The Packers will play Washington in an National Football League wild-card playoff game at 3:40 p.m. Sunday at FedExField in Landover, Md.
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McCarthy indicated that left guard Josh Sitton, who has filled in for Bakhtiari the past two games, definitely would not play left tackle this week. That’s given Aaron Rodgers no real threats out wide and has limited the Packers offensively. Green Bay played against Arizona and Seattle, plus a pretty good defensive team in St. Louis. I would not be surprised if they make a third straight Super Bowl. I think a big part of his greatness is the emotion he plays with and how he plays.
No, this is a Packers team that’s been inconsistent for much of the season and failed to win NFC North division title for the first time since the 2010 season. This isn’t the Packers team of recent years that were an offensive juggernaut with a quarterback in Aaron Rodgers that seemed to be virtually unstoppable.
As a side note, the Packers opponent this weekend, the Washington Redskins was ranked eighth overall, converting red zone opportunities into touchdowns 61.22 percent of the time. That’s because the status of cornerback Quinton Dunbar remains up in the air due to a quad injury.
Asked to cite the reasons for Cousins’ rise, Washington coach Jay Gruden pointed to the pass protection and the receivers getting themselves open and running with the ball after the catch. He’s doing a good job.
But they aren’t as bad as one might think when thrown into the pot with the rest of the teams in the National Football League. In their last six games, the Packers have 11 turnovers – including eight in their last three.
“He looks like a receiver who’s playing the tight end position, so he’s definitely a guy we have to keep an eye on in the pass game”, Matthews said.
“I know we’re going to have a great crowd that’s going to follow us there”.
Fans will be waving towels with the rallying cry of “You Like That?!” printed on it Sunday at FedEx Field.
Down 24-7 at half against Tampa Bay on October 25, Kirk Cousins led the team to a comeback victory. For the Redskins, they should be confident coming into this game but they can’t afford to be cocky.
The towels will feature the logo of International Justice Mission, a Washington charitable organization Cousins supports.
Washington has scored at least 34 points in three straight games, but it’s not the Packers defense that’s being doubted this week. WR Randall Cobb led Green Bay with 79 catches…. “I feel like he’s come in and has just picked up like he never left”. They’ve kept us in games that we maybe shouldn’t have been in, giving us a chance to win games late. “This is what they pay us to do”.
Overconfidence is a unsafe thing in the playoffs and while the Redskins are favored by one point, they may as well not be favored at all. He missed the past two games with a hip injury, the soreness spreading into his abdomen after he took a hit in practice the Thursday before the critical December 26 game at Philadelphia.
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“At this point everybody is hurt”, running back Chris Thompson said.
