2020 · Conference Championships · Game 2

Pregame

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Conference Championships: Tampa Bay Buccaneers travel to face Green Bay Packers, one win from a Super Bowl berth. Kickoff: Sun January 24, 2021. Winner advances to the Super Bowl. Loser carries one of the year's hardest what-ifs into the offseason.[1][2]

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers in the Conference Championships, with a Super Bowl berth on the line. The conference title round is the one that turns nameplates into legacy. For Green Bay Packers, the home crowd at the venue is asked to be a player; for Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the road environment is supposed to be the test that breaks lesser teams. Coaches will lean on what worked all year. Players will lean on what their bodies have left in them.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers have outlasted everyone else in their conference. One walks out of the venue with the conference title; the other walks out with a brutal what-if. Around the league, coaches are watching tape on both staffs for next year's prep. Every Super Bowl-bound team starts the offseason as the team to beat.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers versus Green Bay Packers in the Conference Championships. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Green Bay Packers cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.

League standings entering Week 18

Standings as of kickoff, Week 18 (no future-game spoilers)

Around the league

  • Best record league-wide: Kansas City Chiefs (14-2).

AFC

AFC East

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Buffalo Bills13-3--
Miami Dolphins10-6--
New England Patriots7-9--
New York Jets2-14--

AFC North

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Pittsburgh Steelers12-4--
Baltimore Ravens11-5--
Cleveland Browns11-5--
Cincinnati Bengals4-11-1--

AFC South

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Indianapolis Colts11-5--
Tennessee Titans11-5--
Houston Texans4-12--
Jacksonville Jaguars1-15--

AFC West

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Kansas City Chiefs14-2--
Las Vegas Raiders8-8--
Los Angeles Chargers7-9--
Denver Broncos5-11--

NFC

NFC West

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Seattle Seahawks12-4--
Los Angeles Rams10-6--
Arizona Cardinals8-8--
San Francisco 49ers6-10--

NFC East

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Washington Football Team7-9--
Dallas Cowboys6-10--
New York Giants6-10--
Philadelphia Eagles4-11-1--

NFC North

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Green Bay Packers13-3--
Chicago Bears8-8--
Minnesota Vikings7-9--
Detroit Lions5-11--

NFC South

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New Orleans Saints12-4--
Tampa Bay Buccaneers11-5--
Carolina Panthers5-11--
Atlanta Falcons4-12--

Game video

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Score

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Scoring plays

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Recap

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Conference Championships at the venue: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated Green Bay Packers.[1][2]

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated Green Bay Packers in the Conference Championships. Tampa Bay Buccaneers are bound for the Super Bowl.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated Green Bay Packers. Round: Conference Championships.

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Conference Championships. Tampa Bay Buccaneers over Green Bay Packers.

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