Packers...38 Raiders...7

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers didn’t need Brett Favre to throw the ball all over the field to clinch the NFC North, relying on the running of Ryan Grant and a pair of special-teams touchdowns from Will Blackmon in a 38-7 victory over the Oakland Raiders.

The Packers (11-2) assured an end to their two-year absence from the postseason.

Blackmon, a backup cornerback who has missed most of the season because of a broken foot, returned a punt 57 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter and recovered a muffed punt by Raiders returner Tim Dwight in the end zone late in the third.

Grant, who was acquired in a preseason trade with the New York Giants and became a starter last month, ran for 156 yards and a touchdown, his fourth 100-yard game this season.

Quoteworthy: “Everybody was against us today; that’s why we got 38 points put up on us.” -- Warren Sapp, Raiders defensive tackle, on the officiating