It takes an incredible season to make it all the way to the NFC Championship game, and it takes a great effort to make it beyond the conference title game to the Super Bowl. Fortunately, the Packers have had more than a few great performances in their conference championship games, so let’s take a look at a few of the best.
Read MoreOn the surface, the Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons feel like similar teams. Both won their division and finished with superb records – Dallas at 13-3 and Atlanta at 11-5. Both teams run the ball well behind a talented offensive line and have a superstar, game-breaking wide receiver.
Read MoreOnly four teams have scored 32 points or more in more games than this year’s Falcons, led by quarterback and MVP candidate Matt Ryan. That includes the Packers’ early season matchup against Atlanta, a game Green Bay narrowly lost 33-32.
Read MoreAaron Rodgers will face off against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday for the seventh time in his career. To say he’s been superb in his career against the Falcons is an understatement; he’s averaged 332 passing yards and has a sparkling 122.2 quarterback rating, his personal best against any other team in the NFC.
Read MorePackers fans have unintentionally helped advance an unusual trend brewing in sports media throughout much of 2016 and now 2017: the Joe Buck redemption tour.
Read MoreIt’s always best to arm yourself with some handy anecdotes heading into any big game, and instead of waiting for the talking heads on your pregame show of choice to recite them for you, why not just read them here? Here’s everything you need to know heading into Sunday’s playoff game in Dallas.
Read MoreFrom the first playoff appearance against Arizona in the 2009 Wild Card round to this week’s Divisional round versus Dallas, Rodgers has generally exceeded expectations when the lights are brightest.
Read MoreYahoo.com’s very excellent Shutdown Corner blog caught my eye with a headline on Twitter today: “Two years ago today,” they wrote, “Cowboys WR Dez Bryant was part of one of the most controversial plays in NFL history.”
Read MoreNow that the regular season stats are final, let's take a look at where some of the Packers' big names ended up.
Read MorePlease don’t send this article to Jason Garrett. Just keep this between us Packers fans, okay?
Read MoreWe're very excited to announce The Power Sweep's first book: Following Favre. This short eBook dives into the stories of the four quarterbacks who could have been successors to Brett Favre in Green Bay.
Read MoreI recently visited the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio and was reminded as I walked through the hall of bronze heads of just how many Packers have made an indelible mark in league history. 24 men are enshrined, second only (for the time being) to the Chicago Bears.
Read MoreThe NFL announced its Hall of Fame finalists Wednesday, and former Packers safety LeRoy Butler was not among them. Fellow safeties Brian Dawkins and John Lynch, however, did make the final cuts. That’s a shame, because Butler deserves consideration at least as much as they do.
Read MoreThe most popular guy on a football team is the backup quarterback. The most popular guy in Green Bay might be director of football operations, Eliot Wolf.
Read MoreThe Packers and Lions met five times in the 1994 calendar year, including two iconic playoff games.
Read MoreAaron Rodgers is once again considered a candidate for the NFL’s Most Valuable MVP award, thanks to a prodigious return to form and a four game winning streak. The two-time MVP winner has a strong case, but he shouldn’t win.
Read MoreAaron Rodgers is back, hobbled calf and all. The last eight games have seen the All-Pro and two-time MVP quarterback complete 67% of his passes and throw eight touchdowns for every interception
Read MoreSuper Bowl titles, division championships and winning seasons are determined on the field. But the players who suit up change teams in the magical two weeks in the NFL offseason when free agent rumors become reality.
Read MoreAn unproven Ted Thompson, named the Packers’ eleventh general manager a year earlier, was hiring his first head coach. A day after the 2005-2006 season ended, he dismissed the incumbent Mike Sherman following a dismal 4-12 record. Thompson would take ten days to fill the position.
Read MoreSometimes when a player hits a rough patch, it becomes too easy to overstate how badly they’re playing, especially when that player is a high level talent. Such is the case with Aaron Rodgers. Or at least, that’s what I thought.
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