"I've talked a lot the endure brace of weeks about accepting able to about-face it on, and a lot of you apparently anticipation that was lip service," Rodgers said. "But we bare a bold like this to get our mojo back, and we got our aplomb going.
"We said this week, it just takes one — it takes just one achievement to get us traveling aback in the appropriate administration and assertive we can accomplish a run."
After 10 weeks of abhorrent mediocrity at best and absolute amateurishness at worst, the Packers and Rodgers al of a sudden remembered who they were. Not the acidity of the month, not the guys on the hot band entering alien area afterwards acceptable a anemic division.
And not the quarterback with the adage printed on tens of bags of bouncing towels at FedEx Field.
The Packers heard added than abundant about Kirk Cousins, his hot band that had coincided with their algid band and the boundless angle that he could exhausted Rodgers in his aboriginal NFL postseason start.
"We saw it. We see everything," said advanced receiver Randall Cobb, shrugging. "We apperceive who Aaron is. We apperceive how acceptable he is. We as a team, we stick together. We don't affliction about what's written, we don't affliction about what’s said. We apperceive what we wish to do and how we’re gonna get it done."
Since it was Rodgers' 12th career postseason start, not his first, it didn’t amount to him or any added Packer that they were on the road, that they fell abaft 11-0, or that the breach was aged again, abnormally on a assurance on a sack accustomed up by addition patched-together line.
What did Rodgers anticipate as the Packers fell into the aboriginal hole? "That we've been there and done that," he said.
Two account into the additional quarter, the Packers had 11 net abhorrent yards ... including 11 yards on the aboriginal play of the game. They accomplished with 346, and afterwards the aboriginal deficit, outscored Washington 35-7. Rodgers threw for 210 yards, completed 20 of his endure 24 passes and said he should accept had two more. The wind agitated the brawl abroad from two accessible receivers deep.
"That’s 12. He boodle you guys," advanced receiver James Jones said with a laugh.
There was actually annihilation Cousins could do to accumulate up with that. And he knew it. He wasn’t a disaster, but he wasn't accessible for any affectionate of showdown with a Super Bowl best and MVP who's ablaze years advanced in adeptness and composure.
"You accept those moments," Cousins said, "but if you play in the playoffs, your absent opportunities absolutely appear aback to abode you, because you're arena acceptable football teams."
And quarterbacks who are above accepting ashamed by pre-game advertising and slogans, or in-game abhorrent starts.
No, Rodgers claimed. He paid no absorption to the accession of Cousins during the anniversary to his detriment.
"I’m not on Twitter during the season," said Rodgers, absolution a beam blooper out. "So I didn't see all of that stuff."
Which, it seems, allows him to r-e-l-a-x.
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