Quarterback Graham Harrell led Green Bay to 11 points in the final 35 seconds, rallying the defending Super Bowl champs to a 24-21 victory over Indianapolis on Friday night.

Harrell threw an 11-yard TD pass to Ryan Taylor with 35 seconds left, then hooked up with Taylor again on the 2-point conversion to make it 21-21.

After the Packers recovered an onside kick, Harrell set up Mason Crosby for a 50-yard field goal as time expired.

Colts backup Curtis Painter also played well, going 11 of 21 for 171 yards.

Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers was in midseason form, going 19 of 23 for 204 yards with one TD to give Green Bay a 10-0 second-quarter lead.

Rodgers has lit it up in the preseason, much like he did last year. Although Michael Vick goes into the season as the number one fantasy quarterback, Rodgers is fully capable of beating him out for that spot.

Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers topped off a sharp performance with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings as the defending Super Bowl champions defeated the Arizona Cardinals 28-20.

Rodgers played into the second quarter, completing 9 of 12 passes for 97 yards and the touchdown. Matt Flynn took over for Rodgers and led the Packers to another touchdown before halftime, a 2-yard run by rookie Alex Green.

Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb was 6 for 11 for 80 yards for the Cardinals, who were called for nine penalties in the first half, including several sloppy mistakes on offense.

Richard Bartel threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Stephen Williams and Alfonso Smith added a 1-yard touchdown run to give the Cardinals the lead in the third quarter.

But Flynn threw a 97-yard touchdown to Chastin West on the first play of the fourth quarter, putting the Packers back ahead 21-20. Third-stringer Graham Harrell threw a 6-yard touchdown to Kerry Taylor in the fourth quarter.

The big story from this game is the injury to Arizona rookie running back Ryan Williams. Rodgers and Jennings again showed why they are two of the best players to have at their respective positions.

Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers threw a touchdown pass before swapping his helmet for a baseball cap in the first quarter as the defending champion Green Bay Packers opened the preseason with a 27-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Saturday night.

Rodgers and most of Green Bay’s first-string offense played only two series in the first quarter, when both the Packers and Browns had long TD drives.

Rodgers got off to a rough start, but finished 6 of 8 for 74 yards and threw a 21-yard TD pass to Greg Jennings.

Browns quarterback Colt McCoy, looking comfortable running first-year Browns coach Pat Shurmur’s new West Coast offense, went 9 of 10 for 135 yards while playing three series. He threw a 27-yard TD pass to Josh Cribbs, and led Cleveland on a second scoring drive, capped by Peyton Hillis’ 3-yard scoring burst.

To quote Dennis Green, the Packers are exactly who we thought they were, and that's a good thing. The real story was how sharp McCoy looked. If he can keep it going over Cleveland's next two games, he will have increasing value and intrigue as a QB2.

One week into his pro career, Green Bay wide receiver Randall Cobb has dazzled. The speed, the hands, the athleticism. The Packers' second-round pick has been a pay-per-view attraction from Day 1.

On a loaded receiving corps, Cobb could become an X-and-O nightmare, a wild card on a Super Bowl offense.

This week, Cobb lined up at all three receiver spots in practice. He caught several passes - some across the middle, some downfield. On one 20-yard comeback route, quarterback Aaron Rodgers gunned a pass to him as soon he turned.

New wide receivers coach Edgar Bennett tapped the brakes while detailing Cobb's potential impact. Still, the talents Bennett sees in Green Bay's current crop of receivers, he noticed instantly in Cobb.

As part of Green Bay's dynamic offense, Cobb is worth a look if he can find some playing time. Unfortunately, with Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, and James Jones all being relatively young players, Cobb may not have a major role until veteran Donald Driver fades away.

The imaginary world heavyweight championship belt that Aaron Rodgers strapped himself with so many times now actually exists. As Rodgers raised the Lombardi Trophy, linebacker Clay Matthews joined him on the podium and presented him with a championship belt.

It's actually not the first time that belt's made the sports scene in recent history. It's the same one that Rasheed Wallace wore after the Detroit Pistons won the NBA Finals in 2004.

