Sunday night
game vs. the Green Bay Packers will without a doubt be the game of the year for
the Vikings. The nation is not giving the Vikes a chance. Is there a chance we
can duplicate Game 16 last season?
Game Info
Game time:
7:30
Channel: NBC
Broadcast
team: Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth. I must add I will be glad to be at the
game so I do not have to hear the praises of the Packers by these broadcasters.
Las Vegas
Odds: Packers by 9
Halftime of
game: Vikings will induct Joey Browner into the Vikings Ring of Honor. He will
be the 21st Vikings to go in and will be only the 2nd
member of a secondary to get his name up there.
HEAD TO HEAD SERIES
Green Bay
leads series 55-49-1. The Vikings are 26-26 at home in the series. The last 20
meetings in Minnesota the Vikes are 12-8 including last season’s last second
field goal by Blair Walsh to send the Vikes into the playoffs.
This series
has been so big the last few years that 5 of the last 6 meetings between the 2
have either been on Monday or Sunday night football.
The 105
games vs Green Bay is the most against any opponent in the NFL.
VIKINGS VS NFL
The
Minnesota Vikings have had 25 penalties called against them which is tied with
the Miami Dolphins for the least in the NFL.
Minnesota
and Denver are the only 2 teams in the NFL that have had a kickoff and a punt
return for a touchdown.
CAREER DAYS VS PACKERS
Jared Allen
has 17 sacks vs the Packers in his career which is the 2nd most by
an NFL player against the Pack. Steve McMichael (Bears) has the most with 18. A
two sack night Sunday will put Allen number 1. I can’t wait to witness this
feat.
Jared Allen
had 4.5 sacks on 10/05/09 vs. the Packers which is a career high.
Everson
Griffen had 3 sacks on 12/30/12 vs. the Packers which is a career high.
VIKINGS-PACKERS CONNECTIONS
We know Greg
Jennings came from Green Bay but did you know Toby Gerhart’s brother, Garth is
on the Packers practice squad?
COLLEGE CONNECTIONS
USC has
always put out seemingly a ton of pro players and in this game is no different.
It is hard to imagine Clay Mathews, Nick Perry, Matt Kalil, Everson Griffen and
Rhett Ellison all on the Trojan’s team in the same year.
UCLA had
only 4 players get drafted in 2013 and by chance all 4 will be present Sunday
night. The Vikings have Jeff Locke (punter) and Jeff Baca (OL) while the
Packers have Johnathan Franklin (RB) and Datone Jones (DE).
FINAL THOUGHTS:
The Packers
and Vikings seem to be going different directions but this an NFC North battle
so throw the records out. This game will be a black and blue division battle at
its best. My one true concern is the fact the Vikings are struggling that fans
may sell their tickets to Packer fans. I will not be surprised to see a 50-50
crowd. Vikings fans need to come and will their team to the upset.
I BELIEVE!!
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
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