COSTLY CALL: The Packers used a 50-yard pass interference penalty on Terence Newman, who was covering Jeff Janis on third-and-15 from the 15, to set up the 10-yard touchdown toss by Rodgers to Cobb with 10 seconds left in the first half.
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And Green Bay was at a crossroads.
I think it’s from the top to the bottom.
Lastly, Special teams ended up being a big factor.
The balanced Packers offense produced 320 total net yards: 196 in the air and 124 on the ground. Mason Crosby kicked five field goals for the Packers.
Guard T.J. Lang said the Packers knew their backs were against the wall but weren’t “out to prove anything to anybody except ourselves”. It was one of his more efficient showings this season, but owners were likely disappointed, after Adams piled up a ridiculous 32 targets over the previous two games.
GB-Jm.Jones 27 yard pass from A.Rodgers (Jm.Jones pass from A.Rodgers), 14:51. “This is going to be really hard to get a win, ‘” Slauson recalled. The Packers took a 16-6 lead with a touchdown right before halftime because of three defensive penalties on third down.
There’s still a lot of football to be played. “When we did (contain him), we seemed to hurt ourselves with penalties”. Peterson, the National Football League rushing leader, had only 13 carries for 45 yards, his lowest number of carries and yards since the season-opening debacle in San Francisco.
“I told them, it’s OK to be upset today”, Zimmer said.
Even at their worst, the Green Bay Packers are still better than the Minnesota Vikings.
It was the first quarter, and the Packers were back at it with their struggles.
Rodgers and the Packers’ aerial attack have been hampered by the loss for the year of Jordy Nelson, the lack of a running game, too many dropped balls and inconsistent protection from an oft-injured offensive line. But the biggest boon of playing with a lead is the way it unleashes the pass rush.
The Vikings got within six when Peterson caps off a brilliant drive by Bridgewater, Peterson taking it the final six yards, and it was 19-13, that is, until Rodgers has answer.
Meanwhile, Green Bay will try to build another winning run this week as quarterback Aaron Rodgers gets back into form after three sluggish games.
FanSided Daily brings you the hottest content on your favorite teams. “We were out of sync, out of whack”.
For the past month, the same could be said for Green Bay. Whatever happened back then, it’s over with. “We had great effort by all of the guys up front”.
After seeing the Packers get exposed for three weeks there is no sure thing on this schedule anymore – except Jay Cutler throwing an interception.
James Jones, who played with a hoodie under his #89 jersey, said the offense simply executed and produced.
After Atlanta, the Vikings play the Seattle Seahawks (5-5) before a short week sends them to Arizona (8-2) for a Thursday night game against the Cardinals.
“They hadn’t sacked the quarterback in the past three games that they’ve lost, so we knew that that was going to be one of the points of emphasis, that those guys are fired up”, Bridgewater said. There were times we didn’t block them …
With Aaron Rodgers as the starting quarterback, Green Bay is 13-3 against the Bears.
Teddy Bridgewater was 25 for 37 for 296 yards and a touchdown and Kyle Rudolph had six catches for 106 yards, including a 47-yard score, for the Vikings (7-3).
“If we want to get over the hump and if we want to be champions of the NFC North”, he said.
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While the rest of the country gets ready for the holidays and all the cheerfulness that come with them, the Chicago Bears will be doubling down on practice this week getting ready to face division rival Green Bay on Thursday night.
