Rodgers, Lacy practice & Packers need to beat press coverage

Asked if he was concerned about being able to play against the Vikings, Rodgers simply said: “No”.

Back then, the Packers and Vikings met again in Week 16, on Christmas Eve, with the NFC North title on the line at the Metrodome. Now the NFL Odds for the game have the Vikings favored to pick up the win in this one, but it is considered a toss-up with the close spread.

But stopping Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson will be a much more hard task than containing Detroit’s Joique Bell and Ameer Abdullah. When it comes to the all-time series, the Packers also hold a 58-49-2 advantage over their divisional foes in 109 meetings. It will be the first home Thanksgiving game for Green Bay since 1923.

This was going to be a tough matchup for the Packers regardless of last Sunday’s outcome against Detroit. They are now allowing 6.5 yards per attempt, have sacked the quarterback 7 additional times at home than on the road, and have allowed an 8:7 touchdown/interception ratio. They will be facing Adrian Peterson and he tends to care less about who he is facing.

With the upcoming Packers-Bears Thanksgiving game, fans tailgating at Lambeau Field are reminded that only grill cooking with charcoal or propane is permitted. Since 2006, the Packers have scored 20+ points in 17 of 18 regular-season games against Minnesota, but based on that last stat plus how Green Bay has played the past three weeks, nothing seems certain anymore. They brought back Bill Bentley, who had a season-ending knee injury early in the 2014 season.

Last week, wideout Davante Adams was targeted 21 times and only caught 10 passes. Defenses? The wide receivers? But they know it won’t be easy.

On the season, the Minnesota Vikings average 181.4 yards in passing and 147.2 yards in rushing.

There haven’t been many star running backs that have struggled quite as badly as Lacy has in recent history.

Of the three players listed as questionable, two could impact Rodgers. When they have been open, Aaron Rodgers has looked human and has missed.

In their current losing streak, the Packers have yet to change up their play style. Against a defense that is significantly more talented and better coached than what he has faced recently, he may be in for a few serious trouble. Rodgers has been sacked 11 times during that stretch, matching his total from the Packers’ first six games. That’s not inflammatory, but hardly typical of an National Football League coach the week before any game. “I thought we did a number of things better than the week before, so we have that to build on”, he added.