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Prior to the Green Bay Packers losing tight end Tucker Kraft with an ACL tear, the team had never dabbled in six-offensive line sets, which are mostly ways to get an extra blocker on the field for the running game. Starting in Week 10, though, the week after Kraft’s injury, the team started sprinkling in […]
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With Sunday’s 23-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings, the Green Bay Packers have officially won more divisional matchups this year than they did during the entire 2024 season, and that’s with 4 NFC North games left to go! The Packers were missing a slew of players, including RB Josh Jacobs, WR Matthew Golden, and LB […]
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Between the depth chart shuffles on the offensive line and at tight end, plus the injuries impacting the running back, linebacker and cornerback positions, there’s a ton of information that we got about the Green Bay Packers’ roster in their win over the Minnesota Vikings. Remember, this is a short week, as the Packers are […]
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Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur doesn’t care who is in the backfield. He’s going to run the football as much as he possibly can. In their first stress-free win since Week 2, the Packers ran 65 offensive plays in a 23-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Of those plays, 42 of them were […]
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Finally, the Green Bay Packers managed to win comfortably in a game that they were expected to do so. Playing without Josh Jacobs and a somewhat limited Jordan Love, the Packers cruised against the Minnesota Vikings, harassing quarterback J.J. McCarthy frequently en route to a 23-6 victory. Emanuel Wilson was the star offensively for the […]
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The Green Bay Packers were already out one cornerback in Nate Hobbs (knee) coming into Sunday, before losing Keisean Nixon with a stringer. In the second quarter, Nixon ran full speed into the home sideline and collided with defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt in a play that left Nixon down on the ground surrounded by the […]
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NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, who broke the news that running back Josh Jacobs wouldn’t be playing today against the Minnesota Vikings, gave us an update on the status of quarterback Jordan Love on Sunday. According to Pelissero, Love is “still really sore” from the injury that he sustained against the New York Giants, which led […]
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This afternoon, the Green Bay Packers get underway with a three-game stretch of matchups against NFC North opponents. The Packers play the Minnesota Vikings today ahead of games with the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears the next two weeks. Those Vikings currently sit in last place in the division, offering the Packers their best odds […]
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The Green Bay Packers have officially ruled out running back Josh Jacobs (knee), receiver Matthew Golden (shoulder/wrist), linebacker Quay Walker (neck) and cornerback Nate Hobbs (knee) with injuries. Jacobs and Golden were both listed as questionable on the Packers’ final injury report of the week, while Walker was given a “doubtful” status. Along with those […]
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Welcome to Sunday! The NFL is back in action today with a big day and some intriguing games on the schedule before the league and the American viewing public start looking ahead to Thanksgiving this Thursday. The holiday will kick off week 13 around the NFL, but today we’re dealing with 12 games on the […]
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NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs is not going to play against the Minnesota Vikings. Previously, Jacobs was listed as questionable on the Packers’ final injury report of the week and had been considered a game-time decision. According to Pelissero, the Packers “decided to play it cautiously […]
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Going up against a Brian Flores defense is a unique challenge. Not only is the Minnesota Vikings’ defensive coordinator well known as a maniacal blitzer, he seems to find new ways to blitz every week. He has been a forward-thinking coach who has driven changes in blitz strategy across the league, while also breaking those […]
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Let’s get this divisional gauntlet underway. Today, the Green Bay Packers start their sprint through the NFC North to finish out the 2025 regular season, with five divisional games in the last seven weeks. First up is the first of two games against the Minnesota Vikings, whom the Packers will also play in the season […]
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Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley has a wide range of tools at his disposal that he can use to generate pressure on opposing quarterbacks. One way he can generate pressure is through the use of a concept called “hot quarters coverage.” It’s seldom used, and according to Sports Info Solutions, it has only […]
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The Green Bay Packers announced on Saturday that they have promoted two practice squad players to the team’s gameday roster against the Minnesota Vikings. These players are running back Pierre Strong Jr. and linebacker Jamon Johnson. This does not mean that these players will be active against Minnesota, but that they are among the eligible […]
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Jayden Reed is back! Well, sort of. On Friday, the Packers opened Reed’s 21 day practice window, designating the third year receiver to return from IR. While Reed has not practiced since week 2 after foot and collarbone surgeries, the juice he brings after the catch could be a massive boon to a Packers offense […]
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Thank you to Christopher Gates of our sister site the Daily Norseman, which covers the Minnesota Vikings, for stopping by and answering a few questions about his team as they get ready to play the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. If you want to find the pairing piece to this article, where Gates asks me […]
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On Sunday in week 11 against the Giants, safety Evan Williams caught the game-ending interception to send the Packers to 6-3-1. It was a welcome relief after a game spent dropping what felt like a half dozen interceptions in their hands (it was only four by my count). The game is funny that way. Less […]
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The Packers’ oldest rivals may be the Bears, but their most heated rivalry, at least in the 21st century, has to be with the Minnesota Vikings. That’s probably because of the simple fact that the Vikings have been much better over the last 20 to 30 years than the Bears, which leads to a lot […]
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Saturday is going to have a sleepy slate of games before things really ramp up in rivalry week, where we’ll get #4 Georgia @ #16 Georgia Tech and #3 Texas A&M @ #17 Texas on Black Friday and #1 Ohio State @ #18 Michigan and #14 Vanderbilt @ #20 Tennessee on Saturday. This week, though, […]
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The Green Bay Packers dropped their final injury report of the week on Friday, which included that receiver Jayden Reed (shoulder/foot) was a limited participant in practice after having his 21-day practice window open up today. Reed is officially listed as out for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings, but he at least got this […]
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Every year for about five years I’ve been predicting a decline for Minnesota Vikings safety Harrison Smith, because, well, most 31-year-old safeties decline pretty quickly. However, Harrison Smith is not most safeties, and to his immense credit, he has bucked the odds year after year after year. In retrospect, this was actually a dumb thing […]
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The Green Bay Packers are poised to get some reinforcements for their banged-up wide receiver room. Currently, the team has six wideouts on the 53-man roster, and five of those were listed as limited in Thursday’s practice ahead of the team’s Week 12 matchup with the Minnesota Vikings. The only receiver practicing in full was […]
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One thing I like about the Green Bay Packer front office is that I know they have a big database of players and college prospects somewhere inside 1265 Lombardi Avenue, and that it is at least somewhat knowable if you know what to look for. For instance, last year I wrote a piece about how […]
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If the Green Bay Packers want to win on Sunday, then they need to make sure Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy continues to look like one of the worst quarterbacks in football. That’s not hyperbole or even an unfair shot at a divisional rival’s QB. When on the field, McCarthy has been one of the […]
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