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Every member of the Green Bay Packers’ protection ought to have endured sleepless nights after final season’s playoff loss.
Green Bay finished the regular season with an 11-5 report, and entered the NFC playoffs as a wild-card crew. The Packers defeated Minnesota in the first-spherical, which gave them the chance to face San Francisco in the NFC Divisional sport. The Packers’ simple assignment was to cease a younger 49ers quarterback named Colin Kaepernick, who was playing properly, but didn’t have any playoff experience.
Kaepernick proceeded to present Green Bay an expertise they haven’t forgotten.
San Francisco’s quarterback completed 17-of-31 passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns throughout a 45-31 dismantling of Inexperienced Bay. Kaepernick also rushed for 181 yards, which was a record for an NFL quarterback in a regular or postseason recreation.
Green Bay faced the challenge of stopping Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson throughout Week three of the preseason on Friday. Russell is a quarterback with scrambling capacity, and considering the primary two video games on Inexperienced Bay’s schedule are in opposition to San Francisco (Sept. eight) and Robert Griffin III’s Washington Redskins (Sept. 15), Wilson was the barometer to measure Green Bay’s progress.
So far, so good.
Wilson accomplished 10-of-15 passes for 110 yards by halftime, but also threw two interceptions and was sacked twice earlier than the third-quarter. Seattle’s quarterback started the game 7-of-7 for ninety four yards earlier than Green Bay’s protection found out the best way to apply constant pressure on Wilson. Inexperienced Bay’s protection played so nicely, Seattle guard J.R. Sweezy was known as for holding twice, plus picked up a personal foul, throughout the first half.
In addition, Wilson was sacked twice on Seattle’s first sequence within the second half, however a kind of takedowns was negated because of a holding penalty. Wilson completed with 11-of-17 completions for 126 yards, two interceptions, and 13 yards on one carry earlier than he exited the game.
Green Bay’s sturdy defensive performance on Friday was a step in the suitable path for the Packers, however their true take a look at occurs when Kaepernick is beneath center in two weeks.
For now, the Packers’ defense seems as if they’ve improved enough to avoid a repeat of final 12 months’s nightmarish performance.
Green Bay’s defense contains Russell Wilson as rematch with Colin Kaepernick approaches
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