Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers will be the center of attention when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers battle it out in the NFC Championship game on Sunday afternoon.
This will only be the fourth encounter between the future first ballot Hall of Fame backers, and it will be the first time they face each other in the post-season. The Buccaneers defeated Green Bay 38-10 in their Oct. 18 meeting in Tampa. The other two times they met, Brady was still the quarterback of the New England Patriots.
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In 2014, the Packers claimed a 26-21 victory over New England at Lambeau Field, and four years later the Patriots won a 31-17 victory over Foxborough.
“I remember when I heard the news that he was coming to the NFC, I thought it was a real possibility,” Rodgers said. “I’m excited about the opportunity to play against him one more time.”
Brady and the Bucs role. Tampa Bay is currently in a seven-game winning streak in road racing, which is a franchise record. If the Buccaneers take down the Packers Sunday, they will be the first team in NFL history to host a Super Bowl in their home stadium.
The last time Tampa Bay reached the Super Bowl, Jon Gruden was the team’s head coach, and they were anchored by one of the best defenses in league history, with the likes of Warren Sapp, Derrick Brooks and John Lynch.
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With a win on Sunday, Brady, along with fullbacks Kurt Warner, Peyton Manning and Craig Morton as the only QBs leading two different franchises, will lead to a Super Bowl look.
“It’s one of the coolest stadiums in the league to play in,” Brady said of Lambeau Field. “I know they’m excited, we’ll be excited, and it’s going to be a great football game.”
Green Bay, on the other hand, will play Rodgers under center in his fifth NFC championship game. The last time the Packers reached the Super Bowl was in 2010 when Green Bay finally defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the big game.
Everyone will watch two of the greatest QBs in NFL history on Sunday afternoon, and Warner, a Hall of Famer and current NFL Network analyst, believes it should fit for centuries.
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“When I played, I always knew who was on the other side,” Warner said. ‘I always said if I experienced these matches at the end of the day, I know if we are going to win this match, I have to be better than the guy. I have to be better than the quarter the other side. ‘
Brady and Rodgers will definitely look at each other on Sunday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.