The Vikings’ reward for winning the NFC North is a matchup with the reigning conference champion Seahawks. Gotta figure out the root of that and fix it quickly…
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And the Vikings defenders didn’t have much time to catch their breath as the Packers kept the pedal to the metal on offense while unsuccessfully trying to rally from a 20-3 deficit.
The Packers managed to snap the ball before time expired, but Rodgers’ Hail Mary was deflected in the end zone as the Vikings clinched the victory. “We need to come out and make sure we play our best football and put our best foot forward”.
Unless the No. 3 seed Vikings advance to the NFC championship game and meet Washington or Green Bay there, this will be the last Vikings home game before the new dome opens.
Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy is entering his eighth playoffs as a head coach.
The Seahawks’ 2016 schedule will include a return trip to Lambeau Field to play the Packers.
Rodgers has only thrown two more TDs (31) than Cousins this season. “Veteran players understand that”, coach Mike McCarthy said.
The Packers started the second half with the ball, but were unable to take advantage.
Both teams’ defenses stood their ground in the first half.
Give Sharif Floyd credit for a sack that, arguably, was even bigger than the two by Griffen: on second-and-goal, on the series that ended with Rodgers’ end-zone interception in the final minutes.
-Nose tackle Linval Joseph missed his fourth game in the past five weeks because of an injured right big toe.
“It’s been since 2009 and that’s too long of a stretch”, Peterson said.
It took Zimmer just two years to take a team that finished 5-10-1 in 2013 to 7-9 last year to 11-5 and atop the division this year. “I mean, we had to teach the whole thing”, Zimmer said.
“I thought, ‘Oh, Lord, it’s Detroit all over again, ‘” said cornerback Captain Munnerlyn. “I don’t know, maybe”.
But the Vikings defenders had just enough left to hold off the Packers. The Packers defense is allowing 20.2 points and 346.7 yards with 16 interceptions, 43 sacks, and 12 fumble recoveries.
NOTES: RB Adrian Peterson (lower back), DT Kenrick Ellis (ankle) and FB Zach Line (illness) did not practice Wednesday, when the Vikings went outside to prepare for what could be a Sunday afternoon with a subzero temperature…. But the defense stifled Green Bay’s dysfunctional offense at almost every turn until the frantic fourth quarter.
“It wasn’t fun, to be honest with you”.
Zimmer said the video will be examined when the team returns to practice today.
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The Packers lost to San Francisco at home in a game played in bone-chilling cold. “When we start being aggressive, throwing it down the field, good things happen”, he said. And you know, once we get it rolling its going to be hard to stop us. He was sacked a total of three times on the night. The Packers went with Lane Taylor at left guard in Sitton’s vacated spot.
