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The NFC conference championships will begin on Sunday at 3:00pm EST with the Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears on FOX from Soldier Field and will be followed by the Jets vs Steelers at 6:30pm EST from Heinz Field to decide the AFC conference champion. Online sportsbooks have opened with Green Bay as a 3-point road favorite in NFL playoff odds vs Chicago with an over/under betting total of 43.5 for the game that can be seen on FOX. Sportsbooks also favor the Packers -200 in money line NFC conference odds for Sunday’s game vs the Bears +170. Green Bay has done what many sports betting handicappers didn’t think was possible this season

The Packers have gone on the road and defeated the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons to find themselves in the NFC conference championships. All the Packers have to do now is win one more road game and they will find themselves playing for Super Bowl XLV in Texas. Green Bay took down the Michael Vick and the Eagles 21-16 in the wild card round and completely dominated the NFC South champion Atlanta Falcons 48-21 in the divisional round and easily covered the spread as 1-point underdogs in NFL playoff odds. If Aaron Rogers can somehow lead his squad to a victory one more time in the NFC conference, it will be the first time that a sixth seed has made the Super Bowl since the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Bears have had a simpler road to the NFC championship game with a first round bye after finishing the season with the NFC North title and then took down the Seattle Seahawks 35-24 in the divisional championship as 10.5-point favorites in NFL playoffs odds. Chicago barely covered the spread vs the Seahawks and as a result, sportsbooks have listed the Bears as field goal underdogs at home for the NFC conference championship game. This will be the 181st time that the Bears have played the Packers and if history is on their side, then Chicago just might pull off the victory at Soldier Field as underdogs. If Chicago is to pull off the upset, QB Jay Cutler will have to play better than his previous attempts vs Green Bay having gone 1-4 with nine interceptions and only five touchdowns.