Another game. One more game and then the Buccaneers can travel, um, across the street to be the first team to play in their stadium for the Super Bowl.
The point is that the Bucs will have to go through Aaron Rodgers and the Packers in their place first. Tampa Bay will battle Green Bay for the NFC Championship this Sunday and our friends in the mainstream media have some ideas.
Most are choosing the Packers. And why not you? The forecast for Sunday includes snow – a far cry from the 75 degrees that were in Tampa on Friday for training. Rodgers and Co. were born out of the cold. Molded on it. So why shouldn’t they be victorious?
Because Tom Brady and a robust Bucs defense, that’s why.
“I hope the two quarterbacks will play on Sunday because they will be well protected,” wrote Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com, one of the few experts to choose Buccaneers at Lambeau this weekend. “In a league where pass rushers are supposed to have gained the advantage, the offensive lines of the Packers and Bucs should win in the front. Bucs guard Aaron Stinnie reserves. Maybe Shaquil Barrett could turn the clock back to 2019 for a week against the backup of Packers tackle Rick Wagner. Quarterbacks are more likely to control the fast pass and get rid of the ball as if they have season. “