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Green Bay Packers right many title game wrongs in win over Seattle Seahawks

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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There would be no onside kick drama in this meeting between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks.

Not only did the Packers beat down the Seahawks, 38-10, in their most impressive performance of the season, but they also put right many of the wrongs from the 2014 NFC Championship Game debacle.

Like then, Aaron Rodgers led the Packers for much of the game with just one leg. A calf injury limited his mobility throughout the playoffs in 2014, and it was another calf ailment paired with a hamstring strain hurting him Sunday.

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Rodgers, fighting through the pain, led the Packers to a fast start much like he did in 2014. Except this time, Green Bay found the end zone rather than settling for field goals.

But Sunday’s blowout victory drew many eery parallels to that game, except this time the Packers didn’t fall into the same traps.

Two years ago, Russell Wilson threw four interceptions but still led the Seahawks to improbable victory. This time, the Packers picked him off five times just to be sure.

One of those belonged to Morgan Burnett, who famously slid on his interception in Seattle despite having a chance to score a touchdown. He didn’t slide this time. Burnett returned the pick 19 yards, and four plays later Rodgers found Jordy Nelson in the end zone.

Wilson’s 21-yard strike to rookie wide receiver Tanner McEvoy made it a 21-point game with over eight minutes remaining.

Lambeau held its breath while Seattle tried an onside kick. No problem this time, as tight end Richard Rodgers scooped in the football and squashed any hopes of a comeback.

Green Bay’s heartbreak in Seattle will never be forgotten. The Packers had one foot in the Super Bowl, in what would have set up a mouth-watering tie with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

But that was then. This is now. The Packers have since won two straight against the Seahawks, and Sunday’s win helped right many of the wrongs from the game that shall not be named.