On to the next one game week discussion thread: Vikings @ Lambeau

[Anti-Polar Bear]

This is his reverse jinx. You gotta take some notes.

Well, if that’s the case, America will soon be great again. O’Day did say something about the orange ape annihilating them all in 2020 in FYI.

[bobblehead]

To be honest this game terrifies me. I hate the vikings with a purple passion. They are a much scarier team than the beats simply because they are more balanced. If you think we can hold them to 3 points, well....

We need to hold them to 17 and our offense needs to click to win this one. Their D is no joke though, not quite the Bears, but pretty damn good. Thank goodness we get them at Lambeau for this game and hopefully that is just enough to get us off to the 2-0 start we need for confidence.

[Fritz]

Yeah, the Vikes are a tough bunch. It was more fun when they were distracted with party boats and such, but Zimmer has control now, so it's all about toughness and defense. A throwback to the 70's game - well, sort of. I mean, Cousins does throw the ball around the lot in certain games. But you get the idea.

I don't think the Packers are going to get this offense all sorted out in one week. Hell, I'll be happy if Rodgers can get the play called right away and get them up to the line so they can increase the damn tempo. Never mind how the play actually goes; they can't even get the play called and the huddle broken with alacrity. So any Packer win will depend upon the defense again, and maybe a special teams or defensive touchdown.

Which means, given my prognosticating ability, the score will be 38-35.

[RashanGary]

10 days off. An extra day of practice. At home. Playing a slightly less dominant defense. I do think they can get quite a bit cleaned up in one week.

Then two more home games back to back and let’s see if they can have their shit together on the road against Dallas in week 5. That’s another mini bye where they can self scout and then practice the road operation before they go in. I think it’s a really nice schedule as far as finding their groove early in the season.

Week 6 and on, that’s when we’ll really know what we have. Hopefully we win enough early to make some hay in November/December.

[gbgary]

I really doubt Cousins is a better QB than Trubisky. He doesn't have near the mobility, and I don't think he is any better thrower. What the Vikings do have is better receivers, though. I think I read their O Line isn't as good as it used to be, so hopefully our pass rush will come through even more than last week. Did you notice, our guys just basically stayed in their lanes and pushed, to start with anyway on each play? I bet we do some more exotic stuff against Cousins, who is less of a threat to take off and run.

Having ten days to recover and prepare when the opponent only has seven can't hurt, especially this early in the season when everybody, not just the Packers, sat their regulars in preseason.

he's better than trubisky, as a whole, right now. he had a better year than rodgers did last year statistically.

[Rastak]

Yeah, the Vikes are a tough bunch. It was more fun when they were distracted with party boats and such, but Zimmer has control now, so it's all about toughness and defense. A throwback to the 70's game - well, sort of. I mean, Cousins does throw the ball around the lot in certain games. But you get the idea.

I don't think the Packers are going to get this offense all sorted out in one week. Hell, I'll be happy if Rodgers can get the play called right away and get them up to the line so they can increase the damn tempo. Never mind how the play actually goes; they can't even get the play called and the huddle broken with alacrity. So any Packer win will depend upon the defense again, and maybe a special teams or defensive touchdown.

Which means, given my prognosticating ability, the score will be 38-35.

Nice observation Fritz. It does seem like a throwback 70's game, which suits me. Pinball football sucks. It's early, hard to give some solid prediction with such a small sample size but I do like the Vikings chances Sunday. Going over to a old buddy's house to watch the game Haven't seen him since 1984 so should be fun. Daughter dropping me off so beer shall flow.