“We don’t really care about any of the expectations, whether talking about picking Kirk over myself or talking about how everybody expected us to lose this game”, Rodgers said.
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The Packers were also able to be balanced on offense. While I still think Arizona is the best team in the country, I still find it tough to lay a touchdown with Rodgers and company. “But, we’re the 2015 Packers”.
In the afternoon, Washington and Green Bay played each other, with the Redskins quickly getting ahead 11-0.
The Green Bay Packers arrived in Arizona on December 27 with an outside chance for home-field advantage, but the Cardinals quickly squelched those hopes by registering nine sacks and scoring the first 31 points en route to a 38-8 rout to secure the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye.
Aaron Rodgers flashed the familiar brilliance that had recently been missing to remind everyone that the Green Bay Packers are a playoff threat.
Both the Cardinals and the Panthers need to make these games be about quality and strike quickly. Arizona tacked on two early touchdowns in the third quarter to turn it into a blowout. We’re built to go on the road, play anywhere.
If the Packers are moving the ball, defenders could get worn down while being stuck on the field when Rodgers goes no-huddle. But the Packers are coming off a 35-point showing against Washington to win a wild card game, and it is that offense that has grabbed the attention of the Cards. We’ve seen what the Cardinals can do.
“We don’t care about expectations”.
But they won’t expect a one-sided affair over the Green Bay Packers like the previous time they met. “When we got the tempo going, it snowballed”, Rodgers said.
“There’s not too many times you have an opportunity to go back and have a redo”, McCarthy said.
Will this time be different?
Arizona’s game plan will be to control the Packers’ running attack. Over their last five games, the Packers have a SU and ATS record of 3-2. “And then you get the quarterback in there, now they’re two hours longer”.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers looked sharp against Washington, completing 21-of-36 passes for 210 yards and two touchdowns.
“This is playoff football, ” Cobb said. As for the Arizona defense, a few key match ups could decide this game. “Offensively, you’ve got to score points and then we’re a man-to-man team, it has been a pretty good blueprint so far, but we’ve got to get him on the ground and not let him get out of the pocket”.
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Sitting at 13-3 Straight Up (SU) and 9-7 Against The Spread (ATS), the Cardinals will look to improve heading into Week 19. He plans on bringing you the best news, previews, recaps, and anything else that may come along with the exciting world of the National Football League.
