Green Bay Packers’ offensive variations key to win over Jacksonville

Nonetheless, players and coaches should view the opener as a positive sign since the Packers have made the playoffs seven straight years and Jacksonville has 22 losses by double digits over the last three years.

Packers cornerback Damarious Randall and safety Morgan Burnett were in on the tackle on the short toss to Bortles’ right. Perry is the beneficiary of his teammates’ work, as Bortles’ brief scramble leads to Perry’s 2-yard sack, and Jacksonville settles for a 50-yard field goal. “That’s the caliber of receivers we have here and that’s the standard we hold ourselves to”.

“Every player, every team, is subject to the same rules”. While the Packers hope to get a good start by being a leader in the NFC North, the Jaguars look to do the same in the AFC South. Rodgers throws low where only Nelson has a shot at the catch.

“Miscommunication”, Rodgers said. “The line believed that I was saying a certain thing to them that would tell them pass, and everybody else was thinking run”.

A pervasive mentality among Green Bay Packers fans (and observers) is that any season with Aaron Rodgers that does not culminate with a Super Bowl win is a season gone to waste. Still, whether it’s a desire to attend the first regular-season game at U.S. Bank Stadium in person or a resolve to keep “Go Pack Go” chants from becoming a prominent part of the NBC soundtrack Sunday, plenty of Vikings fans say they’re going to be there themselves. At one point, Adams made this insane 29-yard touchdown catch on a third down play with less than a minute to go in the first half, giving the Packers the 21-17 lead.

Teams with championship aspirations simply can’t afford to make those kinds of late-game mistakes. He also ran for a 6-yard score on Green Bay’s first possession, which followed the Bortles interception.

Nelson finished with six catches for 32 yards. Bortles, who led the National Football League with 18 interceptions last season, had one on the team’s first drive on a pass that was bobbled by receiver Marqise Lee. They hung in there despite picking up only 48 yards rushing. The Vikings defense also came up with a pair of big sacks.

Minnesota’s defense might not be the only challenge for Green Bay.

Smith’s reaction in the locker room was proof.

“We put a lot of effort in going into this week”, Robinson said.

Still, with a nice day from Thomas and Lewis on Sunday, the Jaguars still found themselves on the losing side of the ball, something the team isn’t taking lightly.

NOTES: DE Tyson Alualu was inactive for the Jaguars, snapping his streak of 96 consecutive games played. It started during the week, putting in the time to get on the same page with a guard he’d rarely played with during games.

While a clutch fourth-down stop by the defense late in the fourth quarter sealed the win, Rodgers’ brilliance carried the day for Green Bay, and it may have to carry the season once again.

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Before Mason Crosby’s second kick, James Starks was stuffed on third and goal from the 2 for no gain on a play where the Packers admitted, half the offense was playing it as a pass play, the other half as a run.