Official Packers/Vikings Discussion Thread Week 5

[pbmax]

Ryan Wood @ByRyanWood 3h3 hours ago
#Packers injury report:
Barrington doubtful
Boyd doubtful
Boykin out
Jones probable
Lang (no injury)probable
Matthews probable
Neal probable

[Maxie the Taxi]

Ryan Wood @ByRyanWood 3h3 hours ago
#Packers injury report:
Barrington doubtful
Boyd doubtful
Boykin out
Jones probable
Lang (no injury)probable
Matthews probable
Neal probable

That means Pennell and Janis will probably be activated again.

[Harlan Huckleby]

That means Pennell and Janis will probably be activated again.

Interesting insight. Any thoughts on whether Tolzien will be active?

[Harlan Huckleby]

I'm sorry, that was unnecessary roughness against a senior citizen.

[Rutnstrut]

Stubby made a statement today that Boykin's injury is worse than they originally thought.

[wist43]

You're gettin' on the fightin' side of me if you're dissing the Musky Queen.

60 pounder!! Nice fish.

[Rastak]

The Vikings are reeling a bit... Peterson is gone, Bridgewater may not play - Ponder can't win games on his own.

As inconsistent as we are overall, and as abysmal as we are on defense - I would still expect we will cover the 9 pts.

I hope they keep reeling like this. 550+ yards of offense last game. As for Bridgewater. they are playing the gametime decision but I think they forgot to tell Teddy to play along. He talked about how much fun it will be to play tomorrow in such a historic stadium. Sure didn't sound like an "if I play". I suppose that in itself could be a ruse.

[George Cumby]

The Vikings are reeling a bit... Peterson is gone, Bridgewater may not play - Ponder can't win games on his own.

As inconsistent as we are overall, and as abysmal as we are on defense - I would still expect we will cover the 9 pts.

Are you feeling ok? You almost sound......... Optimistic?

[wist43]

Are you feeling ok? You almost sound......... Optimistic?

I grade on a different scale of the rest of you guys I guess... I fully expect we should beat a lesser team like the Vikings - no offense Rastak

If Bridgewater plays?? He's a rookie, i.e. he'll be big-time up and down... long term he may be the answer for the Vikes, but this season is going to be a big learning curve; and if Ponder starts - Ponder is Ponder.

We got waxed by 2 teams that I consider to be better than us - Seattle and Detroit; and we beat a bad Jets team, and looked terrible on defense beating an about even team in the Bears.

If Peterson were playing?? I don't think the line would be 9, and I don't think we'd cover 9, but given the circumstances - yes, we should cover. Even with dunderdummy preening his spraypainted hair in the coaches booth

[Maxie the Taxi]

I'm sorry, that was unnecessary roughness against a senior citizen.

That's a 15 yard penalty, whippersnapper.

[mission]

If there's any defense worse than the Packers, it's the Falcons. They have no one. It's a joke.

Pack covers the spread. -9 is a sucker number begging for Vikings money after a good game last week.

[pbmax]

If there's any defense worse than the Packers, it's the Falcons. They have no one. It's a joke.

Pack covers the spread. -9 is a sucker number begging for Vikings money after a good game last week.

You really think so? Because while I do not agree with wist as to the causes of the meltdown, I do believe they are still in the middle of correcting it on D.

And what kind of offense is likely against a Zimmer D (first year though) in a Cover 2. I want Starks to have 140 yards running zone through a six man box, but I am not sure they are going to get it.

[Joemailman]

The big question is whether the Packers defense can get off the field. Packers are dead last at stopping opponents on 3rd down. Opponents have converted 53% of 3rd downs. Packers have also allowed 5 4th down conversions, which is the most in the league. 7 4th down attempts by opponents is the most in the league. All of this has contributed to the Packers being 31st in time of possession, which tires the defense and limits the opportunities of the offense.

[3irty1]

I don't like the matchup. I'm not convinced that our passing offense is awake. Rodgers and Jordy sure but there is still not anything going in the middle of the field. Even though Cobb put up good stats on Sunday he still looks like a shell of himself to me. This week he'll face Munnerlyn who is a grade above the backup backups and linebackers he's struggled to separate from. Jordy will get his yards but Rhodes isn't garbage and should get plenty of help ala Detroit. If Rhodes has half the day that Slay had for Detroit, someone else is going to have to step up.

On defense, this is a greatest hits of things we've been terrible against. Should look like the diet version of Seattle's offense with tons of rushing, misdirection, and Cordarrelle Patterson playing the part of Percy Harvin.

[Maxie the Taxi]

I don't like the matchup. I'm not convinced that our passing offense is awake. Rodgers and Jordy sure but there is still not anything going in the middle of the field. Even though Cobb put up good stats on Sunday he still looks like a shell of himself to me. This week he'll face Munnerlyn who is a grade above the backup backups and linebackers he's struggled to separate from. Jordy will get his yards but Rhodes isn't garbage and should get plenty of help ala Detroit. If Rhodes has half the day that Slay had for Detroit, someone else is going to have to step up.

On defense, this is a greatest hits of things we've been terrible against. Should look like the diet version of Seattle's offense with tons of rushing, misdirection, and Cordarrelle Patterson playing the part of Percy Harvin.

Great post. Minnesota is 5th in the league in rushing. Packers are dead last in rushing defense. Pack is 5th in the league in pass defense. It's a no brainer. Minnesota is going to rush the ball.

On offense, we're 28th in the league rushing. On the other hand we have Aaron Rodgers. Minnesota has a middle of the road pass defense.

It's the same old story of the last couple years. Our best chance to win is Rodgers throwing lights out and our defense getting key turnovers... ...And Stubby keeping his head out of the game.