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Packers pulled the game out of the fire and beat the Vikings by 9. The natives at PR were calling for everyone's head by halftime and sure that our season was down the drain. 120 minutes later the Packers are on top of the NFC North and looking pretty solid to make the playoffs.
Studs:
Morgan Burnett saved the Packers baccon twice in the second half with two interceptions. Once in the Packers endzone and the other deep in the Packers end. He also finished with 7 total tackles.
James Starks finished with 15 rushes for 66 yards and Green Bay's first rushing TD since October. He ran hard all day and hardly went down on first contact.
Jermichael Finley showed up again and man did he bail the Packers out today. Finley had 6 catches for 60 yards and was above average in the run game allowing both Starks and Green to get outside the tackle.
Duds:
Mason Crosby once again missed a 50+ yard field goal by a wide margin. But more worrisome was the kick out of bounds. Can the Pack trust Mason in the playoffs to win a game for them? I don't at this point.
Morgan Burnett, MD Jennings and Jerron McMillian all had poor days tackling Purple Jesus and stopping the run. Burnett gets both the Studs and Duds list because he really did save the Pack in the second half. The safeties of the Packers went to the wrong holes in the run fit numerous times and then the other safety would miss the tackle 7 yards down the field before Peterson was off to the races for 3 runs over 40 yards. Without those 3 plays the Packer D holds Minnesota to under 200 yards in total offense.
Too many penalties. The Packers had 10 penalties for 78 yards. Even if you discount the phantom hold on Lang that cost us 4 points, we really need to play cleaner.
Other:
It's hard not to put ARod on the Studs list this week after going 27 of 35 for 286 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT on a trick play. I'll let you guys argue if he should be there or not.
AJ Hawk turned in another 10 tackle game. I saw him get pushed around several times but he was around the ball the whole game.
The pass defense held Minnesota to 119 yards passing and had two INTs. Unfortunately we didn't sack Ponder the whole day and the effectiveness of the Vikings run game made the pass defense a non-factor until late when the Vikings had to throw.
Studs:
Morgan Burnett saved the Packers baccon twice in the second half with two interceptions. Once in the Packers endzone and the other deep in the Packers end. He also finished with 7 total tackles.
James Starks finished with 15 rushes for 66 yards and Green Bay's first rushing TD since October. He ran hard all day and hardly went down on first contact.
Jermichael Finley showed up again and man did he bail the Packers out today. Finley had 6 catches for 60 yards and was above average in the run game allowing both Starks and Green to get outside the tackle.
Duds:
Mason Crosby once again missed a 50+ yard field goal by a wide margin. But more worrisome was the kick out of bounds. Can the Pack trust Mason in the playoffs to win a game for them? I don't at this point.
Morgan Burnett, MD Jennings and Jerron McMillian all had poor days tackling Purple Jesus and stopping the run. Burnett gets both the Studs and Duds list because he really did save the Pack in the second half. The safeties of the Packers went to the wrong holes in the run fit numerous times and then the other safety would miss the tackle 7 yards down the field before Peterson was off to the races for 3 runs over 40 yards. Without those 3 plays the Packer D holds Minnesota to under 200 yards in total offense.
Too many penalties. The Packers had 10 penalties for 78 yards. Even if you discount the phantom hold on Lang that cost us 4 points, we really need to play cleaner.
Other:
It's hard not to put ARod on the Studs list this week after going 27 of 35 for 286 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT on a trick play. I'll let you guys argue if he should be there or not.
AJ Hawk turned in another 10 tackle game. I saw him get pushed around several times but he was around the ball the whole game.
The pass defense held Minnesota to 119 yards passing and had two INTs. Unfortunately we didn't sack Ponder the whole day and the effectiveness of the Vikings run game made the pass defense a non-factor until late when the Vikings had to throw.
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