Packers offense can’t make the big play

Per a league source, the Packers worked out tackle Cody Booth, defensive tackles Quayshawne Buckley, William Campbell, and Lavon Hooks, defensive ends Ethan Hemer and Davon Walls, linebacker Kacy Rodgers, receivers Conner Vernon and Jarrod West, and quarterback Ryan Williams.

It used to be Jordy Nelson and before that Greg Jennings and before that Donald Driver.

Even for a younger guy, the wait probably felt like double that. Meanwhile, the coaching staff needs to figure out why the offense stagnated so badly in the time since the bye week.

Minnesota’s keys to success: Though you might not have been able to tell from the way they played in their loss to Seattle in December, the Vikings won the NFC North this season the old-fashioned way – with a strong running game and defense.

“You never know how many opportunities you’re going to get”, Zimmer said. He sped around Sitton to knock the ball out of Rodgers’ hand in the third quarter, leading to the game-deciding fumble recovery for a touchdown. Hopefully our young players, when we continue on in the future, they don’t take this for granted. “The special teams needs to get a little better”, the coach added.

In other words, win a matchup. Rodgers hasn’t played up to his high, two-time NFL MVP standards. Harrison Smith (79) is seldom targeted, but was manipulated by Aaron Rodgers’ eyes on the 16-yard touchdown to Richard Rodgers. “It’s been frustrating at times not to do that consistently in games”. Before Sunday, they did so once in each the following years: 1965, ’68, ’69, ’70, ’73, ’76, 2009 and 2013. This is a flawed team in nearly every facet – from the talent on the roster, to the coaching (last night’s bungled timeout near the end was as unforgivable a mistake as there is for a coach with as much experience as Mike McCarthy), to the performance and execution of the players themselves.

“My biggest concern is they have too many things that are that are interjecting or hurting them right now, it would be different if it was only one”, said Domino.

Can the Packers run the ball against Washington and take some pressure off Rodgers?

“We haven’t had a good record against them”, Greenway said.

The Carolina Panthers finally locked up the top seed and home field advantage in the National Football Conference with a 38-10 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

A huge one was on fourth and 5 at the Minnesota 40-yard line when Jones got behind cornerback Xavier Rhodes with a double-stutter move. As a result of this, the Green Bay secondary has to cover Redskins wide receivers for a longer amount of time that leads to players being tired on certain plays and leaving wide receivers open. Quarterback A.J. McCarron overcame a rough start and threw a pair of touchdown passes for the Bengals who will host Pittsburgh next week in the wild-card round. The veteran is always all over the field and he leads the team in tackles with 110 total so he can snuff out a ball carrier and be on them before anyone even realizes it.

“(We) still need to play more at a consistent level”, offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett said. And many defensive starters were flat-out exhausted. That’s really the bottom line. “We’ll just have to look at that mix and see how we can kind of adapt”. They had the early success against Minnesota, but they did not maintain their commitment, which effectively killed any chance they had of putting up a solid day offensively.