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ReasonablySober wrote:Love that it's on Christmas Eve.

Great article on the Packers newest weapon, Ty Detmer.

After the Green Bay Packers’ 30-27 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field, cornerback Damarious Randall said he had no idea why he was pulled from the game at the start of the fourth quarter.

Coach Mike McCarthy said the coaches intend to explain it to him in detail when the players return to work Tuesday.

“I think we, when we sit down and watch the tape with him, there’s things that he’ll learn from,” McCarthy said Monday. “So, there’s times where you want coverage … there’s a reason why you have alignments and assignments on everything on offense, defense and special teams, and we need to be more detailed.”

Randall, coming off a two-interception game against Seattle, was in coverage on a handful of easy Bears receptions, especially when he was playing zone. The Packers generally play a lot of man-to-man coverage, but they used plenty of double coverage on receiver Alshon Jeffery early in the game and then a soft zone later when they got ahead by 17 points.

Randall has been on the injury report every week as a limited participant since returning from a five-game absence due to groin surgery. He hasn’t indicated that the injury is affecting his play and after the game seemed to indicate it wasn’t a factor in him being pulled from the lineup for Quinten Rollins.

Extremely confident, Randall may have let his techniques get sloppy after such a big game against the Seahawks. There have been times during the season when it appears he isn’t locked in at the snap of the ball the way some of the other corners are.

It’s unlikely Randall will be on the bench for long. He’s the most athletic cornerback the Packers have, and despite missing all that time he leads all cornerbacks with three interceptions. He was the team’s first-round pick in 2015 and has started 17 games.

Assuming he returns to his starting position this week against Minnesota, Randall will engage in a rematch with Vikings receiver Stefon Diggs, who beat him for two plays of 40-plus yards and a 25-yard touchdown in Minnesota’s victory at U.S. Bank Stadium in Week 2.

After giving up 362 yards passing against Bears quarterback Matt Barkley, the Packers dropped from 19th to 25th in the league in passing yards allowed. Their three interceptions moved them into a tie for seventh place in that category.

ReasonablySober wrote:Love that it's on Christmas Eve.

Great article on the Packers newest weapon, Ty Detmer.

Mags FTW wrote:Randall on Diggs is my biggest concern for Saturday.

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So, in the unlikely hood that this scenario does play out....Do Packers call it good and rest the injured and hobbled in the final week and use it as a bye?

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