The best game of Wild Card Weekend, will be the Giants and the Packers.
Cameron DaSilva, from Fox Sports writes:
The Packers’ pass rush will get to Eli Manning
Through Week 12, [Eli Manning] had a passer rating of just 67.7 versus blitzes and 96.2 when four or fewer rushers were sent at him. When pressured, he’s coaxed into mistakes.
Eli Manning isn’t playing well
Eli Manning is not playing good football. Since Week 13, he has a passer rating of just 77.0 with six touchdowns and six interceptions.
Green Bay’s offensive line is great
In their first meeting back in October, the Giants didn’t sack Rodgers once. The pressure rarely got to him in the pocket as he was able to remain comfortable, going through his progressions. If the Giants can’t put pressure on Rodgers, he’s going to either find an open receiver or he’ll escape the pocket and burn them with scramble drills, allowing his targets to shake free.
John Breech, from CBS Sports, is predicting the Giants to win:
I’m guessing the reason Odell and the other Giants receivers went down to South Beach on Sunday night is because they were celebrating the fact that everyone in the Packers secondary is injured. The Giants’ receivers might be playing against air in this game, and I’m only slightly exaggerating.
…The Giants are basically the worst possible matchup that the Packers could’ve asked for in the wild-card round. Green Bay is going to need a perfect game from Aaron Rodgers…It’s going to be tough for Rodgers to be perfect when he’s being pressured on nearly every play, which is likely to happen Sunday.
…By the time this game is over, Rodgers and Tom Brady are going to have to start a support group for quarterbacks who inexplicably lose every big game they play against Eli Manning.
My pick is for the Packers to win the game. Aaron Rodgers has risen and righted the sinking ship rebuilding a stronger engine in the process. Packer fans are finally getting the team they have expected for two years now. Jordy Nelson is back to form and I would be shocked for the Giants to go in Lambeau and win again. But, then again this wouldn’t be the first time that Eli Manning would have shocked me.
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