The Green Bay Packers are coming off their most important
win the of the season, when they beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-24 after jumping
out to a 31-3 lead. This week, the Detroit Lions come to town, looking for
their third-straight win at Lambeau Field.
Rodgers is getting more and more comfortable in this offense
each week. Even though it didn’t show up on the stat sheet, Rodgers had his
best game of the season in Dallas. Without Davante Adams, Rodgers found nine
different receivers, and was calm as could be in key moments. The Packers will
be without Adams again this week, so they will need a similar game from Rodgers.
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coming off his best performance of his career, scoring four touchdowns. Without
Davante Adams, the Packers are going to need a similar performance from the
running game, but unlike last week, Jones will not have to do it all by
himself. After the big hit two weeks ago that many feared ended his season, and
possibly his career, Jamal Williams has already cleared concussion protocol and
is back for the Packers. That is welcome news, as now, with Tra Carson, then
Matt LaFleur can split the running load between three running backs, and keep
the workload off of Jones so he is fresher for later on in the season.
Even though the focus will be on the running backs this week,
the wide receiver core unit will need to provide a similar performance as they
had in Dallas. They weren’t special, but they came up big for Aaron Rodgers
when they needed to.
The Packers have gotten more than their return on their
investment in Za’Darius Smith and Preston Smith. “The Smiths” could very well
be the first team All-Pro for both outside linebacker positions at the end of
the season. They have been that good. They were in Dak Prescott’s face all day
in Dallas, but Prescott was able to slip away on many occasions because of his
athletic ability. That will not be happening with Matthew Stafford. The Lions
offensive line has their hands full in this one.
This is a young secondary is, talented & opportunistic,
and chances, and based on what we have seen so far this season,
they will be. Final Score: 24-17 Packers.
Matthew Stafford, for as great as he is, will give the opposing secondary
2-3 chances a game to make a play. They need to be ready for those 
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