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GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Green Bay Packers are coming off consecutive division victories after a rocky start. Coach Mike McCarthy knows they have plenty of room for improvement.Echoing a sentiment quarterback Aaron Rodgers had expressed in the immediate aftermath of the Packers 42-10 rout of the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on Thursday night, McCarthy said that despite the offence having turned in consecutive encouraging performances and the defence starting to create turnovers and get stops, the Packers (3-2) need to get better.When you evaluate your football team, you look at your play style, which way youre going to play each and every day. Theres a standard there, McCarthy explained Friday afternoon in his usual day-after-the-game press briefing. Quality of play, youre always chasing quality of play to be higher. And, ultimately, win the game.Our play style hasnt been very consistent. Our quality of play, we have a lot of work to do there. ... We need to be better.That was Rodgers message after the game as well.Both Rodgers (12 of 17, 156 yards, three touchdowns, 138.7 quarterback rating) and running back Eddie Lacy (13 carries, 105 yards, two TDs) were extremely efficient, but after a three-and-out to open the game and back-to-back touchdown drives, the offence stalled until defensive end Julius Peppers 49-yard interception return for a touchdown.While that might have been nitpicking for a team that built a 42-0 third-quarter lead, Rodgers a€” after telling fans to R-E-L-A-X before Sundays victory at Chicago after the teams 1-2 start a€” didnt think so.A lot to improve on, I think, Rodgers said. Offensively, were a little stagnant.I think we have some considerable improvements to make moving forward. I mean, this was a home game for us. Defence played really well. Offensively, we started pretty good. Two touchdowns in three drives and then we kind of went stagnant for a while, so thats disappointing.Asked about Rodgers comments Friday, McCarthy replied: He speaks for the locker room, theres no question about it. Hes won championships, hes been an MVP of the league. He knows what it takes and he knows what it looks like, he knows what it feels like. He also knows where we are. Were all excited about what we can be.McCarthy gave his players Friday, Saturday and Sunday off, and while theyll return to work Monday, they will not practice, the coach said. Their next game is Oct. 12 at Miami, followed by an Oct. 19 home game against Carolina and an Oct. 26 trip to New Orleans.Theres a bunch of cliches about one game at a time. To me, its more about one day at a time, McCarthy said. Im a big believer that your preparation shows up in your performance.While Rodgers was dissecting the offensive performance, the members of the Packers defence recognized that shutting down the Vikings Christian Ponder-led a€” and Adrian Peterson-less a€” offence was what the unit was supposed to do. After giving up 496 yards to Chicago last Sunday, the defence cannot afford to be complacent.Still the group did play well. Peppers interception was one of three takeaways the defence created a€” giving the unit eight turnovers in the past three games a€” and the Vikings had just 123 yards of offence entering the fourth quarter.To rebound in that manner on a quick turnaround with a divisional rival coming in here, it feels great, outside linebacker Clay Matthews said of a defence that sacked Ponder six times and hit him 16 times. Weve been stressing that for quite some time. The offence and defence have had their ups and downs this season. 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The fourth-year guard from Carleton University kicked off his varsity career with rookie of the year honours in 2011, before racking up three straight Mike Moser Memorial Trophies for outstanding player.AFC Wimbledon manager Neal Ardley paid tribute to the fans after his side won the League Two play-off final with a 2-0 Wembley victory over Plymouth. Lyle Taylor broke the deadlock on 78 minutes before a stoppage-time penalty from substitute Adebayo Akinfenwa sealed promotion to League One for a club which was only formed by supporters in 2002.AFC fans were furious after the football authorities allowed Wimbledon to relocate to Milton Keynes, a club which is now called MK Dons. Barry Fuller of Wimbledon lifts the trophy with his teammates Having started life as AFC Wimbledon in the ninth tier Combined Counties League 14 years ago, they will now be taking on MK Dons next year as equals.And that achievement had an emotional Ardley beaming with pride on the Wembley pitch in the immediate aftermath of todays triumph.He told Sky Sports: Its wonderful. The occasion for our fans was good enough in the first place from where weve come from. Adebayo Akinfenwa sealed Wimbledons promotion to League 1 with a penalty in stoppage time But the boys went out and I had a feeling today we had too much experience, so much know-how and I had a feeling that these boys were going to deliver. In that second half I think there was only one team going to win that. We were outstanding.Of course [Im proud]. Its emotional. To win a game at Wembley and get prromotion is wonderful but they (the fans) deserve it.ddddddddddddThey had their club taken away from them 14 years ago - now look at them.The introduction of Akinfenwa from the bench ultimately proved the decisive moment in a tense encounter, as the Dons broke the deadlock moments later through Lyle Taylor.He needs a cuddle, he needs a bit of love but he gets it from us, said Ardley about the much-travelled Taylor. AFC Wimbledons Lyle Taylor celebrates scoring his sides first goal of the game Only a superb late stop by Luke McCormick prevented Akinfenwa from heading home a second Dons goal.However, the Pilgrims stopper could do nothing to keep out Akinfenwas penalty deep into stoppage time following a foul by Jordan Forster on Adebayo Azeez.And for the Beast [Akinfenwa] to get the winner for the second goal is amazing, added the Dons boss. AFC Wimbledons Akinfenwa (left) celebrates with team-mate John Meades after scoring Despite the late drama, Ardley felt his side were always in control and ultimately got exactly what they deserved.He explained: To be honest with you I dont think they looked like scoring.You always have the nerves that they might but our defence were immense, our goalie was immense and the rest of the team, we always carried a threat.The longer the game went on, the more likely we looked like we were going to win.Plymouth finished two places and six points ahead of the Dons but seemed to be overawed by the occasion in front of a 30,000-strong Green Army.We didnt perform well enough, admitted manager Derek Adams. Credit to Wimbledon, but we are disappointed not to have won.It wasnt an exciting game and we probably played into Wimbledons hands a bit, we didnt trouble their goalkeeper enough.Its a huge disappointment to come here and not show people what we can do. We are disappointed but weve come a long way with a threadbare squad and its testament to the players to have even got here today. Also See: Match Report As it happened Match Video Bet ￡5 Get ￡20 Free ' ' '