Packers coach Mike McCarthy loves Aaron Rodgers’ run-the-table remark
Capers just got Clay Matthews back at outside linebacker following a three-game absence, and moving him back inside for the third straight season can’t be ruled out. During the four-game losing streak, Green Bay has given up 30 or more points in each game, including Sunday’s 42-24 loss to Washington. They’re giving 27.6 points per game, 27th in the NFL. Jared Cook ledthe Packers with a team-high 6 catches for 105 yards and a touchdown. That is by far the worst in the National Football League, with the Buccaneers being the next closest team at 8.1.
Who else? The man with the legendary work ethic, drive, and mouth (which can be seen as a good or bad thing) this week passed 1000 career catches. Eagles are 4-0 at home.
So, there is a lot to be said about the Packers right now.
Coach Mike McCarthy likes the confidence, even if it borders on delusion. There have been games where Cobb has put up good fantasy numbers, but he’s been very inconsistent with his production.
Whitt’s brutally honest assessment of his position group came as a refreshing respite in a time when others might offer the loser’s lament one hears from some teams, some coaches and some players in times of struggles. “You have patterns of how you want to substitute, but when you get into odd games-Tennessee was an oddball game”. We need to make the play. The defense can’t stop anybody and nobody is getting open for quarterback Aaron Rodgers to throw the ball to. He hinted that Barclay would start ahead of rookie Jason Spriggs at right guard but said a decision won’t be made until after the final practice Sunday. “There’s a lot of carryover from last week with Russell Wilson”.
“He is a playmaker, so he has ability and the dynamic to make plays that not all quarterbacks do”, McCarthy said.
Running back James Starks has been back for two games and Green Bay still can’t run the football. In that event, Stefen Wisniewski would fill in at LG, as he has done on occasion already this season. The Eagles also have a guard, Allen Barbre, installed at right tackle – across from unsafe pass rusher Nick Perry – after an injury to Halapoulivaati Vaitai. At the same time, as things stand, they are in 14th place in the NFC, and that alone should say enough for a supposedly Super Bowl Contender. The Packers might be able to make the Eagles’ receivers actually look competent for once. Rodgers and the offense is set to square off against one of the NFL’s best home defenses, and despite flashes of offensive prowess last week it’s clear that Green Bay is at a disadvantage heading into this game.
The Packers now know they won’t have Eddie Lacy back, but the Packers will begin to see what they have in running back Christine Michael.
The Eagles have largely been good against the run this season, with notable exceptions being the Redskins game, and the long touchdown run by the Seahawks’ C.J. Prosise.
Even though Murphy is the president, he doesn’t have the capability to fire anyone on his own accord, because the Packers are uniquely run by a Board of Directors. As suggested by National Football League analysts, the only way for Packs to barge to the next round is to get the NFC North title where they are now two games behind Vikings. The Eagles have allowed 181 first downs this year which ranks them 4th in the NFL.
While turnovers are usually quite costly and put more pressure on the defense, the Eagles continued to struggle against the run. He finished the game having passed for 172 yards, 2 TDs, and having completed 24 of 34 attempts.
As far as the defense is concerned, Joe Thomas is the only natural ILB on the roster who remains completely healthy, so who will start next to him is a big question.