The immediate result: a revitalized Packers ground game led by Eddie Lacy that paved the way for a 28-7 win over Cowboys before a crowd of 78,369 at Lambeau Field.
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The Dallas Cowboys are on the road this week as they are off to take on the Green Bay Packers.
“That’s a fine football team we beat”, McCarthy said.
“We’ve got to push through this tough time and find a way to be consistent”, Rodgers said. Rodgers pitches it to Dwight Garner, who gets a few yards, gets surrounded and then pitches it back to Rodgers.
What went wrong: The short-yardage woes continue for the Packers in a trend that appears to be independent of the play caller. Rodgers is averaging more than a yard-and-a-half per attempt less than last season, and the lack of downfield plays is where receiver Jordy Nelson’s absence is most obvious.
“That was a fun game”, McCarthy said. We all make a couple of bad decisions along the way. If the Packers let their burly back touch the ball close to 20 times, he could provide a third 100-yard outing in four weeks.
This, more than anything, shows that he’s returning to being a reliable player who, with some much-needed balance, can greatly enhance Aaron Rodgers’ play.
“I don’t think it’s been about the play-calling”, Rodgers said. “It’s been about the execution”.
The Packers haven’t blown anyone away, but they’re winning. Darren McFadden rushed for 111 yards, his fourth triple-digit game of the season, and Robert Turbin added 51 yards and a touchdown.
This time they just got whipped. Defenses have changed the way they’re playing the Pack this season – daring Aaron Rodgers to throw the ball.
We all know how the last Packers game went by now: extremely rough to watch early, exciting late, and culminating with a highly improbable victory. They mounted a punishing 12-play, 84-yard drive that ate up more than 6 minutes and featured seven runs of 5 yards or more.
With the loss, the Cowboys fall two games back in the NFC East, with just three games to play.
Matt Cassel, starting his sixth game for the injured Tony Romo, was 13 of 29 for 114 yards. With the offense being so scanty throwing deep, Scott Linehan may try to put his receivers in position to get yards after the catch.
The latest reversal wasn’t as big a deal to Bryant. But if they are to do it, it’s going to come in the form of a Dez Bryant redemption game.
Any time the National Football League schedule makers send you to Green Bay in December and sled dogs don’t have to greet the team bus, it’s like already being ahead by a touchdown. The Packers gained 78 yards on nine carries on the series. The Packers defense would have to account for him and not load the box to stop the run.
Lacy was benched in Detroit a week ago for reportedly violating curfew.
“I consider Wisconsin family”, he says, “and when I look back at all the accolades I have accomplished, I put this at the top”. Bryant finished with one catch for 9 yards.
Starks, the second part of Green Bay’s one-two backfield punch, had 71 yards rushing on 11 carries, and 32 yards receiving on four catches.
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Shields was immediately taken to the locker room to be evaluated and later was ruled out for the rest of the game with a concussion.
