Previewing Week 7 with Packers Wire
The Washington Football Team (2-4) looks for their third win of the season on Sunday with a trip to Lambeau Field to face the Green Bay Packers (5-1).
This is the first meeting between the two NFC rivals since 2019, when the Packers defeated Washington, 20-15. Washington defeated the Packers in 2016 and 2018.
To gain a better feel for the Packers, we sat down with Zach Kruse, the managing editor of Packers Wire. Zach gave us some great insight into Aaron Rodgers, Preston Smith and the overall state of the Packers.
Here’s our Q&A with Packers Wire.
How has Aaron Rodgers played this season? There has been talk of issues with the deep ball. Is that legitimate?
6. Packers (9): They’ve won five in a row and could soon get All-Pro LT David Bakhtiari, who tore an ACL in December, back in the lineup to protect QB Aaron Rodgers. Stock up.
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Packers Wire: Rodgers has played well, especially over the last five games. But here’s the thing: he certainly hasn’t played up to his MVP levels from last season, and (as you mentioned) the deep shots haven’t been hitting as often, so there should be room for this offense to get even better moving forward. As was the case last season, he’s been excellent from clean pockets. Keeping him under pressure is the key, always. The issues with the deep ball are legitimate, but Rodgers thinks they’re close to hitting a bunch of them. We’ll see. The Packers won’t have Marquez Valdes-Scantling this week, and he’s is the offense’s top deep threat.
I was a big fan of AJ Dillon in college. How involved is he in the offense?
October 3, 2021; Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; Green Bay Packers running back AJ Dillon (28) carries the ball against the Pittsburgh Steelers during a game at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Wm. Glasheen/Appleton Post-Crescent via USA TODAY NETWORK
Packers Wire: He’s becoming a bigger and bigger part of what the Packers are trying to accomplish on offense, especially over the last three…
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