Crack the Pack

Two weeks, two wins, two Kirk Cousins videos to celebrate these wins. Tonight, in primetime, the Redskins handed the struggling Green Bay Packers their fourth straight loss in a game that for the better part of four quarters appeared it would be a shootout. The Packers have been struggling since the end of last season with a frequently injured and even more frequently nonexistent defense, an equally banged up and invisible running game and a quarterback who's been proven to be human after all in Aaron Rodgers forced to put a pedestrian offense on his back.

While the Redskins earned this win, also worthy of note that this was only the second time in almost a calendar year that Aaron Rodgers has looked ready to break out of the slump he's been in. This being said, he was still erratic at times, overthrowing open receivers on short and intermediate routes by a yard or more. In the past year this was only the second time he'd thrown for over 300 yards in a game, with the other coming in week 7 against the bears, who led by Smokin' Jay Cutler have plenty of problems of their own.

But this blog is about the victors, the Redskins: hail to them. In reality, this win is about the offense. Kirk Cousin's continued his strong sophomore season as the go-to guy in Washington going 21 for 30 for 375 yards and three touchdowns. For the second straight week, Cousins didn't throw an interception, a fact which would be shocking if it weren't for the even more shocking news that the Redskins had more touchdowns than field goals. Rob Kelley played well again in Matt Jones's absence rushing for 137 yards, 68 of which came on this beauty, and three touchdowns on 24 completions. DeSean Jackson, Jamison Crowder, and Pierre Garcon were all recipients of Cousins touchdowns. For the second week in a row, the Redskins also had the more balanced offense with 30 passing and rushing attempts, compared to Green Bay's 44 passing attempts and 19 rushing attempts.

As it has been all season, the Redskins defense got torn apart by a team with a competent quarterback and passing game. Aaron Rodgers went off for 351 yards and three touchdowns on 26 completions and for awhile this game was destined to be a shootout. By the grace of god or coincidence the Green Bay run game was bad enough to compliment the run defense that is the strength of this Redskins defensive unit. Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, was Green Bay's leading rusher with 33 yards on three attempts.

For the second week in a row, the Redskins play a game not at 1:00 p.m., color me shocked. They take on the NFL's best Dallas Cowboys next week in Dallas at 4:30 p.m. Dallas comes in at 9-1 and has been the surprise of the season. A Redskins win would certainly make the NFC East playoff picture a lot more interesting.