With aspirations of taking the field for Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1 in Arizona, the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks clash Sunday at 3:05 p.m. ET at CenturyLink Field in the NFC Championship Game.
Green Bay enters the title game for the first time since winning it and going on to capture the Super Bowl in 2010.
Seattle is this far in the playoffs for the second straight season and will look to become the first team in 17 years to win back-to-back NFC title games after the club went on to host the Lombardi Trophy last year.
The Packers went 12-4 in the regular season and won the NFC North for the fourth straight year. Green Bay defeated the Dallas Cowboys 26-21 last week in the divisional round.
The Seahawks finished 2014 with a 12-4 season and won the NFC West for the second straight campaign in defense of their Super Bowl title. The Seahawks overcame the Carolina Panthers 31-17 to get here.
Here are three things to keep an eye on when the Packers and Seahawks suit up Sunday in Seattle:
1) Aaron Rodgers vs. Russell Wilson: Rodgers' slightly torn calf noticeably ailed him on Sunday, but he was still able to overcome the odds to lead his team to victory.
While the Cowboys' defense was solid, it pales in comparison to what Seattle will throw at Rodgers, whose mobility is in question due to the injury. Despite the pain, the MVP candidate was able to go 24-for-35 (68.57 percent) for 316 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions last week.
Rodgers was sacked three times by the Seahawks defense the last time these teams met in Seattle's 36-16 victory over Green Bay in Week 1.
Rodgers went 23-for-33 that day and passed for 189 yards with a touchdown and an interception. The MVP candidate was 341-for-520 (65.6 percent) for 4,381 yards this season with 38 scores and five picks. He has 22 touchdowns and five interceptions through 11 career playoff games.
Wilson has had a fine year for the Seahawks, going 285-for-452 (63. 1 percent) in his third year under center for 3,475 yards with 20 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 2014. Wilson also ran for a career-high 849 yards on 110 carries and found the end zone six times.
Wilson was 19 of 28 against Green Bay in September for 191 yards with two scores and no picks. Wilson has nine touchdowns and one interception in six career playoff games.
2) The "Legion of Boom" vs. Green Bay's Top Receivers: Seattle boasts one of the toughest secondaries in the league, led by cornerback Richard Sherman while the Packers provide Rodgers with some great weapons through the air with the likes of Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb.
Sherman has one career postseason pick while he had four interceptions on the 2014 campaign and has been a shut-down corner throughout his career. In the Week 1 meeting between these teams, Rodgers mostly shied away from Sherman.
Nelson paced the Packers with 1,519 receiving yards off of 98 catches and added 13 touchdowns in the regular season. Nelson, however, was limited by the Cowboys defense last week and caught just two passes for 22 yards in Green Bay's win.
Nelson has 42 receptions for 517 yards and four touchdowns in his playoff career.
Cobb had hauled in 91 passes in the 2014 campaign for 1,287 yards and found the end zone 12 times. The receiver had eight catches for 116 yards against Dallas last week and has 19 receptions for 236 yards in his playoff career, but has yet to find the end zone.
The Packers have plenty of weapons to turn to through the air, but will the Seahawks Legion of Boom be too much for them?
3) Which Eddie Lacy Will Show Up?: The young Green Bay running back got off to a slow start in his second season and it all began with a forgettable game against the Seahawks in Week 1.
The 2013 Offensive Rookie of the Year rushed for a season-low 34 yards against Seattle in September on 12 carries and failed to reach the end zone. Lacy also was careless with the ball during the early part of the season, finishing the campaign with three fumbles.
Lacy turned things around in the second half to finish with 1,139 yards on the ground off of 246 attempts while finding the end zone nine times. The numbers weren't as impressive as the ones he put up in his rookie year, but it was a positive sign that he shook off his glaringly bad start and bounced back.
The good Lacy certainly showed up against Dallas as he rushed for 101 yards on 19 attempts, though he failed to score. Lacy is still in search of his first postseason touchdown, but he's rushed for 182 yards on 40 carries in two playoff games thus far in his career.
Will Lacy be able to find the holes and prove that his struggles against Seattle in Week 1 were just rust or will the Seahawks shut down his ground attack?
A trip to Super Bowl XLIX hangs in the balance when the Packers and Seahawks clash for the first time since Week 1 on Sunday in Seattle.
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