Packers’ Jordan Love Enters Playoffs as Hot as ‘Run-the-Table’ Aaron Rodgers
Packers quarterback Jordan Love enters Sunday’s playoff game at the Cowboys on one of those vintage Aaron Rodgers-style rolls.Even though this is a playoff matchup, it’s still fairly lopsided on paper. The result should reflect that.
Prediction: Cowboys win by two touchdowns
Brian Blewis, Pro Football Network
As impressive as Jordan Love has looked in the second half of this season, this Packers offense is really young and inexperienced, which doesn’t bode well against a Cowboys team that makes the playoffs almost every season.The Cowboys have been favored by seven or more eight times this season, per Team Rankings. In seven of those eight games, they’ve won by at least 14 points.
By in large, when Dallas has looked like the much better team on paper, they have come through.The Cowboys defense was also consistently solid throughout the season, finishing in the top 10 in EPA/play in the back half of the year, while Green Bay’s body of work was less productive as the season wore on. The offense took a step forward, but the defense did not. So, that’s the worry here, as defensive coordinator Joe Barry tries to slow down the Dallas offense led by former Packers coach Mike McCarthy.
