If you dont have that mentality you shouldnt be a receiver, said Jones who also has had back-to-back games of more than 100 yards.
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Levy also missed last week’s loss to the Tennessee Titans, and sat out all but one game a year ago with a hip injury.
The Packers were able to finish with the win, but they didn’t put together a complete game.
Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers gets 14 yards on the scramble putting the Packers into field goal range Sunday afternoon against the Detroit Lions.
Stafford threw for 180 more yards than Rodgers but couldnt finish drives until the final two quarters.
But for whatever reasons so far this season, the Packers’ once-prolific passing attack isn’t in sync. By rule, that was a penalty against the Lions for a kickoff out of bounds, and the Packers got the ball at their 40.
Fortunately for the Packers, Rodgers is one of the best quarterbacks in the league in extending plays outside the pocket.
On Marvin’s two touchdowns: “I thought he played really well”. Aaron Rodgers fumbled three times, and his typically high-powered offense was limited to only 14 points.
On his performance compared to losing the game: “There’s not too much balance, in terms of me, personally, but I feel like what we did in the second half was to be commended, but obviously we didn’t get it done”.
Rodgers was cruising at the time, so it might not have mattered, but the Packers went from facing 3rd and 11 at the team’s own 32 yard line, to a first and goal situation that Rodgers immediately converted with a short throw to Richard Rodgers. He has been known to play with a very sizable chip on his valuable right shoulder.
“You know, I certainly want to see them improve on defense”, said Steve Keller of Deerfield.
Q. Aaron Rodgers: Was that the old Aaron Rodgers – the one that people were questioning might have been over the hill based on his first two games – or the Aaron Rodgers of old who shredded the Lions for four TD passes? Abdullah was placed on injured reserve this week.
Offensively, the Packers are averaging 20.5 points and 278.5 total yards (189.5 in passing and 89.0 yards in rushing) per game. Montgomery, though, showed his savviness on the other side of the ball. “It just depends on what was called if they happen to catch us in that situation”. Defensive lineman Mike Daniels is leading a stout effort in spite of depth questions in the front seven.
Tomlinson’s false start was only five yards, but five yards made a big difference in play selection. Datone Jones was added to the injury report this week with a knee injury.
Meanwhile, the Packers had 123 yards on the ground – 103 of which came from running back Eddie Lacy – which not only helped salt the game away for the Pack, but forced the Lions to be honest on defense which opened up the play-action pass game: the most unsafe weapon in Aaron Rodgers’ arsenal. Dropped passes have been a problem.
They were just making better plays than us, cornerback Darius Slay said. The Lions were far from an easy out past year and have the firepower to truly dim the prospects of a team widely viewed as a Super-Bowl contender going into the regular season. Matthew Stafford has looked solid in his first two starts and is spreading the ball around to his multiple weapons.
“If anything, we cut (the playbook) back”, McCarthy said.
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That’s how a lot of fans felt going into Sunday. Now Nelson is back, and the Packers still struggle to move the ball. This time, Green Bay is working top receiver Jordy Nelson back into the system after he hurt was last preseason.
