The Cardinals (13-2) would have to beat the Seahawks this Sunday, and the Panthers (14-1) would have to lose to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Passing: Over the past three games, Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has averaged 244.7 passing yards per game and has thrown six touchdowns. The winning streak is the franchise’s longest since the 1948 Chicago Cardinals won 10 in a row.
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Although the Packers are assured of playing more football even if they don’t win Sunday because they have a playoff berth, McCarthy suggested a cautious approach won’t be taken with the team’s injured front-line players. If the Vikings win, they’ll host the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the playoffs. It was a unusual game, The Packers didn’t even play well themselves, but still they were able to roll over the home-standing Vikings like cheese spread over a cracker. “I thought they were pretty much flawless in the first half and our mistakes really bit us”, McCarthy said of the loss, the most lopsided of Rodgers’ seven seasons as the starting quarterback.
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“You want to play your best ball at the end of the season and I think this is the best game we’ve played”, said Arizona defensive lineman Calais Campbell. Cory Redding rambled 36 yards with one of the fumbles for a score, and Jerraud Powers took another 5 yards for a touchdown.
The Packers on Sunday had Rodgers throw too often in the direction of Patrick Peterson, who has shut down much better receivers than Green Bay’s.
“This was a playoff-style game and we played bad”, Rodgers said, “but we have won a lot of games here”. We got our (butt) kicked today and to a degree we deserved it. Offensively, defensively, and special teams, I’m talking with a mirror in front of my face.
Over that period, Minnesota is 1-10-1 versus the Packers with their only win a thrilling victory 37-34 during week 17 in 2012.
The Seahawks are in the playoffs but it is to be determined if they are the No. 5 seed or No. 6 seed in the NFC. It seemed, at last, that the Vikings were primed to dethrone the Packers from the top of the NFC North! They also rank third against the run, and control their own destiny as far as earning a first-round bye. “You can’t just turn it on when you get there”.
The Cardinals averaged 6.8 yards per play in this game.
Rookie linebacker A.J. Tarpley had an interception and sealed the win by forcing Lucky Whitehead to fumble on the kickoff return that followed Gillislee’s touchdown.
The game was close until a big reversal of fortune in the final minute of the first half. Mike McCarthy said they need to do a better job in ball security and that includes quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Stafford’s 1-yard TD pass to Johnson gave Detroit a 12-point lead one play after Tramaine Brock was called for pass interference in the end zone. 1/8The game3/8 just kind of got out of hand.
They did beat the Vikings back in November, 30-13 at Minnesota.
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Arians, who said this was his decision to make, does not want to mess with the routine and rhythm the team is in. The unit clearly missed the presence of Sam Shields, who sat out with a concussion, as rookie corners Damarious Randall and Quinten Rollins proved to be no match for Arizona’s talented pass-catchers. James Jones debuted a hoodie and re-emerged with six catches for 109 yards and a touchdown after having only 89 receiving yards in the previous four games. Palmer had to wear a hula dancer outfit for a time pregame for losing a bet in a weekly accuracy competition on Friday.
