GREEN BAY, Wis. — When Julius Peppers stuck out his right and stripped the ball away from Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray in the third quarter of Sunday's NFC divisional playoff game, it was just what the Green Bay Packers needed.
They trailed 14-10 at the time and if Peppers doesn't make that play, Murray — as Fox TV analyst Troy Aikman said on the game broadcast — "hits his head on the goalpost." There wasn't another Packers' defender between Murray and the end zone.
Rob Demovsky  wrote: