The Arizona Cardinals ground game is averaging 119.8 yards per contest, and David Johnson leads the way with 581 yards and eight touchdowns.
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That game turned on a couple of turnovers in the second and third quarters. The Packers finally looked like the Packers of past year with a dynamic offense, and it’s coming at a great time. They also ran the ball for 101 yards on 3.9 yards per carry as a team. Generic points favored, meanwhile, has them at 34.8 percent. After allowing a first-quarter sack and safety, Tretter didn’t allow so much as a pressure against Preston Smith, the NFL’s rookie sack leader. The intense, physical games on AFC Saturday turned into fiery, exciting battles on NFC Sunday, making each game exciting and unique in its own way. The Packers travel to face the second-seeded Arizona Cardinals on Saturday night for a divisional playoff game.
For the first time in a long time, the +7 underdog Packers offense found their groove during the Wild Card game against the Redskins.
But he and his teammates probably most remember that drubbing three weeks ago, and they are intent on a better rematch.
Here is how effective Green Bay was against a Washington defense that had developed a bend-but-don’t-break-reputation: The Packers scored on five consecutive possessions in one stretch, with four touchdowns and a field goal. The Packers weren’t going to return to the practice field until Wednesday, though planning meetings for the Cardinals game have begun.
The NFL, Kevin Minter said, “is all about short-term memory”. They’re regarded to be the best team in the league.
On offense, the Cardinals will be hard for the Packers to stop. Rodgers has four touchdown passes in his last three games.
-The Cardinals enjoyed a bye in the playoffs for the first time in their history.
Tauscher says the bigger loss in the game would be Shields, who has not played since the Dallas game on December 13.
“What I liked most was the environment in hopping off the bus, to warm-ups, to pregame, to the game itself”.
-Offensive coordinator/line coach Harold Goodwin interviewed for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ head coaching job last Friday. He was able to lead the Colts to the playoffs, earning his first coach of the year when he wasn’t even the head coach.
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Yet, “that game doesn’t matter at all”, defensive tackle Calais Campbell said. “I mean, come on, everybody’s got the same opportunity, one in 292 billion – or million, sorry, 292 million”. “Nothing against the guys that I’ve played with, but I never had an All-Pro D-tackle, and he’s an All-Pro guy”. The team returned from the relatively warm Washington area, where the temperature at game time was 61 degrees on Sunday, to sub-zero wind chills in Green Bay in the evening.
