McCarthy said there’s no excuse for the sloppy play that did in the Packers as the first regular-season opponent for Minnesota in its new U.S. Bank Stadium.
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The Packers came back to score a touchdown but never did make up that missed field-goal opportunity.
No team knows how to do that like the Packers, who are nobody’s homecoming opponent after dominating the division off and on for two decades.
Also on the bill are Morris Day And The Time, who played Prince’s rivals in his films Purple Rain and Graffiti Bridge.
The Vikings are now 2-0 on the season, and will next Sunday when they travel to Carolina to face the Panthers.
She said it might be overly optimistic to believe Peterson could return as soon as Sunday.
After generating only 65 total yards in the first half against the Vikings, the Packers started to establish more rhythm in the second half.
U.S. Bank Stadium’s website touts the club’s premium access. The biggest difference was the absence of Packers fans, who usually comprise about one-third of the audience.
But it wasn’t crowd noise that did the Packers in, it was the Vikings.
So now, the Vikings need to get lucky. Lane Taylor more than held his own in his first game replacing Sitton, but he and his teammates on the line figured to have their hands full with coach Mike Zimmer’s blitz-happy Vikings defense.
Rodgers completed only 20 of 36 for 213 yards Sunday.
It had been tough sledding all night for Peterson, who had 19 rushing yards on 12 carries when he departed.
At a Monday press conference, Zimmer told reporters the team is still “going through the evaluation process” and a “procedure” will be considered for the injury. But the results have been troubling through the first two weeks. The last time I was around a quarterback with two weeks of preparation was the Monday night football disaster (with Josh Freeman). “But unfortunately that’s the game we play”, Robison said.
While that was the main, notable tribute to Prince, the Packers scored the first touchdown on a Aaron Rodgers pass to Jordy Nelson.
After star quarterback Teddy Bridgewater went down in the pre-season with a season ending injury, the Vikings went out and got Sam Bradford. The interception ended Green Bay’s final drive and Rodgers’ fumble ended the one before that.
Following his death, the team said at the time: “We will forever be proud and grateful that he considered himself a Vikings fan”.
The game was very physical downfield with several pass interference penalties flagged on both sides.
“Mindset is important. We’re going to stay on the balls of our feet and punch like hell and we’ll improve”.
“We’re going to focus on ourselves”. “But we’ll get there”.
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If there were any remaining doubts about a legitimate rivalry between the Packers and Vikings, they were erased in this latest head-to-head matchup. The teams played for the division title on January 3 in Green Bay and the Vikings won 20-13, ending the Packers’ run of four straight North titles.
