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Practice reps are done. Game plans are in place. There’s one more day to perhaps tweak that plan but more importantly, get mentally right for the biggest game on the Frozen Tundra in 13 years.
Sunday afternoon at 2:05 PM CST, the NFC Championship Game will be played at Lambeau Field between the Green Bay Packers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Green Bay, the NFC’s top seed at 14-3, is a three and a half point favorite over the fifth seeded Bucs who have already won two playoff games on the road to carry a 13-5 record into the first title game on the hallowed ground since the 2007 NFC Championship. It’s something Aaron Rodgers, the two time, most likely the next three time Most Valuable Player has pined for ever since earning the Super Bowl XLV MVP honor a decade ago. To return to the grand finale, Rodgers and the Packers will have to turn aside the turned around Bucs, led to Green Bay by 43 year old Tom Brady, one game away from a shot at his unfathomable 7th