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Green Bay Packers hold off Oakland Raiders 30-20
The Packers reached the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.
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It was short on style points but Head Coach Mike McCarthy believes the only thing that matters is the bottom line.
“I’m sick of talking of the negativity that goes on here”, he said. The Raiders have twice the amount of wins they had a year ago with two games left so they are building. “We lost three games on the last play of the game, and Denver beat us”. Oakland couldn’t move again and the Packers had a chance to pad the lead but Crosby’s 49 yard field goal got blocked.
Basically, the Packers’ best hope for a little more bounce on offense is the possible return of receiver Ty Montgomery (ankle) and more of second-year pro Jared Abbrederis. This is a new year. The second game, the finale, is against the Vikings, and it could be the difference between a top three seed and a wild card spot for both teams. “We were able to throw that in as a wrinkle and create some opportunities for us”.
“I think we’ve got to kind of temper our expectations about this Packers team and about this Packers offense”.
With the Raiders officially eliminated from the playoffs, the remaining two games have less spark to them but there are still achievements to be had. I know how much work our team puts into this, our coaches.
“I don’t know if it was a surprise”, Cobb said.
No. 2 back James Starks also had a nice game with 71 yards on 11 carries and a TD of his own, too. So with two games to play, Cooper now has 68 catches for 1,040 yards and six touchdowns. He has 1,040 receiving yards this season. Green Bay also rushed for 103 yards, threw for 190 yards. Aaron Rodgers leads the league’s 18th most productive offense and the Packers rank 17th in the league in yards allowed on defense. But Rodgers dominated with three quick passes before he found a wide open James Jones for a 30-yard touchdown making it a 24-20 game in the third. He forgot he was supposed to be at safety and we didn’t have a half-field play. “We’re not playing the best football”. “And things need to happen in order to wake you up and show you that it can be taken away”.
The Packers forced a Raiders punt when they sacked Carr for a 14-yard loss on third-and -8 from the 28.
After his defense had stuffed the Packers in their first two possessions, Carr tried to hit tight end Clive Walford over the middle.
The Packers got a first down reception from Davante Adams to set them up at the 5, and John Kuhn took a hand off and bowled over a would-be tackler on his way to the first scoreoof the day to give the Packers a 7-0 lead.
With the win, the Packers improve to 10-4 and set themselves up for a critical NFC showdown with the Cardinals in Week 16. Packers take a 7-0 lead over Oakland with 5:08 left in the first quarter. He created space a few plays later and hauled in a 26-yard touchdown to give the Raiders a 20-17 lead with under seven minutes left in the third quarter. Their play has been deteriorating as the season has gone along, especially from quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
The Raiders outgained the Packers 372-293.
The lengthy interception return has been a Carr specialty.
Oakland cut into the deficit further with another Janikowski FG, this one from 30 yards out.
Oakland quarterback Derek Carr completed 23 of 47 passes for 276 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions. Jones broke free down the right sideline and caught an easy 30-yard touchdown from Rodgers.
GB-Crosby 33 yard field goal, 4:25. Green Bay scored two plays later for the first score of the game. They held a slim edge on the ground 120-103 with Latavious Murray gaining 78 yards on 21 carries.
PASSING- GB, A.Rodgers 22-39-1-204. Yet in Year 2 of his development, Carr more resembles a young Brett Favre and even wears his uniform number out of respect.
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So the starting point after the Packers’ win Sunday is that they’re in the playoffs.