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Top five performers for Packers in Week 13 loss vs. Cardinals

By Jesse Fry

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - DECEMBER 02: Davante Adams #17 of the Green Bay Packers makes a catch in front of Patrick Peterson #21 of the Arizona Cardinals during the second half of a game at Lambeau Field on December 02, 2018 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - DECEMBER 02: Davante Adams #17 of the Green Bay Packers makes a catch in front of Patrick Peterson #21 of the Arizona Cardinals during the second half of a game at Lambeau Field on December 02, 2018 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /
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GREEN BAY, WI – DECEMBER 02: Jaire Alexander #23 of the Green Bay Packers is tackled by Brandon Williams #26 of the Arizona Cardinals on a punt return during the first half of a game at Lambeau Field on December 2, 2018 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
GREEN BAY, WI – DECEMBER 02: Jaire Alexander #23 of the Green Bay Packers is tackled by Brandon Williams #26 of the Arizona Cardinals on a punt return during the first half of a game at Lambeau Field on December 2, 2018 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /

4. Jaire Alexander

Jaire Alexander did not have the game I thought he’d have. I was expecting a pick or two, but he still continued his solid play and should be in the running for Defensive Rookie of the Year.

Alexander also showed he should have been used before now as a punt returner. He only had two returns for 25 yards, but his first one, a 24-yard return, was the longest the Packers had all season.

I don’t expect Alexander to get much love for the rookie of the year award, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t. Despite not having the same numbers of Denzel Ward, Alexander has played as well, if not better than Ward.

If Alexander can add a few interceptions before the season is over, I think he could make a strong run at the award.

5. JK Scott

How bad of a game was it for the Packers? So bad that the rookie punter makes the list of top five performers.

JK Scott punted seven times for 339 and a 48.4 average. Scott’s long on the day was 57 yards and he managed to have two downed inside the 20-yard line.

Scott could have had three had Josh Jones not badly misplayed a first-quarter punt that ended up rolling into the end zone.

Scott handled the poor weather well and didn’t seemed fazed by the snow falling early in the game.

He also appears to be a pick Brian Gutekunst got right in the 2018 draft.

The Packers will have to do some soul searching after this game. Just about everything they needed to happen today did. Teams they needed to lose did, but the Packers couldn’t pull out a win they should have had.

How the Packers play from here on out will be telling. If the team gives more of the same effort they did today, as in not enough to beat a 2-9 team, then McCarthy wasn’t the problem but the scapegoat.

The Packers did not play with the urgency of a team that is hanging on by a thread, they played more like a team that expected the Cardinals to come out and give up facing the Packers and the weather conditions.

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They didn’t, they rallied for each other and their coach. Had the Packers done the same, maybe they’d still have a head coach.

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