That happened Sunday night when Green Bay lost to Minnesota, which meant the Vikings and Packers finished first and second, respectively, in the NFC North. Sitton struggled at times with Vikings standout pass rusher Everson Griffen, who had two of Minnesota’s five sacks and also forced a controversial fumble by Rodgers that cornerback Captain Munnerlyn returned 55 yards late in the third quarter to forge the 20-3 bulge.
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Just in time for the playoffs, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a new look.
The Seattle Seahawks have finished the season as the sixth and lowest seed in the NFC playoffs; they must travel to Minnesota for the first round and will not get a home game no matter how far they advance. An announcement on whether the Bowling Green product will return to the starting lineup will be made soon after talking to offensive line guru Bill Callahan and current center Josh LeRibeus. He had a 41-yard run with a fake punt, a 19-yard reception and a 26-yard run on a gadget play in which he motioned left, reversed and took a handoff around right end.
“The things that we’ve done wrong”, McCarthy told reporters this week, “are just important as the things we’ve done right”. “That team was playing very well going into the final weeks of the season”.
“You ultimately want to win the Super Bowl, but this was goal one”. His long run was only 10 yards, though he bulled his way just across the goal line for a 3-yard touchdown in the third quarter before he left the game for a long stretch of the second half because of a back injury.
Along with Peterson, Bridgewater is no slouch with running the ball (192 yards rushing and three touchdowns), while Jerick McKinnon has gained 271 yards on the ground.
“You’re not really set, you’re trying to get the play in and then you realize the receiver’s running down the field”, Rhodes said. In what’s considered by many to be one of the greatest National Football League games ever played, the Packers won, 21-17, as game-time temperatures dipped to -15.
The last time Green Bay and Washington faced off was in 2013. The Colts needed a Houston loss and seven other games to go their way if they were to make the postseason. After the advertisement (curse) ran, Green Bay lost three straight games and, in Week 12, fell to Chicago at Lambeau Field. This is a much worse Green Bay team than in years past, with obvious weaknesses that the Redskins will exploit. Crosby’s 43-yard field goal brought the Packers within 20-13 with 5:35 remaining. One factor is that many wild cards, who must play on the road, are substantially better than the weaker division winners that they visit, like the Texans and Redskins this year. Green Bay had zero explosive runs in the game. In each of the last three such seasons (15-1 in 1998, 11-5 in 2000 and 12-4 in 2009), they reached the NFC championship game. He was sacked a total of three times on the night. The players proudly wore their black T-shirts and gray caps announcing them as division champions, posing in small groups for selfies around the hallowed stadium. Green Bay’s defense remains the only reliable component of the team going into the postseason.
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Zimmer said Bridgewater hit that throw every time in practice during the week before missing it in the game, a seemingly recurring theme for Minnesota’s second-year quarterback.
