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The Green Bay Packers’ 2020 season ended one game short of the Super Bowl LV thanks to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who escaped Lambeau Field with a 31-26 win over Matt LaFleur’s team in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. The Packers never held a lead and failed on three different opportunities to take the lead or tie late in the game. Here is the good, the bad and the ugly from … [Read more...] about Good, bad and ugly from Packers' season-ending loss to Buccaneers

The Green Bay Packers made too many critical mistakes and missed too many opportunities during Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, so now Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the conference champions and will play in Super Bowl LV. Here are all the notes and observations from rewatching the Packers’ 31-26 loss to the Buccaneers: – The Packers run defense started well and … [Read more...] about Notes, observations from rewatching Packers' NFC title game loss to Bucs

The Green Bay Packers lost Sunday’s NFC Championship Game to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, robbing the conference’s No. 1 seed of a chance to play in Super Bowl LV. In a rematch with the Bucs, the Packers just made too many mistakes to win. Here are five stats from Pro Football Focus that helped explain the Packers’ defeat: … [Read more...] about 5 stats from PFF to know about Packers' loss to Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers proved Sunday in the NFC Championship Game that their Week 6 meeting with the Green Bay Packers wasn’t necessarily an anomaly. Matt LaFleur’s team lost in nearly identical ways as the first meeting. Pressure. Third down. Turnovers. The same key ingredients in the October blowout recipe were present again Sunday at Lambeau Field. Once again, the Bucs won … [Read more...] about Packers lose rematch with Bucs in nearly identical ways as first meeting

There is something uniquely cruel about losing in the conference title game. There is no glory in reaching the NFL’s final four. There’s no trophy for the loser. No celebration. No Super Bowl appearance. Nothing. Just an abrupt, season-ending loss that instantly turns even a special team like the 2020 Green Bay Packers into the football equivalent of a fart in the wind, a … [Read more...] about Packers' special season suffers the most cruel of endings

The Green Bay Packers had a chance to tie the game with a touchdown and two-point conversion late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, but coach Matt LaFleur decided to kick a field goal on fourth down inside the 10-yard line and trust his defense to get a stop with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. The three points cut the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lead to … [Read more...] about Packers coach Matt LaFleur explains thought process on kicking late field goal

Before losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship Game, the Green Bay Packers’ commitment to running the football was a common denominator in their seven-game win streak. However, Matt LaFleur’s team abandoned the run late in the game after coming away with two rare interceptions of Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. In the end, it was a coaching decision that … [Read more...] about Packers abandon offensive identity during key moments in loss to Bucs

A special season for the Green Bay Packers came to a heartbreaking end in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday at Lambeau Field. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers survived a late comeback bid and beat the top-seeded Packers to advance to Super Bowl LV. With the Packers season over, here are a few things to know about what’s ahead: … [Read more...] about 3 things to know after Packers' 2020 season comes to heartbreaking end

The Green Bay Packers certainly had opportunities to complete their comeback and beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship Game. Too many were missed. The Packers stormed back from down 18 points in the second half but were unable to finish off the comeback, losing 31-26 to the Buccaneers at Lambeau Field on Sunday. The Packers scored touchdowns on back-to-back … [Read more...] about Packers comeback attempt comes up short in NFC Championship Game