Raiders Ready to Tangle With Explosive, Talented Packers

Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Friday that Shields, who suffered the head injury in Green Bay’s last game, wouldn’t accompany the team on the flight to Oakland.

REVENGE GAME: Woodson was cut by Green Bay three years ago when the Packers decided he was no longer worth his salary at his age.

“I was around those guys past year, so I know they have a lot guys who can play. But most of all, I just want to win”.

Clements said his role otherwise hasn’t changed, which included remaining in offensive planning meetings, along with offering observations and suggestions with the game plan and play-calling. However, his production has trailed off since with only 14 catches for 236 yards and a TD in the last seven games. Packers lead series, 6-5, after winning the last six in a row, including a 46-16 blowout in Green Bay on December 1, 2011.

Carr’s last outing – when he overcame an terrible first half to rally the Raiders to a 15-12 win over the Broncos – saw him complete a career-worst 41.4 percent (12 of 29) of his passes and his 135 yards were the least of his career, save for this season’s opener when he left in the second quarter with a thumb injury. “He’s one of, if not the best quarterback in our game”.

Once again, the Packers have two starting linemen listed as questionable as well, with T.J.

For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at. And they both, I think like Jack [Del Rio] said, they’re not the 6-6, Joe Flacco, Tom Brady, Matt Ryans. “So we’ll be ready to go”.

McCarthy and defensive coordinator Dom Capers have been impressed by Randall in his first National Football League season.

Ranked 12th in run defense, erase those two games and the Raiders’ rushing defense is giving up 3.4 yards per carry instead of 4.2 yards per attempt. He’s playing great. I mean, he’s playing great football. “It wasn’t just the Packers that didn’t think I could play anymore”, Woodson said.

Carr has started to give some credibility to those lofty compliments, matching Rodgers in touchdown passes and many other categories in a breakthrough second season.

Carr downplays the comparisons with a player who has won two MVP awards and one Super Bowl, saying he has done far too little even to be mentioned in a conversation with Rodgers.

-Packers DBs vs. Raiders WRs Amari Cooper, Michael Crabtree and Seth Roberts.

Notes: CB Sam Shields (concussion) and G Josh Sitton (back) did not practice….

Linsley (ankle) and Perry (shoulder) both sat out of Sunday’s 28-7 win over Dallas.

On the very first screen against Dallas, Rodgers chose a pass over the middle to Randall Cobb rather than flinging it out to Starks in the right flat.

But only because Rodgers is having his worst season as a pro. “You just have to turn on the last game”.

“We have great confidence in Matt and Charlie if he has to go, so we feel good”, Hilton said.