NFL Wild Card Weekend playoff games offered some wild games

The Green Bay Packers (11-6) will be looking to forget their dismal performance at Arizona less than three weeks ago when they visit the Cardinals (13-3) again Saturday in the divisional round of the playoffs.

The Seattle Seahawks rallied to beat the Minnesota Vikings in frigid conditions 10-9, while the Green Bay Packers rolled over the Washington Redskins 35-18 in the National Football Conference wild card playoff games over the weekend.

Eddie Lacy and James Starks each ran for a score as well, while James Jones had seven catches for 81 yards for Green Bay, which had lost its last two regular-season games entering Sunday’s game. The Cardinals had made it to the Super Bowl against Pittsburgh Steelers in Tampa Bay, Florida, Feb. 1, 2009.

The Cardinals sacked Aaron Rodgers eight times, clinching a first-round playoff bye with the win.

After falling behind 11-0, the Packers offense came to life in the second quarter and never stopped on their way to a 35-18 victory over the Redskins in the NFC wild-card game.

The main thing going well for the Cardinals right now is just rest and the fact they’re at home where they generally play very well.

“I think they understood I was fine”, Tretter said about the safety after the game.

On Sunday afternoon, the Seahawks visit the 15-1 Carolina Panthers as slim 3-point underdogs.

Aug 29, 2015; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers offensive tackle JC Tretter.

We don’t play for them. “We got our confidence going”, Rodgers said Sunday night.

The Cardinals seemed to realize that just minutes after the December 27 game.

Other than that kind of pressure, Arians said the best way to slow Rodgers down is to stop Green Bay’s running game while forcing them to abandon it entirely. On Monday, Packers coach Mike McCarthy anticipated Bakhtiari practicing on Wednesday. Will the Packers be good enough to march into Arizona and steal one? “Got a couple free plays and that’s kinda the one that got us going”. After the offense has struggled the past 10 weeks of the regular season, the Packers may have found their stride at the flawless time, while this defense has been proven strong as the backbone of the team thus far.

Rodgers hit Randall Cobb with a 12-yard pass to complete an 80-yard drive with a touchdown for 11-7, Mason Crosby adding the extra point. I take the blame for that we’ve got to be better. The Packers will lean on the run and make it closer than the previous meeting, but the Cardinals present too many matchup problems for Green Bay, particularly with injuries to top cornerback Sam Shields (concussion) and wide receiver Davante Adams (knee).