Qhov Zoo, phem thiab phem Los ntawm Green Bay Packers 'Poob rau Tennessee Titans

Zoo heev rau lub zog ntawd.

Hais goodbye rau lub zog uas tau humming los ntawm lub tsev.

Plaub hnub tom qab ua si lawv qhov kev ncaws pob zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lub xyoo, Green Bay Packers tau rov qab los ntawm kev txhawb nqa lub neej.

Mus ntsib Tennessee tuaj rau Lambeau Field hnub Thursday hmo ntuj, tsis tau taug qab, thiab tho cov Packers, 27-17, hauv kev ua si yuav tsum-yeej rau Green Bay.

Cov Packers poob rau zaum thib rau hauv xya qhov kev ua si thiab poob rau 4-7, uas tawm hauv lawv hauv 11^th qhov chaw hauv NFC. Tennessee yeej thib xya hauv yim qhov kev ua si thiab txhim kho mus rau 7-3.

"Tam sim no poob siab heev los ua qhov kev ua tau zoo li ntawd," Packers tus kws qhia Matt LaFleur tau hais. “Kuv tsis paub yuav hais li cas. Nws tsis muaj dab tsi zoo li ob peb hnub dhau los thiab yog vim li cas koj tsuas yog zoo li koj qhov kev ua si kawg thiab txhua zaus koj tawm mus ntawm qhov chaw koj yuav tsum tawm mus ua nws. "

Ntawm no yog qhov zoo, phem thiab dab tuag los ntawm Titans 'yeej dhau ntawm Packers.

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Elementary Kuv Nyob Zoo WATSON: Hnub Sunday sawv ntxov, Packers rookie wideout Christian Watson sawv los nrog xoom hauj lwm touchdown txais tos. Niaj hnub no, nws muaj tsib.

Watson muaj peb qhov TD rub tawm tsam Dallas Hnub Sunday thiab ob zaug ntxiv tawm tsam Titans. Thiab nws qhov kev nce siab yog ib qho kev txhim kho zoo kawg nkaus hauv keeb kwm Packer tsis ntev los no.

Watson ntes tau 14-yard TD los ntawm Aaron Rodgers ntawm qhov kawg ua si ntawm thawj peb lub hlis ntuj hnub Thursday ntawm 50-50 dhia pob. Tom qab ntawd lig rau lub quarter thib peb, Watson tuaj hla lub tshav pob thiab ntes tau 8-yard TD nyob rau sab laug sab laug ntawm qhov kawg.

Watson tau dhau los ua tus thib ob rookie receiver hauv pab pawg keeb kwm kom ntes tsib touchdowns hauv ob qhov kev ua si. Lwm qhov yog Max McGee hauv xyoo 1954.

Watson tau hais tias "Kuv txhais tau tias kuv xav kom muaj peev xwm pab tau ntau npaum li kuv ua tau," Watson hais. “Muaj tseeb ua si thaum kuv hu xov tooj. Thaum kawg ntawm hnub, tsis muaj qhov teeb meem yog tias peb tsis yeej kev ncaws pob ncaws pob.

"Qhov tseeb, kuv yuav tsum ua kom zoo dua thiab peb yuav tsum ua kom zoo dua ntxiv. Obviously, kuv tau hais nws lub lim tiam dhau los - tib qhov xwm txheej peb mob siab txog yog W thaum kawg ntawm hnub. Tag nrho lwm yam yog qhov thib ob ntawm qhov ntawd. "

UA TSAUG RAU: Randall Cobb plam plaub qhov kev ua si kawg nrog pob taws raug mob uas nws thawj zaug ntshai kawg nws lub xyoo. Tab sis Cobb tau rov qab los rau hauv kev sib tw rau hnub Thursday thiab tau txais txiaj ntsig loj.

Cobb muaj 24-yard txais tos ntawm Green Bay thib ob tsav, uas tau xaus nrog Christian Watson touchdown. Cobb kuj tau rov qab tau Aaron Jones fumble rau lub peb hlis ntuj ntawd.

