Abbrederis injury an underrated blow — Green Bay Packers

Rodgers agreed with that assessment, though he said he was not concerned about his availability for Sunday's game at Minnesota.

"Probably banged up", Rodgers said with a sigh, "but we all are at this time (of the season)". "It's Week 11 coming up; everybody is dealing with different things".

To conclude, fantasy owners are lucky the Packers' poor offense hasn't more negatively affected Rodgers' fantasy output. The Vikings have won five straight since their bye week with Adrian Peterson running over everyone in his path. Coach Mike Zimmer and his double-A gap blitzes have been effective against the Packers in the past and will challenge quarterback Aaron Rodgers more than ever. The team lists him with an undisclosed injury to his right, throwing shoulder. Bakhtiari, right tackle Bryan Bulaga and left guard Josh Sitton all have knee injuries but are probable. Frankly, the way we're practicing today, we're going longer, longer meeting, longer walk-throughs. The Vikings have done it mainly with a good defense and solid rushing game.

Protecting Rodgers is always a priority. Since 2006, the Packers have scored 20+ points in 17 of 18 regular-season games against Minnesota, but based on that last stat plus how Green Bay has played the past three weeks, nothing seems certain anymore.

The report also mentioned that Rodgers has been sacked 11 times in their past three games, the same number of sacks he received in their first six games in which they were unbeaten.

Obviously frustrated, Rodgers appears to be letting his disappointment affect other parts of his game.

With Brooks bringing in his second touchdown of at least 70 yards on the season, he was asked how it feels to break away for a score like that.

"Missed a few throws that I usually hit". In addition, they have dropped catchable balls to stymie drives. "We had communication errors, we had physical errors, we had all sorts of errors in all three phases". So, who should receive the brunt of the blame?

"Their organization is one of the top organizations in sports", Zimmer said, "and honestly we're just trying to get in the mix with these guys".

"So I look for Eddie hopefully to be able to open up this week and he'll go second again". We'll see. Like I said yesterday, he's banged up.

Even new contributors on offense can't stay healthy. Rookie wide receiver Stefon Diggs has been held to five catches over the last two games after bursting on the scene with 25 receptions in his first four career starts. "These define the team", Julius Peppers said. "I don't look at the records, I look at the film".

DB/PR Micah Hyde (hip) has been relegated to limited work in practice thus far this week.