Redskins appear healthy for playoff matchup

There’s no time now for side sessions with trainers or veteran rest days.

The Packers play Washington at FedEx Field on Sunday.

The defense is an entirely different story. But I think Andy Reid figures it out with a good game plan, and the Texans get cold at the wrong time. Dashon Goldson, Jason Hatcher and Matt Jones are questionable. And only one team has more (Houston), but all of their guys practiced on Thursday. He didn’t play against Dallas, either. “Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Russell Wilson and Carson Palmer are the only other players over the past five seasons to score 100 or higher in passer rating and 70 or higher in QBR over a 16-start season”. All four of those victories came with Washington playing as an underdog. I think you have to have fresh starts for the right reasons, ” coach Mike McCarthy said. Really, we’re taking it upon ourselves to not only replicate what we were able to do past year in the playoffs, but finish, and see it through.

The players’ body language was far from awe-inspiring, especially from the so-called leader, Rodgers. He knows what hurts and what doesn’t at this point.

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Over his last four games, his 29 catches for 378 yards (13.0) and five touchdowns lead the team in all three categories. (And for what it’s worth, I think the Packers being so publicly popular is playing into negativity on them, finally, if anything). Washington’s 22 giveaways in the regular season were middle of the pack in the league.

Green Bay is making its franchise-record seventh straight postseason appearance. But the Redskins aren’t anxious about that.

That’s why, as the Cardinals head into the weekend, they do so with very little care as to what happens, at least with regards to who they will play when they next take the field. They have won 7 of the last 10 games, including a four-game winning streak to surge to a playoff spot.

Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent this offseason.

This strength aligns with Washington’s offensive strengths (their wideouts); it’ll be interesting how this particular area ends up, but it could go either way at this point. At the same time, the defense used to be awful.

Whether the Packers as a No. 5 seed can replicate the script of their 2010 champions, who had to win three straight playoff games on the road simply to get to the Super Bowl, is irrelevant to those affiliated with both teams. The running game has disappeared after plowing through the Cowboys in Week 14. Washington defensive end Chris Baker has been one of the best in the National Football League at disrupting quarterbacks this season, and Green Bay blocker Josh Sitton has been just as good at keeping his quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, protected. That’s fine. But they have to prove they can stop big running back Eddie Lacy, too. The Redskins are 6-15 ATS in their last 21 games following a ATS win and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall. Still, nose tackle B.J. Raji said stopping the run will be a priority, never mind the Redskins’ underwhelming rushing attack led by Alfred Morris.