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But the Packers are coming off a 35-point showing against Washington to win a wild card game, and it is that offense that has grabbed the attention of the Cards. Adams said at the time he didn’t think the injury was serious….

The fourth-year pro had declined to discuss his contract status while leading Washington to the postseason, but is due to become a free agent March 15.

After a stagnant first quarter, Aaron Rodgers and the Packers came alive. “It’s going to be tough to block us both when we’re both humming”. They got their mojo back in a spanking of the Redskins yesterday but the Redskins are not the Cardinals.

“We don’t really care about any of the expectations, whether talking about picking Kirk over myself or talking about how everybody expected us to lose this game”, Rodgers said.

He played 27 snaps against Oakland and was in line for more against Arizona, but a dropped pass early in the game resulted in him not being used much after that (14 snaps total) and not at all against Minnesota in the season finale.

However, the quarterback rallied to finished 21 of 36 on passes for 210 yards and connected with Randall Cobb and Davante Adams for two touchdowns for the Packers, who recovered from trailing 11-0 in the second quarter to take a 17-11 lead into halftime. More importantly, they’ll need to focus on not allowing Eddie Lacy or James Starks to get rolling, as the two have been putting up big numbers for Green Bay on the ground. Over their last five games, the Packers have a SU and ATS record of 3-2. “I expect them, especially if Bakhtiari’s back, to have their full complement”.

After the Packers beat the Washington Redskins 35-18 Sunday to reach the divisional round, McCarthy and his players were quick to put all their recent struggles in the rearview mirror.

Later in that quarter, Cousins was strip-sacked by Mike Neal, who also recovered the fumble, which the Packers turned into a 43-yard field goal to trim their deficit to 11-10.

The Packers gave the start at left tackle to J.C. Tretter and things got off to a slow start.

A close score is not projected this week when the Green Bay Packers, a substantial seven-point underdog, take on Arizona.

“We’re going to Arizona to win, and our guys are excited about that opportunity”, Packers offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett told reporters Monday.

Alright, so the Packers believe they can make a run. “We went in there and played the worst football we could possibly play. Now we just have to make the most out of it”. There are no doubts, however, that the Packers pass rush will be able to get to Carson Palmer. They rank among the NFL’s top eight teams in rushing offense, passing offense, rushing defense and passing defense.