The Vikings entered Sunday’s game with plenty of credibility.
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Green Bay, Seattle and Indianapolis delivered the messages loud and clear.
For the Vikings, it looked like the moment was too big for them. Rodgers was on the report last week for the first time this season because of an unspecified injury to his throwing shoulder. Now that he sees that this is not what they’re wanting from him, he and his brother and even his sister talk about it a lot, what he has to do to eliminate the problem, to not be as thick. “That’s OK with me”, Zimmer said. “Everybody wants us to point fingers at each other, but we know the team that we have, we know the guys in this locker room and our coaching staff. We all believe in each other”. “We just have to figure out who we are and stay true to who we are and not let outside influences affect us and just go ahead and play”.
– Left tackle Matt Kalil, who was questionable with a toe injury that kept him out of practice on Wednesday and Thursday, played Sunday. And when the Packers needed a play, they made one. “But when they come in …”
“It’s OK to be upset today, but … when they come in Wednesday they better be smiling”.
“There are times when we’re going to take seven (steps) and a hitch and get (the ball) out”, Zimmer said. “All I’m concerned about is how to get this team better and I’m not going to worry about those kind of things”. The more physical. The hungrier team. In this segment I will provide my three points to take away from Sundays game against MN, and I will follow up this article with a Rivalry Week segment for the Thanksgiving Day special.
The matchups are all within the NFC and sure to impact the race for playoff spots. But they committed six in the first half, including holding penalties that had the offense facing a first-and-20 three times in the first half and a big pass interference penalty on Terence Newman that helped the Packers move into position for a touchdown just before halftime that put them up 16-6.
“Obviously we’d like to win, but in the grand scheme of things it’s one game”, Barr said. Wideout Randall Cobb has been held under 53 yards in five of his last six games, but Davante Adams is assuming a bigger role with 17 catches in the last two games.
Minnesota (7-2) has quickly emerged as one of the top teams in the National Football League behind young quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, the return of Adrian Peterson, and a quick, young defense that is causing misery for opposing offenses. “We’ve got to fix this”.
Nov 22, 2015; Minneapolis, MN, United States of America; Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (5) is tackled by Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews (52) during the first quarter at TCF Bank Stadium.
Playing the Bears at Lambeau Field might be just what Aaron Rodgers needs to get out of his funk. “We can’t change anything or try to do too much”. But the offensive line gave Bridgewater precious little time to throw on most dropbacks and Peterson committed a costly fumble deep in Packers territory in the fourth quarter that helped stunt Minnesota’s comeback attempt. Pittsburgh (58) has been assessed the second-lowest total.
Before they beat the Minnesota Vikings this past Sunday, the Green Bay Packers were reeling and falling out of playoff contention. This is surprising, seeing how the Vikings are very good against the run.
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Packers fans have longed to see Eddie Lacy break out this season, and they finally got their wish Sunday. “I said that during the pregame, you could feel something different”. “Maybe you don’t [call a timeout] with a guy like Rodgers”. The Green Bay Packers quarterback added, “We’ve been taking it on the chin, rightfully so, the last three weeks after a couple real poor performances”. “It was slower than it has been in the past, and I think that’s because I was able to re-focus and get back to the way I used to be”.
