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| All Games | 4-2 | +1.5 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 28.0 | 13.8 | 434.7 | (6.8) | 1.5 | 21.2 | 5.7 | 345.8 | (5.7) | 1.2 | | Road Games | 1-2 | -1.5 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 25.7 | 12.0 | 407.3 | (6.4) | 2.7 | 28.3 | 9.3 | 383.7 | (6.4) | 1.7 | | Last 3 Games | 3-0 | +3 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 24.0 | 9.7 | 414.7 | (6.5) | 0.7 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 287.3 | (4.8) | 0.7 | | Division Games | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 22.0 | 6.0 | 449.0 | (7.1) | 0.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 286.0 | (4.8) | 0.0 |
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| Offense (All Games) | 28.0 | 13.8 | 22.5 | 30:28 | 27-135 | (4.9) | 24-37 | 65.0% | 300 | (8.2) | 64-435 | (6.8) | (15.5) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 22.8 | 11.2 | 19.4 | 30:37 | 26-108 | (4.1) | 22-36 | 60.2% | 243 | (6.7) | 63-351 | (5.6) | (15.4) | | Offense Road Games | 25.7 | 12.0 | 21.7 | 28:13 | 26-128 | (4.9) | 21-37 | 57.1% | 279 | (7.5) | 64-407 | (6.4) | (15.9) | | Defense (All Games) | 21.2 | 5.7 | 18.5 | 29:32 | 23-79 | (3.4) | 22-37 | 60.5% | 267 | (7.2) | 60-346 | (5.7) | (16.3) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 23.1 | 11.2 | 20 | 31:35 | 27-107 | (3.9) | 22-37 | 59.7% | 251 | (6.7) | 64-357 | (5.6) | (15.5) | | Defense Road Games | 28.3 | 9.3 | 19.0 | 31:47 | 27-73 | (2.7) | 22-34 | 66.3% | 311 | (9.2) | 60-384 | (6.4) | (13.5) |
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| Stats For (All Games) | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | -0.3 | 13-5 | 40.5% | 0-0 | 33.3% | 2-25 | (14.9) | 2-23 | (9.7) | 7-60 | | Opponents Avg. Stats Against | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2 | 14-5 | 37.1% | 1-0 | 54.1% | 2-48 | (22.4) | 23-2 | (9.2) | 6-55 | | Stats For (Road Games) | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | -1.0 | 13-5 | 35.0% | 1-0 | 0.0% | 2-27 | (13.3) | 3-31 | (11.6) | 6-51 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | | 14-5 | 36.8% | 2-1 | 45.5% | 3-93 | (29.5) | 1-9 | (7.9) | 8-67 | | Opponents Avg. Stats For | 1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | | 14-6 | 38.8% | 1-0 | 47.3% | 2-49 | (23.2) | 22-2 | (9.5) | 7-62 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | | 14-5 | 34.9% | 1-1 | 66.7% | 3-91 | (27.3) | 1-15 | (11.5) | 7-56 |
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| All Games | 1-5 | -5.7 | 2-4 | 5-1 | 22.0 | 13.7 | 316.3 | (5.3) | 2.5 | 30.2 | 15.8 | 391.2 | (5.6) | 2.2 | | Home Games | 0-2 | -4 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 18.5 | 10.0 | 309.5 | (4.8) | 2.5 | 33.0 | 19.0 | 388.0 | (5.7) | 2.0 | | Last 3 Games | 1-2 | -1.1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 296.3 | (5.1) | 1.7 | 28.3 | 11.3 | 352.7 | (5.1) | 1.0 | | Dome Games | 0-3 | -5 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 20.3 | 11.3 | 316.3 | (5.3) | 3.0 | 33.3 | 17.0 | 415.0 | (5.8) | 2.0 | | Division Games | 0-2 | -2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 27.0 | 17.5 | 340.0 | (6) | 3.5 | 32.5 | 18.5 | 440.0 | (6.2) | 3.0 |
