The Dallas Cowboys are on the road this week as they are off to take on the Green Bay Packers. While it was unseasonably warm in Green Bay for Sunday’s game, the former Alabama star continues to heat up as the temperature typically drops.
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The Cowboys are 3-1 in games started by Tony Romo this season and 1-8 in all others.
“Aaron changes so many plays at the line that, honestly, to us it doesn’t matter who’s calling the plays”, right guard T.J. Lang said.
“Everybody’s playing for something”.
ABOUT THE PACKERS (8-4): Eddie Lacy’s topsy-turvy season continued as he was limited to just five carries after missing curfew last week. The over/under for this game is 43.5 total points. In Week 13, they started the game without top guard T.J. Lang and later lost center Corey Linsley to an ankle injury. Rodgers is averaging more than a yard-and-a-half per attempt less than last season, and the lack of downfield plays is where receiver Jordy Nelson’s absence is most obvious.
“I was able to kind of get out of there and convert a first down, give us another set of downs, and we got a couple good runs in there and finished that thing off with a touchdown that put us up two scores”, he said. Matt Cassel has not been good throwing the ball downfield, so the opportunity for explosive plays will be few. As an offensive coordinator you want to keep the ball in your court and keep the defense guessing and I think involving Beasley more will do just that. For every three tickets you buy, he will buy your fourth ticket, and enter you into a contest to get a call from DD himself. The Cowboys fought tooth and nail last week against the Washington Redskins. They lead the NFC North by a game over the Vikings, and even if they were to lose their next two games at Oakland and Arizona, they could claim the division crown by beating Minnesota in the January 3 season finale at Lambeau Field.
It may not be what the Cowboys “wanted as far as the wins and losses, but this is a league where that happens”, Witten said. Before the win, everyone was ready to write off the Packers and offered them nearly no shot at doing much in the division or the playoffs. It was the first time since October 18 that Starks topped 50 yards on the ground.
The play has contributed to confusion among some players and fans about the rules that constitute what is and isn’t a catch. Eddie Lacy appears out of Mike McCarthy’s dog house, but can he run against a stout Dallas defense? Players in the locker room immediately flashed back to a game between the Lions and Packers from December 2014 that featured an onside kick after a safety.
Offensively, Green Bay is coming into this game on the back of a miracle, but they can’t stay in that moment forever. This week was no different than the past week as Bryant was a full participant in practice everyday and is probable for Sunday. One of those receptions came on an incredible 17-yard touchdown catch along the sideline, as Johnson somehow kept both feet inbounds while tightly covered by Shields.
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During the Cowboys magical run through the 1990s, the Packers were a formidable foe; matching up against America’s Team three straight years in the playoffs.
