NFC Championship: New York Giants at Green Bay Packers
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The Packers have to be thrilled to see the Giants arrive at Lambeau: it's been four years since Tom Coughlin's club came to town and knocked the Pack out of the NFC Title Game in
Brett Favre's last game. It's a shot at redemption....but then again it's another shot at a tremendous heartbreak.
This year, however, the Packers are just so dominant that it's going to be extremely hard for the Giants defense to slow them down consistently through four quarters. They'll do it in Week 14 in Met Life Stadium, but not on the Frozen Tundra.
As maligned as the Packers defense has been this year (only the Patriots is statistically worse) they still have the playmakers in the secondary and the linebacking corps to force turnovers from Eli Manning, opening the door for Green Bay to take control in a hurry.
50 years removed from the Packers' 37-0 drubbing of the Giants (Vince Lombardi's first championship in Green Bay), Mike McCarthy will earn a second consecutive Super Bowl berth on the strength of a ridiculously efficient offensive output.
Prediction:
Packers 34, Giants 10