Cobb ua tiav hmo ntuj nrog pab pawg siab rau 73 qhov kev ntes rau XNUMX yards. Thiab Cobb kuj tuav lub punt thaum ntxov.

"Kev muaj Cobb rov qab yog qhov loj heev tsis yog rau pab pawg nkaus xwb tab sis kuv tus kheej ib yam nkaus-tsuas yog kev sib tham uas kuv muaj nrog nws thiab kev hwm kuv muaj rau nws," dav Allen Lazard tau hais. "Tsuas yog nws lub zog, nws cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo, kuv xav tias nws coj ntau lub zog los pab peb tag nrho hauv kev ua si."

WALKER SHINES: Tennessee muaj qhov zoo siab 10-feeb tsav tsheb hauv lub quarter thib ob. Ntawm plaub-thiab-1 los ntawm Green Bay's 4-yard kab, Titans hla lub hom phiaj thiab mus rau nws.

Lub Titans khiav Derrick Henry mus rau nruab nrab, tab sis Packers linebacker Quay Walker tawg ntawm lub snap thiab khoom Henry rau 2-yard poob.

Walker tau tawm tsam tawm tsam nws lub caij rookie. Tab sis nws muaj ib hmo loj nrog 12 tackles thiab ib tug loj tackle rau poob rau plaub down.

LUB SIJ HAWM SAB SIB HWM: Yav tas los Packer kev nyab xeeb LeRoy Butler lub npe tau nthuav tawm ntawm Lambeau Field facade hauv kev hwm ntawm nws Pro Football Hall of Fame induction xyoo no. Nws kuj tau nthuav tawm nrog nws Hall of Fame Ring of Excellence.

Butler ua si 12 lub caij (1990-2001) rau Packers thiab yog ib tug tswvcuab ntawm pab pawg uas ua rau playoffs xya zaug, yeej kev faib peb zaug, mus txog NFC Championship peb zaug (yeej ob zaug) thiab coj Packers lawv thawj lub ntiaj teb kev sib tw hauv 29 xyoo. Nws tau raug hu ua thawj pab pawg All-Pro plaub zaug (1993, 1996-98) thiab xaiv rau Pro Bowl plaub zaug (1993, 1996-98).

Butler tau sau npe 38 kev cuam tshuam, qhov thib plaub feem ntau hauv keeb kwm club. Nws tau sau 20.5 lub hnab hauv nws txoj haujlwm, qhov thib tsib feem ntau ntawm kev nyab xeeb hauv NFL keeb kwm (txij li xyoo 1982). Butler yog ib qho ntawm tsib tus neeg ua si txij li xyoo 1982 nrog 15-ntxiv hnab, 30-ntxiv kev cuam tshuam thiab 10-ntxiv fumbles rov qab (10). Nws yog ib tug ntawm plaub tus neeg ua si hauv NFL keeb kwm, thiab tib tus neeg ua si hauv pab koomtes los ntawm 1990-2001, nrog 35-ntxiv rau INTs thiab 20-ntxiv sacks.

QHOV NO THIAB: Rasul Douglas muaj kev cuam tshuam plaub lub hlis twg uas khaws cov Packers hauv 27-17. … Green Bay cornerback Keisean Nixon muaj 24-yard punt rov qab rau lub quarter thib plaub. … Sab nraum linebacker Preston Smith ua tiav nrog 1.5 sacks.

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PASS DEFENSE: Tsis muaj leej twg yuav tsis lees paub Ryan Tannehill nrog Patrick Mahomes lossis Tom Brady. Tab sis Tennessee lub quarterback zoo li ib qho ntawm cov neeg ncaws pob zoo tshaj plaws hu rau hnub Thursday hmo ntuj.

Tannehill ua tiav 22-ntawm-27 hla mus rau 333 yards, ob lub touchdowns thiab ib qho kev cuam tshuam. Tannehill qhov nruab nrab 12.3 yards ib qhov kev sim dhau thiab ua tiav nrog tus neeg hla kev ntsuas ntawm 127.3.

