Which means, of course, that he’s got the Packers – and the rest of the National Football League – right where he wants them. Both times the Packers were the highest remaining seed in the NFC playoffs. Back on December 13, when Green Bay was just 7-6 and still on the outside of the postseason picture, Favre said, “This sounds insane, but I think that they are the favorite for the Super Bowl in the NFC”.
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Aaron Rodgers leads a high-powered offense against the Giants’ formidable defense. “That’s all part of the game”.
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers (10-6) ran the table after slipping to 4-6, winning their last six behind a sensational finish by the quarterback, who tossed 15 touchdown passes and no interceptions over the closing streak.
The Packers’ 6-foot, 197-pound jack-of-all-trades defensive back has returned to being his usual easy-going self. One that I think could be a factor is using Ty Montgomery as a running back.
With 9 wins in the last two years, the Bears have been a disaster, but the offseason is a time for hope. Star WR Odell Beckham Jr. and Sterling Shepard, who is having a great season, have combined for 2,050 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns.
The postseason starts in earnest for Green Bay this weekend.
“What I just said about his escape-ability and his ability to scramble and extend a play, you have to be able to account for that, and you have to cover the receivers for an extra 2-3 seconds, which is a nightmare for DBs”, said Casillas.
Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown.. “I think that was five years ago now”.
“We have a lot of good guys, a lot of guys that want to win”. The Packers were facing a Giants team with many new faces still trying to find its way. Late Sunday afternoon, we will see if he can move the Giants deeper into January. Heck, Beckham and Victor Cruz didn’t, so why should we?! As you probably already guessed, it was Hochuli. Yet what’s even more hard to swallow is that over the course of the the two QBs being at the helms of their respective teams (Rogers took over the starting job from Favre a year before Cutler made the move from Denver to Chicago), is that there hasn’t been much a rivalry to speak of.
The game did even better in Milwaukee, posting a 50.9 rating and a 69 share. I mean, even in the playoffs, it’s tough to get up for this one.
But after listening to provided audio, this reporter, who was not present during the conference call, thinks it sounds like McCarthy says “be”, not “beat”. There is no bad quarterback effect because both teams have bad quarterbacks. It is unclear at this point if McGloin or rookie Connor Cook will start at quarterback against Houston.
The Packers have protected the football extremely well given the winter conditions they’ve played in during most of their six-game winning streak.
What he is concerned about is what his players do at work.
The only other officials to have officiated more than one Packers playoff victory in the Favre-and-Rodgers era are Dick Hantak, Bernie Kukar and Bob McElwee, and all three are retired. Well they play in a horrific division and the Marcus Mariota injury helped, too. It was one of those bad days that you have every once in a while.
To add to Rodgers’ uniqueness, he can also make plays with his legs. The Raiders ranked 23rd in defensive DVOA in 2015.
“When we went back out, it made it look like his face was melting”, O’Hara said.
IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Raiders and the over. Russell Wilson and the Seahawks are 7-3 in the playoffs the last 4 years. The Lions are losers of three straight.
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The Packers won, 23-16. Their original plan was to release it the night of the game, but writing, recording and then sending it to Minnesota for mixing took longer than expected. But this will be an exception.
