Colin Cowherd: “There are a lot of mirages in the NFL… Buffalo is 3-0 and going up against Bill Belichick, Kyle Allen is hot and going up against that Texans pass rush… Could that Packers defense have been a little bit of a mirage? They faced Mitch Trubisky, Kirk Cousins, and Joe Flacco and that defense shut them down, but I’m looking last night -- Carson Wentz and the Eagles had 24 first downs, 5/9 on third down, rushed for 180 yards, and were 4/4 in the red zone. That Packers defense wasn’t so spectacular now was it??… Wentz wasn’t sacked last night and didn’t face a ton of pressure. The Packers led the league in sacks coming in! Philly was bigger, stronger, and I had picked them to win the game. They were running through six foot tunnels and that Eagles offensive line pushed the Packers defensive front all over that field.” (Full Video at Bottom of Page)
Listen to Colin Cowherd explain why the Green Bay Packers defense was an absolute mirage coming into the highly anticipated Thursday Night Football Game that could have potentially been an NFC Championship preview.
The talk around the league had been how scary the Packers defense had become, in a possible transitional era in Green Bay where quarterback Aaron Rodgers was no longer the straw that stirred the drink for the Packers.
That sentiment couldn’t have been more erroneous last night as the Eagles hung 34 points on the Packers in Lambeau Field while rushing for 180 yards on 5.3 yards per carry. Rodgers, Colin says, had one of the best games of his career, throwing for 422 and two touchdowns, but also showing off some of the dazzling throws that make him arguably the greatest quarterback whose ever lived.
Check out the video below as Colin explains why he picked the Eagles to win the game, and why the Packers defense was exposed last night, after the highly touted unit had been flexing their elite defensive ranks after beating shoddy passing talents Mitch Trubisky, Kirk Cousins, and Joe Flacco.