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Packers’ Rodgers weathers challenging season for offense
The victor will garner the division crown and be the NFC’s No. 3 seed in the playoffs with a guaranteed home game in the first round the weekend of January 9-10.
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December 30, 2012: Adrian Peterson runs for 199 yards, just nine yards shy of what he needs to break Eric Dickerson’s single-season record. But if they play like they did against Arizona, anybody would beat them. Cardinals coach Bruce Arians isn’t about to let up, seeing this as another opportunity for his well-balanced team to assert its authority in the NFC. “It’s one of those deals where as soon as you see him starting to scramble out, you’ve got to find your guy”. Unless he throws for 400 yards on Sunday, his yardage total (currently 3,530) will be his lowest in a full season. The veteran starter must pass the NFL-mandated protocol for players with head injuries before he can return to the field.
Not surprisingly, Palmer deflects credit for the big numbers.
McCarthy said CB Sam Shields (concussion) was going to do some work at practice on Wednesday. When I played him in Cincinnati, he was outstanding.
Will Sunday see a changing of the guard in a division the Packers have dominated for the last four seasons? His squad was 2-5 at home and lost to all three then, NFL Central opponents Minnesota, Chicago and Detroit. Michael Floyd probably would have given Arizona a third 1,000-yard receiver had he not dislocated three fingers in training camp and gotten off to a slow start. Michael Floyd, who has five 100-yard receiving games in his last seven games, had 7-113-2 at Seattle in Week 10 and caught the game victor at Seattle last season.
Rookie running back David Johnson is a threat as a receiver as well as a rusher. In his last nine games, Floyd has 43 receptions for 729 yards and six TDs.
It adds up to an offense that leads the National Football League at 420.1 yards per game. It will be with pads on and how the injured respond from the contact will offer a better indicator who may or may not be ready by Sunday night’s contest.
“When momentum is on your side, you don’t want to lose it, no doubt”, Palmer said.
At the same time, Seattle doesn’t want to enter the postseason riding a two-game losing streak after suffering numerous breakdowns in last week’s home loss to St. Louis.
The Cardinals are 25-4 in Palmer’s last 29 starts. Peterson rushes for 131 yards and one TD.
Asked if the Vikings performance in the prior matchup was tough to swallow, Smith said, “I guess it’s more embarrassing from a pride standpoint, but it’s not a hard thing to swallow because that’s what we put on tape last time”.
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One thing that Rodgers did acknowledge has had to change, though, is the way the Packers’ offense operates. Arians said Floyd (knee), Freeney (knee), OLB Markus Golden (knee), S Rashad Johnson (ankle), DT Josh Mauro (calf) and DT Frostee Rucker (ankle) did not practice. Teammate ILB Deone Bucannon was NFC defensive player of the week the previous week….