Prediction: Cowboys season ends with close loss
January, 9, 2015
By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com
Maybe some teams go to Lambeau Field and get sucked into the mystique of the place and get overwhelmed by the moment. The Dallas Cowboys are taking care of that by stopping at the legendary stadium after arriving on Saturday aftenoon.
With how the Cowboys have acted this season, I don't expect them to be in awe of the place or the Packers. The Cowboys reacted poorly to early adversity in their 2009 divisional-round loss to the Minnesota Vikings and were pinned with a 34-3 loss. They couldn't protect Romo. They couldn't run the ball. They can do those two things now and this has the looks of a favorable matchup, especially if Aaron Rodgers' calf injury limits him in anyway.
This game will come down to how many stops Rod Marinelli's defense can make vs. Rodgers. In eight starts when Marinelli was the Lions' head coach or the defensive coordinator for the Bears, Rodgers had 20 touchdown passes and just four interceptions. More importantly he went 7-1 in those games. That doesn't bode well Sunday, even if the only playoff game in which he has not thrown a touchdown pass has come against Marinelli's Bears.
My prediction: Packers 31, Cowboys 27
