The Green Bay Packers played one of their best games on Thanksgiving when they defeated the Miami Dolphins by the score of 30-17. The offense, defense, and special teams all played big parts in the win, with multiple players having stellar performances.<\/p>\n
Starting quarterback Jordan Love completed 21 of 28 passes for 274 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 129.9 passer rating. It was his second consecutive game without throwing a pick and his third straight game with a passer rating over 100.<\/p>\n
Isaiah McDuffie and Quay Walker led the Packers\u2019 defense on a night where many, before the game started, doubted that the linebackers would play well enough to win. They combined for 20 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, and three tackles for loss.<\/span><\/p>\n Robert Rochell and Brandon McManus shined on special teams. Rochell recovered a fumble in the first quarter that set up Green Bay\u2019s first touchdown while McManus was perfect on his field goal and extra point attempts despite the cold weather.<\/p>\n While the Thanksgiving victory over the Dolphins was a great example of complimentary football, it was far from being a clean game. Green Bay committed seven penalties for 44 yards, and multiple of these were instances of a problem that the Packers have had all season long.<\/p>\n For whatever reason, Green Bay\u2019s defensive line has trouble lining up onsides.<\/p>\n According to\u00a0NFL Penalties, the Packers have been called for defensive offsides eight times, the most in the league. The NFL average is 3.16 per team.<\/span><\/p>\n TJ Slaton (neutral-zone infraction) and Devonte Wyatt (encroachment) were both flagged on Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n Bill Huber of\u00a0Sports Illustrated\u00a0<\/em>reports that head coach Matt LaFleur is not thrilled with out often his team is getting flagged for the same thing week in and week out.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only thing I would say we have to do a much better job on is we have to make sure we line up onsides. It feels like it\u2019s Groundhog Day,\u201d LaFleur said after the game.<\/p>\n On Monday, he expanded on his comment by saying, \u201cNo, it\u2019s really annoying. You\u2019ve got to be conscious. I guess we\u2019ve got to drill it more. I got to get refs out there at practice to tell when a guy\u2019s offsides. I told those guys and, obviously, just telling isn\u2019t enough. We\u2019ve got to start checking with the officials. It\u2019s become such a problem and it\u2019s going to kill us.<\/p>\n \u201cIt hurt us yesterday. That is one thing from the defensive side of the ball that we absolutely have to get corrected. Shoot, it gave them an opportunity on the field goal. We got them to fourth-and-9, we jump offsides, they decide to go for it, they convert. Now, luckily, we held them to three but, still, you can\u2019t put yourself in those situations, especially against really good football teams.\u201d<\/p>\n The Packers will play a really good football team on Thursday when they take on the 11-1 Detroit Lions. Hopefully they figure it out by then.<\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter at\u00a0<\/i>@theotherRobin19\u00a0and follow us\u00a0<\/i>@WiSportsHeroics\u00a0for more great content. To read more of our articles and keep up to date on the latest in Wisconsin sports,\u00a0<\/i>click here!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Call Mayfield Sports Marketing at 262-366-8188 to schedule Green Bay Packers players or alumni for your corporate appearance or product promotion.\u00a0 Our booking agents will work on your behalf to get you the best price for your desired sports speaker. Mayfield Sports Marketing has earned a reputation of being the one to call for booking top athletes to speak at events and trade shows. To learn more about Packers players or alumni appearance cost and booking fee, please call us today.\u00a0www.MayfieldSports.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Green Bay Packers played one of their best games on Thanksgiving when they defeated the Miami Dolphins by the score of 30-17. The offense, defense, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nGreen Bay Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur Is Frustrated with One Thing<\/h2>\n
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