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Packers win 10th game of the season 30-20
Asked if he felt good about what the offense had done after what McCarthy acknowledged as a slow start, Rodgers’ one-word reply was, “No”. “We’ve still got a lot of work to do, but whenever you can come out here on somebody’s home turf and get a win, it’s a good feeling”.
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It was the defense that staked the visitors to an early two touchdown lead.
Facing third-and-9 from the Raiders’ 17, Carr tried to hit tight end Clive Walford over the middle, but safety Micah Hyde sliced in front to intercept. After several seconds and groans from the crowd, an official in the back of the end zone called the penalty.
Undaunted, the offense punched it in with John Kuhn barrelling over T.J. Carrie at the two for a five yard scoring run up the middle. Have thoughts on how Carr and the Raiders are performing?
On paper, the Packers are the better team.
The Raiders (6-8) chipped into the lead with a pair of Sebastian Janikowski field goals. It was then two straight three-and-outs for the Packers offense.
That’s how many Abbrederis played in Oakland. But Benson Mayowa forced and recovered a fumble by James Starks at the Oakland 21 with 1:22 to go and Carr connected on a 19-yard TD pass to Amari Cooper four plays later to make it 14-13 at the half. However, the Packers could not find the end zone and Mason Crosby’s field goal made it a 7 point game again.
– The offense played miserably in the first half, with just 97 total yards. It’s fun to score a bunch of points and put up a bunch of yards, but everyone is fighting to get to the playoffs right now.
On the season, the Green Bay Packers average 229.8 yards in passing and 111.7 yards in rushing. But they had to settle for three when they failed on first and goal from the one.
Rigsbee – no stranger to traveling to watch football as he’s followed his son Jordan Rigsbee start on the offensive line at Rodgers’ alma mater, Cal – figures he’s up to double digits on trips to watch Rodgers, and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.
The Packers’ special teams not only did the job on Sunday but provided a spark at times, continuing solid work in the game’s third phase that has gone on most of the season.
After toweling off under a steady rain, Mike McCarthy summed up the post-season clinching victory. But the Packers still have their eyes set on a division title and they remained one game ahead of Minnesota in the NFC North.
Lacy dazzled with a season-high 124 yards and a touchdown in 24 carries, and Starks was as potent with 71 yards in 11 carries. Cooper has caught 68 passes for 1,040 yards and six touchdowns.
Cooper was the game’s top receiver with 6 receptions for 120 yards. He had nine receptions for 118 yards and set the franchise record for catches in a season – 118, breaking Roddy White’s mark of 115, set in 2010.
A year ago, James Jones led the Raiders in catches (73), targets (112) and touchdowns (six). The team even established a small lead midway through the third quarter. The Texans (7-7) took sole possession of the AFC South lead by snapping a two-game losing streak. Packers starting LT David Bakhtiari left the game late in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury and did not return…. Green Bay actually clinched the playoff berth just as the game was kicking off as Tampa Bay lost Thursday night in St. Louis and Carolina held off a furious New York Giants comeback from 28 points down to win 38-35 to move to 14-0. The Packers and Vikings will square off on the final Sunday of the regular season.
Sunday’s Green Bay Packers vs Oakland Raiders game is one of two that will begin during the fourth quarter of earlier games.
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Clinching a spot in the playoffs should be cause for celebration, but not everybody showed the enthusiasm of the moment, especially quarterback Aaron Rodgers.