National Football League 2015 Season: Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers, Preview, Prediction

Entering the game as the least penalized team in the NFL, the Vikings gave up a season high 8 penalties for 110 yards on a chilly day at TCF Bank Stadium. After not recording a sack in each of the last three games the Packers would record six on the day.

The Packers had been held winless ever since former Bears coach Mike Ditka donned a Green Bay Packers sweater in a McDonald's advertisement in late October. "We had a good week of practice".

Rodgers connected early with Jones, who had been invisible for weeks, on a 25-yard gain that set up Green Bay's first field goal. The over is 11-4 overall in this series recently and 11-3-1 in Minneapolis between the teams.

"But what I was most happy about was we bounced back and held them from scoring". Add to that the fact that Cordarrelle Patterson (who scored the TD last week), when he knocks off a great return of 52 yards, gives the kicker Mason Crosby a small head butt and gets a 15-yard penalty.

Packer running back Eddie Lacy is listed as probable with a groin injury.

I think it's from the top to the bottom. This game, however, was not about the Packers offense.

We really don't get the Packers' refusal to play Jeff Janis. "When we did (contain him), we seemed to hurt ourselves with penalties". Do you think coaches should work more on making this team believe they are one of the best teams right now? "You've got to be able to win when the whole world is watching".

Aaron Rodgers found his stroke again too. Even though they don't appear to be playing at their best right now, the division is so weak and the schedule so soft that Green Bay will be hosting another playoff game in January.

Also, Eddie Lacy made an appearance, emerging from a milk carton, and became a factor on the field. "We didn't play well on a national stage today". Peterson himself had one of his worst performances of the season with 45 yards rushing and a fumble lost.

"Our job is to try to make sure we do everything we can to eliminate any hits from him", Campen said.

"He is a big back, he runs downhill and is hard to bring down", Minnesota defensive end Brian Robison said.

Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers reminded the Minnesota Vikings whose division this has been this decade.

back to playing the style of football that we like to play".

"They came and wanted it more today".

Adrian Peterson did not follow up his 203-yard performance of last week. The pass rush by the Packers was the story, though. Jones finished with 109 yards on six catches, but Cobb hauled in just two passes for 24 yards after being targeting nine times. "Everybody contributed and we got

Minnesota's seven wins have come against teams that are a combined 22-38. "We were out of sync, out of whack".

Rudolph said if Minnesota wants to accomplish its goal, it must win the head-to-head games on a prime-stage. "The opportunities were slim, and we just couldn't get going for whatever reason", Peterson said.

"It's going back to the basics of dropping your shoulders and keeping the feet moving", Wanda Lacy said about her son's lack of production over the previous month. There's no question a win would've been huge for the Vikings because it would've given the Vikings a two-game lead in the NFC North with only six games to play.

"I thought he played very well", Zimmer said. "The penetration allowed us to play fast all night".

 

"We made plays", he said. Rudolph caught Bridgewater's pass and beat out Micah Hyde as he rumbled down the field 47 yards into the end zone.