Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers ready for epic regular-season battle

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Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers will go head-to-head Sunday afternoon as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the Green Bay Packers in a rematch of the 2020-21 NFC Championship.

It’s the second time since Brady joined the Buccaneers that he’s playing Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers in the regular season. Their most recent regular-season matchup came on Oct. 18, 2020, and Tampa Bay won the game 38-10 behind Brady’s two touchdown passes. Rodgers was picked off twice.

Sunday’s matchup will feature two completely different teams than those that played during previous regular-season and postseason matchups.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady warms up before the Saints game in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

Brady and the Buccaneers won the first two games on the schedule while the Packers bounced back nicely last week against the Chicago Bears following a loss to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1.

The seven-time Super Bowl winner talked Thursday about playing Rodgers.

"He's an amazing player, has been for a long time. I love watching him play, and he's from California, too, so I feel like we always have a little bit of a connection. He's an older guy now. He's been a great player in the same place for a long time," Brady said. 

"There definitely are some challenges with that but he's navigated them pretty well and has done a great job, leads the team. They've won a lot of games since he's been there. And I knew Brett [Favre] pretty well; with those two guys are two pretty great quarterbacks for a long period of time in one place."

Rodgers also talked about his