This game represents a rematch of last year’s first-round playoff game, when the Packers beat the Redskins 35-18.

Green Bay (4-5) has struggled this season, losing four of their last five. Meanwhile, Washington (5-3-1) has won three of its last five, with a tie and a loss in the middle of that stretch.

The Packers own a 20-14-1 record against the Redskins in the history of their series, which began in 1932. Green Bay has won the last two meetings. Washington last beat the Packers in 2010, 16-13 in overtime at FedEx Field.

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Green Bay’s offense averages 24.8 points and 371.1 yards per game (268.7 passing, 102.4 rushing). The Redskins average 418.6 yards (305.2 passing, 113.3 rushing) and 23.6 points.

The Packers’ defense gives up 339.1 yards per game (254.7 passing, and just 84.4 rushing) while allowing 26 points per contest. Washington, meanwhile, has allowed 365.4 yards (250.2 passing, 115.2 rushing) and 23.2 points per game.

● Washington’s defense has racked up 25 sacks (sixth-most in the NFL), and last week recorded three sacks in a single game and has now had five straight three-sack outings for the first time since Weeks 4-10 in 2009.

● Second-year pro Preston Smith is coming off of the best game of his career, recording two sacks and an interception after a quiet start to the season. Smith is only the fourth member of the Redskins to record two sacks and an interception in a single game, joining Marcus Washington (Dec. 18, 2005 vs. Dallas), Shawn Springs (Dec. 26, 2004 at Dallas) and Monte Coleman (Dec. 19, 1993 vs. Atlanta).

Smith hopes that game represents a breakthrough for him after he registered only 1.5 sacks through the first half of the season. But he says he has to find a balance between remaining patient/disciplined, and aggressive if he wants to improve.

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“I’ve just got to play sound football and try to build off last game,” he said. “I can’t go out there thinking I’ve got to have the same stats. I’ve just got to play sound football and do my job. It’s when you start trying to do extra that you end up making mistakes and cost your team.”

● Look for rookie Anthony Lanier to continue to get more opportunities in Washington’s defensive line rotation. The undrafted Alabama A&M product has dressed for the last two games, recording a fumble recovery against Cincinnati and a hit on the quarterback against Minnesota. Lanier said after his hit on Sam Bradford, the quarterback started pointing him out to his linemen during pre-snap reads. Lanier wanted to bring energy and disruption. Now he hopes to start making game-changing plays as he grows in understanding. Coaches love his upside and expect that to start happening soon.

“Anthony is a kid – if any of you have ever seen him in person – a big, great-looking kid, but he’s raw. But, God, he has so much natural ability, natural instincts. It’s really scary,” defensive coordinator Joe Barry said. “But it’s exciting as he keeps getting better, as he keeps getting coached, as he keeps getting stronger in the weight room every day, as he starts to understand the tricks of the trade and really the techniques of playing defensive line in the National Football League, it’s scary to think where he can go because he has so much natural ability. A lot of the times he’s just out there – nothing against him, from where he came from, the small college, he doesn’t have a lot of background – he’s doing a lot just based on natural ability and, again, he’s got a very bright future I think.”

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● Barry and his players this week brace for the savvy play of Aaron Rodgers, who keeps defenses off-balance with quick snaps, alternations of his cadence and with his scrambling ability, in addition to his strong arm. Rodgers burned the Redskins multiple times in the playoff game with quick snaps which earned the Redskins penalties for too many men on the field, and Barry expects more of the same tonight.

“He’s a master at it,” Barry said. “He got us in the second quarter last year on a crucial third down. Third-and-four, got us. So, yeah, it’s something that you preach, you prepare for, you talk about. The first thing with the hard count, the key thing is any defensive linemen should get off on the ball. You don’t get off on sound, you get off on movement. And that’s the biggest issue that defensive linemen have when they jump offsides, they use – as far as the stimulus of getting off – they use the sound of the quarterback’s inflection instead of the ball. So those are things that you constantly talk about, you constantly work on.”

● On offense, wide receiver DeSean Jackson is expected to play after missing the last game with a shoulder injury, but coaches still could look for ways to get undrafted rookie Maurice Harris involved as they did against Minnesota. Harris last week had three catches for 28 yards. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound California product picked up first downs on two of those catches and has impressed coaches with his potential

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“I think he’s done a nice job picking up the offense,” offensive coordinator Sean McVay said. “A real mature rookie, like a lot of these guys that are contributing for us right now. I think he’s a big target. He’s got big natural hands, just good overall instincts and awareness, toughness to compete in the run game. I thought when he got his opportunities the other day – 3-for-3 on the targets that he did have and two huge third-down conversions for us. It was what we expected from Maurice, but I know it’s encouraging for him and it’s something that he can gain a lot of confidence from.”

● Washington’s offense has produced 300 yards in 13 straight games now and looks to extend that streak to 14 – the longest such run since a 14-game span from 2012-13. The Redskins last week rushed for 128 yards and now have produced four consecutive 100-yard games for the first time since a five-game stretch that spanned the end of the 2014 season and beginning of 2015.

● Wide receiver Pierre Garcon, who last week led the Redskins with six catches for 81 yards, improved his yardage total with the Redskins to 3,985, surpassing Henry Ellard for 11th-most in team history. Garcon extended his streak of consecutive regular season games with a reception to 95 — the sixth-longest active streak behind Larry Fitzgerald (187), Brandon Marshall (153), Steve Smith (136), Jason Witten (127), Michael Crabtree (104). The 67-game streak that Garcon has since coming to Washington is the third-longest in team history since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger.

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● Last week Kirk Cousins threw his 60th touchdown pass of his career, joining Sammy Baugh, Sonny Jurgensen, Joe Theismann, Billy Kilmer and Mark Rypien as the only Redskins players to throw for 60 touchdowns.

● Cousins needs 88 passing yards to become the seventh quarterback in Redskins history to pass for 10,000 yards.