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The People’s GPA: Packers Beat Rams

In the latest edition of The People’s GPA, you graded the Packers’ performance vs. Los Angeles and we computed the grade-point average.
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The People’s GPA: Packers Beat Rams
The People’s GPA: Packers Beat Rams

GREEN BAY, Wis. – For only the third time in the last decade, Aaron Rodgers was a home underdog.

It was easy to see why. The Green Bay Packers were a wounded, tired bunch. The Los Angeles Rams were rejuvenated after their bye.

It didn’t matter, though. Aaron Rodgers threw for 307 yards and accounted for three touchdowns and Rasul Douglas had a pick-six as the Packers finished plus-2 in turnovers to help the Packers earn a 36-28 victory on Sunday at Lambeau Field.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game,” coach Matt LaFleur said. “Got a lot of respect for the Rams. They’ve got great players, great coaches. We knew it was going to be a four-quarter battle, and it was exactly that. But our guys stayed focused. We talked about emptying the tank, and I think we’re at a point where everybody’s pretty exhausted, but it definitely feels good going into the bye week on a win. We’ll enjoy this for a while, but we also know there’s a lot of ball in front of us.”

In a Twitter poll, more than 56 percent of respondents gave the Packers a “B.” That computed to a 3.41 grade-point average. It was the second-highest mark of the year, behind only the 3.55 GPA at Arizona.

The Packers are a remarkable 9-0 after an in-season loss under LaFleur. This game was the first against a winning team.

“It’s huge,” receiver Davante Adams said. “With the injuries that we’ve dealt with, some of the most key players that we have have missed a decent amount of time this year, between Jaire [Alexander] and, obviously, 55 [Za’Darius Smith], we haven’t seen much of him this year. We’ve got a bye to get ready to go into the playoffs in a minute. We’re not looking too far ahead, but the schedule against us, the injuries against us, so to be a resilient group and make plays either way says a lot about who we are.”

That’s what LaFleur and Adams had to say. Here’s what you had to say.

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BILL HUBER

Bill Huber, who has covered the Green Bay Packers since 2008, is the publisher of Packers On SI, a Sports Illustrated channel. E-mail: packwriter2002@yahoo.com History: Huber took over Packer Central in August 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL Background: Huber graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he played on the football team, in 1995. He worked in newspapers in Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Shawano before working at The Green Bay News-Chronicle and Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1998 through 2008. With The News-Chronicle, he won several awards for his commentaries and page design. In 2008, he took over as editor of Packer Report Magazine, which was founded by Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke, and PackerReport.com. In 2019, he took over the new Sports Illustrated site Packer Central, which he has grown into one of the largest sites in the Sports Illustrated Media Group.

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