Khalil Small led the Phoenix with 16 points. The rally tied the National Football League record set by San Francisco against New Orleans in 1980.
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On the season, the Green Bay Packers average 229.8 yards in passing and 111.7 yards in rushing.
Carolina visits Atlanta and plays host to Tampa Bay to finish the schedule.
After being seen as a bit of malcontent during his final days in Oakland, Woodson grew into the leader of a Packers team that was growing into a contender. We go out there and really do whatever it takes to get a win. Crabtree had six catches for 70 yards.
Green Bay is not bulletproof. The fourth quarter hasn’t always been easy for the Raiders this season but most of their games they’ve competed until the end.
The Cardinals outclassed Philadelphia in every way on their way to their eighth straight win. Now, I’m not sure if it’s bad – because the play was not Musgrave’s idea, or if it is good – because he not only listened to McGloin he actually took his advice.
The Packers answer back with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers to James Jones. In fact, thanks to the New York Giants, they were a playoff team before Wayne Larrivee even threw the dagger. The running game struggled so mightily in the first half that Randall Cobb became the primary rusher during their 92-yard drive in the 3rd and 4th quarters.
Fitz is backing the Packers, who have been bet from 3- to 3½-point favorites.
Carr found Cooper again in the third for a 26-yard touchdown pass in the end zone.
His outing Sunday was another of the bounce-back variety after being held without a catch for the first time in his career the previous week. Carr scrambled for 17-yards setting up his 19-yard touchdown pass to Cooper making it a 14-13 game to end the half. Jerick McKinnon and Zach Line had the other touchdown catches.
Sunday, they’ll see a familiar face that has grown even more into a leadership role. The Minnesota Vikings (8-5) are nipping at their heels and are within striking distance of claiming the NFC North for themselves. The Bears are 5-9. They’ve made big plays at big times and have done a terrific job of keeping this team in games when the offense has been sputtering and stalling – more on OC Bill Musgrave‘s deficiencies later. This time it was Damarious Randall who would take the ball and he would not be denied as he would return it all the way for a touchdown to put the Packers up 14-0 early.
That would mean winning on Christmas Eve against the Chargers in what could be the Raiders’ last game in Oakland. It was the first of the 2015 first round pick’s career, and helped propel the Packers to a 14-0 lead. Teams typically put together maximum effort in the first game after a star player goes down. The Packers forced a 4th and 1 at the 30, but Murray picked up the first down.
On the plus side, Carr did rush for a pair of first downs on scrambles, and it isn’t his fault that the Raiders came in with 34 dropped passes according to Profootballfocus.com and added another four or five against Green Bay. But he has been a defensive mastermind again this year, and his defense did their part in getting things going for the Packers as they headed out West in week 15 to take on the Oakland Raiders. The style points you can flush that. Yates was 6 of 10 for 68 yards with one interception before hurting his left knee.
Hasselbeck was 17 of 30 with 147 yards and one interception and briefly gave way to Charlie Whitehurst in the fourth.
A couple of first down got Green Bay near midfield, but a catch by Richard Rodgers came up just short of a first down and the Packers punted away on 4th and 1. Jones, who had worked out with Carr during summers at Fresno State, saw eerie similarities with the way the two threw the ball. Zach Mettenberger completed 20 of 28 passes for 242 yards, two TD and two interceptions after replacing Mariota. He has 118, breaking teammate Roddy White’s mark of 115 set in 2010. The Falcons have lost six in a row straight up and nine in a row ATS.
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The Jaguars (5-9) lost ground in the muddled AFC South and were all but eliminated in the division race.
