![]() ![]() ![]() He has run for at least 100 yards in all of them. … Packers RB Aaron Jones has rushed for 370 yards and six TDs in three previous games against the Cowboys. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the Packers have the youngest weighted age of any playoff team since the 1974 Buffalo Bills. … The Packers have the NFL’s youngest roster this season. … The Packers reached the playoffs despite not having any players selected to the Pro Bowl. … Dallas’ Dak Prescott had an NFL-leading 36 touchdown passes this season. … McCarthy has a chance to become the first coach to win a playoff game against a team he led to a Super Bowl title. This is the first home playoff game since Dallas started its AT&T Stadium streak. The Cowboys went 2-1 at Texas Stadium in the playoffs during those three seasons. It’s the club’s longest home winning streak since an 18-game run in the regular season at Texas Stadium from 1979-81. STATS AND STUFF: The Cowboys have won 16 consecutive regular-season games at AT&T Stadium. That was Dallas coach Mike McCarthy’s return to Green Bay, where he coached for 12-plus seasons and won a Super Bowl. Packers WR Christian Watson had three touchdowns and Lamb scored twice when the Packers rallied from a two-touchdown deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Cowboys in overtime last season. This is the first time the Cowboys and Packers have faced off in the wild-card round. That includes divisional playoff victories during the 20 seasons. All of those came during QB Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay tenure. SERIES NOTES: The Packers have beaten the Cowboys four straight times and have won nine of the past 10 matchups. … RG Zack Martin is expected to return after being a late scratch in Washington with an illness. … LG Tyler Smith sat against the Commanders with a plantar fascia injury but is hopeful he will play. … Cowboys CB Stephon Gilmore expects to play after getting knocked out of the Washington game with a shoulder injury. … WR Romeo Doubs (chest) left the Bears game and was taken to the hospital, though he was released later that night. ![]() … RB AJ Dillon (thumb/neck) and LB Isaiah McDuffie (concussion/neck) also didn’t play in the regular-season finale. KEY INJURIES: Packers WR Christian Watson (hamstring) has missed five straight games. After back and shoulder injuries sidelined him roughly half the season, Alexander was suspended a game for crashing the coin toss in his hometown of Charlotte and almost costing the Packers possession to start both halves. Alexander had a mostly lost season coming off a career-best five interceptions that followed signing an $84 million contract extension in May 2022. Lamb had 13 catches in each of the past two regular-season games and could become the first player in NFL history with at least that many in three consecutive games. Lamb had a breakout season, setting Dallas records for catches (NFL-best 135) and yards receiving (1,749, second to Miami’s Tyreek Hill). Packers CB Jaire Alexander, although Alexander’s status is iffy after spraining an ankle in practice Thursday. Parsons’ only sack so far came against Tom Brady in Parsons’ only playoff victory, at Tampa Bay last season. He’s looking for his first dominant showing in his fourth game. Love has thrown 18 touchdown passes with one interception over his past eight games, and the Packers have gone 6-2 during that stretch.ĬOWBOYS PLAYER TO WATCH: LB Micah Parsons has made the playoffs all three of his seasons with Dallas. PACKERS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Jordan Love is one of the hottest quarterbacks in the league as the fourth-year pro prepares for his playoff debut. TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Packers even Cowboys plus-10. PACKERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (17), RUSH (28), PASS (9), SCORING (10).ĬOWBOYS OFFENSE: OVERALL (5), RUSH (14), PASS (3), SCORING (1).ĬOWBOYS DEFENSE: OVERALL (5), RUSH (16), PASS (5), SCORING (5). LAST WEEK: Packers beat Bears 17-9 Cowboys beat Commanders 38-10. ![]() LAST MEETING: Packers beat Cowboys 31-28 on Nov.
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