I know the Vikes are the darlings of Peter King but we spank them and spank them hard. TDs for Adams, Lazard and Jones, and MVS has some nice plays. Cook and Cousins struggle to establish much against the Smith brothers.
30-17 final.
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Won't have a good feel for this one until I know who's starting at RT, and MLF just said he's not telling until Sunday.
I expect a sloppy, low scoring game. Offense will look disjointed, defense should look fairly good. Playing at US Bank stadium would usually be a big advantage to the Queens, not so much with an empty stadium.
I think how Rodgers and that offense looked last season opening at Shitcago. Bulaga was on ice skates and the offense, who hadn't played at all in preseason, looked like a deer in headlights.
Granted, it's year 2 now but we're still talking about a team who hasn't played real football in 8 months.
Packers 13-Vikes 6
Who is playing CB for the Vikes? Doesn’t matter, Adams will burn them.
Rodgers is an efficient 17/24 for 250 yards, 2 TD
A. Jones solid ~20 carries, ~100 yards and 5 catches for 50 yards and a TD
Dillon dips his toe in the water on the goal line and trucks Harrison Smith for a TD
Adams has a field day going 12 catches for 160 yards and a TD
OLBs combine for 4 sacks
CBs combine for 2 INT
GB 24
MIN 13
Impossible to predict. There's no real indication of how this team has evolved in camp and what the offence really looks like. Minnesota has no secondary anymore, but that's made irrelevant since we only have one real WR, with 1 of the other 4 occasionally making big plays in-between drops. I suspect our running game is going to carry the day.
The last point of reference we have is the NFCC. We'll know mid-second quarter what this team is capable of. I think it's Kirk's game to lose, which is helpful, since our edge rushers should make him throw the ball backwards a few times again.
I predict mid-way through the first quarter after 2 stalled drives some jack-wad in the game thread will declare “season over”.
Guy above me gives it to the middle of the 2nd quarter.
You optimist, you.
This one is over before it starts....
Packers - ∞
Vikings - SKOLOLOLOL
ARod throws passes to Adams, Lazard and Sternberger for TDs and Jones runs for 100 yards and scores a TD from the redzone. Packers win 28-17. Vikes coach refuses to congratulate MLF on the victory and tears up purple pom pons in the locker room.
Rodgers is unspectacular as O-line is porous.
The Wrs can't get open and have a couple of drops.
MLF can't figure out which RB to use and how often.
Defense struggles to stop the Vike's rushing attack.
MLB continues to be a problem.
Opie gets carded trying to get to locker room before the game
Packers still win because....well, they're playing the Vikings.
Since I predicted there would be no games this year I must forfeit my right to predict.
Than again, there haven't been any games yet.
Pack in a sloppy squeaker.
You can't make many conclusions based on the first 2-3 weeks of the season. After that, if there are any scheme changes there is enough tape for other teams to react to. It will be even more true this year with nobody seeing practices and the fact there were no preseason games.
I think the Packers lose a close one. Dalvin Cook is healthy and makes a big difference. If the Packers win, it will be because they unleash a new power running game behind Dillon.
@Pikes Peak posted:
Pack in a sloppy squeaker.
I always enjoy a good sloppy squeaker.
@Pikes Peak posted:Since I predicted there would be no games this year I must forfeit my right to predict.
Then Than again, there haven't been any games yet.
Pack in a sloppy squeaker.
@PackLandVA posted:
And yet people complain when I use more advanced vocabulary. 
you spelled "ignore" wrong
35-10, GB. For no other reason than I want GB to hit them and hit them hard. I don't know who's going to protect Rodgers on the right side, but I anticipate keeping a TE in and possibly a RB as well. But the Vikes have a very young secondary, their WRs are young, and in both cases, those are areas GB is strong in. Also, while MN has Cook, I think we use our new ThunderThighs to keep the sticks moving, and then Jones takes over. Rodgers does his Rodgers thing, the Smiths harass Cousins all day, and we win. The D is going to be ahead for every team as the O takes time to get timing and assignments sorted out.
I waiting for the consensus boards to make my pick. Then I will have it.
Jaymo is an idiot before the game and the score won’t change anything.
@"We"-Ka-Bong posted:you spelled "ignore" wrong
Irregardless, he's going to be sad.
Pinko.
No clue what to think of this game because we haven't seen either team play. I do think the Packers are getting a break not having to play in their stadium with a full stadium doing their Still Keep on Losing chant.
I am still superstitious and I won't pick the Pack to win. Spermheads 971 Pack 3
Game could honestly be decided by Danielle Hunter's health. Hunter vs. Turner is much different than any of their other DEs vs. Turner. Hunter vs. Turner actually means Turner + Lewis vs. Hunter and that removes a passing game option. At the end of the day though...
Aaron Rodgers vs the Vikings.
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Just a reminder the last time we played them there, they got SEVEN first downs, the lowest total for a Viking team in a home game since 1971. Sure, Cook wasn't playing but they had a third string running back who didn't run for 200 yards.
But the real question is whether or not they will be allowed to keep pumping in the canned crowd noise without the crowd. That would be SO min. I think I may laugh my pants soiled.
@Grave Digger posted:Game could honestly be decided by Danielle Hunter's health.
Or how well the Packers cope with the injuries on their own OL.
I think it's going to be a low scoring game that comes down to turnovers. Since we have Rodgers and they don't, 16-13 Packers.
We're gonna light these fools up. Two new CB...38-13
Unfortunately the question remains: Do the Packers have the receivers to take advantage of that?
I will expect to see our ILB's abused like a walmart greeter.
No matter what happens all I will continue to say is the spermheads!
