Rodgers' Super Bowl Dreams Crushed in NFC Championship

0:00On April 5th, Aaron Rogers etched his name in history with that Super Bowl 45 MVP, throwing for 304 yards and 3 touchdowns. To beat the Steelers, 31 to 25. Fast forward to the 2019 season, the Packers went 13 and 3, looking prime for Rogers to snag ring number 2 in the NFC. Championship against the 49ers. Raheem Mastair turned that game into his personal highlight reel, rushing for 220 yards and 4 touchdowns. He hit paydirt with a 36 yarder early, then added scores from 9, 18 and 22 yards, piling up 160 by half time, alone. Rogers went 31 of 39 for 326 yards, two touchdowns and two picks, but the 9ers defense swarmed him from. Jump? Nick Bolsa sacked him for a 13 yard loss, they forced three fumbles and corners like a manual mosey and Richard Sherman picked him off to kill. Drives Game Bay could only muster 62 rushing yards at under 4 per carry, while most kept carving

1:03them up, eating clock and building that lead. To 37 to 20, years later, Rogers still brings it up, showing how that night in Santa Clara crushed those Super Bowl dreams and lingers like a bad beat in his story. That's the story for today, NFL News Today, Driven by AI.