Packers’ Bakhtiari could be ready for Sunday

They’ve kept us in games that we maybe shouldn’t have been in, giving us a chance to win games late.

The phrase, “be careful what you wish for” comes to mind.

If the Green Bay Packers don’t do it this weekend, we’ll be sitting at home next weekend watching the Redskins travel to Carolina to take on the Panthers in the second round of the playoffs.

When he did, the Packers had him on the next plane from Newark, New Jersey, to Green Bay – Jones had to connect through Minneapolis, since Austin Straubel airport isn’t exactly a hub – and poof!

Micah Hyde’s one-handed, backhanded interception could have changed last week’s game.

The longest-tenured Packer, Rodgers has started 11 postseason games and played in the postseason each year since 2009.

Everything that could have gone wrong for the Packers over the past two weeks simply has.

For a team that constantly preaches ball security and drills it in practice each week, the most alarming development came at the running back position, where the normally reliable James Starks and Eddie Lacy had rough seasons. You can’t look in the mirror and say we are if we aren’t. Wide receiver Randall Cobb has made 14 catches over the last three games but has turned them into only 92 yards.

“We just gotta win our one-on-one matchup”, he said. Green Bay has dominated in recent years with five wins in six meetings dating to 2001.

“This is thrilling”, quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. The Cowboys sacked Cousins three times, but were in his face all day using stunts and blitzes to apply pressure and force quick throws. You can argue that they are in the Top 3. He’s a big contributor for us. “It’s a good thing to be around”. And it shows up week after week. “He wants the ball in his hands and when things break down he’s going to make things happen”, McCarthy said, according to ESPN.com. Instead, because of his ability to be on the same wavelength as Rodgers, he was the receiver the quarterback trusted most – while others struggled to gain that trust. Rodgers has the ability to meticulously carve away chunks of yardage.

This is the easiest I think to pick out of all four games this week.

What players can’t do is “expend any energy on something you don’t control”.

Ever since the 2015 season began with the off-season workouts in the spring, through the organized team activities, mini-camps, training camp and pre-season, the Green Bay Packers rightfully thought of themselves as a contender to reach the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California in February. He said his goal has always been to play 12 seasons in the National Football League, meaning he has three more to go. The teams last met in 2013, a 38-20 Packers rout at Lambeau Field. But expectation-wise, that’s not what I expected. If we ain’t scoring points, we ain’t scoring points. “So, I think they understand how to play well off each other”. But we’ll see. I’ve hit free agency twice and gotten the back end of the stick twice.

Rodgers isn’t right, the loss of Jordy Nelson is fatal to the team’s offensive flow and the coaches, players and organization have zero idea how to fix it.