Rodgers, Packers can’t rally again as playoff hopes fade
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Rodgers, Packers can’t rally again as playoff hopes fade

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers couldn’t produce a second consecutive late comeback and didn’t get much help from a Green Bay defense that keeps underachieving. “Literally, it’s win or go home at this point,” cornerback Jaire Alexander said after the Packers’ 27-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Thursday night. So that’s how we’ve got to attack it now.” Green Bay dropped two games behind San Francisco in the race for the NFC’s final wild-card spot. Green Bay’s dispiriting performance halted the momentum the Packers established four days earlier when they rallied from a two-touchdown, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Dallas Cowboys 31-28 in overtime. “So we’ve got to get them in negative situations and get them in third-and-long situations.” That was most apparent in the second quarter, when the Titans ran 27 plays to the Packers’ six and outgained Green Bay 91 yards to 17.

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