Rodgers, Packers complete perfect weekend for road warriors

“Obviously, we’re spoiled to play in Lambeau, but the feeling you have (after) a road win (in the playoffs) and that flight back is a pretty special feeling that any former player would tell you is right at the top of the football mountain”.

But if the Packers are going to make noise in the NFC playoffs that start with a wild card game against Washington today at FedEx Field, they’re going to have to shatter one more myth. They’re going to have to show their defense can be consistently dominant for the first time since the Super Bowl run in 2010.

A couple of dozen folks were gathered outside a stadium tunnel to greet Washington quarterback Cousins and other players from the home team as they got off a bus more than a couple of hours before kickoff for Sunday’s playoff game against the Green Bay Packers.

Rodgers opened 1 for 8, and the Packers’ first four drives ended this way: punt, safety, punt, punt.

A 43-yard Crosby field goal then took the Packers to within one point and Rodgers then found receiver Davante Adams in the end zone with a 10-yard pass to help put Green Bay 17-11 up.

Reed’s strong play carried into the first half of his team’s postseason game Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, which included a spectacular, one-handed grab.

The Redskins, who won the NFC East title, are the No. 4 seed, while the Packers – who finished in second place in the NFC North with a 10-6 record – are the No. 5 seed.

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The Redskins just want to keep riding the momentum, while the Packers, of course, are saying the start of the playoffs means they can simply hit the re-set button on a season that appears to be spiralling out of control. Eddie Lacy led in rushing with 34 yards in 13 attempts.

The Redskins (9-7) have done the impossible.

Not exactly the best scenario for the Washington offense from the half-yard line.

Cousins almost gave Washington a 9-0 lead in the first quarter, but wideout DeSean Jackson foolishly failed to extend the ball over the goal line.

The Washington Redskins started poorly after making a quarterback change just before the start of the season but have blossomed as of late under the guidance of pivot Kirk Cousins, who took the reins from Robert Griffin III.

The Packers are allowing 20.2 points a game, ranked 12th in the NFL.

Taking the field will be some playoff regulars like Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews, and some who are not so familiar with the playoffs, like Kirk Cousins and Mason Foster. He’s one of two QBs (Seattle’s Russell Wilson) with at least one TD pass in all 16 games.

Richard Rodgers tied with James Jones for the team lead with eight receiving touchdowns. The record, of course, is the famous Ice Bowl game on December 31, 1967, in Green Bay between the Packers and the Dallas Cowboys for the National Football League championship when it was minus-13 degrees.