Five players to watch for Packers Week 10 vs. Dolphins
By Jesse Fry
Five players to watch for the Green Bay Packers in Week 10.
After two heartbreaking defeats on the road, the Packers (3-4-1) return home to face the Miami Dolphins (5-4).
The Packers are now halfway through a difficult five-week stretch and have not yet seen success. They are 0-2 since returning from their bye, and are now desperate for a win.
With losses against two of the best teams the NFL has to offer the Packers get, on paper, a break with the Dolphins before heading back out on the road for two more tough contests.
But no one on this team, coach or player, should overlook this Dolphins squad. This team has already shocked the division-rival Bears and are looking to stay in the hunt in the AFC.
Brock Osweiler will make his fifth start for an injured Ryan Tannehill. Osweiler is 2-2 in his starts and has played much better than he has in his stints with the Browns and Texans.
There isn’t one dominant playmaker on either side, but the Dolphins have a collection of good veteran players.
The Packers will get a good look at a player they had high on their draft board in Minkah Fitzpatrick. They will now get an up close and personal look at what could’ve been.
This could be a season-defining game for the Packers. They are on a two-game losing streak and face a short week and a road game in Seattle next Thursday before another road contest against the division-rival Vikings. Despite that, the Packers cannot look ahead, the focus must be on this Dolphins team.
This a game the Packers have to have. If the team comes out flat and plays an uninspired game, that could mean bad things ahead for this team and its coach. The Packers are not a playoff team at the moment and a loss to the Dolphins could mean the beginning of the end for the 2018 squad.
If the Packers can rally around each other and play with a sense of urgency, this game could be the start of a turn-around.
Here are my five players to watch.