Green Bay Packers are looking many people's favourites to win the Super Bowl even before they have played the NFC Championship game.
The Packers only made it into the Super Bowl play-offs on the final day of the regular season but then blew away the Atlanta Falcons with a 48-21 thrashing of the NFC top seed and the Super Bowl 2011 odds indicate they can go all the way.
That win secured a NFC Championship game with Chicago Bears, the team they beat on the final day of the season to make it into the play-offs. That was followed by a win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the first play-off game and the Packers are looking in top form going into the championship game.
They are favourites to beat the Bears even though they are on the road against a side who won the NFC North, but the Packers are looking one of the best number six seeds in the history of the NFL and the Super Bowl betting odds 2011 reflect this.
"We are a championship-calibre football team," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said after the win in Atlanta.
"We feel good about who we are, how we played, our brand of football, and that is what we are sticking to."
Few fans would argue with McCarthy's comments, but the Packers are likely to run into a strong Pittsburgh Steelers side in the Super Bowl itself.
They face New York Jets in the AFC Championship game and the Steelers are favoured among many despite the fact they lost 22-17 in a game between the two sides in December.
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