Top 12 Packers games of the Aaron Rodgers era part two

9. 2012 Week 15 Packers at Bears W 21-13. With a win in week fifteen over the Chicago Bears the Packers clinched their second division title of the Aaron Rodgers era and sent their biggest rival into a scenario where they would be the first 7-1 team since the merger to miss the playoffs. The Bears got off to an early 7-0 lead with a pass to Brandon Marshall. But the Packers got a TD, interception, and TD to take a 14-7 lead at half. They quickly scored in the third to go up 21-7, but from there commited a series of bad mistakes that nearly cost them the game. Two fumbles, two missed field goals, and a terrible pass interference play by Morgan Burnett, and yet the packers still held on for the win. Why it was important: winning the division on your rivals field, when you started the season 2-3 and they started 7-1.

8. 2011 Week 1 Saints at Packers W 42-34. The second opening game on this list, and it wont be the last. The Packers hung on for a thriller victory 42-34. The first game of the NFL season was one of the best of the season. The Packers jumped out 14-0 and 21-7, but New Orleans closed to withing 21-17. With the score 28-20, Randall Cobb, in his first career NFL game, ran a kickoff back 108 yards for a touchdown. With the score 42-24, the Saints marched down to the one yard line on the final play of the game, but were stuffed on their last attempt. Why it was important: First game as defending champs, beginning of a record setting 15-1 season.

7. 2010 Week 1 Packers at Eagles W 27-20. The third opening game on this list, and it still wont be the last. The Packers went into philly and won 27-20. It was important for a myriad of reasons. It was the first game of a super bowl season, and it was the first game of, in my opinion, a new era. The Packers came into this season as not just super bowl contenders, but super bowl favorites, for the first time in about 12 years. It was also the first time the Packers won in Philly since the 60's.