Rodgers on Packers’ offense: ‘We weren’t very effective’

The second game, the finale, is against the Vikings, and it could be the difference between a top three seed and a wild card spot for both teams. It’s about winning games at the end of the day. “We just didn’t get it done”.

The Raiders fell to 6-8 and were eliminated from playoff contention Sunday with a 30-20 loss to Green Bay.

Although a loss from the New York Giants already had clinched a playoff berth for the Green Bay Packers heading into their Week 15 match up against the Oakland Raiders, they were able to secure their 10th victory of the 2015 season. “It hurt my heart to be honest because I know how much work I put into this, how much work our team puts into this, our coaches”.

“I don’t know if it was a surprise”, Cobb said. He has 1,040 receiving yards this season. Julius Peppers spent the lion’s share of his time in the Oakland backfield, racking up 2 1/2 sacks along the way. Cooper’s response? “I guess it’s a good thing to do, but people go for 1,000 yards every year”, Cooper said. But Carr’s bail elevated on him, and when Roberts went up to get it, it slipped through his hands and wound up on those of Randall, the Green Bay defender, who returned the interception 43 yards for a touchdown.

Raiders QB Derek Carr threw a 26-yard pass to Amari Cooper that carried to the Packers 23 yard line.

Green Bay maintained its NFC North lead with an ugly, hard-fought win in Oakland on Sunday.

Offensive Tempo: During last weeks victory, the Packers ran nearly 90 plays, thanks in part to keeping up a heavy pace of running the ball. “As this team grows and gets better, we’ll get better at those types of things”.

“We understand we need to continue to get better”, Lang said. But Rodgers said it was only “a little bit” of an improvement and pointed out that while the offense answered with a Rodgers-to-Jones touchdown after Oakland took its only lead of the game midway through the third quarter, the Packers’ longest drive – a 19-play, 92-yarder – ended in an unfulfilling field goal.

So when Carr threw the second of his two interceptions, it wasn’t as if Del Rio was looking for Matt McGloin to come to the rescue. Micah Hyde’s pick on a pass intended for tight end Clive Walford led to a 5-yard run by Packers fullback John Kuhn.

The Raiders had given a 14-point head start to one of the NFL’s most veteran teams, a squad piloted by two-time league MVP Aaron Rodgers.

“The game in front of us (at Arizona) is going to be a big one, it’s another tough road game in a tough environment and that’s what we’ll stay focused on”.

With Mike McCarthy back as play-caller, the Packers ran the football 42 times, produced a season-high 230 rushing yards and dominated time of possession with 37 minutes, 48 seconds in their 28-7 rout of the Dallas Cowboys at home last Sunday. The fourth quarter hasn’t always been easy for the Raiders this season but most of their games they’ve competed until the end.

The Oakland Raiders (6-7) come into this game with an outside chance of making it into the playoffs this year.

A penalty was called on the Packers for celebration – and that penalty resulted in the ball being moved back to the Oakland 17 yard line to start the next drive. Jayrone Elliott left with a quad injury and David Bakhtiari suffered an ankle injury late and had to be helped to the sideline. Packers starting CB Sam Shields (concussion) was inactive, and Damarious Randall replaced him in the starting lineup. Weeden went 11 of 18 passing for 105 yards, leading the Texans to three field goals and the decisive TD.

Sebastian Janikowski makes his second field goal of the game, this time from 30-yards out.

The Packers offense still couldn’t get going, gaining one first down on a 7-yard pass to WR James Jones.