GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers' lengthy injury list got even longer during their| 27-24 loss to the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, with left tackle Chad Clifton leaving the game with a left hamstring injury and the already depleted defensive line losing fill-in starter Mike Montgomery to an ankle injury.

With quarterback Aaron Rodgers playing with a dislocated throwing shoulder, one starter (defensive end Cullen Jenkins) on season-ending injured reserve and four more starters (cornerback Al Harris, safety Atari Bigby, fullback Korey Hall and part-time starting safety Aaron Rouse) inactive, losing Clifton and Montgomery only made matters worse.

"It all adds up," said cornerback Charles Woodson, playing his fourth straight game without practicing because of a broken toe on his right foot.

"But we've still got 11 guys. It's not like we're playing with 10 or nine guys. We've still got 11 guys. So whoever's out there, regardless of who's hurt, you've got to come to play."

The injury to Montgomery, who started for Jenkins, forced the Packers to play little-used rookie end Jeremy Thompson, who contributed to Atlanta's 176-yard rushing day.

Clifton, who originally hurt the hamstring at Tampa Bay last week, came up lame on a run play on the first possession of the second half.

Left guard Daryn Colledge moved outside to replace him, while Allen Barbre came in at guard. Colledge was then beaten by John Abraham on Rodgers' intentional-grounding penalty late in the game.

Clifton said he expects to play next week at Seattle, however, while linebacker A.J. Hawk (groin) said he didn't think he was any worse off for playing.

Officially annoyed

The Packers came into the game leading the league in penalty yardage and third in penalties committed, and their nine-flag, 97-yard performance didn't help matters.

Woodson, Rodgers, tight end Jermichael Finley, special teams coordinator Mike Stock and others took issue with several of the calls.

"The calls, they get a little more iffy every week," said Woodson, miffed at a pass-interference penalty on fellow cornerback Pat Lee.

"It's always the defensive back that gets the raw end of the deal on those type of plays. That hurts. … Receivers get away with murder. That's the bottom line. Plays like that, P-Lee had today, the flag should've never been thrown."

Finley called his holding penalty on a field goal "B.S.," while Stock said a hold on Jarrett Bush on a kickoff return left him "mystified. To be honest with you, it looked like it was a clean block all the way. I don't know how to coach it anymore. I don't."

Said coach Mike McCarthy: "We're going to talk about it as a staff because the approach of how we're addressing (penalties) and the way we're practicing it, it's not working. Any time something happens five weeks in a row, that's a problem and penalties have definitely been a problem throughout these first five games."

Coming up short

The only time Rodgers' bad shoulder clearly affected him — "Unless you were looking at my facial expressions," he said — came when Greg Jennings was wide open at the Falcons' 25 yard-line on the Packers' opening possession of the second half and Rodgers underthrew him, leading to a punt two plays later.

"Unfortunately, I ran out of arm on that one," Rodgers said.

Brief spark

Cornerback Tramon Williams' leaping, one-handed interception in the end zone was the Packers' chief defensive highlight.

But the momentum from the pick with 12 minutes, 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter didn't last as long as Williams hoped.

The Packers went 80 yards in four plays to tie the game, but Jerious Norwood's subsequent 54-yard kick return set up a field goal, putting the Falcons ahead 20-17.

"It actually sparked us for a while," said Williams, who led the Packers with 11 tackles. "We fought our way back in. We scored a touchdown, tied the game up. (But) then they came back down and got a big return."

Williams said he wasn't responsible for Falcons tight end Ben Hartsock, who was open in the corner of the end zone, but "I saw him wide open and I had to go and make a play."

Watch your step

Several players, including Woodson and Lee, slipped on the turf and there were remarks afterward that the field was slippery. Williams said he changed to longer cleats at halftime and didn't have any problems in the second half.

"The field was very slick out there," Williams said.

Kicker Mason Crosby seemed to have a footing issue on his unsuccessful 53-yard field goal.

"The field has been great," Crosby said. "They've done a good job. It's just gotten a little soft."