Obviously, the belt's got a long history in professional wrestling, too. It's most closely associated with "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who sported it as the champion of the NWA, WCW, and in the WWF. The belt is actually called "The Big Gold Belt" and was designed in 1985 by a silversmith named Charles Crumrine.

Across the top, it reads "WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING CHAMPION," and at the bottom, there's a removable nameplate, meant to display the name of the current title holder. Rasheed Wallace's belt read "Roscoe" in 2004.

The Steelers are a rugged bunch on defense with six starters over 30. They will be looking to put a lick on Aaron Rodgers early in this game. They have the best linebacking corps in football, and inside linebacker Lawrence Timmons is as good rushing the quarterback as LaMarr Woodley and James Harrison. I wouldn’t put it past any Steeler to take a borderline shot in order to knock Rodgers from the game with so much at stake.

“This is probably the only Super Bowl ever that the players from either team could jump in the defensive huddle and understand the terminology and probably run the defense,” Pittsburgh’s LeBeau said.

To combat the Pittsburgh pressure, look for the Packers to slide their offensive line protection in order to protect Rodgers’ blindside. Pittsburgh’s defenders are sure tacklers, and I don’t suspect Rodgers will be able to escape as many rushers as he has in previous games. With Troy Polamalu playing a center field role in the defense, Rodgers will throw either quickly to the outside or deep to the outside to his quartet of receivers led by Greg Jennings and Donald Driver, who is expected to start despite sitting out three days of practice here to rest a quad injury. The Packers believe they can beat Pittsburgh cornerbacks Ike Taylor and Bryant McFadden.

Aaron Rodgers has been particularly adept at escaping pressure and making throws while on the run. The offensive lineman on the spot may be Packers rookie RT Bryan Bulaga, who grew up in suburban Chicago. He’ll see a rotation of Israel Idonije and Julius Peppers, who each had eight sacks this season.

Former Minnesota Vikings assistant coach Darrell Bevell has agreed to become the Seattle Seahawks' offensive coordinator, a team source said Thursday.

The Seahawks originally wanted to interview Bevell for their quarterbacks coach job, but he became a candidate for their offensive coordinator position after Jeremy Bates was fired Tuesday following one season with the team.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday that Bates' firing was because of a "philosophical issue" and a move into a different direction. Carroll also said the hiring of former Oakland Raiders head coach Cable as an assistant head coach in charge of the offensive line was a return to his philosophy that "got sidetracked" during the season.

Although Bevell wasn't officially let go when the Vikings began restructuring their coaching staff to start the offseason, the team interviewed Josh McDaniels and on Wednseday hired Atlanta Falcons quarterbacks coach Bill Musgrave to be its offensive coordinator. McDaniels accepted the St. Louis Rams' offensive coordinator job Tuesday.

Bevell's experience as the Vikings' offensive coordinator, his ability to navigate a difficult situation (with high tension between former coach Brad Childress and star quarterback Brett Favre in Minnesota) and his work with quarterback Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay all worked in his favor. Bevell also has ties to Seahawks general manager John Schneider.

The Eagles’ are shaky in the secondary with Dimitri Patterson struggling and Asante Samuel bothered by a knee strain that caused him to miss three starts down the stretch. Also, rookie Kurt Coleman is starting at free safety after Nate Allen was lost for the season.

You can look for Aaron Rodgers to use quick throws on short to intermediate pass patterns to maintain possession and then look deep to Greg Jennings, who has 12 receptions of 25-plus yards and six touchdowns in his last seven games.

The Packers’ passing game hit on all cylinders last Sunday against the Giants as Aaron Rodgers passed for four scores. The Packers’ receiving corps is not a good matchup for Chicago’s cover-two scheme. The Bears don’t have enough speed in the secondary to stay with Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, Jordy Nelson and James Jones. Chicago is hopeful that good field conditions, which don't exist at Soldier Field, will allow them to get consistent pressure on Rodgers with their four-man defensive line. Julius Peppers could be a big mismatch against Green Bay RT Bryan Bulaga when he flops to that side.