On Sunday against the Vikings, the Packers finally followed through. “I thought Jeremy did a great job as far as stepping in and keeping that momentum going, and now, we have a chance to have a really interesting one-two punch here with Matt and Jeremy”.
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IN THE HOODIE: Packers receiver James Jones had 109 yards and a score on six catches against Minnesota. This game is the reason for the ruling that now both teams must have possession of the ball before you can win a game in overtime with a field goal. I wear it one game. 500 team in the league.
There’s a game to play, too. If Chicago can find a way to take advantage of poor offensive line play, they may have enough to prevent Aaron Rodgers from finding a rhythm. They started playing each other way back in 1921, and 189 meetings later the series is separated by just one game, as the Bears lead it series 92-91-6.
The Vikings got within six when Peterson caps off a brilliant drive by Bridgewater, Peterson taking it the final six yards, and it was 19-13, that is, until Rodgers has answer. “It’ll be great to see him”.
Bad news for the Bears coming off 170 rushing yards allowed to the Broncos’ 29th-rated ground game. Here are the Packers who you should start and sit on your fantasy football teams this week. The team now is in control in the NFC North after winning head to head against the Vikings and they will try to add another win against the Bears on Thursday. Ask the Bengals how they got beat at home by the Texans. Over the past five games, they’ve managed an impressive 280.6 yards through the air.
“The preparation process is really a grind”, explained coach Mike McCarthy about what his Packers are in the process of doing – putting a Monday-through-Saturday week of preparation into three days before their Thursday showdown.
In their biggest test of the season, the Vikings looked nowhere near ready for prime time, collapsing under a hail of yellow penalty flags and Aaron Rodgers bullets. “We had a trip planned for quite a while and we had been watching to get tickets for months and months, waiting for them to come down but they never did”. This is still a team aiming for the playoffs, if not the division title, and they still have a rematch with the Packers in Week 17. Peterson fumbled inside the Packers’ 20-yard line and the Vikings turned the ball over on downs twice. Against a quality opponent like the Packers they weren’t able to overcome them.
The Packers also got a 10-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to Randall Cobb with 6 seconds left in the first half for a 16-6 lead. The Packers enter Thursday’s matchup in relatively good health as center Corey Linsely was the only starter sidelined from practice due to an ankle injury.
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“I’m originally from Green Bay, but live in Dallas now”, said Joe Arttus. But you had to watch yourself around him sometimes because he was always trying to incite some pranks.
