Here's the tale of the tape from the Packers' 33-7 win over Arizona on Sunday:

Answers wanted

With the Cardinals resting many starters and both teams holding back game plan-specific looks, this blowout provided as many questions as answers entering the wild-card rematch -- particularly when it comes to the Packers defense against Arizona's offense.

* Will the Packers shadow star WR Larry Fitzgerald with top CB Charles Woodson? It sure looked that way, with Woodson lining up against Fitzgerald on 16 of 21 snaps (76.2 percent) when both were on the field. That left nickel CB Jarrett Bush to match up with WR Anquan Boldin in the slot in three-wide sets while CB Tramon Williams took WR Steve Breaston. The Cardinals use a lot of stacks to confuse coverage, however, and they surely have some tricks up their sleeve for getting Fitzgerald more involved than he was before Woodson's second-quarter exit -- three targets and one catch for each of them, Fitzgerald's a bubble screen that gained 2.

* Will the Packers exclusively play dime when the Cardinals go to four wides? Their defense was almost equally split -- 16 of 47 snaps in base (34 percent), 17 in nickel (36.2 percent) and 14 in dime (29.8 percent) -- but it's worth wondering if they'd consider staying in nickel instead of using dime CB Brandon Underwood, provided top cover ILB Brandon Chillar (back) is healthy. Breaston once had two steps on the rookie down the sideline but backup QB Matt Leinart overthrew him. Later, Underwood did make a good read to drop RB Tim Hightower for a 1-yard loss on a checkdown pass.

* Do the Cardinals have a plan for containing ROLB Clay Matthews? The rookie drew two holding calls -- one in the end zone, yielding a safety -- and unofficially had seven QB hits, including four in one possession against overmatched LT Jeremy Bridges (three) and LG Reggie Wells. Those are staggering numbers considering the Cardinals only threw 31 times and LOLB Brad Jones (two), ILB Nick Barnett (one) and DE Cullen Jenkins (one) also got licks in.

* How much will DC Dom Capers blitz? Warner has the mobility of a cardboard cutout, but his quick release makes extra-man pressures a dangerous game. Of course, if the Packers keep getting pressure with a four-man rush -- they rushed five only five times in 31 dropbacks (16.1 percent), mostly slot blitzes with Bush -- Capers probably will be more than content dropping seven all day.

Easy offense

The Packers' protection unit had one of its cleanest performances all season, but the early exit of top inside rusher DT Darnell Dockett and a blitz-light game plan (eight in 28 dropbacks, 28.6 percent) contributed.

QB Aaron Rodgers was hit only three times -- twice by free rushers on bootlegs and once by DT Alan Branch, who got off RT Mark Tauscher but couldn't stop Rodgers from completing a 19-yard strike to WR Donald Driver.

That only accentuated the mismatch on the perimeter after CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (knee) left on the game's third play. His replacement, CB Michael Adams, allowed three catches for 68 yards -- including Rodgers' gorgeous 51-yard post to WR Jordy Nelson on a play Adams should have had safety help -- and drew a 28-yard pass-interference penalty.

On the other side, CB Bryant McFadden showed he can run with WR Greg Jennings and allowed just two catches for 15 yards before leaving after three series. CB Greg Toler ran with Jennings, too, but the rookie was no match for TE Jermichael Finley, who powered through him to turn a short catch into an 11-yarder and outleapt Toler for a 5-yard TD that capped the Packers' scoring.

There's no telling whether Rodgers will see the sort of cushions and bailouts he did on the opening drive, when Rodgers hit three backside options for 29 yards. But when a team keeps dropping down a safety to stop the run and playing soft on the edges to compensate, Rodgers will take what's there.

From a game-planning perspective, the Packers used nine of their usual offensive personnel groups and kept several others on the shelf -- a luxury of being so multiple. They won't hold anything back in the rematch.

Playmakers

* Woodson's closing argument for defensive player of the year included one of his best plays -- bumping off Fitzgerald on an in route, snaring Warner's pass and then doubling back to the sideline for a 45-yard TD return capped by a 5-yard dive to the pylon. Bush and SS Atari Bigby -- who was in position to pick off two off-target throws by Leinart, one of them erased when the Packers accepted a penalty -- had blocks that helped spring the return.

* The push on Rodgers' 1-yard TD plunge was about as good as it gets. He didn't even need to extend the ball across the goal line, because by the time he landed on LG Daryn Colledge's back, College's whole torso was in the end zone.

* RB Brandon Jackson sure seems to be getting a better feel for screens with each week. He showed amazing poise on third-and-4, when he waited for C Scott Wells to get out on ILB Reggie Walker and then exploded for 17. Later in the same drive, he turned nothing into a 12-yard gain that set up Finley's TD.

* A diving ankle tackle by FB John Kuhn, a monster hit by ILB Desmond Bishop, a late 54-yard kickoff return by Nelson, no major hiccups in the kicking game -- this was one of the Packers' better days on special teams.

* Williams made up for failing to hang onto interception he should have had in front of Fitzgerald by hanging onto one on the next drive, when third-string QB Brian St. Pierre threw long and late for TE Stephen Spach on an out-breaking route to the sideline.

Play breakers

* Backup QB Matt Flynn cost the Packers a shutout with a terrible decision on his late interception. Flynn stared down WR James Jones all the way on an in-breaking route against Toler, who was on Jones back as CB Ralph Brown stepped in front for the interception he returned 80 yarrds. FS Rashad Johnson also jumped the underneath route, leaving Driver open to the post. One play later, Fitzgerald ran a drag across ILB Desmond Bishop's face and caught St. Pierre's catch just before Bigby drilled him at the goal line.

* A communication error between Barnett and ILB A.J. Hawk left Spach wide open across the middle for the Cardinals' longest gain, 22 yards in the second quarter.

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The defensive line had one of its quietest days production-wise, though NT B.J. Raji and DE Johnny Jolly each had a tackle for no gain. ... FB Quinn Johnson (18 snaps) has a knack for delivering one eye-popping block every game. RB Ryan Grant's 1-yard TD run on a toss right was blocked well all-around, but Johnson's pancake of ILB Gerald Hayes was a sight. ... The Packers used extra-tight end sets extensively -- 29 times in 64 snaps (45.3 percent). Further evidence of Finley's increasing impact, they threw out of those traditionally run-first formations nine times (31 percent).