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ATLANTA -- There was Aaron Rodgers, leaning over in the visitors' locker room of the Georgia Dome Saturday night to grab his duffel bag for a trip to the team bus. Then, the hero of the moment for the Green Bay Packers rose to say, with tongue firmly in cheek, to a couple of reporters nearby, "Guess I got that monkey off my back."He laughed. We laughed, but you know what?
That monkey for Rodgers isn't there anymore, because it has been replaced by a bunch of King Kong's 21st-century relatives.
Yes, this was another splendid game for Rodgers, as he completed 31 of his 36 passes for 366 yards, three touchdowns and a 136.8 passer rating in the Packers' 48-21 slaughtering of the Atlanta Falcons to reach the NFC championship game. And, yes, it was the same last week in Philadelphia, where Rodgers moved his evolution into one of the NFL's most potent quarterbacks from the regular season to the playoffs by doing much to push the Packers past the Eagles.
But, no, I'm not totally impressed, and you shouldn't be, either.
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