RENTON, Wash. -- For the first time since Week 10 and only the second time since Week 6, the Seattle Seahawks will face a quarterback with a Total QB rating higher than 60.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers finished the regular season with the second best a QBR in the NFL at 82.7.

Total QBR of Seattle opponent QBs Since Week 7 Week QB Season QBR 7 Austin Davis STL 37.6 8 Cam Newton CAR 56.9 9 Derek Carr OAK 38.4 10 Eli Manning NYG 70.9 11 Alex Smith KC 49.4 12 Drew Stanton ARI 58.0 13 Colin Kaepernick SF 55.9 14 Mark Sanchez PHI 58.2 15 Kaepernick SF 55.9 16 Ryan Lindley ARI 37.8 17 Shaun Hill STL 38.1 Div Newton CAR 56.9

It’s the best the Seattle defense has seen since Week 6 against Tony Romo when the Cowboys defeated the Seahawks 30-23, handing Seattle it’s only home loss of the season. Romo led the league this season with a QBR of 86.7.

The only quarterback the rest of the way that Seattle faced with a QBR above 60 was Eli Manning of the New York Giants, who ended the year with a 70.9

In the first five games of the season, the average QBR of the quarterbacks Seattle faced was 75.2, per ESPN Stats & Information. That included matchups with Rodgers, Philip Rivers, Peyton Manning and Romo. The Seahawks were 2-2 in those games.

In the final 11 regular-season games, the average QBR for Seattle's opponents was 52.5. When the Seahawks went 6-0 down the stretch, the average QBR for the opponents was only 50.6. Cam Newton’s QBR entering last week’s playoff game was 56.9.

Rodgers enters the NFC Championship Game with a QBR more than 24 points higher than any quarterback the Seahawks faced in the last eight games. Rodgers, however, is playing with a torn calf muscle that is hindering his mobility.