Feeling Minnesota: Aaron Rodgers and the Pack Get Back on Track

He said there might have been a little more conversation than usual during the week, but that his players mostly just stayed the course and worked hard.

The Minnesota Vikings stormed into TCF Bank Stadium all alone in first place after five straight victories, determined to show the Green Bay Packers that there was a new king in the NFC North.

It’s easy to ignore a team’s biggest issues when they’re on the right side of the win-loss column. “You’ve got to be able to win when the whole world is watching”, cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said.

After falling to 6-3, they looked like its most troubled.

“We knew we had an opportunity to come out here and play, and I’ll bet nobody gave us a chance”, Stafford said. James Jones scored two times against the Bears in week one of this season, so maybe he’ll score another two this week. Still, after Sunday, he and the Pack are back on track – who knows how far they can go?

Bridgewater, who was sacked six times, completed 25 of his 37 attempts for 296 yards.

The Packers held Adrian Peterson to 45 yards on the ground and the Vikings to 94 yards rushing in all.

Green Bay won, and won easily, but it didn’t pass the eye test. The Packers played better, but not necessarily well.

Crosby’s third field goal of the day gave Green Bay a 9-6 lead early in the second quarter before one of the game’s defining drives; a nine-play, 80-yard jaunt, capped by a 10-yard touchdown from Rodgers to wide receiver Randall Cobb with six seconds remaining before halftime, giving Green Bay a 10-point lead at the break. Or is there more pressure in November games? He had 16 completions and 18 incompletions, and that was emblematic of an offense that often appeared out of rhythm and out of sync. “We had to get back to playing our football”. The Packers unit overall had the better night, especially in the kicking game where Blair Walsh even missed a PAT early. None of those teams has a winning record.

“I think the past couple games, I don’t think any individual ever deserves to take most of the heat like he has”, Lacy said, via the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “Our guys rose above the challenges today”, McCarthy said in explaining the difference between Sunday’s performance and the team’s play in last week’s loss to the Lions. Overall, the Packers ran for 124 yards on 34 carries. Like late in the second quarter, when Rodgers slung a bullet to Cobb for a 10-yard score and a 16-6 lead. His second touchdown came on a play 27 yards down the sideline on a tight fit to James Jones. “Big victory for us, and a very big game that we haven’t had in a while”. “We want to win it, so our goals are still ahead of us….” The Packers defeated the Vikings 30-15. Peterson did not hold back when asked about that. They have played some good games and beat the teams they are supposed to beat, but in the next few weeks we will see who the real Vikings are. “When we did (contain him), we seemed to hurt ourselves with penalties”. As it turned out, he was one of the key factors. It was a team that let the emotions of the moment take over and throw off the chemistry that’s made this such a surprisingly successful season. The Colts beat Denver in likely Peyton Manning’s last regular-season visit, went on a bye, then rallied in a big way to take down the Falcons in Atlanta.

First down: If you’re going to blame general manager Ted Thompson when the Packers lack quality depth at a position, you have to credit him when they have it, and it looks like they have it at center.

“We answered the questions”.