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"OT Bulaga gets his opportunity–Clinton hurt: Bryan Bulaga era at left tackle for the Green Bay Packers might get under way much sooner than later. Venerable Chad Clifton was lifted for the Iowa rookie midway through the second quarter and didn’t return Sunday in the Packers’ 34-7 victory over the Buffalo Bills at Lambeau Field. Clifton clearly struggled in his four-series, 27-play stint. Using subjective judgment, he had nine poor plays before being replaced by Bulaga. “He has an issue with his knee,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “I felt that he just didn’t look like he was fully recovered, so I thought it was important to get Bryan in there. “He didn’t look good today. He didn’t look healthy. We’ll assess it in the morning and set our plan for next week.”"

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"LB Hawk goes from zero to prominent on defense: He played almost the entire game at Lambeau Field, matching linebacker Nick Barnett with a team-high nine tackles. The performance came after Hawk expressed displeasure to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he didn’t play a snap on defense in the regular-season opener at Philadelphia. Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers said Hawk and Chillar were used in separate variations of the nickel package. Hawk was able to stay in the game more because Buffalo likes to run when in a three-receiver set."

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"Halftime jolt inspires Packers to rout of Bills: McCarthy was so anxious to get to the locker room that he held on to his only remaining timeout with a minute left in the first half instead of using it to stop the clock. We’ll spare you the specific details on McCarthy’s dive into the Ryan playbook — the New York Jets coach’s foul mouth has become legendary, thanks to HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series — but it seemed to have produced the desired result. Playing like an actual Super Bowl contender in the second half, the Packers stomped the hapless Bills. Rodgers had two touchdown passes and ran for another over a span of three drives that helped the Packers (2-0) turn a 13-7 halftime lead into a rout. Afterward, McCarthy’s players pointed to his fiery speech as the wake-up call they needed to throttle a Buffalo team that might struggle to win a game this season. “You could see it in his face, the intensity,” Packers linebacker Nick Barnett said. “Everybody felt the same. You could feel it in the locker room.”"