Brett Favre had not played well in his career at the MetroDome, but you would never would have believed that after he torched the Vikings secondary all day long!  Brett Favre completed 24 of 42 passes for 317 yards with 2 TDs.  Ahman Green had a rough time with the Vikings defense with 22 carries for 55 yards (2.5 ypc).  Donald Driver had one of the best games of his career with 7 receptions for 173 yards and a TD!  Ruvell Martin pitched in with 3 catches for 47 yards.  Noah Herron caught 2 passes for 11 yards, including a big TD grab.  FB William Henderson caught 6 passes for 26 yards out of the backfield.

The Packers defense made plays when they had to today.  Rookie LB A.J. Hawk was all over the place and had 9 tackles and 1.5 sacks.  Reserve CB Patrick Dendy had a good game with 5 tackles and an interception.  The Packers held the Vikings to 90 yards rushing on 23 carries (3.9 ypc).  The Vikings completed 18 of 30 passes for 222 net yards passing.

This was a huge win for the Packers that actually has them thinking playoffs.  That thought would have seemed ridiculous last month, but not so now.

The Packers will try to rebound from losing a game 24-10 to Buffalo in which they out-gained the Bills 427-184!  The Vikings have been absolutely horrible on offense the last two weeks as they’re only scored 10 points in those games combined.

Brett Favre hasn’t had much success at the MetroDome as his career record there is 4-10.  He will have to play well Sunday for the Packers to have a chance to win this game.  The Packers would love to run with Ahman Green (561 yards rushing) and Noah Herron but the Vikings’ run defense has been awesome this season allowing only 69.0 yards per game and 3.1 yards per carry.  Favre has had a decent season so far (1,948 yards passing) but he’ll have to be careful against the Vikings defense that has picked off 9 passes this season.  The fun thing to watch will be WR Donald Driver (50 rec, 580 yards) matched up against Antoine Winfield of the Vikings.

The Vikings will try to run the ball with Chester Taylor (708 yards rushing) at a decent run defense of the Packers that allow 98.0 yards rushing and 3.8 yards per carry.  If the Vikings can establish a running game, that should slow down the Packers pass rush enough to get the ball down the field a little in the passing game.  The Vikings could have a tough time with DE Aaron Kampman of the Packers who already has 9.5 sacks this season, they had better double team him on passing plays or he will be in their backfield.  Brad Johnson hasn’t played well with only 4 TDs and 8 INTs, but the Packers pass defense is weak and has allowed 244.5 net yards passing.  The Vikings WRs need to catch the ball as they’ve suffered a ton of drops this season.

The QB that plays better will win this football game and I can make an arguement for either QB playing the better game.  This is a toss-up!

 

Brett Favre has rebounded well from his poor season last year.  Favre has passed for 1,948 yards this season with 11 TDs and 7 INTs.  Favre has a QB rating of 78.8 this season and he still makes some throws that make you scratch your head, but Favre is focused on some of Dan Marino’s records and he’s getting close to them.  Of course, he could just be holding them until Peyton Manning comes up and grabs them.  Basically, Favre is still way better than any other options that the Packers have, so his job is safe for awhile.

Aaron Rodgers has completed 2 of 3 passes for 14 yards as a mop-up man so far.  Rodgers is the future at QB for the Packers, but that won’t happen until Brett Favre retires, and that’s the way it should be in Titletown.

The Packers should have blown the Bills out in this game.  The Packers out-gained the Bills 427-184 and lost the game because of sloppy play by Brett Favre.  Favre completed 28 of 47 passes for 287 yards with 1 TD and 2 BIG interceptions.  One of the pick-offs was returned for a TD and the other one was returned 76 yards!  Ahman Green had another great game carrying the ball 23 times for 122 yards (5.3 ypc).  Noah Herron carried the ball 5 times for 25 yards (5.0 ypc) and caught 7 passes for 57 yards.  Donald Driver had a good game catching 9 passes for 96 yards and a TD.  Greg Jennings (5 rec, 69 yards) and TE David Martin (4 rec, 51 yards) each did their part to help the offense.

DE Aaron Kampman ( 8 tackles, sack) and DT Corey Williams (3 sacks) led the way on a great effort by the defense.  The Bills carried the ball 28 times 120 yards (4.3 ypc).  The Bills only completed 8 of 15 passes for 64 net yards passing.

The Packers should have won this game, plain and simple.

Cornerback Charles Woodson is doubtful for Sunday’s game with an injured knee.  WR Greg Jennings has returned to practice and is likely to start on Sunday against the Bills.