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| Offense (All Games) | 22.0 | 13.7 | 17.0 | 25:50 | 23-102 | (4.4) | 21-37 | 57.2% | 214 | (5.8) | 60-316 | (5.3) | (14.4) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 23.7 | 11.6 | 20 | 30:46 | 27-105 | (3.9) | 23-37 | 62.4% | 242 | (6.6) | 63-347 | (5.5) | (14.6) | | Offense Home Games | 18.5 | 10.0 | 19.0 | 27:20 | 22-104 | (4.7) | 28-43 | 66.3% | 205 | (4.8) | 65-309 | (4.8) | (16.7) | | Defense (All Games) | 30.2 | 15.8 | 23.8 | 34:10 | 28-103 | (3.7) | 28-42 | 65.6% | 288 | (6.8) | 70-391 | (5.6) | (13) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 22.6 | 11.7 | 20 | 30:14 | 24-94 | (3.8) | 23-37 | 60.8% | 248 | (6.7) | 61-342 | (5.6) | (15.1) | | Defense Home Games | 33.0 | 19.0 | 22.5 | 32:39 | 28-117 | (4.2) | 25-40 | 63.0% | 271 | (6.7) | 68-388 | (5.7) | (11.8) |
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| Stats For (All Games) | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | -0.3 | 14-6 | 39.5% | 1-1 | 44.4% | 3-86 | (30.4) | 1-21 | (15.9) | 4-49 | | Opponents Avg. Stats Against | 1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 14-6 | 40.6% | 1-0 | 45.8% | 2-44 | (22.5) | 23-2 | (10.8) | 6-55 | | Stats For (Home Games) | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | -0.5 | 15-7 | 45.2% | 1-0 | 50.0% | 1-39 | (26) | 1-1 | (1) | 4-45 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 | | 14-7 | 46.5% | 1-1 | 66.7% | 2-73 | (29.1) | 2-18 | (7.1) | 6-55 | | Opponents Avg. Stats For | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.9 | | 13-5 | 38.7% | 1-0 | 48.7% | 2-60 | (24.2) | 19-2 | (8.9) | 6-54 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | | 13-6 | 48.1% | 2-2 | 80.0% | 1-28 | (19) | 3-21 | (7) | 5-43 |
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| 9/8/2013 | @ SAN FRANCISCO | 28-34 | L | 5.5 | L | 46.5 | O | 19-63 | 21-37-322 | 2 | 34-90 | 27-39-404 | 0 | | 9/15/2013 | WASHINGTON | 38-20 | W | -7 | W | 47.5 | O | 24-139 | 34-42-441 | 1 | 17-108 | 26-40-314 | 1 | | 9/22/2013 | @ CINCINNATI | 30-34 | L | -3 | L | 48.5 | O | 30-182 | 26-43-217 | 4 | 24-82 | 20-28-215 | 4 | | 10/6/2013 | DETROIT | 22-9 | W | -10 | W | 52 | U | 33-180 | 20-30-269 | 0 | 19-64 | 25-40-222 | 0 | | 10/13/2013 | @ BALTIMORE | 19-17 | W | -2 | T | 48 | U | 30-140 | 17-32-298 | 2 | 22-47 | 20-34-313 | 1 | | 10/20/2013 | CLEVELAND | 31-13 | W | -8 | W | 45 | U | 29-104 | 25-36-253 | 0 | 23-83 | 17-42-133 | 1 | | 10/27/2013 | @ MINNESOTA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/4/2013 | CHICAGO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/10/2013 | PHILADELPHIA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/17/2013 | @ NY GIANTS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/24/2013 | MINNESOTA | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 9/8/2013 | @ DETROIT | 24-34 | L | 4 | L | 46 | O | 22-105 | 18-28-225 | 4 | 33-117 | 28-43-352 | 2 | | 9/15/2013 | @ CHICAGO | 30-31 | L | 6 | W | 40.5 | O | 33-123 | 16-30-227 | 3 | 26-129 | 28-39-282 | 4 | | 9/22/2013 | CLEVELAND | 27-31 | L | -6.5 | L | 40.5 | O | 31-134 | 25-42-195 | 3 | 17-103 | 31-55-306 | 4 | | 9/29/2013 | *PITTSBURGH | 34-27 | W | 3 | W | 41.5 | O | 25-145 | 16-25-248 | 0 | 21-77 | 36-51-357 | 2 | | 10/13/2013 | CAROLINA | 10-35 | L | -2.5 | L | 44.5 | O | 13-75 | 32-44-215 | 2 | 39-131 | 20-26-236 | 0 | | 10/21/2013 | @ NY GIANTS | 7-23 | L | 4 | L | 47.5 | U | 14-30 | 20-53-176 | 3 | 32-64 | 23-39-193 | 1 | | 10/27/2013 | GREEN BAY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/3/2013 | @ DALLAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/7/2013 | WASHINGTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/17/2013 | @ SEATTLE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/24/2013 | @ GREEN BAY | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | GREEN BAY: The Packers are still trying to figure out the running game, a one-cut system that plays off the passing game. They run out of all their looks, whether it's with a fullback, two tight ends or a three- or four-receiver look. Rookie Eddie Lacy enters this year as the favorite for early-down carries, though they'll rotate three backs most weeks and simply ride the hot hand. Lacy and fullback John Kuhn will work in short yardage situations, and they'll even have WR Randall Cobb take some hand-offs out of a shotgun formation.
