"Aaron Rodgers said he "halfway expected" Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy to call a draw on the first play of the final drive that won a 38-35 thriller Sunday for the 12-0 Packers.

Really?

Instead, with 58 seconds to go against the New York Giants, it was pedal-to-the-metal for McCarthy when he knows he's playing with the best quarterback in the game.

"He called the play and said, 'Let's go,'?" Rodgers said. "In the huddle there was a lot of confidence."

And why not when you've got the runaway MVP directing those plays?

"I'm running out of things to say about him," McCarthy said.

The first play - the 24-yard pass to Jermichael Finley - took some confidence because the Packers' gifted tight end already had dropped three balls during the game.

It was also the most important play of the game, according to Rodgers.

"That determined the drive," Rodgers said."