Packers rolling into NFC title match with Bears
MILWAUKEE — Never mind the weather forecast for Soldier Field next Sunday. The NFL's most historic rivalry just got a lot hotter.
Even before they boarded the team plane back to Green Bay after Saturday night's rout of Atlanta, Packers players were pondering the possibility of facing the rival Bears in the NFC championship game. That became a reality Sunday when Chicago beat Seattle to set up one of the juiciest conference championship matchups in recent memory.
The Bears won the NFC North and have home-field advantage. But with the way the Packers are playing right now, they might be the scariest No. 6 playoff seed ever after knocking off the Eagles and the Falcons.
Cornerback Charles Woodson says the Packers "have what it takes."