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In honor of Halloween the Green Bay Packers decided to do their own rendition of The Walking Dead. Thanks in part to all of Green Bay’s injury’s, the Packers offense looked more like a shambling horde of zombies instead of the well-tuned machine it has been the last couple of weeks.  But the Packers did just enough to get the win against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Aaron Rodgers struggled on the day; he threw for only 186 yards, even though he completed 22 passes.  The injuries to star receivers Greg Jennings and Jordy Nelson really impacted the Packers offense.  Rodgers didn’t take many shots downfield and instead regulated to throwing shorter routes and screen passes. The running game also really struggled.  The Jaguars were in the bottom of the league when it came to rush defense but they held the Packers to only 66 yards rushing.  Alex Green averaged only 2.5 yards per carry and wasn’t a factor at all.  It seemed that head coach Mike McCarthy was dead-set on getting the running ga...
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