Five Packers to Watch Week 9 Versus Patriots
By Jesse Fry
The Green Bay Packers face one of their biggest challenges of the season when they clash with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in week nine.
After a heart-breaking loss to the current best team in the NFL, the Packers will travel east to face the best team in the NFL over the past two decades, New England Patriots.
It’s been a week of change in Green Bay, and the Packers will now face an NFL constant in Tom Brady and Bill Belichick.
The storylines write themselves, GOAT vs. GOAT, Brady vs. Rodgers. The most talented vs. the most rings. It’s hard to believe these two have only faced off once before.
In that 2014 match up the Packers were victorious 21-26. In that game, there were many unexpected contributors. A rookie by then, Devante Adams had the biggest game of his young career. Another rookie Richard Rodgers was also a big piece of the offense.
On defense, it was second-year man, Sam Barrington, helping control the Patriots run game and then rookie, Haha Clinton-Dix making a big play in the end zone to break a would-be touchdown of Rob Gronkowski.
Many of the faces have changed, but the obvious attraction has not, Aaron Rodgers vs. Tom Brady.
For the Packers to come away with a victory, it will take a few performances like the ones of Barrington, Rodgers, Adams, and Clinton-Dix.
Here are five that I feel can help change the game for the Packers.