The New York Giants come the Lambeau this Sunday to face the Green Bay Packers in order to win a berth to the Super Bowl. The game time is 5:30 and the forecast is cold, cold, cold.

The Packers are the obvious favorites in this game. They are coming off a huge win against the Seahawks, they are in Lambeau, and they are healthy. One of the hidden gems of the Seahawks game was that the Packers did not have any injures, and the game was basically over at the half (28-17).

The Giants are coming off a big upset as well, but they are very banged up, and I believe are probably drained emotionally. They played a very tough, physical game against the Patriots in the season ender, then another physical game against Tampa Bay in the first round of the playoffs. The game against Dallas was a fight as well, with the Giants defense basically willing a victory out in the second half.

There are only two things that concern me in this game, the weather and the Giants running game.

Everyone knows what happened at Soldier Field in the 13th week. The Packers got beat bad, and worse, they looked scared and miserable. The game against the Seahawks was snowy, but not miserable, or even cold, it was slippery at worst. However I don't expect a repeat of Soldier Field, I attribute a lot of that to the Packers being in coast mode,and the Bears playing up to them.

The other thing that worries me about this game is the Giants running game. Brandon Jacobs is huge, he is listed as 6-4, 264. The Packers had trouble with Marion Barber and Stephen Jackson earlier in the season, and they are big running backs well. The Packers were able to bottle up Shaun Alexander last week, but he is not nearly as big, and he is more of a finesse runner; Jacobs is more of a plow ahead style runner. I think the Packers can stop the Giants rush because they are comparatively healthy on the D-Line, but I think it will be one of the keys to the game.

For the Giants to win this one, it would be a huge upset for them, and a huge letdown for the Packers. The Packers still have a hard time getting respect, and if they make it to the Super Bowl a lot of people will say they backed into it. But it is important to remember, that of the 3 teams left in the playoffs the Packers could have played, they beat two of them already, the Giants and the Chargers.

People will also say the Giants and Chargers are different teams now than they were. That is true, but so are the Packers. They Packers are really coming together, and at the right time.

Packers vs Giants prediction: 34-20 Packers. The Pack is going to the Super Bowl for a rematch against the Patriots, and its going to be sweet.