Deep into November, bodies of most players have bumps and bruises that need time to mend. It’s also good news running back Eddie Lacy topped the 100-yard rushing mark in Sunday’s win in Minnesota for the first time this season. Against a quality opponent like the Packers they weren’t able to overcome them.
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“We have some history with Thursday games”. But still, the Packers just beat a division rival by 17 points on the road – and their schedule gets easier from here.
BATTERED BRIDGEWATER: Teddy Bridgewater took quite a beating, leaving the game briefly with an injury to his left shoulder in the second quarter but still finishing 25 for 37 for 296 yards and a touchdown without any turnovers. “We were out of sync, out of whack”, said Peterson, who was held to 45 yards on 13 carries with one touchdown. He’s more decisive…he had 22 carries. They’ll travel to Detroit next week for a Thursday nighter. He had 16 completions and 18 incompletions, and that was emblematic of an offense that often appeared out of rhythm and out of sync. “Guys are smiling a little bit today, so we’ll be all right”.
The Packers have beaten the Bears in 12 of the last 14 meetings, which includes an eight-point win over Chicago this season. None of those teams has a winning record.
The inactives for Green Bay included Brett Hundley, LaDarius Gunter, Alonzo Harris, Andy Mulumba, Lane Taylor, Jared Abbrederis and Ty Montgomery. The National Football League has told players they can’t wear certain messages on eye black even if it honors a loved one and controls the color of your cleats. Instead, Lacy and the defense contributed greatly, making up for Rodgers completing fewer than 50 percent of his passes. I think we all felt like this performance was possible. “We’ll go through the week, and we’ll see who starts first”.
The overwhelming talent everyone said the Packers possessed early in the season wasn’t going to be enough.
They walked away with their most impressive win of the season for many reasons, but none were more important than re-establishing Lacy as their workhorse. As the once undefeated football squad struggled to keep themselves from ruining their unblemished record this year, the absence of Rodgers still substantially affected the said team. “Everybody enjoys the fact you turn around and play quicker”, said the coach.
“We knew we had an opportunity to come out here and play, and I’ll bet nobody gave us a chance”, Stafford said.
“That’s something that we’re going to continue to work on and it can go both ways”, Bridgewater said. “We were in the same position as last week to win the game and we didn’t do it. So we just gotta finish”. The Panthers play the Falcons that week, so it might be worthy of Fox’s protection too – in fact, whichever one Fox doesn’t protect becomes a strong candidate to be flexed. It was a team that let the emotions of the moment take over and throw off the chemistry that’s made this such a surprisingly successful season. Green Bay could open up a three game lead on the Vikes in the next three weeks, all but clinching them another divisional title.
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John Fox said he didn’t know anything more Monday than he did Sunday whether there was confusion on the failed two-point try.