Aaron Rodgers is as good as anyone in the NFL throwing on the run, and they'll keep moving the pocket behind a shaky offensive line that allowed Rodgers to be sacked 51 times last year, well up from 36 sacks in 2011. Cobb should emerge as the most consistently targeted player because he works underneath so often. Healthy again, Jordy Nelson should be the big-play receiver again, with James Jones getting more consistent playing time with Greg Jennings gone. And flex TE Jermichael Finley is up for a bigger role as Cobb gets more attention from defenses. The backs are not used often as receivers. The Packers are a pass-heavy team in the red zone. Rodgers led the team in rushes inside the 10. Lacy and Kuhn figure to battle for the goal line role.
The Packers defense has certainly improved, especially at home where they allowed just 17.5 PPG last year. The D-Line doesn't possess great pass rushers, but OLB Clay Matthews (13 sacks) takes care of that. Even without Charles Woodson, this secondary still shines brightly with SS Morgan Burnett (123 tackles) and CBs Tramon Williams (16 PD) and Casey Hayward (6 INT). LB Brad Jones is coming off a career year (77 tackles) and will take over for Desmond Bishop, who was released after not taking a pay cut. | | MINNESOTA: The Vikings have adopted more of a versatile running scheme, mixing in a lot of man blocking with their usual zone stuff. Obviously, Adrian Peterson is the centerpiece of this offense, and after bringing him along somewhat slowly early last season, he'll be all-systems-go as a three-down workhorse this year. Toby Gerhart will occasionally spell him and would take a full workload if Peterson were to get hurt again.
This is a West Coast passing game that has Christian Ponder moving around a lot. In the past, their favorite play had been to roll Ponder out with Percy Harvin for some long hand-offs. They'd like rookie Cordarrelle Patterson to take that role of the departed Harvin. TE Kyle Rudolph will also inherit those looks, and they'll involve Peterson in the screen game frequently. Greg Jennings will move around a lot and should be their leading receiver. Jerome Simpson is a pure deep threat, while third receiver Jarius Wright will line up inside and out, but is better working downfield. Not surprisingly, the Vikings continued to ride Peterson in the red zone (59 carries inside 20-yd line last season), and they'll do the same this year. When they throw, it's usually off play-action with Rudolph.
The strength of this defense comes up front with 4-time All-Pro DE Jared Allen (117 career sacks) and 5-time All-Pro DT Kevin Williams (56.5 career sacks), plus first-round pick DT Sharrif Floyd and new DE Lawrence Jackson. The Vikings still have star SLB Chad Greenway (148 tackles, T-2nd in NFL) all over the field, but despite the defense's utter lack of playmakers, it added no significant free agents in the back seven. The subpar pass defense (244 YPG, 24th in NFL) got even weaker when it allowed top CB Antoine Winfield to sign elsewhere. CB Chris Cook and rookie CB Xavier Rhodes are a shaky starting duo. |
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*Packers-Vikings Preview* =========================
Greg Jennings says that his comments about the Green Bay Packers weren't serious.
