Ravens vs Packers | Saturday Night Football | Week 17 Preview & Prediction
Jordan Love, Matt LaFleur, Christian Watson and the Green Bay Packers host Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, Roquan Smith, Zay Flowers and the Baltimore Ravens in a huge week 17 Saturday Night game at Lambeau Field.
Neither team has a very good chance at winning their division, The Packers blew a 10 point lead with less than 3 minutes left to Caleb Williams and the Bears and saw him throw a deep pass to DJ Moor to win in overtime and just about cementing their chances of winning the NFC North while Green Bay needs a win in their final 2 games or a Lions loss in their final two, to get into the Playoffs.
The Ravens lost crucial games to the Bengals, Steelers and Patriots and with a loss on Saturday night, they will be eliminated from the Postseason. The Lamar Jackson injury has made him far less effective this season and his recent back injury may keep him out of this game and will force the Ravens to turn to Tyler Huntley. The Jordan Love injury took him out of last weeks game with a concussion, Malik Willis played very well but with Jordan Love’s concussion protocol situation, WIllis may also get the start at QB which makes this a fascinating toss up type game where it’s difficult to know which team get’s their starting quarterback and how well will they play.
The Josh Jacobs injury limited him last week and is a very large concern for Green Bay if they want a good shot at winning a playoff game, the Micah Parsons injury, Deonte Wyatt injury and Tucker Kraft injury have taken the Packers from a Super Bowl contender to a team that would just be happy to make the Playoffs at this point.
The Ravens will need Mark Andrews to play well he’ll be matched up with Egerrin Cooper and Quay Walker at times, for the Ravens, Malaki Starks, Marlon Humphrey and Kyle Hamilton will be huge factors in determining whether they can slow down the Green Bay receiving threats like Jayden Reed, the rookie Matthew Golden, Romeo Doubs, Bo Melton and Dontavion Wicks.
This should be a great game, which has huge Playoff implications, enjoy this Blitz With Blinder Breakdown hosted by Josh Blinder.
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