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Packers expect 'aggressive' Dallas defense

GREEN BAY -- The biggest change with the Cowboys' defense compared to the Packers' two meetings with them last year is some new personnel in the secondary.

Gone are veteran cornerbacks Morris Claiborne and Brandon Carr, plus safety Barry Church, as Dallas has elevated younger players in their place. But Head Coach Mike McCarthy doesn't see the new personnel necessarily changing anything scheme-wise with how the Cowboys will try to attack QB Aaron Rodgers.

"They're aggressive, particularly in our second game down there in the playoff game," McCarthy said on Friday. "That's the kind of game we're getting ready to play.