The Green Bay Packers hope to get back on track and stay on top of the NFC North standings. “It was fun. It was fun in the locker room, it was a fun ride home”, McCarthy said Monday. “He is hitting his stride”. You don’t think that gets back to the players? Putting pressure on Jay Cutler normally is a good thing and can force turnovers, which is what Green Bay desperately needs. However, the team estimated Lacy would have been a limited participant with him still listed on the injury report.
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For my money, it doesn’t matter who you have to play-if you want to be the best and be in the playoffs, where the best will be, you have to beat them all along the way.
“You go against the Bradys and the Mannings”, he said.
Do you really think the Packers are that much better than the Vikings? In the three losses, he has averaged just over 52 yards a game on the ground on four yards a carry, while in the seven wins; he has averaged about 121 yards a game at five yards a carry.
Before we get too carried away here, Aaron Rodgers does come in with a 101.8 passer rating, which most QBs would kill for. I felt like we had a great rhythm going when he was in there. “He gave us a lot”. The least penalized team in the league lost their cool and put up eight for 110 yards. The Bears own a 93-92-6 lead in the series, but the Packers have won the last four games.
“We’ve grown”, Fox said.
-James Jones inadvertently underestimated the throwing precision of Rodgers.
The Packers, however, were able to convert third-and-15 with a 50-yard pass interference penalty assessed to Newman and eventually get a touchdown for a 16-6 lead with six seconds remaining after an offsetting penalties and an illegal contact penalty continued to extend the drive. Two were dropped by Randall Cobb and would have resulted in 1st downs. One of the great things about Rodgers and Nelson is the ability they had to see the same thing on the field. “But, he threw it so hard, so fast, that (covering cornerback Terence) Newman realized that he couldn’t even get to it”. Rodgers has two or more touchdown passes in five of his last six games.
“Can’t win playing the way we did; too many mistakes”, Zimmer said.
This is a tough spot for the Bears, but not impossible. “I thought he was decisive and I thought he ran behind his pads”.
The Packers have wins this season over the Bears, Seahawks, Chiefs, 49ers, Rams, Chargers, and Vikings. Jones and Rodgers continue to show they have strong chemistry and that could mean another big game on Thursday night.
Starr, who has been battling health problems, has developed a relationship with Rodgers, as he had with Favre as well, and so the current Packers quarterback said he’s excited to see the Lombardi-era legend again. Aaron Rodgers is completing 61.7 percent of his passes for 2,482 yards, 23 touchdowns and three interceptions. Rodgers said the shoulder was fine after he loosened it up in subfreezing conditions during pregame warmups.
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Zach Miller is the real deal, and when he and Martellus Bennett are on the field together with Jeffery back and either Forte or Langford, the Bears’ passing game can threaten any defense. Center Corey Linsley (ankle) may be hard-pressed on a short week to make a quick recovery and have a chance of playing the Thanksgiving night game against the Bears on Thursday. Not only did Lacy return, but he took his starting job back, carried the ball a season high 22 times for his first 100 yard game of the season. Getting a head-to-head win just might make a difference at the end of the year, in addition to keeping the Vikings in the hunt for the division championship.
