Cardinals’ Arians not planning to rest any stars against Seahawks this weekend

When the teams met November 22 in Minneapolis, the Packers earned a 30-13 win.

“I think that we’ve learned the kind of mentality that we have to have these last four weeks”, Zimmer said.

Winning the division would be great for players’ and coaches’ list of accomplishments, and it’d surely be good for morale in the locker room to end the regular season with a win. It seemed, at last, that the Vikings were primed to dethrone the Packers from the top of the NFC North!

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. None of these suggest an easy victory.

Without being pressed, Rodgers also added that the Packers could beat the Panthers. So no T-shirts necessary this week, Zimmer said Monday, a day after a healthy Vikings team routed the visiting Giants 49-17 to pull even with the Packers (10-5) atop the division.

Thanks to their win against the Cleveland Browns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the Kansas City Chiefs clinched their spot in the AFC Wild-Card game.

If the Packers lose, they would fall to the five-seeding and play a wild-card road game against the Washington Redskins.

The Vikings can not be overconfident heading into Lambeau, however. He has caught just 53% of his passes this season – a mark lower than that of Abbrederis – and only once did he surpass 80 receiving yards in a game. More than likely, Starks gets re-signed due to his productive season.

The Vikings could be the 3, 5 or 6 seed.

“We’re playing so well right now I don’t want to change any way that we prepare”, he said. “There was some discussion among our team to make the Cardinals a bit higher favorite, but considering there’s a chance they could sit some personnel, we settled on -4”, Lester said.

“Our crowd was outstanding”, said Cardinals coach Bruce Arians, who was miffed all of last week upon news reports that so many Packers’ fan were snatching up tickets for this game. We can’t dwell on the past and be anxious about the past and go out there and lay another egg on Sunday.

The sense of the Packers’ vulnerability is similar to the week leading up to the first meeting. It is unclear at the moment if either starting tackle (Bakhtiari and Bulaga) will be play against the Vikings- both have ankle injuries.

If Sunday’s game between the Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers was supposed to be a potential championship game preview, then don’t count on seeing Mike McCarthy’s team in the Super Bowl. And a second victory over the Vikings would land them right back at University of Phoenix Stadium three weeks from now. Yet, the Vikings defensive line was not able to get it done week 11.

The Packers at home and the low line in a big game is tempting.

“When you create turnovers and put pressure on the quarterback, good things typically happen”, Zimmer said. If the Seahawks lose to Arizona in Week 17, it’ll be Green Bay hosting Seattle.

It’s Déjà vu all over again for the Minnesota Vikings, who for the second time this season, will look to defeat the Green Bay Packers in their most important game of the year.

BEARS 26, BUCCANEERS 21: Ka’Deem Carey caught a touchdown pass from Jay Cutler and the third-string running back also scored on a 1-yard run to help Chicago Bears end a three-game losing streak. Since the Seattle melt-down, Bridgewater has an average passer rating of 118.6 over the past three games.

With Peterson relaxing on the sideline, Jerick McKinnon rushed for two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter, including a 68-yard romp through a disinterested defense with the temperature down to 11 degrees.