Here’s an Aaron Rodgers stat that will blow your mind
By John Buhler
Aaron Rodgers will play in his fifth NFC Championship game as the Green Bay Packers’ starter.
With the Green Bay Packers defeating the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday evening, quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be playing in his fifth NFC Championship game as the team’s star signal-caller. They will face the winner of the other NFC Divisional Round game between the No. 5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the No. 2 New Orleans Saints.
Green Bay was the No. 1 seed in the NFC for a reason. The Packers had balance offensively, as well as an improving defense that got better down the home stretch. So with that, this will be the first time Rodgers has started an NFC Championship game at Lambeau Field. The route to Super Bowl 55 out of the NFC will run through the Frozen Tundra. What are the odds of that happening?
Are the Packers the overwhelming favorite to get to the Super Bowl?
The last time the Packers hosted the NFC Championship game came in 2007. While Rodgers was on that team, he was backing up future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre. Green Bay lost in overtime 23-20 to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants. The last time the Packers won the title bout at home came in 1996 over the expansion-era Carolina Panthers.
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Rodgers was able to win his first NFC Championship game appearance as the starter over the division rival Chicago Bears over in Soldier Field in 2010. He has not won a conference championship since, falling at the Seattle Seahawks in 2014, at the Atlanta Falcons in 2016 and at the San Francisco 49ers last year. Will Green Bay buck its recent trend of NFC title bout failure?
With the NFC Championship game at home, Green Bay is the overwhelming favorite to advance.