The Giants are not likely to make that mistake Sunday

“If you think about it, we didn’t have three of our best players,” Raji said, listing quarterback Aaron Rodgers, linebacker moncler jackets Clay Matthews and cornerback Charles Woodson, who were all given the day off. “That’s pretty crazy.”

Raji was reminded that the Packers also played without the Pro Bowl wideout Greg Jennings, who sprained his knee in Week 14 and missed the final three games of the regular season.

“I almost forgot about Greg,” Raji said.

The Giants are not likely to make that mistake Sunday.

When the Packers host the Giants in an N.F.C. divisional playoff game, Green Bay will get back perhaps its best receiver in Jennings. And that leaves the Giants with a tough decision to make.

Cornerback Corey Webster normally matches up with an opponent’s No. 1 receiver. But Green Bay has Jennings and Jordy Nelson, both formidable threats.

Webster can follow only one around Lambeau Field, which will leave Aaron Ross or Prince Amukamara to deal with the second on the other side.

“We’ve got a lot of guys here that can beat you,” Packers wideout James Jones said. “Whether that’s Greg or Jordy or any of us, it’s tough for defenses.”

Having Jennings back on the field will make moncler jackets for women things tougher for the Giants’ 29th-ranked pass defense.

Jennings tore his medial collateral ligament Dec. 11 against Oakland. He was taken off the field on a cart and gave Packer fans a thumbs-up on his way to the locker room. While many inside Lambeau Field feared the worst, Jennings never did.

“Honestly, it never really flashed through my mind that I was done for the season,” he said.

Jennings was running in a straight line within a week. By last week, he was cutting and going full speed in practice.

And even though the Packers averaged 31.3 points a game in Jennings’s absence, his return is expected to be a huge lift to the offense.

“I don’t see Greg missing a beat,” Packers Coach Mike McCarthy said.

Jennings, who has been named to two straight Pro Bowls, has not missed a beat since arriving in Green Bay as a second-round draft choice in 2006. Jennings does not have great size (5 feet 11 inches, 198 pounds) or blazing speed. But he is a polished, fluid route runner with extremely quick feet.

Those attributes have helped him become one of the N.F.L.’s elite deep threats. From 2007 to 2010, Jennings had 27 catches of 40 yards or more, the most in the league. And Jennings has a 30.5-yard average on his 49 career touchdowns.

This season, Jennings led the Packers in receptions (67) and had 949 yards receiving and 9 touchdown catches before being hurt. He also had moncler shoes eight catches of 25 yards or more.

“It’s great to be out there contributing, trying to do my part,” he said this week.

Jennings’s father is a Pentecostal pastor, and his mother is a church missionary.

Jennings married before his senior year at Western Michigan, and he and his wife, Nicole, have three daughters. Jennings is very active within the Pentecostal community; his Greg Jennings Foundation focuses on educational needs for young people.

“There was more pressure growing up,” Jennings, who was raised in Kalamazoo, Mich., said of being the son of a pastor. “But at the same time, it’s something that you just have to deal with. Being a kid, period, whether your parent is a lawyer or whatever, there’s going to be pressure on you regardless.”

Now Jennings hopes he can be a key contributor as the Packers begin the defense of their Super Bowl title.

“For myself, I’m as fresh as I’ve ever been at the end of the season,” he said. “So that’s a plus. The only negative about it is the actual experience — you never want to miss games.

“But given this off week — being able moncler to go out there and see defenses again, run routes and pick up the game speed all over again — it’s going to be huge.”