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the nfl divisional round of the playoffs will feature in prime time the arizona cardinals hosting the green bay packers. fantasy football draft managers can tune to nbc tv on saturday january 16th at 8:15pm eastern time to track the results of their one day real money leagues.
this is a rematch of the regular season meeting between these teams back on december 27th. it was all arizona as they crushed the packers 38-8 at home. the cardinals got a great performance on both sides of the ball. carson palmer passed for 265 yards with two touchdowns and a pick. it was a three headed monster for the cardinals running game as they rushed for 121 yards. the arizona defense had a fantastic game by limiting the packers to just 178 yards and registered nine quarterback sacks.
arizona is on a bye week as the number two seed in the playoffs. they possess the number one rated offense in the nfl as they gain 408 yards per game. they average 30.6 points per game which is second best in the league. the cardinals has been outstanding on the defensive end as they limit opponents to 321 yards per game.
green bay is only the 25th ranked passing team in the nfl. they have not been able to overcome the injury of wide receiver jordy nelson. the packers defense has performed well as they sit sixth best in the league in pass defense by giving up 227 yards passing per game. they went 0-2 to close out the regular season scoring just eight points at arizona and 13 points at home to minnesota to close the regular season. the team improved off those two dull efforts with the 35-18 road victory in the nfc wildcard game last week against the washington redskins. the packers moved the football on the redskins defense for 210 yards passing and two touchdowns thrown by aaron rodgers with 141 yards rushing. the difference in the game came in the red zone. green bay was 4 of 5 while washington was 1-4. that is a huge swing as the redskins were able to move the football through the air in the passing game with kirk cousins passing for 329 yards. arizona is better in the red zone in scoring and defending than the washington redskins. the cardinals would be the preferred playmaker choices from this playoff meeting.
the packers wide receivers have been graded by nfl scouts as being the slowest off the line of scrimmage of any unit in the league. it will be hard to hear the snap count for green bay at a noisy cardinals stadium in this playoff game. in the playoff win last week at washington rodgers completed 58.3% of his throws for 210 yards with two touchdowns. he has touchdown passes in ten straight games and he has thrown for multiple touchdowns in six of ten games. pass protection will be vital in this game for green bay as rodgers took nine sacks last times these two teams met.
lacy is splitting carries with james starks. that does not offer fantasy value. last week lacy had 12 carries for 63 yards and a touchdown for 5.3 yards per carry. but the issue is lacy is receiving an average of only 12 carries over his past four games.
the veteran wide out for the packers has caught 50 balls for 890 yards with eight touchdowns. jones had seven grabs last week for green bay for 81 yards. in week 17, jones had 102 receiving yards with four catches.
the veteran quarterback for arizona is coming off an outstanding regular season. he has been injury free starting all 16 games. palmer is completing 63.7% of his passing for 4671 yards with 35 touchdowns and 11 picks. the yardage and touchdown passes are all career highs.
the cardinals have been hit hard with injuries to their running back position. johnson has 125 carries for 581 yards with eight touchdowns and 4.6 yards per carry average. he had a three touchdown performance at philadelphia in week 15.
brown is a big play receiver for the cardinals. he has caught 65 passes for 1003 yards and seven touchdowns with 15.4 yards per catch average.
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