Former Sooner Sam Bradford Working With Vikings’ First-Team
Ryan Wood and Tom Silverstein discuss David Bakhtiari’s new deal and the Vikings’ new stadium. And that’s clearly Rodgers, whether it’s Hill or Bradford under center for Minnesota.
Not if you were the Green Bay Packers past year.
Packers head coach Mike McCarthy said Wednesday his team expects to face Bradford on Sunday night.
“And then just withstand the surge”, Rodgers said. So you have to prepare for everybody that you anticipate being on the 46-man roster.
If not, the Vikings will make sure it is.
To his credit, Hill is not giving up secrets-but if his body language and responses to media questions were to be examined, one could surmise that he is not getting the nod. They’re also looking at making other adjustments.
“I think Dave and Lane were pretty good at communication last week, that was the first time on the road really playing next to each other, ” added Right Tackle Bryan Bulaga. Also, Aaron Rodgers is due for one of those games where he goes off. He took care of the ball, like we try to do, and offensively, they did. “Green Bay has got such a great tradition and history and all of those things that they have done, and we’re trying to build a program”.
Packers lose if: The Vikings special teams or defense scores touchdowns; Vikings win the turnover differential. Against the Titans, it was the first time the entire offensive line had been intact for a game this season.
The Vikings’ quarterback situation makes this such a hard bet to make.
Emerging after a four-hour meeting with Mulayam, Shivpal said, “Neither I nor Netaji (Mulayam) is angry”. “We made the pocket collapse on him”. Most NFL people, McCarthy included, believe part of the Metrodome’s reputation as a noisy building was because the Vikings amped up the noise through artificial means. And that’s what we have to do again on Sunday. “If he’s back, he’s back, we’ll love it”. The injury to Rhodes raised an extra opportunity for Waynes. Running back Jerick McKinnon didn’t want to lay the blame for the poor running numbers (currently T-24 in the league) on anyone in particular, but it was evident that the revamped line struggled to gel. Thankfully, the Vikings have a tendency to mix things up when facing their biggest rival.
Shaun Hill got the start for the Vikings last week against Sunday because Sam Bradford did not have a firm enough grasp of the team’s playbook.
The 31-year-old rushed for 1,530 yards and 11 touchdowns last season to win his third rushing title, earn his fifth First-Team All-Pro honor and seventh Pro Bowl selection. “My understanding is that it’s probably going to be Sam Bradford, but I have a lot of respect for Shaun Hill”. But that is not my most disconcerting story line of the week. Why not on Sunday Night Football on the National stage?
“I would be surprised if Treadwell plays much of a role against the Packers”. I wrote about it most recently for TheSportsPost.com. He said players at all positions have to win “some one-on-one matchups”.
Hampering the Vikings was a shaky running game. Rodgers admits that the noise in the stadium is going to be a factor, so hang on to those tickets. “They always have a loud, intelligent crowd over there”.
Two different styles of football will clash on Sunday Night in a battle for supremacy in NFC West. “He said some balls were caught when Waynes contested them, and now the Vikings must eliminate some of those receptions”. “We got to help our defense by scoring touchdowns”. Green Bay Packers game. The key will be how well Bradford adapts to a Vikings offense that puts the ground game first.