OFFICIAL Packers @ Vikings Game Thread

[retailguy]

You should sell life insurance.

[Freak Out]

The D shot itself in the foot a few times which killed our chances of winning....blown coverage how many times? Just embarrassing. I think there might have been another penalty called on the play where they called holding on Woodson when he picked Favre in the endzone so maybe that wouldn't have mattered but that was a fuck job. The "turnstile tackles" let Rodgers get hammered again....sure there were times when he should have gotten rid of the ball but it might have ended up as grounding or picked just as easily. I'm surprised Rodgers didn't end the game in the fetal position....

We were not blown out...even with all the fucked up shit that happened we still had a shot....amazingly.

[mraynrand]

If you just take the three turnovers: fumble, INT and downs and turn them into the least points - 3 FG, that's 32 points. Lee catches the TD, that's 36 points. The game was a lot closer than it looked. I suspect the game in GB will look a lot different so long as there are no major injuries in the interim.

[pbmax]

If you just take the three turnovers: fumble, INT and downs and turn them into the least points - 3 FG, that's 32 points. Lee catches the TD, that's 36 points. The game was a lot closer than it looked. I suspect the game in GB will look a lot different so long as there are no major injuries in the interim.

Yes, but like playing Dallas in the early 90s, the Packers shot themselves in the foot enough that they (Vikings) were on cruise control in the 4th Quarter. They had opportunities, but just improving scoring won't be enough.

I agree with your point though, eliminate the mistakes on both side of the ball and they have the talent to win. The talent disparity is not as great as being portrayed. In key places (LT, OLB/rushDE) the Vikes have an edge.

[Partial]

DRIVE 1: GNB 0, MIN 0, 8 plays, 66 yards, 5:38 elapsed (fumble lost)

DRIVE 2: GNB 7, MIN 7, 3 plays, 67 yards, 1:04 elapsed (TD to Finley)

DRIVE 3: GNB 7, MIN 7, 7 plays, 26 yards, 4:15 elapsed (INT)

DRIVE 4: GNB 7, MIN 14, 3 plays, -2 yards, 1:17 elapsed (punt)

DRIVE 5: GNB 14, MIN 21, 6 plays, 29 yards, 0:30 elapsed (half)

DRIVE 6: GNB 14, MIN 28, 14 plays, 81 yards, 8:28 elapsed (dropped TD)

DRIVE 7: GNB 14, MIN 28, 3 plays, 9 yards, 1:36 elapsed

DRIVE 8: GNB 14, MIN 30, 2 plays, 0 yards, 1:28 elapsed (Safety)

DRIVE 9: GNB 20, MIN 30, 6 plays, 96 yards, 1:19 elapsed (TD)

DRIVE 10: GNB 23, MIN 30, 9 plays, 68 yards, 2:15 elapsed (FG)

5/10 drives were for 60 yards or more
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Minnesota's drives:

65(TD), -4, 77(TD),84(TD),80 (TD),41,9,6,0,0,-2

Minnesota had 11 drives, with 4 for 60 or more (scoring on all of them). Only one other drive got a first down, Packers had two other drives with first downs. Seems the main difference were those turnovers.

1st drive: Great drive until the end of it, no one would debate.

2nd drive: Big play, good drive.

6 straight drives without a score, though the 81 yard with the TD drop was a very good drive.

The last two drives were against prevent in garbage time when they were up by 16 points. They dropped into pervent and gave us the short pass. I would give a lot more credit to these drives if they were earlier in the game.

Not completely awful because they had a couple of long drives with key turnovers.

Of course if you eliminate the mistakes the team would have won. If you eliminate every mistake from every game, every team would be perfect. The thing is we made those mistakes and were down by 16 points until a couple of garbage time gimme scores.

[Partial]

Horrible offensive game. We netted 424 yards. Grossed 466 yards. NFL average thru 4 weeks is somewhere around 325 yards.

Looking at yardage is like looking at maybe 5% of the total story. The bottom line is they scored 14 points until garbage time and had poor execution when it mattered. So what if they put up 600 yards between the 20's but couldn't score a touchdown? What good is that?

[MOBB DEEP]

Time to move on..guess some of you cats break down film too....

[mraynrand]

DRIVE 1: GNB 0, MIN 0, 8 plays, 66 yards, 5:38 elapsed (fumble lost)

DRIVE 2: GNB 7, MIN 7, 3 plays, 67 yards, 1:04 elapsed (TD to Finley)

DRIVE 3: GNB 7, MIN 7, 7 plays, 26 yards, 4:15 elapsed (INT)

DRIVE 4: GNB 7, MIN 14, 3 plays, -2 yards, 1:17 elapsed (punt)

DRIVE 5: GNB 14, MIN 21, 6 plays, 29 yards, 0:30 elapsed (half)

DRIVE 6: GNB 14, MIN 28, 14 plays, 81 yards, 8:28 elapsed (dropped TD)

DRIVE 7: GNB 14, MIN 28, 3 plays, 9 yards, 1:36 elapsed

DRIVE 8: GNB 14, MIN 30, 2 plays, 0 yards, 1:28 elapsed (Safety)

DRIVE 9: GNB 20, MIN 30, 6 plays, 96 yards, 1:19 elapsed (TD)

DRIVE 10: GNB 23, MIN 30, 9 plays, 68 yards, 2:15 elapsed (FG)

5/10 drives were for 60 yards or more
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Minnesota's drives:

65(TD), -4, 77(TD),84(TD),80 (TD),41,9,6,0,0,-2

Minnesota had 11 drives, with 4 for 60 or more (scoring on all of them). Only one other drive got a first down, Packers had two other drives with first downs. Seems the main difference were those turnovers.

1st drive: Great drive until the end of it, no one would debate.

2nd drive: Big play, good drive.

6 straight drives without a score, though the 81 yard with the TD drop was a very good drive.

The last two drives were against prevent in garbage time when they were up by 16 points. They dropped into pervent and gave us the short pass. I would give a lot more credit to these drives if they were earlier in the game.

Not completely awful because they had a couple of long drives with key turnovers.

Of course if you eliminate the mistakes the team would have won. If you eliminate every mistake from every game, every team would be perfect. The thing is we made those mistakes and were down by 16 points until a couple of garbage time gimme scores.

My main reason for posting was to counter your claims that the "Offense was horrible" and that we "had no sustained drives." Those claims hold no water.

The key to the game for Minnesota was forcing the turnovers (they get credit for that) and for having two long, sustained drives to go up by two TDs. That's how they won the game. The Packer offense has issues, but they are not as a group 'horrible.'

[mraynrand]

Horrible offensive game. We netted 424 yards. Grossed 466 yards. NFL average thru 4 weeks is somewhere around 325 yards.

Looking at yardage is like looking at maybe 5% of the total story. The bottom line is they scored 14 points until garbage time and had poor execution when it mattered. So what if they put up 600 yards between the 20's but couldn't score a touchdown? What good is that?

Well, an offense that puts up 100 yards and scores 14 points is likely to be dramatically different than an offense that puts up 400 and scores the same. Stats never tell the whole story, nor typically does one game against a very good team on the road in a venue where your team historically struggles.

[esoxx]

When you go six consecutive series w/o scoring a point, that's bad. You typically lose when that happens.
As M3 would say, they need to clean that up.
You do that Mike, please!