Green Bay Packers: Complete 7-round mock draft

This is a new year.

McCarthy got irritated when he was asked whether his team was in the position to be successful in the playoffs.

On the biggest drive of the game, and maybe the season, the only thing the Packers didn’t do was put it, in the end zone. “We were able to throw that in as a wrinkle and create some opportunities for us”.

“We understand we need to continue to get better”, Lang said.

Now at 6-8 and with two games to play, the best the Raiders can hope for is tying the 8-8 season record that they scored in the back to back seasons of 2010 and 2011.

The Raiders haven’t given home fans much to cheer for this season.

“It hurts. 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”, Carr said.

The Packers got 2½ sacks from Julius Peppers en route to their third straight win following a midseason slump. Cooper caught six passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns against Green Bay. He’s also the first Raider since Randy Moss in 2005 to crack the 1,000-yard receiving mark. So it’s not really a big thing.

Former Raider, James Jones then caught a 30-yard strike from Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers to take back the lead going into the fourth quarter. “This could be the last time we play here”.

“We’re not playing the best football”, Jones said.

Green Bay extends their lead 27-20 over Oakland after kicker Mason Crosby makes a 21-yard field goal with 10:01 remaining in the game. It’s fun to score a bunch of points and put up a bunch of yards, but everyone is fighting to get to the playoffs right now.

The Packers built a 14-0 lead with defense and then had to win it behind Rodgers and the offense.

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

On Oakland’s next possession, Carr threw high and wide to wide receiver Seth Roberts on first down.

Carrie had a rough afternoon overall, picking up two pass interference penalties and also getting run over by Randall Cobb on a second-and-17 play that picked up 19 yards for a first down. However, game-changing plays from Green Bay’s defense provided the necessary boost to keep the team afloat during an otherwise pedestrian performance.

Rodgers did not criticize anything McCarthy called or point any fingers at anyone, but while typically willing to dissect a game and talk about the good and the bad, he limited himself to short replies. Quinton Rollins made a nice deflection in the end zone on third and goal to force a 23 yard Sebastian Janikowski field goal.

While not everything was as pretty as you’d like it to be, the Packers still showed that their offense can function at a fairly good pace, and they came out of the game looking more like the 6-0 team that started the year than the team that lost 4 out of 5.

The Raiders held Green Bay to 97 yards in the first half, yet found themselves down 14-13 at the break.

Jeremy Hill had a pair of 1-yard TD runs to back quarterback AJ McCarron’s first National Football League start, and Cincinnati clinched its fifth straight postseason berth by winning on the road. We’ve learned through 30 games that Carr has some mobility, but when it comes to throwing the ball, he needs to be set to deliver the ball properly. On the first, he rolled to his right but planted and set his feet before delivering his 29th touchdown pass. On the next, it was a classic drop and throw, this time for 26 yards, for his 30th touchdown pass.

Packers CB Damarious Randall: Top CB Sam Shields (concussion) didn’t practice Wednesday and his status is up in the air since he still has to get through the NFL-mandated concussion protocol before he can be cleared to play.