McCarthy trusts Aaron Rodgers to lead a turnaround

How much better should he be playing? . Losing the talents of so many good players have clearly sapped the Bears dry, because they looked generally pathetic against an Eagles team starting a rookie quarterback on the road on Monday Night Football.

Now, fans have all eyes on the offensive issues surrounding the team.

Despite their 6-10 record, the Bears weren’t awful stats-wise. Compared to the 78 rushing yards allowed by the Packers, the Bucs have been gashed for 153 and the Seahawks 128.

Also, with defenses playing closer to the line of scrimmage than they once dared, the quick, rhythm-timing patterns that are a staple of the West Coast offense have nearly become extinct, often leaving the Packers with an all-or-nothing deep-ball approach in the passing game. And that was before all these injuries took their toll. So on that note, Rodgers looked to be off his game today.

Burnett did not practice, along with linebacker Clay Matthews, who is nursing ankle and hamstring injuries. If they can manage to keep the pieces from falling apart on offense, they should be okay. No timetable for his return was given. If they hadn’t recovered the majority of them, this game would have been much worse than it was. All in all, a 1-1 record isn’t impossible to climb out of the hole of, and a win against the Packers would be a huge boost for the Lions chances to make some kind of noise in the playoffs this year.

Google Rodgers name and you’ll find a headline asking “What’s wrong with Aaron Rodgers?” or one that proclaims “Something is wrong with Aaron Rodgers” and yet another that says Rodgers went from “MVP to mediocre in 11 months”. Sam Bradford came out and connected with Stefon Diggs for a lot of yards. LINE: Packers -7.5. O/U: 47.5 ABOUT THE LIONS (1-1): While Detroit’s offense has relied primarily on the passing game, Stafford will be facing a larger burden after starting running back Ameer Abdullah underwent foot surgery and was placed on injured reserve.

First, there’s Ryan Wood on Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback’s continued struggles on the field as well as his suddenly contentious demeanor with the media in the locker room. He will get back on track this week against a porous Detroit secondary.

It is Week 3 of the National Football League regular season – and the Green Bay Packers return home this Sunday, September 25th to face the division rival Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field. “It was an aggressive call, we were moving the ball well and we’ve got to convert that”. “Because you guys don’t know what plays we’re running, you don’t know where the execution is, you don’t know where the flaws in the execution lie”. He also made it clear that he doesn’t need anyone else telling him what he needs to do better. The question is, can he reach that next level anymore?

After an opening week win against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Packers dropped a tough game to the Minnesota Vikings 17-14 last week. More than anything, this stretch of games will likely determine the ability of the Vikings to compete against top teams in each conference and just how likely they are to compete for a division title, if not more. Because our expectations and our opinions of each other and the offense is way more important than your opinion of us.

While I’m sure these numbers will be changing weekly, the Vikings/Panthers game is now rated a “60” on playoffstatus.com’s Most Important Games list, tops in the NFC (there’s now a tie for second place with both the Packers/Lions game and the Buccs/Rams game getting 47’s) and second only to the Texans/Patriots game on Thursday.