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Mike McCarthy has been fired http://www.newyorkjetsteamonline.com/jachai-polite-jersey , Aaron Rodgers looks disinterested and the Packers are all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.But as a season filled with turmoil and disappointment winds down, the Green Bay Packers saw a glimmer of hope on Sunday. It was the NFL debut of Jake Kumerow, the Wisconsin-Whitewater product who won the hearts of Packers fans in the preseason.Kumerow played just five offensive snaps in his debut (as well as 14 on special teams), but quarterback Aaron Rodgers targeted him twice. The 26-year-old receiver caught an 11-yard reception to move the chains on Green Bay’s game-tying drive in the fourth quarter.Kumerow hurt his shoulder in the preseason after leading the team with 190 receiving yards and two scores in the first two exhibition contests. He was placed on injured reserve in early September, and the Packers utilized one of their two return designations to bring him back.<em>Other notes from Sunday’s snap counts:</em>— A season-high 20 different players saw action on offense against Arizona.— Bryan Bulaga played 21 snaps before leaving the game with a knee injury. Jason Spriggs filled in for Bulaga and was at right tackle for the final 55 plays.— Jamaal Williams hadn’t played more than 14 snaps since Week 9 against New England, but he was on the field for 38 snaps on Sunday Chuma Edoga Jersey , just one fewer than featured back Aaron Jones. In typical Williams fashion, he carried the ball seven times for 13 yards.— Jimmy Graham caught a season-high eight passes while playing in 71 percent of the offensive snaps.— Randall Cobb returned after missing three games and had 61 snaps (80 percent). He was targeted five times and had three catches for 25 yards.— Safety Eddie Pleasant made his Packers debut and played on 11 defensive snaps (18 percent) and recorded one tackle. His dropped potential interception would be a key play in the loss.— Defensive lineman Tyler Lancaster played in a season-high 35 snaps (56 percent). He finished three tackles.OFFENSEPLAYERPlays (76)%Bakhtiari76100%Taylor76100%Linsley76100%Rodgers76100%Adams7295%Valdes-Scantling6484%McCray6383%Cobb6180%Spriggs5572%Graham5471%Jones3951%J. Williams3850%Bulaga2128%St. Brown1520%Bell1317%Kendricks1216%Tonyan912%Lewis811%Kumerow57%Vitale34%DEFENSEPLAYERPlays (62)%Alexander62100%Martinez62100%T. Williams62100%J. Jackson6198%Lowry5995%Clark5894%Fackrell5792%Jones4877%Campbell4674%Matthews4369%Lancaster3556%Gilbert2540%Morrison2540%M. Adams1524%Pleasant1118%Brown915%Burks35% The trend has become familiar and clear: More people watch good games, fewer people watch not good games.The latest data point that proves this reality came Thursday night, when the FOX and NFL Network combined audience for a Jaguars-Titans game produced a rating 21 percent smaller than the Week 14 Thursday night game from a year earlier.The comparable 2017 game (Saints-Falcons, a pair of 2017 playoff teams) generated a 10.2 rating. This year’s game produced an 8.0, via Josh Carpenter of .It’s not a surprise http://www.newyorkjetsteamonline.com/trevon-wesco-jersey , and it’s one of the basic realities of the unfolding of an NFL season. Last year, the Titans made it to the divisional round and the Jaguars came within a bad call (Myles Jack should have been awarded a touchdown after a fumble recovery) of a Super Bowl berth. So, in April, it looked like a good game. By December, however, the season can play out in plenty of different ways. This year Alexander Mattison Jersey , it played out with the Jaguars being among the worst teams in the league, and with the up-and-down Titans on the outer edge of playoff contention.These variations in the quality of game make it much harder to have an apples-to-apples comparison from one year to the next. Indeed, the 21-percent drop from Week 14 of 2017 to Week 14 of 2018 will be offset by the bump coming next Thursday, when the Week 15 Thursday night rating for a huge Chargers-Chiefs game is compared to last year’s abysmal 7.4 rating generated by Broncos-Colts, a game featuring two teams whose seasons had disintegrated long before then.So maybe it’s time for a different way to compare performance from one year to the next. Maybe the most accurate barometer comes from the cumulative Thursday night ratings. In that category, this year’s 10.0 is identical to last year’s 10.0 http://www.minnesotavikingsteamonline.com/dru-samia-jersey , according to Carpenter.