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The NFC Wildcard game 2--Green Bay vs Arizona

The 2nd NFC wildcard game will be played at 4:30 pm EST today. It will be played between The Green Pay Packers (11/5--2nd place in NFC's North Division) vs The Arizona Cardinals (10/6--1st place NFC's West Division). The game will be played at The University of Phoenix Stadium. Whoever wins this game will go on to play New Orleans next week.

The Head Coaches--

For The Green Bay Packers:

Mike McCarthy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McCarthy
4th year Head Coach for Green Bay. His team made the playoffs in 2007--but lost it to The New York Giants.

For The Arizona Cardinals:

Ken Whisenhunt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Whisenhunt
3rd year as Head Coach for The Arizona Cardinals. Made it to The Superbowl in 2008--but lost to The Pittsburgh Steelers.

Starting quarterbacks:

For Green Bay:

Aron Rodgers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers
Out of USC. In his 5th year--(since 2005). He played back up Quarterback to Brett Favre. On November 19, 2006, Rodgers broke his left foot against the New England Patriots in a 35–0 defeat at home while filling in for an injured Brett Favre and missed the remainder of the 2006 season.

For The Arizona Cardinals:

Kurt Warner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Warner
Out of northern Iowa University. Kurt originally started with The Arena Football League on a team called The Iowa Barnstormers. He signed on with The St. Louis Rams in 1998! (I bet The Rams organization wishe they would have kept him!) He played 1 year with The Giants (2004) and then joined The Cardinals in 2005. He is the only quarterback to throw for over 14,000 yards with two different teams.

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Permalink Reply by HAVE_A_HEART on January 10, 2010 at 4:55pm

Green Bay's ball!

U know there haven't been a team with a tied game on their record this year. wouldn't it just be ironic if this game ends up in a tie???