Second day of shovelers needed at Lambeau

Inspecting more recent trends suggests that Minnesota and Green Bay have similar prospects. The teams have met twice in the playoffs at Lambeau Field. “This is the first time we’ve practiced outside this year on a heated field”, McCarthy said. “At this point, it’s all about winning games and making a run in the playoffs”. A difference is that game was at home and the NFC North title wasn’t in play since the Packers already had clinched.

The upstart Vikings (10-5) want to end that reign in the game that was switched to prime time. They would become one of the premiere teams in the NFC for next several years under Landry. “At the beginning of the season, no one would have thunk it. But here we are, so we’re just going to take advantage of it, stay calm and collected, and go out and do what we do best”. They split the two wild-card games. “We could not be in a better situation to prepare us for playoff play, and that’s to play in this game Sunday”, McCarthy said. They didn’t look like one last week in a 38-8 loss on the road against the Arizona Cardinals.

“Yeah, it’s definitely a different team”, Bridgewater said.

“We’ve got to put that one behind us”, receiver James Jones said.

We charted all of those games in an effort to capture the ebb and flow of the rivalry.

In the remaining four games of their previous five-game stretches, both Minnesota and Green Bay went 3-1.

ON THE LINE: Rodgers was sacked eight times last week by Arizona, with the Cardinals front overwhelming a battered Packers offensive line. Smith’s absence to hamstring and knee injuries created an opportunity for another rookie, Anthony Harris, with cornerback Terence Newman spending some time at safety, too.

Starting tackles David Bakhtiari and Bryan Bulaga have been hampered by ankle injuries. Fullback John Kuhn, a trusted blocker, has been playing more of late. The Packers know that game is over, understanding that Sunday’s game against Minnesota carries a little more weight than November.

The Vikings have had an excellent season, but against quality teams they have struggled. RB Eddie Lacy ran for 100 yards in the first meeting but is scuffling behind unfamiliar blocking to the tune of 87 yards in the past three games combined. The team provides the shovels and workers can bring cameras to commemorate the day with the green-and-gold stadium crew.

Yes, the Giants were without star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. on Sunday night. “We’ve played pretty good wherever we’ve been for the most part”. Then Caffey sacked Meredith on their following drive that forced Dallas to attempt a long field goal that Villanueva missed from 47 yards away. The Vikings could have a favorable matchup, because Green Bay’s passing game has not been reliable this year.