I can’t remember the last time a Packer team ran that much in one game, but Starks and Lacy were basically unstoppable. The Packers gained 78 yards on nine carries on the series. Cassel wouldn’t be Bryant’s first choice for who throws him the ball, but nonetheless, it’s a credit to the way Green Bay’s young secondary played against an established star receiver.
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Garrett did say that they would like to evaluate a young player, but they were focused on winning this weekend’s game against the Jets. If we don’t run the ball well, it’s going to be a tough day for us up front because we tend to get a little bit pass-heavy. Together with Aaron Rodgers (12-0 in the last 12 December home games) the Packers tried to jump-start their offense against the Cowboys defense.
“Every week is a fight, it’s a different challenge”.
That all changed against the Dallas Cowboys, when Kuhn’s role increased at the expense of tight end Richard Rodgers, whose usage rate exceeded 90% in several games this season. Dallas’ offensive ineptitude has cost the team wins on several occasions, and Week 14’s loss to the Packers was just another in a long list of uninspiring 2015 performances.
Dallas is now two games behind the Redskins and the Eagles in the NFC East. If the Giants beat the Dolphins tonight, they’ll also be tied for first place with Washington and Philadelphia.
Green Bay improved to 9-4 on the season and have a one-game lead over the Vikings atop the N-F-C North with the tiebreaker against the Vikings in hand.
The Packers are looking better after Mike McCarthy took over as the primary play caller on offense.
With 435 yards and 29 first downs, the Packers got better balance and production out of an offense that still struggled at times with penalties and short-yardage situations.
-RB Darren McFadden made the most of his nine carries, gaining 111 yards on the strength of a 50-yard run in the first quarter and a 46-yarder in the third quarter. Rodgers finished just under 100 in passer rating at 99.5, completing 22 of 35 for 218 yards with two scores. “It’s been about the execution”. We haven’t executed really well.
“We weren’t as efficient as we needed to be on offense”, Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. Dan Bailey kicked a 54-yard field goal for Dallas, which resides one game behind the other three representatives of the terrible division. However, no one will deny that Bryant has not helped the Cowboys win this season, and in the 28-7 loss against the Packers, which all but kills the Cowboys’ distant playoff hopes, Bryant’s inadequacies were on full display.
The latest reversal wasn’t as big a deal to Bryant. “So I just sit back there and wait for the calls and then I go out there and run them”.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – In the span of two games, Eddie Lacy went from coach Mike McCarthy’s doghouse for a curfew violation to being a focal point again for the Green Bay Packers.
Instead of suggesting plays to Clements, as he had the past four weeks, it was now Clements suggesting plays to McCarthy. Latavius Murray anchors the Raiders rushing attack with 878 yards and five touchdowns and Michael Crabtree leads in receptions with 70 and seven touchdowns.
Just like last January in the NFC divisional playoffs, the Dallas Cowboys season is likely over because of it.
– RB James Starks posted 103 yards from scrimmage (71 rushing, 32 receiving) on Sunday, giving him a career-high 884 yards from scrimmage for the season as he surpassed his previous high of 794 yards in 2011.
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When Sam Shields exited the game early with a reported concussion, that could have opened the door for Bryant to begin dissecting the Packers’ defense.
