Packers-Cowboys Preview

Seldom does a game in the third week of the season mean so much. However, there are many reasons this week’s match-up between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. The Packers are a team that still has many questions. They are the youngest team in the league, and their entire quarterback position had zero NFL starts coming into this season. Aaron Rodgers is still under Brett Favre’s shadow despite playing well in two games. In his first career start against Minnesota, he needed to avoid mistakes. But he came in knowing that the Vikings were not going to put up a lot of points. In his first career road start, he needed to out-gun veteran Jon Kitna and the high-powered Lions passing game. But he only had to do it against a defense that is among the worst in the league against the pass. Now, he must out-gun an even higher-powered offense while faced with a defense that is at the very least in Minnesota’s league. And because they are at home, if the Packers ... (link)