Week 1 Vikings discussion thread

[bobblehead]

If ever I wanted to punch a team in the mouth, this is the game. Wagner and Turner go down at the end of camp. The pack hasn't called Veldheer in yet. The Vikings just traded for Ngakoue. Passing is going to be tough early in this game.

Not sure who is even going to start at RT, but the combination of above facts has created a problem right out the gate. The only solution I can come up with is to smash mouth at that DL early and often. Wear them down. Frustrate them. Then when they muscle up to hold position....boom Rodgers to MVS 40 yards downfield.

Like last year, we don't get no patsies early. Vikings, Lions, Saints. If we emerge 2-1 it will be a good start. C'mon gang, lets discuss this game.

And where the f#ck is Pb?

[RashanGary]

I thought Wagner came back august 28th and has practiced for a week. Two weeks if you count this Vikings week.

[RashanGary]

And yeah, we miss pb for sure. Most of us are too lazy to do anything but throw our opinions around like a dick measuring contest

[GB-Brandon]

I got the Packers winning this and feel real good about it. Line opened at +156 and has moved to +110 so $ coming in on Packers.

There are several new parts on this queens team and with no pre-season games it’s probably gonna take them some time to gel even more so then most teams. They are brand new at the corners so opportunities will be there.

Key Advantages- Aaron Rodgers > Kirk Cousins. No hostile environment at U.S Bank Stadium. More continuity among Packers starters.

Potential problems- Packers run defense and RT holding off Viking edge rushers.

Final Break Down- Unless the Packers blow the turnover battle in this one significantly I like the road team 24-13

[Patler]

The big question I have about this game is this:

Will the Vikings still pipe in high volume crowd noise to speakers above the Packer sideline?

[Tony Oday]

Big loss for the Pack in this game, hope to just get out of it healthy.

[RashanGary]

Wagner gonna need some help
The rest of the OL should hold up fine
Adams, Lazard and MVS have nice matchups vs a young corner group
Jones gonna have some run lanes up the middle of their soft interior DL

Vikings soft up middle on offense. Clark gonna have monster day.
Time to put Z, P and Gary to the test on setting an edge
Cousins in trouble cuz Z, Gary and Clark gonna be coming up gut all day
Our secondary should be able to stop thielen and company. Bisi Johnson a high upside second year guy, but still second year.


Vikings are a good team, but I think the Packers have fewer weak spots. Interior OL, corner and interior DL weaknesses for Vikings. Packers, really it’s just TE and ILB depth.

Vikings gonna test Sullivan and Greene. They’ll like up 3 wide and see if they can pick on the slot, Sullivan. Or they’ll go big and see if they can pick on Greene. Also gonna test P and Z in the run game. See if they learned anything from the SF game.

I think the Packers rise to the occasion. Vikings are good, but the Packers are better!

[RashanGary]

Rodgers is the wrong guy to go young at CB against and expect to win. Huge day from WR group!

[theeaterofshades]

calling a big day for EQ off the bench

[call_me_ishmael]

Aaron Rodgers starts the 2020 MVP campaign with 3 TDs. Big Bob Tonyan has 1.5 of them.

[RashanGary]

Aaron Rodgers starts the 2020 MVP campaign with 3 TDs. Big Bob Tonyan has 1.5 of them.

AR definitely has another MVP in him. Gonna need MVS and Lizard to be the best they can be!

[bobblehead]

Things I would like to see:

Z and Preston setting edge and stopping Dalvin cold
Z, and company still being able to pressure Cousins when they play action
Tonyan and Sternberger being incorporated into the passing game. Rodgers history isn't strong in utilizing TEs other than on the edges.
MVS/Lazard having an impact.
RT holding up with minimal help.

These are the things we need to have happen for a big season, and for a win Sunday.

[texaspackerbacker]

A Big Win. Rodgers will be excellent as always, but the MVP this game anyway will be Aaron Jones busting some big runs up the middle. Dillon plays late in the game and looks like the Colorado Buffalos mascot running through people. An outstanding pass rush makes the DBs look like all-pros. At least 5 sacks of Cousins including one by Gary and one the last series by Garvin. An early Packer lead makes run D not a problem. Kirksey looks good, Burks better than last year.

[run pMc]

Vikings will find out quickly if Pettine really did make efforts to fix the run defense. This will likely be an ugly low scoring game with poor tackling and passes thrown to nobody. I expect a good amount of rust on both sides, and plenty of running plays called. Vikings O is heavy play action and Kyle Rudolph is ancient but always a problem for GB.

If the Packers OL plays well, they should do ok. Not sure about RG's assertion they are soft up the middle, but I do think they can be beat. Young CBs will get beat -- even by GB's WR -- if Rodgers has enough time. Hunter and Ngakoe(?) are a concern, they have good safeties, and their LBs aren't bad.

Division games early are always a mystery, and they are playing on the road. Hard to predict this one, but I could see it being a 16-13 game going either way.

[Fritz]

It's weird having no news from the JSO. So Turner is hurt, and so was Wagner, but Wagner's back? How badly is Turner hurt? Who the hell is the backup RT?

Who won the starting WR jobs? Who's the starting TE? Is Dillon just a slug?