“But for these guys to battle the way they did, I’m very proud of these guys and I really like the future of this football team”.
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Opinion: The Green Bay Packers are better off with Tretter at their starting left tackle going into Saturday’s playoff match-up with the Arizona Cardinals.
But this time, Aaron Rodgers was able to bounce back, rally the troops and with a strong defensive showing, cruised to a 35-18 win over the Redskins. I think early on, we were able to get pressure on him, kind of had him flustered a little bit. The league is one of the lone TV broadcasts to bring in growing powerhouse ratings at a time when the TV landscape comes with hundreds of options for viewers. “They kept their foot on the pedal”.
The Packers were so good, they scored on five straight possessions, four touchdowns and a field goal over the final three possessions of the first half and first two of the second half. Last year’s squad advanced to the playoffs where they were eliminated by Carolina, 27-16. Green Bay racked up 43 sacks in 2015 with 10.5 of them coming from Julius Peppers alone.
“That first quarter, we had some confidence”, linebacker Ryan Kerrigan said.
Up on the northern plains of South Dakota, ya just don’t see the Washington Redskins play that often. “When you get into playoffs, you don’t have to talk about the regular season no more”, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said.
“We know Aaron is probably licking his chops wanting to play us again”.
And more: On consecutive plays in the third quarter, Lacy ran for 11 yards on fourth-and-1, then 30 yards. In Sunday’s other game Green Bay won 35-18 at Washington completing a wild-card weekend in which all four visiting teams won.
It didn’t take long – officially less than an hour, and anecdotally, even less time than that – but the Cardinals’ game Saturday against the Packers is sold out.
The You Like That meme dominated following Kirk Cousins and the Washington Redskins running into a real team and losing, with Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers getting their chance to gloat. He threw for one touchdown and lost one fumble.
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said the Packers will be different in large part because their offensive line – reeling because of injuries in the first matchup – will be healthier. After 17 rushing yards at halftime the Packers finished with 141 yards on 32 carries.
Demetri Goodson’s block-in-the-back penalty on a punt put the Packers in an early hole and led to a safety. “We had three cracks at it and ended up kicking a field goal, which is not good enough”. The play was initially called a touchdown, but on review it was ruled that while Jackson had crossed the plane of the goal line, he stepped out of bounds without the ball having crossed the plane.
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Teddy Bridgewater was 17 of 24 for 146 yards for the Redskins (11-6). Rodgers did not do anything special but did not turn the ball over, something he did in the first meeting with Arizona by throwing an interception.
