Packers put 開始 loss behind them as they host Lions
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - The Green Bay Packers don´t believe a lopsided loss to start the season should 衝撃 their sky-high 期待s for what they can 遂行する this year.
But it sure raises the 火刑／賭けるs as they 準備する to 直面する the Detroit Lions in a Monday night home opener.
Green Bay´s string of six straight season-開始 victories ended with a thud when the Packers fell 38-3 to the New Orleans Saints at Jacksonville, Florida. The Packers now will try to 勝利，勝つ their home opener for a ninth 連続した season.
"It´s not 許容できる, but it´s just one game," Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "We´re not going to be held 囚人 mentally by that poor 業績／成果. Like I said, we´re not going to change a トン of things. I don´t think there needs to be 卸売 準備 changes, schematic changes. We had a clunker and we´ve got to play better. I 推定する／予想する that we will on both 味方するs of the ball."
Rodgers threw two interceptions without a touchdown pass in the season opener. Green Bay´s 35-point 敗北・負かす 示すd its most lopsided loss in any game Rodgers has started.
The 統治するing 最高殊勲選手 will try to bounce 支援する against a team he 伝統的に has 支配するd, 特に at Lambeau Field. The Packers have gone 9-2 in Rodgers´ 11 home starts against the Lions. Rodgers has thrown 21 touchdown passes with only four interceptions in those games.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) throws a pass as New Orleans Saints outside linebacker Demario Davis (56) 急ぐs during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Rodgers will be 直面するing a Lions 第２位 that must 再編成する after losing starting cornerback Jeff Okudah for the season to a 決裂d Achilles tendon.
Detroit´s likely starting cornerbacks will be Amani Oruwariye and Ifeatu Melifonwu, a 新人 third-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ from Syracuse. They understand the challenges of 直面するing Rodgers.
"He´ll be a first-投票（する） Hall of Famer," Oruwariye said. "A 広大な／多数の／重要な quarterback who can make all the throws, really 支配（する）／統制するs that 罪／違反. But this game is about us. It´s about a mentality we come with, the physicality we bring."
The Packers have won their past four 会合s with the Lions 全体にわたる and are 好意d this time by 11? points, によれば FanDuel SportsBook. The Lions 配達するd a better 業績／成果 than the Packers on the season´s 開始 week, even though both teams lost.
After 追跡するing by as many as 28 points, the Lions made a frantic 復帰 before 落ちるing 41-33 to the San Francisco 49ers in a game that 示すd the Detroit debuts for 長，率いる coach Dan Campbell and quarterback Jared Goff.
"We showed a lot of resilience," Lions 新人 receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown said. "Almost （機の）カム 支援する and had a chance to go to overtime. I think just showing that fight we had, gives us 信用／信任 going into each and every game."
WILLIAMS´ RETURN
Lions running 支援する Jamaal Williams will be making his return to Green Bay, where he played from 2017-20 while 急ぐing for a total of 2,039 yards.
Williams left the Packers 経由で 解放する／自由な 機関 and now teams up with D´Andre Swift in Detroit´s backfield. He 急ぐd for 54 yards and a touchdown on nine carries and caught eight passes for 56 yards in his Lions debut.
Swift (groin) and Williams (chest) were both 限られた／立憲的な 関係者s in Thursday´s p ractice.
SMITH´S BACK TROUBLE
The Packers won't have プロの／賛成の Bowl outside linebacker Za'Darius Smith 利用できる Monday night.
Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Friday that Smith was going on 負傷させるd reserve to get more time to を取り引きする a 支援する 問題／発行する. Smith practiced just one day in training （軍の）野営地，陣営 and was on the field for only 18 snaps against the Saints.
The 負傷させるd/reserve 任命 means Smith must 行方不明になる at least three games.
"It´s a 事柄 of just, do you keep him in a 限られた／立憲的な 役割?" LaFleur said. "Or do you shut him 負かす／撃墜する for a while, try to get him healthy and then get him up to the snap count that we´d like him to be, just like he´s been in the past, because he´s such an 衝撃 player? So, that´s just the 大勝する that we thought was best long 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語."
DEFENSIVE DEFICIENCIES
The Lions 階級d last in the NFL in points 許すd per game, yards 許すd per game and yards 許すd per play last season. Detroit was the only team to 許す more points than Green Bay did in the 開始 week of the season.
New Packers 防御の 調整者／コーディネーター Joe Barry held the same position with the Lions from 2007-08.
ESTABLISHING THE RUN
The Packers had the fewest yards 急ぐing (43) and second-fewest carries (15) of any NFL team in the season´s 開始 week.
This matchup could be a chance for the Packers to put more of an 強調 on the running game. Green Bay´s Aaron Jones has 普通の／平均（する）d 5.4 yards per carry against the Lions in his career. He ran for 168 yards, caught four passes for 68 yards and 得点する／非難する／２０d three touchdowns in the Packers´ 42-21 home victory over the Lions last season.
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New Orleans Saints tight end Juwan Johnson, left, makes a touchdown 歓迎会 in 前線 of Green Bay Packers strong safety Adrian Amos (31) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
San Francisco 49ers running 支援する Elijah Mitchell (25) is brought 負かす／撃墜する by Detroit Lions cornerback Jeff Okudah (23) in the second half of an NFL football game in Detroit, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)
Detroit Lions running 支援する Jamaal Williams (30) celebrates his touchdown run with Jason Cabinda (45) in the second half of an NFL fo otball game against the San Francisco 49ers in Detroit, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)
Detroit Lions wide receiver Quintez Cephus (87) catches a touchdown pass as San Francisco 49ers 防御の 支援する Dontae Johnson defends in the second half of an NFL football game in Detroit, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)
Detroit Lions running 支援する Jamaal Williams (30) runs for a one-yard touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers in the second half of an NFL football game in Detroit, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)
