The Vikings first met the on-field Packers October 22, 1961. All is not lost, so pull those Helga Horns out of the dumpster and get back in the game.
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Their last match was a 30-13 victory over the Minnesota Vikings also last Sunday at the TCF Bank Stadium, via Daily Mail Online. While I thought so at the beginning of the season, I haven’t for several weeks. Detroit, which pummeled the Packers in Week 3, seemed ready to capture the division. Rodgers has two or more touchdown passes in five of his last six games. But holding them to five field goals was a bit of small win-until the touchdowns.
The Vikings entered Sunday’s game with plenty of credibility. Young Teddy Bridgewater made a few plays, a 47 yard TD toss to Kyle Rudolph that gave the Vikes their only lead in the first quarter. And if ifs and buts were candy and nuts…, yeah I know. But other plays were the product of Vikings’ sloppiness. They came in as the least-penalized team in the National Football League but they took 8 penalties for over 100 yards. I’d say that this was a huge momentum boost for the Packers in the Rodgers/McCarthy era. Or is there more pressure in November games? The offensive line held up against an aggressive Vikings front seven, paving the way for the balanced offense the Packers needed. One of the most beloved players in Packers history is recovering from two strokes and a heart attack, and his family has said it is hopeful he will be at Lambeau on Thursday. When was the last time this team was 7-3 or better?
The best development was that all of the players and position groups that had come under the most scrutiny from the media and fans found redemption, some in a big way. The point is that 7-3 is still a very good record, and the team is tied for first in the division.
Let’s a take a look at the league this year. Here are the Packers who you should start and sit on your fantasy football teams this week. Now they’re hoping they don’t have to suck back that air with a collective gasp Thursday night. Can Eddie Lacy string together solid performances? “We’ve definitely got to fix this if we want to take this team to the next level, to the playoffs, to the Super Bowl”. You just can’t reel off a bunch of losses in a row and expect to stay in the battle, although the Packers are now doing that. The Packers have a matchup against the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving night. But with Peterson held in check and forced to play from behind, the pass rush, sackless for three straight games, got to Bridgewater six times for 48 yards in losses. The Packers didn’t have a sack in their last three games, all losses in which they mostly played from behind.
It was the first quarter, and the Packers were back at it with their struggles. No matter-the Packers lost to the Lions at home, remember?
Whether or not they’ll get any further than that depends on if and when the NFL’s best quarterback shows up. The Packers went without a sack on their entire three-game losing streak.
“So these are the grind-it-out weeks, when you’ve just got to push through anything, any soreness you’re dealing with, and stick to your preparation plan”, Rodgers said. That’s a typical play that they run down there, and we were playing for that and they threw a corner-post on us for the touchdown. “I just think it will be really stimulating to him to see all the lights and all the people and to hear the cheering”. I need to get to the film room and clean up some things up on my viewing the current season through purple colored glasses. Move over, I am coming out on the ledge….
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