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ATLANTA -- The Green Bay brand, that glowing yellow and green, never looked as polished as it did here Saturday night. The Packers, the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoffs, hardly look like a team that squeezed into the postseason. They have won two postseason games on the road and will play for the NFC championship next week.Green Bay (12-6) dismantled the NFC's No. 1 seed, the Atlanta Falcons, 48-21, with quarterback Aaron Rodgers throwing one dart after another into the helpless Atlanta secondary and marauders on defense hounding the Falcons' quarterback Matt Ryan.
Rodgers is going to come between the Packers' fans and their cherished memories of Brett Favre after this one. He completed 31 of 36 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns.
The Falcons could not get Rodgers on the ground. There were six plays through three quarters where there was pressure on the Green Bay quarterback and he dodged a sack and made plays.
Atlanta (13-4) came into the game as a wobbly 2-point favorite. The Falcons were the No. 1 seed in the NFC, but they were being shunned nationally because of a series of close wins, which included a 20-17 win over Green Bay on Nov. 28.
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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/01/15/packers-vs-falcons-aaron-rodgers-green-bay-dominate-on-road/
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