Rams vs Packers: the great NFC thermometer this week 12

By Luis Díaz-Trujillo (@eledetepe)

This Sunday, November 28, within Week 12 of the 2021 NFL Season, the Green Bay Packers (8-3) will host the Los Angeles Rams (7-3) at Lambeau Field, in a duel that faces two of the weights NFC heavy hitters this season, and it clearly has playoff implications.

In what will be the Rams’ chance for revenge, after the last game against the Packers was a resounding 18-32 victory for Matt LaFleur in the 2021 Divisional Round, both teams boast explosive offenses: Green Bay, hand in hand with the controversialand boy is he on the loose) QB Aaron Rodgers; while the Rams, by the approach of their HC Sean McVay. However, much of his success in the early part of the season is down to his defenses.

The Rams, with time to correct against the Packers

The Los Angeles team returns to activity after their bye week, looking to soon end their streak of consecutive losses to the Titans and 49ers. They will travel to the cold of Green Bay in the hope of taking advantage of the break for the Cardinals, their own divisional rival, to get closer to a single game of the lead, in addition to reversing the downward trend they have had in the month of November.

Due to his past as a Detroit Lions player, QB Matthew Stafford knows the packers’ icy field well, and has a 3-7 record as a starter at Lambeau that doesn’t sound too bad, considering the reality of both franchises in the last decade. Despite the fact that Cooper Kupp is turned into the best receiver in the league, the absence of Robert Woods weighed in the last loss of the Rams, so the integration into the game plan of WR Van Jefferson and Odell Beckham Jr. it will be vitally important for Stafford to be able to move the ball to a defense that was bombarded by the Vikings the week before.

Aaron Rodgers’ ego, hurt more than his foot

After the doubts about Rodgers’ foot injuries, added to having lost the shootout against Minnesota and Kirk Cousins, the Green Bay QB cannot but establish his dominance at home, and what better than to do it against a direct rival for the seeded one of the NFC and the possibility of having the playoffs at home. It will be necessary to monitor the health and availability of both the Packers offensive line and RB Aaron Jones, as the Packers are converted into a real hospital at this point in the season and could seriously jeopardize their good playoff seed:

Only changes on the Packers injury report: Adams upgraded to full participant and Lewis with his usual rest day. pic.twitter.com/hCE61iIc4g

– Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) November 25, 2021

Sparks are expected from the duel between WR Davante Adams and CB Jalen Ramsey, but I think the key showdown will be between the Rams offense and the Packers defense, which while capable of stopping competent attacks, has already shown that it is not. could withstand a bombardment against a team with many offensive weapons.

Will we see a preview of what awaits us in the National Conference playoffs? Will there be a rematch for LA after the loss in the past playoffs or will Green Bay continue to dominate as it has been in 7 of their last 10 games since 2003? We read your comments in this note and on our social networks.