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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

A matchup that was hyped as a battle of two NFC superpowers,

the Green Bay Packers and the Atlanta Falcons.

How did that work out?

Well, we had the usual, we had Chris Collins, we were slobbering all over Aaron Rogers, the entire game, standard operating procedure.

You also had Atlanta jumping out to a massive lead.

They led by as many as 24 points after three quarters, and they did not give it away.

As much as Collinsworth was pretty much openly cheering for Green Bay to come back.

And his cuddle buddy, Aaron Rogers, to lead the Packers to a stunning come from behind win.

This game was pretty much over at halftime.

It was.

Atlanta not wasting any effort at all. They didn't leave anything behind in the

first time. Very impressive. The $1.5 billion unnecessary stadium in Atlanta. The Georgia Dome,

which they're going to tear down, was not falling apart. They did not need the new stadium,

but they got it built anyway.

And so there they were on display.

Maddie Ice, Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, and company slicing up the Green Bay Packers defense in the first half.

Essentially, it was turbo time from the very beginning of this particular football game.

And Atlanta was playing at one speed.

The Green Bay Packers in the first half were playing at a totally, totally different

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