The Green Bay Packers finished the 2020-21 regular season as the top team in the entire NFC, which came largely in part due to the stellar and consistent play of future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers. However, they certainly weren't perfect during their most recent regular season game after Green Bay encountered a major hiccup back in Week 6 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Packers were absolutely dismantled by the Buccaneers, as Tampa Bay throttled Green Bay by the score of 38-10. However, Rodgers and Co. will now have a chance at some serious revenge with Green Bay and Tampa Bay squaring off in this year's installment of the NFC title game.
Because the Rodgers-led Packers don't lose games by such a wide margin often, the legendary signal-caller shut down the relevancy of the initial matchup between Green Bay and Tampa Bay.
.@PatMcAfeeShow asks Aaron Rodgers how much Green Bay’s 38-10 loss to the Buccaneers in Week 6 matters:
“I think the Week 6 game matters as much as when the Saints went to their place and beat them 38-3.”
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) January 19, 2021
Adding some context to Aaron Rodgers' comments, the Buccaneers advanced to the NFC Championship after defeating arch-rivals New Orleans Saints–a team that beat Tampa Bay not once but twice in 2020. With the Buccaneers already defeating the Packers, it will no doubt be anyone's game come Sunday in Green Bay.
Of course, it is also worth noting that the Packers will enter the NFC clash with a major advantage since a mid-January game at the famed Lambeau Field is an entirely different monster.
The Packers have already defeated the always dangerous Los Angeles Rams after initially receiving a first round bye to begin the postseason.
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