Pack favored by 6.5 over Vikes

[GrnBay007]

7-1. 8 games so far and were the Packers favored more than once? I can't remember. Anyway....I hope they have a plan to contain AP!!

GO PACK!!!!!

[Charles Woodson]

Re: Pack favored by 6.5 over Vikes

7-1. 8 games so far and were the Packers favored more than once? I can't remember. Anyway....I hope they have a plan to contain AP!!

GO PACK!!!!!

11 in the box

[Bretsky]

Re: Pack favored by 6.5 over Vikes

7-1. 8 games so far and were the Packers favored more than once? I can't remember. Anyway....I hope they have a plan to contain AP!!

GO PACK!!!!!

A couple weeks ago I had planned to take GB this week in the survival pool; after seeing AP I'm not so sure anymore

[MadScientist]

That's a lot of points given how non-dominating the Packers wins have been, and how incredible AP was last week.

Unfortunately Chilly has figured out what everyone else had figured out weeks ago. The Queens best bet is to just keep feeding the ball to AP until he or the defense drops.

Hopefully the track at Lambeau will be slower, but with conditions good for passing.

[FritzDontBlitz]

The Pack will contain him again. Childress better teach his QB how to run a play action pass....

[Guiness]

6.5 - that is a lot, and unwarranted I think, considering two things:

1. The strength of their running game - AP is going to eat a lot of clock, keeping our O off the field.

2. We haven't beat anybody by that much, really. The final score at KC was not indicative of the game.

Minnesota worries me a bit because of the way LJ was running against us just before he got hurt. I think the outcome of the game could well have been different if he hadn't gone down. I think AP is certainly in the same class as LJ at this point...I'm just not sure how Huard and 'this spot for rent' (as Ras put it) compare.

Certainly I think we'll have 8 in the box almost the whole game. This worries me a bit more than it did last week, because it will be Rouse back there helping our CB's, instead of Collins. Hopefully the kid steps up. Atari should be good playing up on or near the line.

[CaliforniaCheez]

The point spread is set by the number of bettors.

Those running the wagering know few people bet on the vikings(would you in any of their games).

They have to set the line high enough to attract fools to bet on the indoor arena team.

[Kiwon]

This is going to be a good game, a real challenge for the Packers linebackers and young safeties. Hopefully the Packers can get out to a decent lead and force the Vikes to throw the ball.

AP is scary. An amazing talent.

[LL2]

This game makes me nervous, because the Pack tend to split games with the Lions and Vikings. AP being hot makes me nervous too! The Packers need to keep pace with the Cowboys and keep their one game lead over the Lions.

[Cheesehead Craig]

No way we should be 6.5 pt favorites. Not even close.

[BF4MVP]

Re: Pack favored by 6.5 over Vikes

7-1. 8 games so far and were the Packers favored more than once? I can't remember. Anyway....I hope they have a plan to contain AP!!

GO PACK!!!!!

A couple weeks ago I had planned to take GB this week in the survival pool; after seeing AP I'm not so sure anymore

They play St. Louis later in the year..take em then

That said, I still think the Packers will win...As long as AP is their only player, they don't scare me..We beat em at their place, we can beat em at ours..

[BF4MVP]

Minnesota worries me a bit because of the way LJ was running against us just before he got hurt.

LJ did nothing on Sunday...We contained him very well, and one well-executed screen pass doesn't change that....Not in my opinion, at least.

[OS PA]

We learned our lesson last time. I'm hoping we have Cole and Muir active this week and play a 5,3,3 set, or a 4,3,4 depending on how obvious the down is. Put Harris on Sidney Rice and play Bigby over the top.

[BF4MVP]

No way we should be 6.5 pt favorites. Not even close.

If we beat em by 7 at their place, why can't we beat em by more than 6.5 at ours?

You guys act like AP just all of a sudden got good last week...He's been great all season, and the Vikings are still terrible..It's not like he's going to run for 300 yards every week.

[HarveyWallbangers]

If we beat em by 7 at their place, why can't we beat em by more than 6.5 at ours?

You guys act like AP just all of a sudden got good last week...He's been great all season, and the Vikings are still terrible..It's not like he's going to run for 300 yards every week.

Bingo! It's the NFL, so any team can beat another team. However, I'm not suddenly shaking in my boots. Peterson is awesome. There have been a lot of great RBs that have played on bad teams (Walter Payton, Eric Dickerson, Barry Sanders). We shut him down, and the Vikings have little chance. Minnesota has talent. They could win. However, I'll take our team over their team at this time. 6.5 points doesn't seem like a lot to me--when you consider it's a 7-1 team at home vs. a 3-5 team (that it beat by 7 points on the road).

They should be worried about our passing game as much as we should be worried about Peterson. It seems to me that we are solid against the run--while they are average (at best) against the pass.