Aaron Rodgers (12) and the Packers have lost three straight games. Crosby missed what would have been the game-winning field goal form 52 yards out as time expired. I think the way you play, it is about the simplistic nature you go about – fundamentals and so forth.
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The last few weeks have been filled with upheaval.
Heading into the game, the Lions were 1-7 overall and had just fired their team president and general manager. Earlier, the offensive coordinator was replaced, and two line coaches were let go. “I like the way our staff works, and I like the way they work with our players”.
The victory could ease the pressure, at least for the time being, on Caldwell. You also have to trust that if the solution was as simple as having McCarthy call plays, that change would have occurred by now. Rodgers connected with Justin Perillo for the touchdown, but the two-point conversion failed as Crezdon Butler broke up the pass to Davante Adams. “I thought we had good pressure, even though it didn’t show up in our statistics”.
“We need to be better in our fundamentals”. And they hardly took the easy route.
They were getting productivity out of the passing game in the first drive of the contest. On several occasions, it looked like this might be one of the cruelest defeats in this series for Detroit, which missed two extra points and botched an onside kick recovery in the second half.
“On offense, frankly, we’re kind of chasing the game”, McCarthy said.
The reigning MVP should get plenty of credit, however, for what he said after the game about something completely different than football. Randall Cobb had five catches for 53 yards versus the Lions.
Protection was spotty. Left tackle David Bakhtiari left in the fourth quarter with a knee injury.
When asked, associate head coach and play-caller Tom Clements said that Rodgers was “not in a funk”.
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Guard Josh Sitton felt the Packers needed to get back to that, playing more up tempo.
