Green Bay Packers’ Sam Shields (37) celebrates his interception with teammate Micah Hyde (33) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in Green Bay, Wis.
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“Every week is a fight, it’s a different challenge”. Starks then finished the drive with a 13-yard TD reception, putting the Packers up 7-0 with 9:49 left in the half. Perry could be a key loss because he’s an excellent run-stopper and the Cowboys might be inclined to run the ball because of the weather and they’re without quarterback Tony Romo.
Fantasy Impact: Cassel struggled again against the Green Bay Packers this week. Dallas is a game back of three teams in the NFC East and can ill afford for one of those teams to gain a two-game advantage with three games remaining.
In the grand scheme, the Packers also can’t afford to lose Shields because this is not a team that has been good defensively. If anything I think this weather may help the Cowboys. On the next play, right guard Zach Martin blocked the Packers’ top two defenders – defensive tackle Mike Daniels and linebacker Clay Matthews – as Turbin waltzed in untouched for the score. “I don’t know what the situation was but we couldn’t get it going on third down”. His work was good today… “So, that’s something that we’re all conscientious of, and it’s just to make sure we’re trying to give Tom the support that he needs there”.
Lacy and Starks each had touchdown runs in the fourth quarter during the rainy evening. But all the Packers really needed from their star quarterback late in the game was to hand off the ball. Dallas ran for 171 yards, with 80 coming on four plays that led to Turbin’s score.
Today’s game is meaningful because of the controversial no touchdown call with Dez Bryant previous year that eliminated the Cowboys from the playoffs. Lacy barrelled for 124 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown, a week after he was benched for missing curfew in Detroit. The Packers piled up 230 rushing yards, the most in McCarthy’s tenure and the most in 11 years, on a whopping 44 carries. Bryant said the injury was not serious last week and it should not be an issue for Bryant heading into the game against the Packers. Jason Witten led with 5 receptions for 40 yards. Although the Dallas staff is not going to go into tank mode, there is very little to play for now other than draft position. A screen pass to FB John Kuhn picked up another 14 and made it first-and-goal on the 3, where Rodgers found TE Richard Rodgers for the score.
GREEN BAY PACKERS: DNP: C Corey Linsley (ankle).
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Matt Cassel won a game for the Cowboys for the first time in five starts and if he can keep winning, the Cowboys will be able to stay in contention for the playoffs. Lacy nearly never went down on first contact, grinding out plenty of solid runs.
