Charles Woodson cleared to play in Green Bay's wild-card game against Minnesota

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Charles Woodson has been cleared to play again, and the Green Bay Packers are counting on the defensive back to provide a lift in Saturday night's playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings.

Woodson deferred to team physician Dr. Pat McKenzie and gave his broken collarbone as much time to heal as possible, sitting out Sunday's regular-season finale at Minnesota. He was injured on Oct. 21 and has missed nine consecutive games.

But now that the Packers are in win-or-go-home mode, Woodson is back.