A game that was supposed to be marred by injuries on both sides only affected the San Francisco 49ers. Aaron Jones ended up playing after being questionable all week, and Aaron Rodgers utilized Davante Adams and Marquez Valdes-Scantling in a 34-17 rout of the 49ers.
COVID-19, contact tracing and injuries, oh my. The once-heralded 2019 NFC Championship Game rematch between the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers is now a game of injuries and positive COVID-19 tests depleting the depth of both teams.
Dalvin Cook exposed the Packers defense that was ranked 13th in the league coming into Sunday. Cook ran for three touchdowns and caught one and the Packers had absolutely no answer for any combination the Vikings drew up.
The story of the 2020 NFL season has been injuries. The matchup between NFC North division rivals will be no different on Sunday afternoon. The Green Bay Packers (5-1) may again be without Aaron Jones and Kevin King, and the Minnesota Vikings (1-5) had all four starting defensive backs on the injury report Wednesday and Thursday.
The Seattle Seahawks had won their last 41 games after leading at halftime by 10 points or more, and the Sunday Night Football matchup between Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson did not disappoint in the dramatics.
“We just need to play better,” said Adrian Amos multiple times to Green Bay media in the week leading up to the Packers afternoon showdown against the Houston Texans. Green Bay did in fact play much better than in Week 6 against Tampa Bay, and the Packers took down Houston 35-20 in a commanding victory.
The injury bug has hit the NFL and the Seattle Seahawks so hard that even Pete Carroll was limited in practice. The Seattle head coach underwent a knee scope during the bye week. Though Carroll had a bit of a setback in rehab because he “overdid it a little too much,” he will be 100 percent ready to go on Sunday against the NFC West rival Arizona Cardinals.
Green Bay and Houston last played in 2016 when Aaron Rodgers and the Packers defeated Brock Osweiler and the Texans in a 21-13 game. That game was the season before the Texans would select Deshaun Watson with the 12th pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.
A game that was highlighted as a marquee matchup between two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks turned into a blowout pretty quickly. Without Tom Brady creating any offense at all, Tampa Bay was able to create a lead that would last the entire second half.
Aaron Rodgers told Pat McAfee during his weekly appearance on McAfee’s show that he did not want to hear a single question about the “Brady versus Rodgers” matchup. However, it remains the dominant storyline headed into their game in Week 6.
The Monday Night Football matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers had a storyline focused on injuries. A dazzling performance by Aaron Rodgers shifted that storyline to the 36-year-old quarterback and his new star tight end, Robert Tonyan Jr.
After watching Chris Carson go down last Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, no one expected the veteran running back to provide quite the spark he did against the Miami Dolphins. Carson provided two touchdowns on 80 yards rushing in the Seahawks 31-23 win over the Miami Dolphins.
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