“Whatever term you want to use to describe it, it wasn’t good enough last night, ” coach Mike McCarthy said Monday. They have yet to open up lanes for the running backs through two weeks, leaving fans to continue to wonder just how good this offense can truly be if they are ever able to establish a balanced offense.
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The Packers gained just 263 yards, as Rodgers was sacked five times and couldn’t connect with his receivers on a number of throws.
“He took hits he shouldn’t have taken”, left guard Alex Boone said.
The Green Bay Packers arrived in Minneapolis as a fairly healthy football team, with cornerback Sam Shields the only starter unable to play against the Minnesota Vikings. Up to that point, Waynes had had a roller coaster performance throughout the course of the game, picking up three penalties along the way, as Aaron Rodgers had picked on him for most of the night.
To replace Bridgewater, the Vikings sent a first- and a fourth-round draft pick to Philadelphia on September 3 for Sam Bradford. “We’ve got to get better, and we’ve got to get better now”. “Everybody just take ownership of what they have to do, do their job and find a way to execute”. Stefon Diggs was the star of the night as he recorded nine catches for 182 yards and a touchdown.
Rodgers completed only 20 of 36 for 213 yards Sunday.
And he acknowledged afterward that it’s taking some time to get the offense settled after the return of trusted deep threat Jordy Nelson and the offseason addition of veteran tight end Jared Cook. When they left U.S. Bank Stadium late Sunday, the medical report was quite different.
The injury came on a play in the third quarter, in which Peterson’s right leg twisted awkwardly. “It’s getting (Nelson) back in the mix and Jared Cook back in the mix”.
Peterson, 31, wasn’t putting any weight on his right knee, the same one in which he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in 2011, as he was helped to the locker room following a tackle by Kyler Fackrell.
“Mindset is important, so we’re going to stay on the balls of our feet and punch like hell, ” McCarthy said.
Members of the Vikings’ offensive line were upset with themselves last week after Peterson’s 19-carry, 31-yard start to the season against Tennessee, during which the running back averaged just 1.16 yards per carry before contact, according to ESPN Stats and Information.
“It’s hard to tell from the game, but yeah, I think someone rolled up on it pretty good”, Matthews said.
NOTES: McCarthy had no update on DT Letroy Guion (knee) and S Morgan Burnett (hamstring).
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – We begin this post with a caveat: It is generally a bad practice to doubt Adrian Peterson’s ability to heal quickly, as the Minnesota Vikings running back showed in his MVP-winning return from a torn ACL in 2012 and proved again in his quick recovery from a mid-foot sprain in 2013. LB Clay Matthews, who went off the field near the end of the game, also was being evaluated.
