Minnesota Vikings: Notes Heading Into Green Bay Packers Matchup

Shields suffered his fifth concussion during the Packers season-opening win last week at the Jacksonville Jaguars.

For all Vikings fans who are having a tough time looking at Sam Bradford’s track record and seeing rays of hope, this Minnesota Vikings team is by far and away the most talented team that he has ever been a part of.

“The fact of the matter is it’s going to start with giving the ball to (running back) Adrian Peterson“, McCarthy said. Central Time at the 73,000-seat U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Sunday, September 18.

Streaming video of the Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings NFC North duel will also be available on tablet computers by downloading the NBC Sports Live Extra app, as well as on set-top devices such as the Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV.

The Vikings will unveil yet another starting quarterback in the history of this rivalry, too, a series controlled by the Packers since Aaron Rodgers assumed the signal-caller’s role. The game in the stands is likely to be as interesting as to the one on the field.

Lacy is going up against one of the fastest defensive front seven units in the entire league.

Local radio station ESPN 1500 AM Twin Cities had reported on Friday that sources said he will start and there were multiple reports earlier in the week that Bradford had taken most of the first-team snaps with the offense. It’s no secret that until Minnesota can establish its passing game that EVERY defense the Vikings offense faces will cheat the run game and leave holes in the short to intermediate passing game. A 77-yard pick-six by Eric Kendricks, and a 24-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Danielle Hunter highlighted the day for the defense.

This border battle rivalry has had its share of big moments through the years and now in the 112th meeting between the two teams, another enormous one takes place in downtown Minneapolis.

This game will come down to the ability of Sam Bradford to create balance for the Minnesota offense.

This game could be close because it’s in Minnesota, but I think the Packers steal one and get a little revenge for last season’s loss in week 17.

Give me Vikings 23, Packers 20 to send the Vikings to 2-0 and into a big matchup with the defending NFC champions next weekend in Charlotte.