Oddsmakers are picking the Cardinals, the NFC’s No. 2 seed, by seven points, though Packers coach Mike McCarthy wouldn’t call his team the underdog.
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The team returned to Green Bay late Sunday night after its 35-18 road win over the Washington Redskins earlier in the day.
“It’s gone man, I’m not even answering no questions about last game”, the easygoing Jones said this week. “So, we’ve got to find ways to put him in position to do what he does best and find a way to get him the ball”, Rodgers said.
Dec 27, 2015; Glendale, AZ, USA; Arizona Cardinals inside linebacker Kenny Demens (54) sacks Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) and strips the ball during the second half at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Arizona Cardinals are the superior team in this game, but you cannot discount the fact that the Packers have a former MVP candidate in Aaron Rodgers who can make you pay for your mistakes.
“We kind of felt like this was a possibility to be able to go back there after that loss”, said Rodgers, who was sacked eight times and threw for 151 yards at Arizona. “So I think it will definitely be a much better game than it was the first go-around”. If you dont feel any butterflies and have some type of pressure, youre in the wrong business..
Now, the Cardinals and head coach Bruce Arians are aiming for a repeat performance of what happened in the regular season. Pressure is something when youre not prepared for something.
Urban: I think expectations, assuming Carson Palmer stayed healthy, were high.
They will play the Cardinals in Arizona, who have looked stellar this season with a 13-3 record. Cardinals PK Chandler Catanzaro missed three extra points in the final six regular-season games….
The Arizona Cardinals, by contrast, are more formidable than the 2014 edition that finished 11-6 after losing to Carolina in the Wild Card round.
They have not won a playoff game since the 2009 season, when they defeated the Packers 51-45 in overtime in the wild-card round.
Going back to their Week 15 win at the Oakland Raiders, when Bakhtiari sustained the injury, the Packers have started a different player at left tackle in each of the last four games. WagerTalk TV breaks down the Saturday night National Football League action.
Tight end Andrew Quarless (knee) and wide receiver Davante Adams (knee) are both out this week and won’t be playing at all against the Cardinals. An irritated Arians would say only that Okafor injured a toe during the team’s weekend off.
The last time the Packers had all five of their preferable starters available on the offensive line came in the Packers’ 30-13 win over MInnesota on November 22.
“When I was watching the game Sunday, those guys were moving extremely fast”, Peterson said, “the fastest I’ve seen all year”.
In their previous matchup against Arizona, the Packers’ defense wasn’t the main reason the Cardinals rolled, but it was one of the reasons.
The Green Bay Packers secondary is getting ready for another track meet in the desert.
To be fair the Packers played most of that game without their starting offensive tackles, so it’s easy to see how the protection became an issue. For the Packers to pull an upset, it will need to play like it did against Washington’s where it held star receiver DeSean Jackson to two catches for 17 yards by not letting him run by.
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“Hopefully we come away with a win and come back much happier”, said Lewandowski. Arizona’s offense is one of the most balanced and lethal attacks as it ranks second in the National Football League, averaging 289 yards in the air and 31 points a game, while the Packers offense is once again looking like the high-powered machine it was earlier this season.
