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Carmen Vitali
NFC North Reporter
As the NFL’s youngest team — and the youngest to make the postseason in at least half a century — the Packers went into AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex. and gave the world a show, ending the Cowboys’ season and advancing in a 48-32 blowout that was not as close as the final score would imply.
Of the five youngest teams since 1970 to make the playoffs, Green Bay is the only one to win a playoff game. Quarterback Jordan Love, in his first year as starter, went 16/21 for 279 yards and three touchdowns. His QB rating was 157.2; nearly as perfect as his day.
With 3:15 left in the third quarter, Love had only been pressured on 23.5% of his dropbacks and completed all four of those throws for 114 yards and a touchdown when under pressure, according to NFL Network’s Cynthia Frelund. The Cowboys had previously led the league in pressuring the quarterback on 42.5% of dropbacks in the regular season.
Love was composed from the very beginning and looked like a 10-year veteran.
The Packers’ dominance was so apparent and immediate that social media could be forgiven for wondering which was the young, inexperienced team on the field. It certainly didn’t look like the Green and Gold after Love led a textbook 12-play, 75-yard drive that took nearly eight minutes off the clock to start the game. Green Bay had won the opening coin toss and elected to receiver. Head coach Matt LaFleur wanted to make a statement.
LaFleur then hammered the team coached by his Green Bay predecessor with running back Aaron Jones, as if everyone didn’t already see that coming. Yet, as familiar as Mike McCarthy is with Jones (he drafted him back in 2017), the Cowboys were powerless to stop him. Jones ended the day with three touchdowns (along with 131 yards from scrimmage), maintaining his incredible play against his hometown team.
After a Dak Prescott second-quarter interception that Darnell Savage returned for a…
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Publish date : 2024-01-15 00:51:36
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