Glover Quin said it best when asked about the recent struggles of Aaron Rodgers.
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Lions safety James Ihedigbo said the key to keeping Rodgers quiet is to hit him early and often. This is huge for the Lions, but just as huge for the Packers. Last week, on Thanksgiving night, the Packers lost to their NFC North rival Chicago Bears to lose their divisional lead and fall to 7-4 on the season. Until now, #12 has thrown for 2,684 yards, 24 TDs, 4 INT and a passer rating of 97.4.
Of course, that’s not all Rodgers’ fault. Lacy rushed for 100 yards on 22 carries against the Vikings and 105 yards on 17 carries in the Thanksgiving loss to the Bears. James Jones posted a goose egg on six targets.
Chiefs @ Raiders: Both these AFC West teams are hopeful to get a playoff spot in the AFC and this will be a big game towards that. “They did a good job getting the football to their playmakers, which really, if you look statistically, they’ve done a really good job of that… the last four or five weeks”.
Also, running back Eddie Lacy had a forgettable start to the season, but the Packers were winning at that point. Running eats time off the clock and the longer the Lions’ offense is on the field, the less the Packers’ offense has the ball. The game will be played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
Aaron Rodgers has struggled recently, completing no more than 57.4 percent of his passes in a game starting with a Week 9 loss at Carolina. Moving him to the middle was supposed to help solidify the run defense and free him up to roam around the defense. He still has Calvin Johnson and Golden Tate to throw to, as well as Eric Ebron, who is coming along. Perhaps more importantly, Rodgers doesn’t appear to have any lower-body injuries, which means he should be able to make plenty of plays on the move. 500 for the first time this season as Chicago tries to make the playoffs for the first time since 2010.
Stafford and Megatron face a tougher task as they face a Packers defense giving up the 17th and 22nd most points to quarterbacks and wide receivers, respectively.
The third-year player is showing flashes of the potential the Packers hoped they would get when they drafted him in the first round in 2013. Good, steady work habits.
The thing is, I have no faith they are capable of doing much of anything at the moment.
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Center Travis Swanson joins those two with an ankle issue, but the outlook is less clear after he missed practice Tuesday and would have missed Wednesday if the Lions had done more than a walkthrough.
They come in with an offense that has sputtered massively in this month, with a defense that has not had its normal pass rush – sacks in just two of their last five games, seven in total.
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“Everybody’s praising Stafford and fading Rodgers”. Titled “LA, LA”, it was about the woman’s journey to Nashville from L.A. It reminded Lover of her own journey from Green Bay to California and also Favre’s emotional return to the city he had walked away from. Rodgers revs up his receivers, and Stafford crashes with some INTs.
