To this day, Rodgers, who also said after the NFC title game loss that “I don’t think we need to rebuild; we need to reload”, has never clarified the exact meaning of his remarks but when asked this week whether he thought the Packers did go “all-in”, he chose his words carefully. Ty Montgomery would score a touchdown for the Packers on the ensuing play. That was a good start. “Past that, when it gets kicked off, it still comes down to the guys in between the white lines”. We’ve got another big challenge coming up and that’s playing on the road in a hostile environment in Atlanta on prime time TV.
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But the Packers defense – often maligned in the latter years of the Bart Starr regime – showed up big in stopping Andrews. “As time passes, I feel like it’s getting stronger, it’s getting better”.
Q: What worked so well for the defense against Seattle? . That’s any guy on the team.
Though Clinton-Dix wasn’t telling, the Packers do have something new for the Falcons this season. That’s an explosive team.
The team’s “Nitro” defense-which features six defensive backs and Burnett playing at inside linebacker-will be tested by Falcons superstar Julio Jones, Mohamed Sanu, and versatile running back Devonta Freeman.
Atlanta has won two straight after Green Bay took four consecutive games from the Falcons between 2011-14. But even with a new offensive coordinator in Steve Sarkisian, Atlanta’s multi-faceted offense has plenty ways to punish the Packers.
That’s one thing the Falcons will get this year from every opponent – their best. “It certainly hurt to lose him – that play cost us a touchdown and we lost him”.
It was not pretty nine months ago, when Green Bay was literally blown off the field in the NFC Championship Game, 44-21. From tight end Martellus Bennett on March 10 to defensive tackle Quinton Dial on September 5, Thompson signed seven veterans who played last season for other teams. “We’ve just got to work through it”. That’s behind us now.
“The Packers have a tough start with Seattle and then at Atlanta”, Ditka said. “And a quarterback that had a career year last year”. This is a new team.
“It gives you a more athletic group to play with on first and second down”, Capers said. That’s part of our being accountable. Mercedes-Benz Stadium officially hosts it’s first ever National Football League game in what should be one of the regular season’s most exciting matchups. Two defensive players were added to the injury report as limited in practice: DT Mike Daniels (hip) and S Kentrell Brice (quadriceps/knee). As a player, you know that the coaches are going to have your back 100 percent. “You can take any three top starters out of any secondary and everybody’s going to notice a difference”.
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On another third down in the first half, Ryan hit receiver Julio Jones underneath the coverage and short of the sticks. It’s important for our players to get out on the field early, make sure their shoes are right, check out the lighting. So you’ve just got to continue watching, and maybe you’ll figure out the secret ingredient to it. But if he goes off like he did in the NFC title game, it’s hard to see the Packers winning without an extraordinary performance from Rodgers.
