Two rising star quarterbacks face-off.

3 TD and 0 INT from Aaron Rodgers + most rushing yards in a playoff game by a rookie from Jason Starks (123 yards) = trip to Atlanta for Divisional Playoffs.  Packers fans have not had to look back once since Aaron Rodgers started taking the snaps.  Rodgers continued to add to his legacy Sunday by becoming the first quarterback to ever throw seven touchdowns in his first two NFL Playoff games.  After coming back from his concussion in Week 16 Rodgers has been forced to play in three straight elimination games which he has answered with three straight wins.  The difference in Sunday's win compared to the other two is the help the Packers had from the running game.  James Starks had only 101 yards rushing total in the entire regular season, but came up big Sunday for Green Bay.

The Falcons worst scenario for match-ups ended up becoming a living nightmare last weekend.  The Packers are the last of the four Wild Card teams that they would want to play as they have been hotter than anyone else in the NFC the past couple weeks.  On a positive note, the Falcons did beat the Packers earlier this season on November 28th.  The scoreboard in the Georgia Dome showed 49 seconds left in the 4th quarter and the game tied 17-17.  Matt Ryan delivered in the clutch for Atlanta by getting the offense in special teams so Matt Bryant could close the game out with a field goal.

That was then, and this is now.  The Packers are clicking on all cilinders and too hot for the Falcons to cool them off.  The Packers offense is rolling as well as it has all season right now.  On defense the Packers are coming off a game where they held the starting NFC Pro Bowl quarterback to a 79.9 passer rating.  Even more flustered was the Eagles' running back LeSean McCoy who only mustered a total of 46 rushing yards all game.  The Eagles did not beat themselves.  Green Bay played at an extremely high level and deserved to win.  Atlanta will give the Packers all they can handle both on offense and defense, but they cannot match the heart and intensity that Green Bay is playing with right now.  Packers take the cake 27-17.