For one, Green Bay’s schedule ranks as the second-easiest in football according to Elo, with plenty of winnable games against weak NFC East and AFC South opponents (and the Packers don’t have to play themselves, either, an underrated aspect of schedule strength for good teams). Teddy Bridgewater got sacked a handful of times, never established a rhythm, and hurled an interception.
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Adrian Peterson is their go-to guy in most circumstances, and even more so now with the loss of Bridgewater. And Mike Zimmer will still be on the sideline dialing up blitzes that make it seem like the Vikings have 13 players on the field. Here are some keys to the game for both teams. And that speaks volumes about the performance. “He’s an unbelievable coach”, Zimmer said of LeBeau.
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“It was a struggle?” he questioned when asked about, well, his struggles in recent season openers.
LIMBECK: A lot has changed since we last wrote Points on the Purple. What can be done to prevent such a poor start this year? “It’s not an extreme difference with what we’re doing this week, to be honest with you”.
Munnerlyn and the Vikings know they can’t afford the same fate Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.
As coach Zimmer told the press today regarding who will start, “I guess we’ll find out on Sunday”.
The other two teams in the division, Detroit and Chicago, are trending in the right direction. The roster is still loaded with talented players, Peterson likely leading the charge on offense, with playmakers at every level on defense.
“He can’t wait to get back here and be around the guys”, Zimmer said.
“They’ve been waiting all offseason for the opportunity to see the new-look Titans, and we can not disappoint”, Orakpo said.
Peterson said he sent a text message to Spielman after Bridgewater was hurt, offering his opinion on potential replacements. The Titans are not as good on defense.
As I have said all week, it doesn’t really matter who starts for the Vikings.
Based on what they gave up to acquire him, the Vikings will likely turn to Bradford as soon as he learns the verbiage and offensive system. They gave up a lot, but they had to do it. They won. You try not to let it happen again.
Vikings safety Andrew Sendejo said a win obviously would be big in building the team’s confidence.
But when do you start him? But previous year the Vikings came out flat on the road and lost to San Francisco.
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“He’ll have bad days and he’ll have good days and he’ll have to keep, like he always does, keep fighting”, Zimmer said.
