ABOUT THE PACKERS (6-0-0): After battling a nagging ankle injury, Eddie Lacy dealt with a different issue this week as reporters questioned whether the 234-pound – give or take a few – running back is being hampered by his weight.
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I have been a fan of the Denver Broncos for 17 years.
The young standout has managed to play every game since then, but his productivity has regressed after he turned 18 carries into a season-high 90 yards in the Week 4 win at the San Francisco 49ers. The Packers opened as a field goal favorite, and the line is now ranging between two points and 3.5 points at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark. They are a good defense.
“It helps because you’re used to it. You know how to handle it. It’s one of those things like, ‘act like you’ve been there before.’ And we have been there before”. It is nothing new and we know how to handle big stages.
“We looked fresh”, Kubiak said. Yet when the Green Bay Packers visit the Broncos, both 6-0, on Sunday, November 1, 2015, there is not much Super Bowl preview talk.
When the Packers last played, they gave up 503 passing yards to San Diego’s Philip Rivers in a narrow win over the Chargers in a game that wasn’t decided until the final seconds on October 18.
This is not the Peyton Manning of reputation.
“It counts the same as all of the other ones that we’ve played”. I’m not feeling really lucky. Starving even. They are going to come out of the gates swinging.
This week we’re doing a series of Q & A posts with AcmePackingCompany.com covering lots of ground on our opponents for week 8. We’re trying to have a good week of practice with attention to detail.
620WTMJ’s Doug Russell, who covered the game, and Jay Sorgi share their opinion in our video player.
It is very plausible that the first quarterback to find his groove and stay upright will lead his team to a win. In their last seven games as a home underdog, the Broncos are 2-5 SU and 3-4 ATS. Rather than being upset by their status in the betting world, they are embracing the challenge. “It seems like, especially in the two-minute situations and in crunch time, when they’re playing up-tempo, you see better rhythm”. Like the Patriots, they are undefeated but by Monday, one of them will be more like the Patriots than the other. Those 15 teams will become obvious as the weeks roll on.
Denver’s number one ranked defense welcomes the Packers’ elite passing offense to town Sunday, and the Broncos’ defense says Rodgers’ most unsafe weapon is his mind.
Sunday night’s matchup against the Denver Broncos will mark only the second time Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers has faced Peyton Manning. Both interceptions were returned for scores, the second of which Manning looked to his left the entire time and safety Aaron Rouse read it to return it 98 yards for the score.
The Broncos are not expecting any notable new absences on their injury report.
“I love running tight-end type offenses, two-tights, three-tights and those type of things”, Kubiak said. “He had a full week of practice”.
“It’s unusual to see them go 25 drives without scoring a touchdown and to see 22 incompletions in one game”, Dungy said.
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Lacy did not speak with reporters during the media access period Wednesday, politely declining and saying he would speak after Thursday’s practice instead.
