Sunday, November 1, 2009

Will Favre and The Vikings Put Out His Past Relatives The Packers?

Adrian Peterson had blowout rushing games of 180 yards against Cleveland in Week 1 and 143 yards against Baltimore in Week 6. Otherwise, he has averaged 72.8 yards. He was below 4 yards per carry against Green Bay (2.2) in Week 4 and Pittsburgh (3.8) last week. But flanker Sidney Rice probably has overtaken split end Bernard Berrian as the Vikings' No. 1 receiver. The target of 48 passes, Rice has caught 34 for 545 yards, including six for more than 25 yards. Berrian, who isn't expected to play with a hamstring injury, has caught 24 of 41 for 252, with two for more than 25. According to stats, Rice has two drops and Berrian has one. There's little doubt that Aaron Rodgers will be probing early in the direction of CB Karl Paymah, who will make his second start for injured Antoine Winfield. Paymah, a former Bronco, has excellent size and speed but doesn't turn his hips fluidly and struggles making proper adjustments at the ball. In the first game, Green Bay defensive coordinator Dom Capers blitzed on just 16.7% of passes and the results were dismal. In the Vikings' loss last Sunday in Pittsburgh, the Steelers blitzed an estimated 60% of the time. Will the Vikings sweep the Packers?

2 comments:

  1. That game was great! Favre really took it to his former team. I think that Favre is in-human. He threw 8 touchdowns between 2 games against the packers. With Percy Harvin and Sydney Rice, this team is in contention to win the super bowl.

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  2. Again??

    http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/67762217.html

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