Filling in for the injured David Bakhtiari (ankle), Tretter was called for a false start and gave up a sack to Preston Smith for a safety on back-to-back plays in the first quarter. Dustin Hopkins added a 25 yard field goal to give the Redskins a 5-0 lead going into the second quarter. With the Redskins threatening to run away with the game early, the Packers responded with a touchdown drive of their own.
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“We just couldn’t get them off the field”, Gruden said. It also led to renewed rumblings that coach and quarterback are at odds about playcalling, especially after McCarthy relinquished those duties for the first time before the season and then took them back late in the campaign, as the offense swooned. “After that it was a snowball effect”. “And usually that’s the difference when you lose a ball game”.
The Green Bay Packers may have finally found their groove. “They kept their foot on the pedal”. We had a couple of third down and three or fours but the ball was coming out so quick it was hard to get there.
We moderate comments. Our goal is to provide substantive commentary for a general readership. The Packers ran on the Skins and, when necessary, they passed on the Skins. There was a time there down 11-nothin’, where people could have started to have that doubt again but it didn’t happen.
Demetri Goodson’s block-in-the-back penalty on a punt put the Packers in an early hole and led to a safety.
And Rodgers is the conductor, as good at it as anyone in the game not named Brady.
Recommended: Hail to the Redskins: How much do you know about Washington, D.C.’s National Football League franchise? He was listed as questionable by Green Bay. The Redskins turned the ball over on downs and they could never really move the ball against a Green Bay defense that tightened up.
Hello there! Would you like to share your details with us for better personalization? Reed had nine catches for 120 yards.
They shattered the myth that quarterback Aaron Rodgers can make any offense, no matter how banged-up or talent-deprived, look good. That came after Mason Crosby booted a 43-yard field goal after a costly fumble by Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins. After that, however, they began to exploit Washington’s many weaknesses and controlled the rest of the game. “Some of the interceptions I threw last year were just very poor reads, very poor throws, very poor decisions, and while some of the interceptions this year have been that, I don’t think it’s been quite as many”. “That we’ve been there and done that”, he said. We as a team, we stick together. Reed finished with 8 receptions for 105 yards and a touchdown.
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A bold fourth-and-one conversion paid rich dividends, with Eddie Lacy charging 30 yards on the next play to the brink of the Redskins end zone. “We just keep on building and keep everybody healthy and we’ll be something to mess with”. We came out of the tunnel like I wanted to, to get the lead back in the third quarter. In 2010, the Packers’ defense was consistently dominant during their four-game playoff run, stuffing the run and forcing turnovers.
