“I stuck my arm in there and he ended up making a great catch”, a still-incredulous House said after the game, adding: “I’ve got to watch the film and see what happened”.
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He helped the Packers win their second opener in the last five years. “We’re all glad to have him back out there with us”.
The running game needs to set the tone.
“If you can’t go to a football game to get away from it for three hours what else is there”, quipped another. “We just have to finish it off”.
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Second down: If there’s a pass route that second-year cornerback Damarious Randall covers best, it’s a go-fade along the sidelines.
The win wasn’t secured, however, until the Packers defense came up with a stop on fourth-and-1 from their own 14-yard line.
Ultimately though Fowler will get some reps and the two players will likely split time 50/50. He had a similar interception in the preseason this year on a deep ball to Oakland’s Amari Cooper. If the referees call this a penalty, Green Bay’s secondary plays less physical and Allen Robinson is working with more space for the rest of the game. The Vikings offense needs to play better if they want any shot against the Packers. Peppers played only 29 of the Packers’ 72 defensive snaps (40 percent), and for the first three quarters he played nearly exclusively as an inside rusher in the dime package. After all, they entered the season having lost 36 of their last 50 games and losing the majority of those by double digits.
It’s been a closer game than expected for the Green Bay Packers against the Jacksonville Jaguars. “We’re 1-0 and going back to Minnesota with a chance to open up that stadium”.
“This one hurts, especially with [us] going back and forth against a good team”. And the Rashad Greene one on third down of the final drive isn’t called either.
But, this game was about Aaron Rodgers, who, despite numbers that may seem pedestrian for his standards – 20-34 for 199 yards, two passing TDs, one rushing touchdown and a 95.1 rating – extended plays as only he can.
Almost nine months after the Packers blew a coverage on the first play of overtime in the playoff loss at Arizona, the defense came through with a last-minute fourth-down stop to seal the season-opening 27-23 victory against the Jaguars.
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The Packers led 21-17 at halftime after Rodgers hit Davante Adams on a 29-yard TD pass with 13 seconds left.
