Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings: Keys to game and who will win

“We need a win, man”, veteran receiver James Jones said. “We’ll keep things in perspective”.

“We’ve got to start faster”, Rodgers said. Lions reporters said they spotted Rodgers’ girlfriend, actress Olivia Munn, at Lambeau Field on Sunday. To do that, Green Bay needs to do a better job of extending drives, and re-establishing the running game would help. The Packers are the cold team needing a jolt, and the Vikings are the hot team everyone’s trying to cool off. As far as Rodgers is concerned, the Vikings have allowed 6.8 yards per attempt, have sacked the quarterback 13 times, and have maintained a 3:2 touchdown to interception ratio this season. In addition to Rodgers’ issues, Eddie Lacy has been having a awful season and has not been able to pull himself together, whereas James Starks has been playing quite well during his ineffective stint.

With a big matchup going on in Minnesota, there’s tons around the net to get your fix for the game on Sunday. Meanwhile, Teddy Bridgewater, Adrian Peterson, and the stellar Vikings defense have been one of the most unsafe yet quiet team in all of football and will look to prove that their 7-2 record is no fluke when they meet up with the Panthers. Lewis started five games for Buffalo in 2013.

With wind gusts between 25 and 35 miles per hour, this came down to the running game, defense and field position.

-WR Ty Montgomery (ankle) of the Packers was downgraded to doubtful for Sunday’s NFC North showdown against the Vikings.

Houston Texans quarterback Brian Hoyer is not expected to play Sunday and is reportedly experiencing memory loss related to a head injury that knocked him out of Monday’s game at Cincinnati. Redd is out for the season after injuring right knee ligaments in Washington’s preseason opener in August. But the Vikings roster matches up really, really well alongside of the Packers. He is testing his left hand, which is believed to be broken, more in practice. His completion percentage has dropped to 56.5% and his passer rating is a measly 83.3 over the last three games. ESPN reports that he seemed to only be making short throws in practice on Wednesday.

Lacy said he wouldn’t have been at 100 percent for last week’s game.

Coach Todd Bowles on Wednesday would not declare Fitzpatrick the starter at Houston, saying he wants to see how the quarterback progresses.

Rodgers’ sore shoulder didn’t stop him from throwing during the walk-through portion of practice open to the media, which he wouldn’t be doing if his injury were serious, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Lang is questionable with a shoulder injury.