Their workhorse running back reported for work grossly out of shape.
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Minnesota is no offensive juggernaut and Bradford and Hill will be under-siege all season, their O-line is no better (so far) than Green Bay’s.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster, right?
“Green Bay is an awfully good team, ” Zimmer said.
Entering their Week 2 matchup, Green Bay holds an impressive 5-1-1 record against the Vikings in the last seven meetings, though Minnesota’s lone victory within that span came in the most recent contest in the final week of last season, which clinched the division.
Does that sound like a changing of the guard or a one-year wonder?
“I like our rotation there”, Capers said. 6 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 1 interception that went for a touchdown, and solid coverage all game long! “That’s all you can ask from any player at any position”. “Hopefully it’s us this year who can get a cool hat”.
The Minnesota players surely will be fired up in the new stadium, but when two teams are close in talent, as these are, you should take the better quarterback.
General view of U.S. Bank Stadium with Minneapolis downtown skyline as backdrop during an National Football League preseason game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings. The new stadium is one story line, that it’s the Packers is another. Defensive minded Vikings team is going up against Packers’ prolific offense. You may be comfortable with those numbers and maybe you like playing the names instead of the games.
A gang tackling approach with Peterson on early downs will force Bradford or Hill to beat the Green Bay defense with arms, something I’m not convinced they can go for four quarters.
The Vikings’ quarterback situation makes this such a hard bet to make.
Head Coach Mike McCarthy and the squad want to re-establish themselves as the dominant team in the Black and Blue and will have an opportunity against a team still reeling from the loss of starting quarterback Teddy Bridgewater only days away from the start of the season.
“Well, I got some new shoes this year for the indoor (games) from Adidas”, Rodgers said Wednesday. The victor has an early leg up in the NFC North.
“So I’m expecting it to be rockin'”, he added.
During the construction of the team’s current home field, U.S. Bank Stadium, the Vikings played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium, sharing the field with the Minnesota Golden Gophers collegiate football team for two seasons from 2014-16. But we learned from that. Aaron Rodgers led the charge for Green Bay here-as usual-throwing two touchdown passes and running in another score. “Once I’m back there, I’m just going to let loose”, the 2012 NFL MVP cracked in a conference call.
Jacksonville has a much better passing game than the Vikings and still couldn’t get anything going on the ground. “So, that’s what we’re trying to create in a short period of time”.
The Pack’s four year reign atop the NFC north was ended by the Vikings who came into Lambeau Field last January and left with a 20-13 victory and divisional crown.
These rivals opened their respective seasons with wins.
The NFC North is essentially a two-team race, and the upcoming “Sunday Night Football” game will go a long way in determining the division victor.
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Peterson, 31, gave credit to the Titans’ defense and said the Vikings “didn’t win every battle up front”.
