Giants safety Antrel Rolle said “the first film I watched’’ when starting his work week was the Dec. 18 Packers game in Kansas City. Why not?
The only blemish on the Packers’ 15-1 record is a shocking 19-14 loss to the Chiefs, who sacked Aaron Rodgers four times and limited him to one touchdown pass.
“I think they were more physical than Green Bay on that given day and they won the game,’’ Rolle said.
That much was obvious, linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka said.
“It’s noticeably different when you turn on that film and you can see kind of how [the Packers] are sitting back a little bit and you see how Kansas City was getting after them,’’ Kiwanuka said. “It’s a noticeable difference between that film and the other films we watched.’’
The Giants play the Packers on Sunday at Lambeau Field in an NFC Divisional game.
The end of a perfect season and a 19-game winning streak was primarily the work of a Chiefs defense that smothered the Packers receivers, inducing several drops from Donald Driver and tight end Jermichael Finley.
“You can take a lot from that game,’’ linebacker Michael Boley said. “KC did some things that a lot of teams didn’t do. They hit them in the mouth and made it a real physical game.’’
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