His history in Green Bay is quite simple.
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Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was asked if he told the team to R-E-L-A-X, a reference to a quote of his that went viral when the Packers were struggling last season. In my opinion Vikings aren’t ready to take that next step.
The sun did rise again at Winter Park, and although the orange orb is setting before 5 p.m. (CT) this time of year, Zimmer and the Vikings see plenty of daylight down the stretch. Minnesota, meanwhile, gets Atlanta (6-4), Seattle (5-5) and Arizona (8-2) over the next three weeks, two of which are on the road. I thought that would have set him up for playing time in place of Richard Rodgers this week, but he played only a few snaps and wasn’t targeted for any passes. Just be who we are.
Players are off Tuesday but likely to watch film on their own. “Then I moved closer to the Cities and that’s where the fun began”. “But when they come in …”
The latter win came with Matt Hasselbeck, probably the NFL’s best backup quarterback, moving to 3-0 this season when standing in for an injured Andrew Luck.
Carolina will become only the sixth undefeated club to play on Thanksgiving in a matchup featuring Carolina quarterback Cam Newton, coming off a five-touchdown performance in a rout of Washington, and Dallas counterpart Tony Romo, who returned last week after an injury and rose to 3-0 this season for a Cowboys team that lost every game without him.
“We had to bounce back”, Packers linebacker Clay Matthews said.
Jones had a resurgence yesterday catching six passes for 105 yards and a touchdown, after only catching three passes in the previous three games including a zero last week against the Detroit Lions.
The matchups are all within the NFC and sure to impact the race for playoff spots.
On the season, the Chicago Bears average 238.1 yards in passing and 114.6 yards in rushing.
“I’m disappointed in our performance, but I’m not discouraged about our future”, coach Mike Zimmer said. You get beat once, shame on us.
Zimmer called the penalties against the Vikings – eight of them, giving Green Bay 110 yards – “uncharacteristic” of how they’ve played.
The effort on defense bought Rodgers enough time to get things going in the second half. The Bears lost to the Packers 31-23 in Week 1 of the season and they should be able to give the Packers a game this week and maybe even pull off an upset on Thanksgiving night. His completion percentage was down near 50% although he did not get much help from his pass catchers who dropped at least three catches that I can remember. So, not only would the Packers have had three, six or nine points less on the scoreboard, Minnesota would’ve taken over on offense past the 30-yard line rather than receiving a kickoff. Pittsburgh (58) has been assessed the second-lowest total. He was sacked six times as the offensive line collapsed far too often, but still completed 25 of 37 passes for 296 yards, one touchdown, no turnovers and a 100.7 passer rating.
The Packers kicked another field goal early in the second half to make it 19-6.
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Zimmer didn’t have much more to add. “I don’t know [how he is]”, Zimmer said. When he finally broke loose near the red zone, I leaped out of my chair as the combination of Morgan Burnett and Ha-Ha Clinton Dix jumped Adrian Peterson and took his cookies. He was the most established player on the roster and was being paid like a top echelon receiver.
