Hundreds of people helped clear snow and spread ice melt at Lambeau Field in preparation for an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016.
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There is no question the Packers have the ability and if healthy the team to beat the upstart Vikings Sunday night for the NFC North division title, but as they enter the game you get the feeling the Vikings are ascending and the Packers are not. RB Adrian Peterson has the inside track to win a third rushing title with 1,418 yards, but the Packers again could use LB Clay Matthews as a spy on all three downs. Brett Favre throws three interceptions and is benched as the Vikings prevail 37-24, ending Green Bay’s 25-game home winning streak on their way to a record-shattering 15-1 season. Bulaga is trying to get well enough to play Sunday night against the Vikings after the veteran starter left the loss at Arizona last weekend when he reinjured his ankle in the second half.
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Expect Green Bay to lean heavily on Eddie Lacy this week against Minnesota, as he’s averaged 129 yards from scrimmage and scored 6 touchdowns in five career games against the Vikings. Well, Eddie Lacy has caused the Vikings trouble in the last three matchups, so feeding him the ball would be a good idea. The Packers finished 4-12 in both of those seasons. When the injury riddled Packers of 2010, without quarterback Aaron Rodgers, went to Foxborough and lost 31-27 to the powerful New England Patriots, they gained a measure of confidence.
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Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater has thrown six TD passes and 0 interceptions in his last three games. Oakland Raiders fullback Marcel Reece is unable to play in the game, following his recent four-game suspension for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs. “At the beginning of the season, no one would have thunk it. But here we are, so we’re just going to take advantage of it, stay calm and collected, and go out and do what we do best”.
Also simple: If the Houston Texans beat visiting Jacksonville, they take the AFC South. And they get back regular quarterback Brian Hoyer for this one.
Last season, it was them and the Detroit Lions.
Vikings LB Anthony Barr returned to action last week vs. NY and recorded one tackle.
Sunday will be the second straight season in which the NFC North title will be decided at Lambeau Field. That could pose a problem for them in this one, the Minnesota front seven will be looking to have a big game.
“Hunter has helped a little bit, and we’ve been moving B-Rob around a little bit, I think that has helped some”, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. A loss would force the Packers on the road in the Wild Card round as the No. 5 seed to travel to face the Washington Redskins, who are locked into the No. 4 seed as NFC East champions. They’re both far behind the Seahawks, Cardinals and Panthers, which handled the Packers 37-29 in week 9.
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“To send them home packing, that would be great”, Dixon said. “You know especially after what we both went through with the injuries”. It has also surrendered 100-plus rushing yards in five straight games, which seems to set the stage for Peterson having another big game.
“I’m not sure of all the scenarios”, Munnerlyn said.
JUST FOR KICKS: Vikings-Packers have all the makings of a down-to-the wire game, which means it might come down to the kickers.
“Yeah, that’s how you want it though”, quarterback Aaron Rodgers said this week.
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Tennessee coach Mike Mularkey has gone 2-6 since replacing Ken Whisenhunt, but also has missed his quarterback, rookie Marcus Mariota, for some games. Since then he has blossomed into a third down playmaker, in the last two weeks 14 rushing attempts for 99 yards and two scores plus six receptions for 84 yards and a touchdown.
