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ATLANTA — Last week, Tramon Williams ended the frantic comeback the Eagles were mounting when he plucked a Michael Vick pass out of the air in the end zone for a game-ending interception. That allowed the Packers to escape Lincoln Financial Field with a 21-16 NFC wild-card playoff victory.

Williams was at it again last night as his Packers overwhelmed the No. 1 seed Falcons 48-21 in a divisional playoff route at the Georgia Dome. Williams intercepted two of Matt Ryan’s passes, both times getting the best of Ryan late in the second quarter.

The first act of thievery came with the game tied at 14-14 when Ryan badly underthrew Michael Jenkins, who had raced past Williams down the right sideline. Ryan waited too long on his throw and then put too much air under the pass, allowing Williams time to recover for an end-zone interception.

Aaron Rodgers made Ryan pay for the mistake, hitting James Jones for a touchdown that made it 21-14 with only 42 seconds remaining in the second quarter.

Remarkably, the Falcons dug themselves an even larger hole. Ryan, trying to mount a last-minute drive before the half, made the key mistake of the night. A sack by Clay Matthews forced the Falcons into a second-and-19 situation and that was trouble.

Ryan rolled to his left, had an open lane for his pass but offered no deception as he threw to the left sideline for Roddy White. The ball was too far inside and Williams was too far outside. That proved to be a deadly combination.

Williams without breaking stride picked the ball out of the air for an interception and raced untouched 70 yards, crossing the goal line as time expired in the half, putting the Packers ahead 28-14.

“I let the receiver get outside of me and then I just made a play on the ball,” Williams said.

“That athletic ability he has, I can’t teach that,” said veteran cornerback Charles Woodson.

The Falcons never recovered.

“It ended up really turning the tide right before the half,” Falcons coach Mike Smith said.

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