He's got enough to worry with his Minnesota Vikings making another change at quarterback.
Christian Ponder is back as the starter for Sunday night's final Metrodome matchup between these NFC North rivals, who are meeting for the first time since the playoffs last season.
The storyline for this game figured to be Jennings, who spent the previous seven years with Green Bay (4-2) before signing a five-year deal with Minnesota (1-5) in March. Jennings not only performed the same switch of sides in this rivalry as Brett Favre's, he took the extra step of criticizing Aaron Rodgers' leadership in an offseason interview with a Minneapolis newspaper.
Jennings, who refused to call the quarterback by name then, now claims that he was just joking around.
"If Aaron knows me like he's known me the past seven years, then he knows I'm not one of those guys that wishes ill on anyone or just tries to stand out and be apart from the team," Jennings said. "Hopefully, he knows that."
Rodgers may know Jennings better than any of his current team's QBs. This will mark the third straight week Jennings will be working with a new starter under center, with Ponder getting the call after he started the first three games.
That's because Josh Freeman, signed by Minnesota on Oct. 7 after he was cut by Tampa Bay four days earlier, has concussion-like symptoms. Freeman was 20 of 53 for 190 yards and an interception in his Vikings debut, a 23-7 road loss to the New York Giants on Monday.
Minnesota coach Leslie Frazier said that Ponder will practice with the first unit this week. With the Vikings facing a short week, Ponder is expected to start.
"At the quarterback position, you want to know who is going to be lining up week-in and week-out," Frazier said. "But that's the circumstance where we are and Christian will do a good job for us on Sunday night."
Jennings is trying to rally behind Ponder after Freeman started last week and Matt Cassel the two previous contests.
"It doesn't matter who it is, we have to help him be successful and he has to help us be successful so it's Christian this week, that's who we're rolling with, that's who we're rooting for," Jennings said.
Ponder was out with a triceps injury when Minnesota fell 24-10 at Green Bay in a wild-card game last season. Joe Webb was forced into action that day.
The Vikings earned that postseason berth with a 37-34 home win over the Packers the week before on Blair Walsh's 29-yard field goal as time expired. Adrian Peterson rushed for 199 yards on 34 carries, cementing his first MVP award.
Peterson rushed for 409 yards as these teams split their regular-season meetings last season before he gained 99 on 22 carries in the playoff game.
However, he was held to a season-low 28 yards on 13 carries Monday and now faces a Packers defense that ranks first in the NFC against the run by yielding 79.0 yards per game.
"They do a good job on defense of bottling things up and trying to defend the run," Frazier said.
The injury-plagued Packers have won three straight after Rodgers threw for three scores in a 31-13 home victory over Cleveland last Sunday. However, they lost tight end Jermichael Finley to a significant neck injury.
Green Bay played that contest without linebackers Clay Matthews, Nick Perry and Brad Jones as well as receivers Randall Cobb and James Jones. James Jones seems to be the most likely to return from that group.
"We're going to have 46 guys lined up against the Minnesota Vikings and we're going to the Metrodome to win," coach Mike McCarthy said.
Second-year receiver Jarrett Boykin had eight catches for 103 yards and a TD in his first career start last week. Jordy Nelson is the only mainstay who is definitely available from a receiving corps that was once considered one of the best in the NFL.
Jennings was a longtime part of that group, combining with Rodgers for 425 receptions and 53 touchdowns in the previous seven seasons.
"I still have a love for those fans and for that organization, absolutely, and the guys within that locker room, but I'm developing new ties and new relationships over here," Jennings said.
Rodgers was sacked 10 times by Minnesota last season - four by Jared Allen. The star defensive end has a team-high four sacks this season, but the Vikings have only 12 for the fifth-lowest total in the league.
The Packers are 14-16 at the Metrodome, where the Vikings are playing for the final season.
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