PACKERS (12-6) at FALCONS (12-5)

Sunday, 3:05 p.m., Fox Falcons by 5½ Falcons beat Packers 33-32 at Georgia Dome on Oct. 30.

Packers beat Cowboys 34-31; Falcons beat Seahawks 36-20.

First time teams have met in NFC championship game, this will be final NFL game played in the Georgia Dome, which will be torn down in offseason. Falcons are moving into $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium for 2017 season . ... Over/under of 60 points is highest for any postseason game since records were kept beginning 1980, according to R.J. Bell of Pregame.com . ... Packers have won 13 NFL championships, most for any team. Falcons are playing for only second Super Bowl berth and first championship . ... Game matches two of NFL’s top quarterbacks and MVP candidates: Falcons’ Matt Ryan led NFL with 117.1 passer rating, fifth highest in NFL history. Packers’ Aaron Rodgers (104.2) was fourth. ... Rodgers has passed for at least 350 yards and two touchdowns in both postseason games this season, and third straight playoff game with those marks would tie Drew Brees for most in postseason history . ... In past eight games, Rodgers is 8-0 with 2,384 yards passing, 21 TDs and one interception . ... Rodgers’ 100.1 postseason passer rating is fourth best in NFL history . ... Packers LB Clay Matthews and Falcons LT Jake Matthews are cousins. Clay Matthews missed regular-season game at Atlanta with injury . ... Falcons 5-3 all-time at home in postseason . ... RB Devonta Freeman has 10 rushing TDs in past six home games, including postseason. Freeman posted second straight season with more than 1,000 yards rushing . ... DE Dwight Freeney’s 10 postseason sacks rank fourth among active players. FOXBOROUGH, MASS. — Take it from Wade Phillips: Slowing down Tom Brady is a goal often sought, but seldom achieved.

“Good luck,” the new defensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Rams said this week when asked about taking the Patriots quarterback out of his comfort zone. “He’s good no matter what.”

And that’s coming from a guy who’s had at least some recent success bothering Tom Terrific.

Brady enters Sunday’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers with a 6-4 record in AFC championship games, including 4-1 at home.

But the constant in each of his losses has been when he’s faced a defense that’s managed to apply pressure up front and forced him into quick decisions in the pocket.

The Broncos, with Phillips serving as defensive coordinator, did it during last season’s 20-18 AFC title game win in Denver. Led by Von Miller, they made Brady’s life miserable, sacking him four times and registering another 17 quarterback hits.

“Before we played them, they said I couldn’t stop him,” Phillips said. “It’s a combination of things, but you’ve just got to play great defense. Yeah, you’ve got to put pressure on him, but you’ve got to be able to cover. The pressure you get, you have to get it 1-on-1.

“You’re not going to fool him and get a free runner on him. You know, you don’t see anybody just come and hit him in the back. He sees everybody. He’s special that way, too.”

The Steelers will be the latest to try to test that blueprint, albeit with a defense has been more pedestrian than the “Steel Curtain” when it comes to pressuring quarterbacks this season.

They also haven’t had much success against Brady. Pittsburgh has sacked him just 21 times in 11 games. Brady hasn’t thrown an interception against the Steelers since 2005, while throwing 19 touchdown passes.

But Brady will face a much healthier Steelers pass rush than he did in Week 7’s 27-16 road win. Linebacker Ryan Shazier was returning from a knee injury; James Harrison played only 42 percent of the snaps; and Bud Dupree was on injured reserve with a groin injury.

The improved health since then has been a boost to Pittsburgh in its nine-game win streak. The Steelers had 13 sacks over their first nine games, and have 31 during the streak.

“I think just getting after him in general is going to be big,” Shazier said. “Every team wants to get after the quarterback. When you get the quarterback rattled or just out of position, it definitely helps out the defense, helps out the team.

“If we can make him feel uncomfortable and make him play a game he’s not accustomed to, it’s going to help our defense.”

It may be good timing for Pittsburgh.

The Patriots did a much better job of protecting Brady during the regular season (17 sacks allowed in the 12 games he played after giving up 38 in 2015).

But New England’s offensive line showed some cracks in last week’s divisional-round win over the Texans, allowing Brady to be sacked twice and hit eight times. Houston also had two interceptions.

Brady said the change in the Steelers’ defense from Week 7 is stark.

“They’ve been dominant,” he said. “They’ve been great just rushing the quarterback, making plays for their team, stripsacks, forced interceptions, a lot of big plays.

“It’s a big challenge for us.”

Falcons all-world wide receiver Julio Jones was held to three receptions for 29 yards when the Packers and Falcons met in Week 8. Jones was battling a toe injury then, one that has lingered throughout the season.

“Honestly, I don’t know what was going on,” said Packers cornerback LaDarius Gunter, who is expected to match up with Jones all game. “You can’t go off that. That’s in the past. It’s a whole new season. It’s a game at a time. I’m sure he’s going to come with his best game. I’ve got to come ready to ball.”

Jones has averaged more than 100 receiving yards per game each of the past three seasons, the only NFL player to accomplish that. And despite the lingering injury, Green Bay expects to see Jones at his dynamic self Sunday.

“He’s top-two, top-one, the best receiver in the league,” Packers cornerback Damarious Randall said of Jones. “I mean he’s (6 feet 3) and can run just as fast as anybody up in the world. Just kind of looking forward to the matchup.”

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Green Bay wide receivers Jordy Nelson (ribs), Davante Adams (ankle) and Geronimo Allison (hamstring), as well as safety Morgan Burnett (quadriceps) are probably game-time decisions.

The Packers did not practice Friday but will have a light practice today. McCarthy will then give all four players until game time to prove they’re ready to play.

“They will be given every chance to play in the game, so if we know (today), we’ll know (today),” McCarthy said. “If we know Sunday, we’ll know Sunday. I’m going to give these guys the open time frame to do everything they can. So probably maybe one or two of those guys may have to work Sunday before the game.”

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