It certainly wasn’t Sunday night, when the offense stumbled through another erratic performance in a 17-14 loss to the Vikings in the first game at Minnesota’s U.S. Bank Stadium.
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“I don’t think this is anything to get super insane about”, Rodgers said. We had some nice ones at the beginning of the second half, but I think we really have to be better first and foremost on third down. “I don’t know where he got all those dimes from, but he found them”, outside linebacker Anthony Barr said. Still, the Packers were in position to retake the lead in the final two minutes of the game before Trae Waynes intercepted Rodgers. “They still gotta come to our place this season and hopefully we’re in a position to play for something then”, Rodgers said in the locker room.
INJURY UPDATE: Packers DT Letroy Guion hurt his knee in the second quarter and didn’t return.
Peterson suffered a devastating left knee injury in 2011 – tearing both his ACL and MCL ligaments – only to bounce back and rush for 2,097 yards in the 2012 regular season. He is just 275 rushing yards away from being the 16th player in National Football League history with 12,000 career rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns from being the ninth player to 100. Following his death, the team said, “We will forever be proud and grateful that he considered himself a Vikings fan”.
There were positives for the offense with Rodgers hitting Nelson for a 39-yard gain at the start of the fourth quarter before running in for a 10-yard touchdown with 12:41 remaining. We just need to figure out what that identity is, and that’s created throughout the season. But until something a bit more concrete is put forward, we’re thinking Floyd is right … it’s time to move on. Damarious Randall had a tough time matching up with Diggs, who had nine catches for 182 yards. They gave up gains of 44 and 46 yards to Diggs, who was clearly in sync with his new passer. Most importantly, a stout defense can only be more unsafe when buoyed by the noise enhanced by the roof of the ship-shaped stadium.
“This building was rocking”, Bradford said.
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