by Ian S. Palmer
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After a long, grueling season, the NFL playoffs have arrived with the Green Bay Packers heading over to Washington on Sunday, January 10 to take on the Redskins at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. The Redskins captured the NFC East Division with a 9-7 record which was achieved with a 34-23 win over the Dallas Cowboys in their season finale. The Packers grabbed a wildcard spot after losing their NFC North showdown at home with the Minnesota Vikings by a score of 20-13 on Sunday. The loss left Green Bay at 10-6 on the season while the Vikings won the division at 11-5.
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The Redskins have momentum on their side as they finished the campaign with a four-game winning streak. In addition, home-field advantage could be a big factor in this clash since they were 6-2 there this season while Green Bay went a decent 5-3 on the road. However, Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers has quite a bit more playoff experience than the Redskins’ Kirk Cousins. The Packers lost their last two games of the season by a combined score of 58-21 to Arizona and Minnesota. Rodgers struggled in those outings with quarterback ratings of 33.6 against the Vikings and just 9.4 against the Cardinals.
The Packers’ backfield has been struggling as well with Eddie Lacy running for only 94 yards in those two losses and James Starks picking up just 35 yards along with a lost fumble. Starks and Lacy need to perform better this weekend and will be up against a team which concedes an average of 4.8 yards each carry this year and allows the 26th-ranked 122.6 yards against per game. Washington’s pass defense isn’t the best as it gave up 30 touchdowns in the air this year allows 258 yards against per contest. If the Packers go with an aerial assault he’ll be targeting Randall Cobb, James Jones and tight end Richard Rodgers.
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Cobb and Jones teamed up for 1,719 receiving yards this season and also chipped in with 14 touchdowns. Rodgers was also effective and co-leads the squad with eight touchdowns. Green Bay has a couple of good pass rushers in linebackers Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers with Matthews recording 6.5 sacks and Peppers having 10.5. Peppers has been on a roll recently with 3.5 sacks over the final three games and Matthews had one in the season finale. However, Washington has a good offensive line and gave up just 27 sacks this year, which was the fourth-lowest in the league. Green Bay has gone 7-3 against the spread in their past 10 road games.
Washington Kirk Cousins set a new club record this year in passing yards for a season with 4,166 and added 29 touchdowns. He played just half the game against Dallas on Sunday with a trio of touchdown passes and 176 yards. Cousins performed well at home this year as he racked up 16 touchdowns at FedEx Field along with 2,170 yards and a 117 passer rating. He was intercepted just twice at home all season long and was picked off nine times on the road with an 83.9 passer rating. He’ll be facing a Green Bay side which had a ninth-best 16 interceptions this season.
Washington tight end Jordan Reed led the squad with 11 touchdowns and 952 yards this season while wide receivers DeSean Jackson, Pierre Garcon and Jamison Crowder have combined for a dozen touchdowns and 1,909 yards. When it comes to the running game, Alfred Morris could be a key. He carried the ball 19 times for 100 yards against Dallas last Sunday and has been solid all year. Washington will need to score as much as possible since their defense in just 28th in the league by conceding 380.6 yards against per game. Their 23.7 points against per game ranks them 16th in the NFL. Washington finished the second half of the campaign by going 6-2 both against the spread and straight up.
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