Cowboys get run over by Packers in loss

With Mike McCarthy calling the plays, the Packers offense used the ground game to eclipse the 200 yard mark for the first time since 2009.

The Packers piled up yards against the Cowboys and produced their highest scoring output in almost a month.

– The Packers will travel to Oakland next Sunday to take on the Raiders at 3:05 p.m. CST, Green Bay’s first regular-season visit to Oakland since 2003. Welcome to our live coverage of the Sunday afternoon National Football League clash between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers from Lambeau Field. The offense looked much smoother and it seemed much more risky and capable of coming up with big plays. Play-calling is a lot about rhythm and flow.

Time and time again in Sunday’s 28-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers at wet and historic Lambeau Field, Bryant didn’t catch it. “Oh, I think everybody has to do everything better”, Garrett said.

“You know he is a big, strong, powerful runner and we have to run the ball in the winter time”, said quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Without him the Packers have struggled to convert on third down and this struggle continued even with Head Coach Mike McCarthy calling the shots. He called it a tough personal decision to make with a long-time assistant.

-COACHING: B. The full-fledged return of McCarthy as the play-caller on offense with associate head coach Tom Clements bumped up to the coaches’ box paid huge dividends. When the Packers were up 14-7 in the fourth quarter, McCarthy called a Starks draw on second-and-25, and Starks took it all the way in for a touchdown. “I know the last few weeks, things were a little different, but I think it was just the way to show me this is what I love to do and, without it, I’m miserable”. “It’s been about the execution”.

Jason Garrett and Jerry Jones both continue to say Cassel is the guy as long as the Cowboys are in playoff contention. And that team is telling you, ‘No, you don’t have a lot to offer, so we’re moving on’.

Rodgers finished just under 100 in passer rating at 99.5, completing 22 of 35 for 218 yards with two scores.

A week ago, the Packers needed the entire first quarter to cross midfield and didn’t score their first points until well into the third. And I mean everyone…even Cowboys defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli lined up his defense in zone coverage at times, which allowed Green Bay’s wideouts to get some separation.

DEFLATED DALLAS: Darren McFadden ran for 111 yards on nine carries. Dallas rushed for 171 yards, and 80 came on four plays that led to Turbin’s score.

IRVING, Texas (AP) – Matt Cassel is still the starting quarterback for the last-place Dallas Cowboys, who for the moment are still not planning to put Tony Romo on season-ending injured reserve with his broken left collarbone. The Cowboys only netted 99 yards passing, and when it came to trying to convert third down, they were only one of eleven.

Dez Bryant, who had a career-best 16 touchdown grabs along with 1,320 receiving yards a year ago, has been limited to just eight games this season due to foot surgery after the season-opener.

Dallas thought they hit a big play but a Bryant catch against Randall for 28 yards was overturned on replay, bringing a huge cheer from the crowd who remembered last year’s critical playoff reversal. The Packers were never as committed to running the football as they were Sunday with 39 run calls, minus the three Rodgers scrambles and the two kneel-downs by Tolzien.

Dallas was forced to punt after the replay reversal and Green Bay scored on its next possession. The Packers demoted him twice, barely using him in several key games.

A week after getting disciplined for missing curfew before the win over Detroit, Lacy was serenaded to chants of “Eddie! Eddie” by rain-soaked Packers fans.

“I’m a player”, fullback John Kuhn said, not wanting to dive too deep into the topic, “so in that aspect I’m an indian not a chief”.

NOTES: Cowboys TE Jason Witten finished with five catches for 40 yards…. James Starks added 71 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.

When Sam Shields exited the game early with a reported concussion, that could have opened the door for Bryant to begin dissecting the Packers’ defense.