Tannehill muaj 14-yard TD dhau los khiav rov qab Dontrell Hilliard ntawm Tennessee thawj tsav. Thiab Tannehill pov lub dart rau 16-yard TD kom nruj kawg Austin Hooper ntawm thawj qhov kev ua si ntawm lub quarter thib plaub kom muab Titans ua 27-17.

"Muaj ntau qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev txwv kev khiav, koj puas paub?" Green Bay cornerback Jaire Alexander hais tias. "Thiab cov kev pab cuam busts, nws tsuas yog tsis tuaj yeem tshwm sim ntawm lub sijhawm no.

"Kuv xav tias ntawm ob peb qhov kev ua si uas peb tuaj yeem sib txuas lus zoo dua. Thiab koj txhawj xeeb txog kev nres kev khiav thiab nws nrov nrov, yog li nws yog kev sib koom ua ke ntawm ob qho tib si. "

AARON RODGERS: Green Bay lub quarterback muaj cov lej muaj txiaj ntsig, ua tiav 24-ntawm-39 rau 227 yards, ob qho kev sib tw thiab tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam. Tab sis Rodgers thiab Packers tsis tau qhab nia ntawm lawv plaub yam khoom kawg thaum lawv muaj sijhawm rov qab los hauv kev ua si.

Rodgers nws tus kheej yog wildly tsis raug, tsis muaj qhov qhib dav Allen Lazard ntau zaus thiab Sammy Watkins ntawm lwm qhov pov. Green Bay qhov kawg 20 plays mus rau tsuas yog 45 yards tag nrho. Thiab tsis txhob rallying nws pab neeg nyob rau hauv ib tug yuav tsum-yeej kev ua si, Rodgers flopped ntawm crunch lub sij hawm.

Rodgers tau hais tias "Kuv txhais tau tias kuv plam ob peb qhov pov tseg," Rodgers tau hais. “Kuv twv yuav raug hu tsis tau ob peb qhov pov tseg. … Kuv yuav tsum pov pob zoo dua li kuv tau ua hmo no. "

AWFUL PIB: Green Bay ua si nws qhov kev ncaws pob zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lub caij nyoog thaum lub quarter thib plaub thiab lub sijhawm ua haujlwm dhau lub lim tiam dhau los, tau qhab nia 17 cov ntsiab lus kawg thiab sib tw dhau los ntawm Dallas, 31-28. Tab sis Packers tsis tau nqa ib qho ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd rau hnub Thursday.

Tennessee tau qhib kev ncaws pob thiab taug kev 83 yards hauv yim ua si rau kev sib tw. Lub Titans capped tsav thaum lub quarterback Ryan Tannehill ntaus khiav rov qab Dontrell Hilliard nrog 14-yard TD.

Qhov kev ua si loj ntawm tus tsav, txawm li cas los xij, tuaj thaum Tennessee rookie wideout Treylon Burks muaj 43-yard catch qab kev nyab xeeb Keisean Nixon ntawm peb-thiab-xya. Cov Titans khaws lawv txhais ko taw rau ntawm cov roj thiab Hilliard tau qhab nia tsib ua si tom qab.

CAUGT PEEKING: Cov Packers tau ua haujlwm zoo ua rau Henry qeeb hauv qhov kev ua si khiav, txwv nws mus rau 87 yards ntawm 28 nqa (3.1). Tab sis Henry ua mob rau lawv nrog ob qhov kev ntes rau 45 yards thiab tseem cuam tshuam kev hla.

Ntawm lub hom phiaj thib ob-thiab-lub hom phiaj los ntawm 3 nrog 5 feeb sab laug hauv peb lub hlis twg, Henry tau tuav tes tawm thiab ua rau lub plab. Thaum Henry ntaus txoj kab 5-yard, txawm li cas los xij, nws nres ntawm ib lub dime thiab flipped ib tug touchdown pass kom nruj kawg Austin Hooper.

