Struggling Packers zero in on Redskins to try to end skid

It looked like the Redskins were going to miss an opportunity to defeat a strong Green Bay Packers squad at FedExField on October 10, 2010. Maybe not literally, but perhaps in spirit. He has all three of the Packers’ rushing TDs this season. Football teams lose games for hundreds of reasons every week and sometimes, in the middle of a dominant stretch of football, a good team just doesn’t play up to their standards. The Packers are one game behind Minnesota and Detroit for the NFC North division lead, and have a losing record through nine games for the first time since 2008, the past year Green Bay failed to make the playoffs.

Washington will look to avenge the playoff loss they suffered last season at the hands of the Packers.

STARTING STRONG: Fast starts used to be a Green Bay specialty.

Will the recovery begin? The Packers have allowed 111 points in the three game losing streak.

Last month, when Rodgers came under fire for not playing like a two-time NFL MVP, McCarthy said “the scrutiny’s ridiculous”. “But regardless of who we play Sunday night it’s going to be a big game for the fans and for us”.

Entering last year’s National Football League playoff game against Washington, the Green Bay Packers lost two games in a row and faced questions about whether their run of dominance was over. According to Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post, the ‘Skins are 5-and-20 in their last 25 primetime games. You’ve just got to stay true to who you are, continue to grind and not panic and freak out.

Despite James Starks returning this past weekend, the Packers determined that they required additional help to spark the running game.

“When you don’t have a running back, it’s hard to do those things”.

“I always want to run the ball more, but I also want to throw it 55 times a game, too”, Packers coach McCarthy said before the transaction was made on Wednesday. “I remember past year (cornerback) Sam Shields pulled all the DBs together, and he said, ‘Whatever (defensive coordinator) Dom (Capers) plays, we’re just going to play it”. Ty Montgomery, a converted receiver, has been the Packers’ leading rusher in two games this season. “I really don’t care what the outside noise is”. “For me, that’s the best of the best”. But the margin of error is also small for the Redskins, who could fall to last place in the NFC East with a loss and a win by the Philadelphia Eagles. “But the reality is we need to get a little healthier and we’ve got to play better”.