At one point on the cold practice field at Redskins Park, he felt pain in the foot and fired a football at the ground in frustration.
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Who’s Not: The Packers’ running game has been an utter disaster, and that continued on Sunday as Eddie Lacy had 13 carries for just 34 yards and James Starks had eight carries for 24 yards. He torched the Redskins secondary in the team’s meeting in 2013, throwing for four touchdowns and 480 yards. Green Bay’s Offense is 23rd in YPG, and it’s not so much better on the defensive side either. It doesn’t appear Washington will consider playing all four running backs.
“It’s tough, but I think it can galvanize a team when you’re going in a hostile environment”, Rodgers said.
“You’ve got to study our film and see how they tried to attack us because it’s hard to attack us because it’s hard to find people that run the defense we run”, he said.
Jones, especially, must walk a fine line between proving to coaches he can play without further injuring himself.
Do the same for Washington, and you get +3.0 per game, against a schedule 2.25 worse than average. He knows what hurts and what doesn’t at this point. I’ve picked against them frequently and am 9-1 against the spread in games involving the Packers, only picking them to cover against Minnesota (in the first game on the road) and against Dallas. The Cardinals defeated the Packers 38-8. But the Redskins aren’t anxious about that. “I don’t know. But I do know (the Packers are) a very experienced, talented team”. Washington won the NFC East, the weakest division in the conference, and has yet to beat a team with a winning record, which leads to the betting community’s cynicism.
The Redskins greatly benefited from the improved performance of Kirk Cousins. Defensively, Washington is allowing 23.7 points and 380.6 yards per game. The Cowboys sacked Cousins three times, but were in his face all day using stunts and blitzes to apply pressure and force quick throws.
What’s really pathetic and frustrating for Packers fans are the statistics over the course of the final three games of the season when the Packers converted just 18 percent of their red zone opportunities into touchdowns. The Washington Redskins are looking to keep things rolling.
Aaron Rodgers has called on the Green Bay Packers to draw inspiration from a hostile Washington Redskins crowd on Sunday (Monday in Manila) as they attempt to reignite their Super Bowl hopes in a daunting opening playoff battle. With a win in Cincy, Big Ben and the Steelers have a good chance to take down a top team in the Divisional Round. So I don’t care how good Rodgers is, he can’t be hit like that and needs some time to throw the ball. If the Packers wish to put a halt to the surging Redskins, here are three things they must do. Adams has dropped more than his share of passes, however.
For My Take, the NFL Playoffs start this weekend.
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Everyone is jumping on the Redskins bandwagon, and that’s understandable considering how the season ended for both teams. Again, the bigger issue for the Packers that is leading to sacks is the inability of the receivers and tight ends to get open.
