The Vikings (7-3) had their five-game winning streak shoved back in their face by a proud Packers team that clearly wasn’t ready to concede a division it has won four straight times. The Vikings went back to their well.
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In the wild-card race, the Kansas City Chiefs took a big step forward by beating the San Diego Chargers 33-3, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are also in good shape.
“Maybe we’ll get you guys off our back for a couple days”, Rodgers told reporters.
Bridgewater finished with his second-highest passing yardage total of the season. It held Adrian Peterson, the NFL’s leading rusher, to 45 rushing yards, with a long of 11. Datone Jones took Bridgewater down twice in the effort. His completion percentage for the season is just 63.3 percent, which falls below his career-worst mark of 63.6 percent his first season as a starter in 2008. None of those teams has a winning record.
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers responded with a resolute victory, fending off the Vikings like Clay Matthews waving his finger after tackling Adrian Peterson for a loss. 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.
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After falling to 6-3, they looked like its most troubled.
The problems with this team are not really changing much. Finishing the season 12-4, taking the Vikings all the way to the NFC play-off game against the New Orleans Saints.
When everything was said and done the Packers defense dictated to the Vikings how the game was going to go. However, it also remains to be seen if he will be able to stay fully healthy for the remainder of the season. The road ahead gets tougher as December NFL football is right around the corner.
While the Vikings were playing well the Packers had been sputtering coming into this matchup.
Rodgers statistics were modest-16 completions in 34 attempts for 212 yards-but he had two key touchdown passes in the final 30:06 of the game. Defenses have caught on to Rodgers’ scrambling ways and have contained him in the pocket. Peterson fumbled inside the Packers’ 20-yard line and the Vikings turned the ball over on downs twice. Coach Zimmer said it in his press conference – sometimes you just have to give the other team credit. They cleaned it up after halftime, minus Cordarrelle Patterson’s headbutting Green Bay’s kicker following a solid kickoff return.
Matt Kalil missed a lot of practice this week with an injured toe. Asiata is questionable with a quad injury. They were absolutely ferocious when it came to rushing the passer, and the linemen for the Vikings never stood a chance against them.
“This is the way we prefer to play”, coach Mike McCarthy said. They didn’t follow that up with a great performance.
Crosby connected from 42, 47, 40, 42 and 52 yards. There is no excuse for that, and Patterson had better find a place to hide in the locker room on film review day on Monday. To me, 100 yards lost/given on penalties hurt the most, simply because they allowed the Packers to extend drives and score points.
Just like he did in 2013 and 2014, when 1,100-yard seasons were the norm, Lacy threw his spin move at Sendejo and broke free on a cut-back move. The Packers, meanwhile, had one penalty called on them and it was offset by a Viking penalty. “It’s mostly public money as we have around 75 percent of bets taken on the Cardinals”.
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It is hard to hear such loud renditions of “Go, Pack, go” during the game. Now it does. Because before he’s a big kid, so the weight acted like a cushion when he’s being hit, you know?
