The Green Bay Packers look for their fifth division title since the 2011 season.
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The Packers are also 2-1 over their last three games, but their last game might have been their “Seattle moment” after getting bullied by Arizona.
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Said coach Mike Zimmer: “If you would’ve told me in July that we’d have a chance the last game of the year to go January 3 and play for a division title, I would’ve been excited about it”.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Coach Mike McCarthy had a rough trip home to Green Bay, and it had nothing to do with the snowy weather.
A lot is riding on the outcome of Sunday night’s game.
13-2, first in the NFC West.
Both teams control their fate in terms of seeding.
Another key defensive player went down for the Green Bay Packers as starting nose tackle B.J. Raji suffered a concussion during Sunday’s 38-8 defeat to the Arizona Cardinals on the road. If Seattle loses, the Seahawks are locked into the No. 6 seed, meaning they’ll visit the NFC North victor in the first round of the playoffs. The loser will likely become the five seed and play Washington.
Prediction: The Viking may be the better team with a win streak, and the Packers struggling to find their groove.
The rationale: The Vikings would win the NFC North by virtue of a better division record than the Packers and be seeded No. 3.
The Vikings last beat the Packers in Week 17 of the 2012 season at the Metrodome, setting up a wild-card rematch at Lambeau Field. They’re the type of team, the way they’re built with defense and running and field position, when they commit penalties and they have first-and-20 it takes Adrian Peterson out of the mix and it snowballs from there. They put pressure on Teddy Bridgewater all game long, sacking him six times. “(We’re) going to sit down some more and watch some film and be ready for this game.
By the time Karim Martin leveled Rodgers, the ball popped loose, and 6-foot-4, 318-pound Cory Redding followed a convoy 36 yards for the score, it was 31-0 with 9:34 to play.
Starks, who had been a godsend as a check-down option in the passing game, was benched Sunday after a backbreaking fumble coming out of halftime.
It gets trickier if the Packers win: In that case, a Hawks win sends them to Washington.
When told what Zimmer said about him earlier in the day, Rodgers said that while his numbers are down – he enters Sunday having completed 60.4 percent of his passes for 3,530 yards, with 30 touchdowns, seven interceptions, 41 sacks and a passer rating of 93.7, which would be the lowest of his career as a starter – his approach has not changed. Jordy Nelson has been injured all year and Rodgers hasn’t gotten much help from his receivers, but the veteran quarterback is certainly part of the problem. The Lions’ running game is still nothing special – 87 yards on 28 carries – but the defense is playing solid football, forcing one turnover and holding the 49ers scoreless in the second half.
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Just as they are now, the Vikings were at full strength on defense in that 30-13 loss at TCF Bank Stadium, and still couldn’t bring down the heavy-hitting back. They intercepted Eli Manning three times, sacked him four times and held the Giants to fewer than 100 rushing yards. “They’re great in the run game, they’re great in coverage”. “We played the worst we can possibly play and we’re on to Minnesota”.
