There is no magic potion or secret elixir to cure what ails the Green Bay Packers’ offense. That fixer-upper will require an entire offseason.
The reality is the Packers have less than a week to formulate a game plan to get into the Washington Redskins’ end zone. The prospects aren’t good when Aaron Rodgers, one of the NFL’s top quarterbacks, can’t do anything to elevate what has become a discombobulated offensive disaster.
It doesn’t get much uglier than this. Arizona showed everyone why they are a serious Super Bowl 50 contender by overwhelming the Green Bay Packers 38-8 in a Sunday afternoon win in Glendale, Arizona.
The Green Bay Packers’ 30-20 victory at Oakland Sunday gives the Packers (10-4) a seventh straight post-season appearance. It was led by a defense that scored one touchdown and set up another, and a special teams unit that provided the big kick return at a critical moment.
The time for sulking is over. The time for playing is now. The Packers took a big step toward re-inventing themselves in an impressive 28-7 victory over Dallas on Sunday at rain-swept Lambeau Field. The Packers’ victory, coupled with Minnesota’s 23-20 loss at Arizona on Thursday night, gives Green Bay (9-4) sole possession of first place in the NFC North.
The Packers Packers’ 27-23 victory at Detroit lifts Green Bay to 8-4 record, and buys time to fix offensive woes. Chris Havel recaps Thursday night’s game.
Black Friday? More like Midnight Blue Friday. The Bears’ predominant team color – along with orange and white accents – pretty much describes the scene in Green Bay. It’s Friday. The Packers’ fans are feeling blue. And if the offense doesn’t get its stuff together soon the clock will strike midnight on what once was a promising season.
The Minnesota Vikings can’t claim they didn’t see this coming. Teddy Bridgewater saw it. Adrian Peterson saw it. The Packers’ defense was in the Vikings’ facemasks from start to finish in Green Bay’s fairly convincing 30-13 victory over Minnesota on Sunday in Minneapolis. Green Bay (7-3) came in on a three-game losing streak.
It exited with a renewed feeling of confidence stemming in part from regaining control of its own fate.
All is not lost. Seven games still remain on the Packers’ schedule, though it is difficult to imagine any future loss being more shocking, frustrating or disheartening than Green Bay’s latest one. The Packers’ 18-16 loss to the Detroit Lions Sunday at Lambeau Field both begs and defies that ageless question shouted by an infuriated Vince Lombardi: “What the hell is going on out there?”
The Packers (6-2) clearly have failed to play up to expectations, losing by 19 points and 8 points in successive weekends. With miscues and injuries abundant, Green Bay’s back-to-back losses create sense of urgency to recapture top position in NFC.
It was essentially accepted that the Denver Broncos posed serious challenges to the Green Bay Packers in pass rush and pass coverage. Certainly the Packers didn’t plan on getting stymied by the 6-0 Broncos coming out of the bye week, but that’s what happened in Denver’s 29-10 victory Sunday night at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium.
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