I feel like this one might become a track meet. I just hope that we're the ones leading, in that case. That way, you can put some pressure on Sanchez and force him to make mistakes.
Few of the most important things for me are these:
- I feel like this one might become a track meet. Both are up tempo offences. I just hope that we're the ones leading, in that case. That way, you can put some pressure on Sanchez and force him to make mistakes. He was quite decent this week, but I'm not convinced he'll look that good when he has to shoulder the load.
- Connor Barwin vs Aaron Rodgers. Barwin for 3.5 sacks against the Panthers and has 10.5 on the season. While that's rather impressive, it's not what I'm afraid of most. A lot of his sacks, especially last night, came on QB spy plays. If he manages to keep Rodgers in the pocket, he's going to be a lot less effective than he usually is. I just hope that we can block him and/or Rodgers can get away in those situations.
- Packers defense vs Brent Celek. We've been notoriously bad against TEs. Sanchez likes throwing to Celek, even in coverage. If we can get good coverage here, there'll be some opportunities for interceptions at best or a lot of incompletions at worst.
- Run defence vs McCoy. Our run defence has been awful against everyone but Forté. I'm hopeful that the switch from Matthews to the middle will keep working the way it did last week, but keeping containment against a team like the Eagles might be a bit harder than against the Bears.
I'm fairly certain our offense can keep up, as long as our defense makes just a few stops. Chip Kelly might be an offensive mastermind, but he doesn't have Aaron Rodgers.