Packers QB Rodgers probable for division showdown vs Vikings

Fundamental objectives for every National Football League team could be especially crucial goals this weekend for the Green Bay Packers if they are to snap a three-game losing streak and beat the Minnesota Vikings.

All in all, this is a chance for the Vikings to truly separate themselves from the pack or fall back into the fold as just being good enough to be a playoff team. Against Oakland, Newman had four tackles, five passes broken up, and two interceptions, becoming the first Viking to record multiple interceptions in a game since Jamarca Sanford in 2011.

This Packers-Vikings tilt is one of the toughest tickets of the season, but you’re in luck – there are plenty of great seats available at Ticket King.

The Vikings are continuing their positive trend of committing very few penalties, and the offensive line is playing its part there.

To win the game, it starts and stops with the defense.

The hope is that a healthier Lacy can soon return to the form that allowed him to gain 1,100 yards each of the previous two seasons, and provide an effective one-two backfield punch again with Starks.

The unit blocked fairly well for Adrian Peterson, helping him to his 203-yard game, but solid protection of Teddy Bridgewater was sorely lacking. Now the NFL Odds for the game have the Vikings favored to pick up the win in this one, but it is considered a toss-up with the close spread. “These define the team”, Julius Peppers said.

Since then, the rivalry has shifted decidedly in Green Bay’s favor. “But I know that Green Bay [fans] travel well, so I think it would be important that we keep all of our tickets”. “I know they’ve got another guy down there now, the guy that played ahead of Trae at MI State [Darqueze Dennard], he came out a year earlier”. Philip Rivers ranks No. 2 in passing yards (3,033), and even with the Chargers’ depleted receiving corps, he should be a better bet than Alex Smith.

While the Packers offense has looked downright terrible the last three weeks, and the defense has been questionable, the Vikings have looked nearly the complete opposite of that. “I was hurt after that, so can’t nobody else give me a worse feeling than I gave myself after that one”.

The Green Bay game is just the first of several big tests that await Bridgewater. What makes him risky is that his combination of speed and size allows him to play both inside and on the perimeter without much drop-off at either spot. “I thought he had one of his better practices”.

The bigger question there is how long will it take Manning to get back on the field, and as poorly as he was playing before the injury, is it worth the effort? Home teams have been a bit harder for the Vikings to defend against this season.

Although Stefon Diggs has had quite the season so far, Minnesota defeated the Raiders without much noise from the rookie.

Lacy was the difference in that game, as the Packers offensive line paved the way for 125 yards on 25 carries. In 15 career games against Green Bay, Peterson has rushed for an average of 116.4 yards. When the Vikings made their four Super Bowl appearances in the 1970s, the Packers were never better than 8-6 in any of those seasons and had a combined record of 24-30-2.

Green Bay, on the other hand, fully relies on Aaron Rodgers. “We needed 19 points to win today, you would expect us at home to score 19”.

Rodgers, for whatever reason, looked a little off in Sunday’s 18-16 loss to last-place Detroit.

The one thing the Packers can do on that front is change their offensive philosophy and play calling.