Washington Football Team vs. Green Bay Packers: Can Washington find success against the Packers’ top-five defense?

The Washington Football Team will travel to Lambeau Field to meet the red-hot Green Bay Packers. Aaron Rodgers has the Packers on a five-game win streak since dropping their Week 1 matchup with the Saints. Rodgers has bounced back from his two-interception performance against New Orleans by throwing 12 touchdowns and only one interception.

Washington rolled the dice on signing veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. The veteran quarterback only appeared in one game before being placed on injured reserve with a hip injury. Washington’s sitting at 2-4, heading into a tough matchup, and Taylor Heinicke has a tough road ahead of him if Washington wants to make a playoff push.

The Green Bay Packers currently have the fifth-best defense in the NFL regarding total yards per game, and green Bay is only surrendering 315 total yards to opposing teams through Week 6. Washington does have an opportunity to score points, with Green Bay giving up 22.7 points per game this season.

Taylor Heinicke and Washington are averaging 336.2 yards per game this season, and Washington is also averaging 22.7 points per game. Ron Rivera’s game plan must be to keep Rodgers and the Packers offense on the sidelines.

Aaron Rodgers has completed 66.7% of his passes for 1,436 yards, 12 touchdowns, and three interceptions this season. Davante Adams has caught 46 passes for 668 yards and two touchdowns. Adams and Rodgers have done their job when it comes to keeping defensive coordinators up at night.

Washington will have a challenging task stopping the Packers’ offense, but defensively, Green Bay has made life difficult for opposing teams. The Packers have sacked opposing quarterbacks 14 times for 102 sack yards, and Green Bay’s defense has also registered six interceptions this season.

Ron Rivera’s team will have to put together a phenomenal game plan on both offense and defense to pull off the upset on Sunday.

Green Bay enters their matchup with the Washington Football Team with a 5-1 record against the spread this season. Washington hasn’t had the best of luck at covering the spread posting a 1-5 record. With the spread sitting at 7.5 points, and Green Bay’s offense playing at a high level, the safe bet is Green Bay.