Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals preview??

Aaron Rodgers has looked shell shocked and scared for parts of this year.

A playoff win means even more after Green Bay ended the regular season with two straight losses.

“Yes they offer, they’re inspiring, they offer encouragement, but I think it’s a lot of fun for the players just to see how much our fans are behind them”, said Joan Malcheski, Director of Brand & Marketing for the Packers. Aaron Rodgers is completing 58.3 percent of his passes for 210 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions.

That has typically been the case with coach Mike McCarthy calling the plays and quarterback Aaron Rodgers taking snaps under center. That is the great thing about it, you have to keep battling in the playoffs, you have to keep battling every opportunity you’ve got.

Given what he accomplished in the second half of the season – including leading the team to the NFC East title, Washington’s first postseason appearance in three years while setting a franchise record for passing yards – it would seem the Redskins may have to open their purses. He passed for one touchdown and ran for another, and he wasn’t picked off.

REED OPTION: The Packers knew all about Redskins tight end Jordan Reed, but they still couldn’t stop him: He had nine catches for 120 yards and a score.

Green Bay overcame their early jitters, however, to reel off 17 unanswered points and move into a 17-11 lead.

Rodgers and Lacy then led Green Bay back.

It’s getting exciting with only eight teams left, next week at this time, we’ll know either the elation of victory or the crushing feeling of what could have been. But we just needed a game like this to get our mojo back. Additionally, Randall Cobb got 24 yards on five carries.

Green Bay Packers is 9-0 SU when leading at the start of the fourth quarter this season.

“We don’t play for them”, Rodgers said of his and his team’s critics. “We won, we scored 35 points”. However, after a review, he was ruled out at the 1-yard line, and Washington couldn’t punch it in, settling for a field goal. The Green Bay quarterback fumbled twice and both were returned for Arizona touchdowns.

The Packers defense didn’t play all that badly against Arizona in Week 16 and are likely to have Sam Shields in the lineup this time around to defend the pass. With increased depth in the secondary, the front seven can focus on stuffing the run and building off of their six sack performance against Washington. They went 7-1 on the road and showed that they can go into hostile environments and get the job done.

A few weeks ago the Packers traveled to Glendale, Arizona and were beaten badly by a very hot football team.

“I hadn’t had a guy like him”, Freeney said.

At this point, it’s become clear that, at least publicly, no one is expecting a score in Saturday’s playoff game like the first time the Cardinals beat the Packers. RB Matt Jones (hip) was inactive…. Not to mention cornerback Quinton Dunbar, who barely played during the regular season, was on the field a lot.