NFC Playoff Picture: Aaron Rodgers and QBs Sure to Shine in the Postseason

The NFC playoffs have a plethora of great quarterbacks that will shine against their competition. A player like Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers, will destroy whatever team that comes in-front of him in the divisional round. 

Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers: 

Rodgers is the best quarterback in the NFL. He has dominated any NFC defense that he has gone up against this year throwing for 3,189 passing yards with 29 touchdowns to four interceptions. 

He will be in the friendly confines at home, where Rodgers is a perfect 6-0 with five of six wins scoring 30 or more points. 

If Rodgers plays a team like the Detroit Lions, New York Giants or the Atlanta Falcons in the divisional round he will have another huge performance just like he did against these teams earlier in the year. When Rodgers went against these three teams he had eight touchdowns to one interception.

New Orleans Saints Drew Brees:

Brees is just like Rodgers. He is second to the Packers quarterback in passer rating and touchdowns; however, Brees has the outright lead in passing yards with 4,780. Brees has owned his NFC competition this year with 3,397 passing yards and 26 touchdowns to seven interceptions. 

Brees is undefeated at home, just like Rodgers, going a perfect 6-0 with five of his wins seeing Brees lead the Saints to 30 points or more. 

Brees and the Saints will more than likely see the Detroit Lions in the first round of the playoffs. Against Detroit this year, Brees had a huge game of 342 passing yards with three touchdowns and a passer rating of 129.6. 

Brees will be able to exploit a Lions defense that has given up 19 touchdown passes this year and allowed quarterbacks to complete 62.5 percent of their passes. 

Detroit Lions Matthew Stafford:

Stafford may not have as much hype surrounding him, but he has had a great season. 

Stafford has led this Lions offense to the fifth best passing offense in the NFL. Over his last five games, Stafford has been on fire. He has thrown 1,637 passing yards with 13 touchdowns and six interceptions. 

Just last week, Stafford brought this Lions team back by throwing three touchdowns in the second half; two of those touchdowns came with less than five minutes left in the game. 

Stafford and the Lions should play the Saints in the first round. In their previous meeting, Stafford had his best passing game of the year in yards with 408 but only had one touchdown. 

He will have another huge passing game in the Wild-Card round, which will give his Lions team a great shot at pulling off the upset. 

These three quarterbacks can win ball games all by themselves. They will put their teams in a great position to win their playoff matchups, and will be the reason if their teams go deep in the playoffs. 

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