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Aaron Rodgers had just sent 66,000 or so once-hopeful, now-hoarse Detroiters home to their forever frustration. A small cadre of Green Bay fans, many wearing foam cheese blocks on their heads, gathered behind the Packers' bench to celebrate and delivered a chant that echoed throughout cavernous Ford Field. The Packers had won the game, 31-24, won the NFC North, won their sixth consecutive contest and won the right to host the New York Giants at 4:40 p.m. ET next Sunday.