The Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings are set to clash in a high-stakes NFC North matchup with playoff seeding on the line. This is only the second time since the 1970 NFL merger that two NFC North/Central opponents have both reached at least 11 wins. The Vikings (13-2) are vying for the division title and the No. 1 seed, while the Packers (11-4) aim for a strong playoff position.
Stephen A. Smith explains why he has the Packers as the fourth-best team in the NFC at the moment. Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers . He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sports writer of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him on Twitter at @RobDemovsky.Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN.
To get prepared for Sunday's game at U.S. Bank Stadium, Packers reporter Rob Demovsky and Vikings reporter Kevin Seifert discuss the recent history of the rivalry, size up each team's season and look ahead to Sunday -- and beyond.Rob, I've been covering Packers-Vikings games since 1999. I think your first was in 1973, right? Ha! And I'm struggling to come up with another instance when both teams had built up such strong seasons to create this kind of end-of-season spectacle.
's single-season rushing record . All Peterson did was put up 199 yards, but he fell 9 yards short of history.the Packers twice, were incredible atmospheres and high-stress contests for the Packers, who wanted to show they could win without their longtime superstar. Love completed 32 of 54 passes for 389 yards and four touchdowns against them, but he also threw three interceptions.It might be easier to list what hasn't changed, because the Packers are a much different team than they were in Week 4.
And speaking of Minnesota's defense, no one blitzes as much as the Vikings . But Love has been much better against the blitz of late. In the past six games, he has the best QBR against the blitz after posting the third-lowest QBR against the blitz in the first seven games of the season.It's worth noting that the Vikings' 38% blitz rate represents a pretty big range of per game approaches.
As we wrap this up, something I've been thinking about this week is the difference between the first and second games between these teams in each of the previous two seasons that O'Connell has coached the Vikings and LaFleur has coached the Packers. The Vikings won the first games of the 2022 and 2023 seasons by a combined margin of 30 points and then lost the second games by a combined 47 points.
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