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Which QB made more big plays on the day depends on your perspective. Flynn had TD passes of 36 and 58 yards to Jordy Nelson, 35 yards to Donald Driver, and 80 yards on a screen to Ryan Grant. He also connected with James Jones on a 40-yard gain.
Stafford meanwhile had only one completion longer than 30 yards, a 41-yarder to Calvin Johnson. But that was one of just 12 completions overall of 20-plus yards – seven to Johnson, four to Brandon Pettigrew and one to Tony Scheffler.
As Nelson finished with his best game to date (nine catches, 162 yards, three TDs), Johnson racked up 11 catches for 244 yards and a score. His yardage total also set a Lambeau record at the time before Atlanta's Julio Jones put up 259 yards on a Monday night in 2014.
Flynn threw his sixth TD pass of the game – also a team record, since matched twice by Rodgers – with 1:10 left, a 4-yarder to Jermichael Finley. It marked the 11th and last lead change of the game. Flynn wound up 31-of-44 with one interception and a 136.4 passer rating.
Stafford had five TDs but didn't get to six, throwing his second interception with 25 seconds left, snagged by Sam Shields in Green Bay territory to finally end the madness. Stafford was 36-of-59 with a 103.8 rating.
Flynn's 480 yards shattered the previous single-game team record of 418 (Lynn Dickey vs. Tampa Bay in 1980), which had stood for more than three decades. It should also be noted Rodgers had thrown for 423 yards in the 2009 NFC Wild Card game at Arizona, but postseason statistics are kept separate from regular-season records.
Since then, Rodgers has matched or topped Dickey's 418 yards seven other times, with his 480 in Week 2 of 2013 equaling Flynn.
There was nowhere near as much drama in this one, as Washington was totally overmatched by Rodgers and the Packers' offense.
In staking Green Bay to a 38-7 lead through three quarters, Rodgers had seven completions of 20-plus yards – two to Randall Cobb, including a 35-yard TD; three to Jones, including a 57-yarder; and one each to Nelson and Finley.