3 Philadelphia Eagles , in a rematch of their Week 1 win . The Packers delivered the game ' s opening strike in the first quarter as quarterback Aaron Rodgers found rookie tight end Tom Crabtree on a 4 - yard touchdown pass . Green Bay would add onto their lead in the second quarter as Rodgers connected with wide receiver James Jones on a 9 - yard touchdown pass . The Eagles answered with kicker David Akers getting a 29 - yard field goal . Philadelphia managed to cut away at their deficit in the third quarter as quarterback Michael Vick completed a 24 - yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jason Avant , yet the Packers responded with Rodgers hooking up with running back Brandon Jackson on a 16 - yard touchdown pass . The Eagles tried to rally as Vick got a 1 - yard touchdown run ( with a failed two - point conversion ) , yet Green Bay ' s defense held on to preserve the victory as Tramon Williams intercepted a Michael Vick pass in the end zone with 36 seconds remaining . With the win , the Packers improved their overall record to 11 – 6 . NFC Divisional Round : at Atlanta Falcons . Coming off their win over the Eagles , the Packers flew to the Georgia Dome for the NFC Divisional Round against the top - seeded Atlanta Falcons , in hopes to avenge their Week 12 loss . Green Bay trailed in the first quarter as Falcons running back Michael Turner got a 12 - yard touchdown run . The Packers answered in the second quarter as quarterback Aaron Rodgers found wide receiver Jordy Nelson on a 6 - yard touchdown pass , but Atlanta immediately struck back as wide receiver Eric Weems returned a kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown . Green Bay took the lead with a 1 - yard touchdown run from fullback John Kuhn , followed by Rodgers finding James Jones on a 20 - yard touchdown , along with cornerback Tramon Williams returning an interception 70 yards for a touchdown as time expired in the first half . The Packers added onto their lead in the third quarter with a 7 - yard touchdown run from Rodgers , followed by his 7 - yard touchdown pass to Kuhn . Atlanta tried to rally in the fourth quarter as quarterback Matt Ryan completed a 6 - yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roddy White , yet Green Bay closed out their dominating night with a 43 - yard and a 32 - yard field goal from Crosby . With the win , the Packers improved their overall record to 12 – 6 . Green Bay ' s 48 points became the franchise ' s single - game postseason record . NFC Championship Game : at Chicago Bears . Coming off their win over the Falcons , the Packers flew to Soldier Field for the NFC Championship Game against their historic rival , the No . 2 seed Chicago Bears , in Round 3 of their 2010 series . This would be the second playoff meeting between the two teams , the first since falling to Chicago 33 – 14 in 1941 . Green Bay delivered the game ' s opening strike in the first quarter with a 1 - yard touchdown run from quarterback Aaron Rodgers . The Packers added onto their lead in the second quarter with a 4 - yard touchdown run from rookie running back James Starks . After a scoreless third quarter , the Bears answered in the fourth quarter as running back Chester Taylor got a 1 - yard touchdown run . Afterwards , Green Bay struck back with nose tackle B . J . Raji returning an interception 18 yards for a touchdown . Chicago tried to rally as quarterback Caleb Hanie completed a 35 - yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Earl Bennett , the Packers ' defense held on to preserve the victory . With the win , not only did they improve their overall record to 13 – 6 , but they advanced to Super Bowl XLV ( their first appearance since Super Bowl XXXII ) . In the process , they became the NFC ' s first # 6 seed to reach the Super Bowl . They also became the 3rd NFC wild card team to reach the Super Bowl , and the first since the New York Giants in 2008 . The Packers also went 3 - 0 on the road in the postseason after going 3 - 5 on the road in the regular season , including losses in their last three road games . Stats correct through week 16 . Awards and records . 2011 Pro Bowl selections . The Packers 2011 Pro Bowl selections were announced on December 28 . The Packers initially had five players on the Pro Bowl list . These players were WR Greg Jennings , LT Chad Clifton , OLB Clay Matthews , CB Charles Woodson and S Nick Collins . CB Tramon Williams was later added as a reserve on January 20 when Philadelphia Eagles CB Asante Samuel pulled out of the Pro Bowl due to injury . The Packers also had a first alternate in QB Aaron Rodgers and four lower alternates , NT B . J . Raji , G Josh Sitton , LB A . J . Hawk and WR Donald Driver . No Packers took part in the Pro Bowl , due to their participation in Super Bowl XLV . Notes :