Tau kawg, tsis muaj leej twg xav kom Henry pov. Tab sis Green Bay's Krys Barnes thiab Rasul Douglas tau nqus hauv thiab cia Hooper zais lawv qab.

Qhov ntawd tau cim Henry qhov thib peb TD hla txij li xyoo 2019.

"Lawv tau ua qhov ntawd ib pliag," Packers qhov ntswg tackle Kenny Clark hais txog Henry pov pob. “Lawv tsuas yog ua si zoo heev. Ua si zoo hu, ua si zoo los ntawm lawv. "

QHOV NO THIAB: Patrick Taylor tau chij rau tuav ntawm Packers thawj zaug rov qab los thiab Green Bay raug yuam kom pib ntawm nws tus kheej 12-yard kab. … Mason Crosby thawj qhov ntxiv ntawm hmo ntuj raug thaiv. … Darnell Savage, uas tau tsiv tawm ntawm kev nyab xeeb mus rau lub kaum sab xis lub lim tiam dhau los, tau raug chij rau kev cuam tshuam hla hauv lub quarter thib ob. … Rodgers raug ntaus nrog lub txim txhaum hauv av thaum lub quarter thib ob. Rodgers pov pob thaum nws tsuas yog ntiv tes sab nraum qhov kawg thiab NW nyuam qhuav dim txoj kev nyab xeeb. … Tennessee tau txais cov Packers, 408-271, thiab tuav 21-15 ntug hauv thawj downs.

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THAUM TSEEM CEEB DOMINATION: Cov Titans tau tuav lub pob - thiab lub moos - hauv thawj ib nrab. Lub Titans yog 6-rau-9 ntawm qhov thib peb downs, uas tso cai rau lawv tuav lub pob rau 19 feeb, 25 vib nas this - ze li cuaj feeb ntau tshaj Green Bay (10:35).

Tennessee khiav 38 ua si rau Green Bay's 20 thiab tau txais cov Packers, 171-96. Cov 96 tag nrho cov yards yog tsawg tshaj plaws uas Packers muaj thaum lub sij hawm kev ua si hauv tsev hauv Matt LaFleur-era.

Lub Titans muaj 13 thawj ib nrab thawj downs, thaum lub Packers tsuas muaj rau, thiab Tennessee coj 14-6 tus thawj coj thaum so. Qhov kev txom nyem ntawd tau ua pov thawj ntau dhau rau Green Bay kom kov yeej.

LaFleur tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias peb qhov kev tiv thaiv, peb tau tawm tsam nyuaj," LaFleur hais. "Tab sis yeej tsis tuaj yeem tawm ntawm cov nyom hauv thawj ib nrab."

UPHILL CLIMB: Cov Packers nkag mus rau qhov kev ua si khi rau qhov chaw cuaj hauv NFC thiab nrog 15.7% txoj hauv kev mus txog qhov kev ua si, raws li footballoutsiders.com. Cov kev sib txawv ntawd poob rau 6% tom qab Green Bay poob rau thib rau hauv xya qhov kev ua si thiab poob mus rau 11^th qhov chaw hauv lub rooj sab laj.

Tam sim no, lub sijhawm yuav los tom ntej yuav ua rau nws nyuaj heev rau Green Bay kom ncav cuag lub caij nyoog kawg rau plaub xyoos ncaj. Cov Packers tseem ntsib cov thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam Philadelphia (8-1), Minnesota (8-1) thiab Miami (7-3), nrog rau kev txhim kho Detroit thiab Chicago.

Clark tau hais tias "Nws yeej yeej lossis rov qab mus tsev ntawm lub sijhawm no, thiab peb yuav tsum tau sib ntaus sib tua," Clark hais.

Ntxiv LaFleur: "Peb tsis nyob hauv txoj haujlwm zoo tam sim no, qhov tseeb. Raws li kuv tau hais rau cov txiv neej, zoo li, tsis muaj qhov cuam tshuam rau qhov yuam kev. Lub sijhawm.”