We are back into the NFC Championship after a 2 year layoff and oh how great it is. And who are we playing...none other than the Chicago Bears. I will save the Bears for later in the week and talk about last Saturday's night victory over the Falcons. Here are my postgame thoughts:
1) Aaron Rodgers is kind of good. Ok, not kind of. He is amazing. If all the players in the NFL were put in a fantasy drafted pool, I would take Rodgers first overall. He only recently turned 27 years old and he has no flaws in his game. He has the arm strength and accuracy to make any throw and he also has the escape capability that makes him hard to sack. He takes the sack when something isn't there instead of forcing a bad throw. He demonstrated all of these qualities on Saturday night in a rout of the Atlanta Falcons. 31 for 36 with 300 plus yards and four touchdowns total. Going into that game, he was the highest rated playoff quarterback in NFL history. After that game, that rating went up. Are you kidding me?! Rodgers has been on in games this past season like against Dallas, at Minnesota, and vs. the Giants. Never though have I seen him that good and that in the zone. It seemed every throw that he made was going to be a completion and every 3rd down I wasn't nervous even once. The Falcons simply couldn't stop him.
2. Tramon Williams. 3 interceptions in 2 games. He had the memorable pick that Packer fans may never forget right here. With the Falcons driving and trying to give more room for Matt Bryant, Matt Ryan rolled out to his left with ten seconds left. Williams knew the outside route was coming to Roddy White and jumped it. He had a sick cutback on his way to the endzone to end the half and take control of the game for the Packers. The series before, Williams bated Ryan to an interception. Ryan tried looking off the safety Charlie Peprah and hit Michael Jenkins on 3rd and long, but Williams recovered and used every inch of his 41 inch vertical to pick off Ryan. Williams had turned into a stud and I wouldn't take many corners in the league over him.
3. Matt Ryan= melted. I know he has had many fourth quarter comebacks, but quite simply, this guy is overrated. I believe he has great accuracy but he just doesn't have the arm that a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers has. He is a good quarterback but he proved that he is nowhere near the elite Saturday night. He now will have the monkey on his back where he cannot win the playoff game much like Rodgers had going into thie postseason. Ryan is good but he has a lot of talent around him to take much of the load off of his shoulders like Turner and White.
On to Chicago!
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