As the old saying goes, it’s not who you play, it’s when you play them.
Two years ago, Packers fans would have been petrified at the thought of Patrick Mahomes torching the Green Bay defence at Arrowhead Stadium. But by the time the game rolled around, it had turned into a showdown between Aaron Rodgers and middling veteran Matt Moore.
Last year, Green Bay travelled to the house of horrors that had been Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco, and were given a helping hand in exorcising their demons, as the 49ers roster became ravaged with injuries and COVID cases leading up to the game.