Eddie Lacy and James Starks each ran for a score as well, while James Jones had seven catches for 81 yards for Green Bay, which had lost its last two regular-season games entering Sunday’s game. “Good adjustments on the sideline, good adjustments by players and coaches”, Packers Coach Mike McCarthy. “We won, we scored 35 points”. So this is our opportunity. “That’s the way we prefer to play, and we’re all about getting as many attempts at the plate as possible”.
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Saturday night’s NFC divisional playoff game in Arizona is a rematch of a game the Packers would like to forget – a 38-8 Cardinals’ thrashing on December 27 in the desert. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers began to make throws that last year’s league MVP would’ve completed, and it was once against fun, not stressful, to watch Green Bay Packers football. “They were down three offensive linemen the last time they were here”.
Nate Silver’s ELO model, which picked three of the four games correctly in the Wild Card round, has the Cardinals with the largest favored percentage at 66%. His replacement, Josh Walker, gave up one sack, which resulted in a fumble that was returned for a touchdown.
A fresh memory of that awful game might serve the Packers well – as a lesson learned, and added fuel to motivation that already is running high. “We’re going out there to win, and we expect to win”.
There is no doubt that the Redskins view Cousins as their future at the quarterback position after having Robert Griffin III active for just one game this season however Cousins will not go easy on the team in regards to a new contract. “We’re all in this room for a reason, we’ll see what happens with Davante”. “Hopefully, we can take care of business this time around”. It is expected to be a game that the Cardinals dominate, but the Packers have other ideas. The Packers need to take this momentum into Arizona and face one of the toughest teams in the NFL.
“That second half, that looked like Aaron Rodgers who dang near went undefeated a couple years back”, said Minter, an inside linebacker. “So to be able to be out here and help the team out, it’s fun, it’s a great opportunity and I’m looking forward to it”.
The Green Bay Packers hope to reach back-to-back conference championships for the first time since the 90s. Matthews, missing in action during the final five games of the regular season, posted two of the Packers’ six sacks in the game. You guys get on him about every little thing.
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“This is playoff football, ” Cobb said. All you can ask for is an opportunity. “Offensively, you’ve got to score points and then we’re a man-to-man team, it has been a pretty good blueprint so far, but we’ve got to get him on the ground and not let him get out of the pocket”.
