Here we go. Game day in the NFL. Lambeau Field. What not to love? I predict a Packers’ win today.
Wow, the Packers’ offense put together a beautiful drive capped off by a 30-yard touchdown by Ryan Grant. A very nice start. Then Mason Crosby made a huge mistake kicking the ball out of bounds. But the defense held and the Packers are back on offense first-and-ten at the twenty. Another long drive here and this game is in control at the very least.
It’s clear early that Favre is off target today. Three missed TD passes already. Thankfully Ryan Grant has been a machine thuse far. Big third-and-seven right here though. Jennings drops one of the middle, punt in the endzone and the Packers come up emty. Major screw-up there. Can’t waste opportunities against a team with a weapon like Adrian Peterson.
Defense holds again but a big punt and poor return by Woodson puts the Packers on their own 9-yard line. This is a critical drive. No turnovers and a few firsts downs. Even a field-goal would be huge.
A few first downs and more, into Vikings’ territory. Favre is warming up a little now, nothing down field yet, though, but looking better. This is where the Packers bogged down last time and now a penalty on Jason Spitz makes it even harder. That, my friends, is a drive killer. Ruvell Martin saves the day with huge 25-yard reception. Pro Bowl receiver Donald Driver missed a wide open catch at the 5-yard line. Got the field goal anyway, so I’m still happy. But now Driver and Jennings have dropped gimmies.
Now Robinson drops one in the endzone. This is getting ridiculous. This should have been a 28-0 game but now they are not even two touchdowns up. Far from over ladies and gentleman.
Things look much better now that the Packers took the opening kickoff of the second half 72 yards for a touchdown. If the defense continues its level of play this should be a cakewalk from here. With Peterson back there, that’s a big if.
Nice to see the Packers’ running game exploding against one of the leagues best run defenses. Grant is the first to gain 100 yards against them. Lets go defense. How about a defensive touchdown to ice this game.
The defense is up to the task. Stuffed the Vikings three-and-out in a dominate fashion. Like I told my buds, we almost need them to get a few first downs to give the offense a breather. The Vikings have only had the ball for 11 minutes halfway through the third. Amazing.
Another beautiful drive by the Packers pretty much puts this game on ice. Favre took a beating in that drive and hopefully they can give him a rest in the fourth quarter. It has been complete domination by Packers. How is that for positive?
Oh man! This is terrible. Adrian Peterson appears to be hurt and hurt bad. What a terrible thing to happen to this guy and to the NFL, not to mention the Vikings. It really looks bad.
Favre and Martin hook up again when Darren Sharper hits his own man who would have had a sure interception. Instead the ball bounces off the two Vikings and into Martin’s hands. What a day in Lambeau. 34-0 for the time being.
What a way to beat your arch enemy. The Packers should be the talk of the NFC. They have now won 12 of their last 13 games and seem to be getting better each week. Head coach Mike McCarthy had his best game plan of the year I think. To run the ball on the Vikings the way they did today has to be a good sign. Ryan Grant has two 100-yard games in the last three for the Packers. Who says they can’t run the ball? This offense is getting scary and this has to be the best defense Favre has had since 1996. That was a pretty combination back then. This has the makings of something special.