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Game of the week, game for the division title, game of foes.  I have heard the Vikings Packer game called all of these names, I have even heard it been called the best game in 10 years...huh?  The best game...in 10 years???  Thats saying something.  What about the Packers vs. Broncos in the superbowl, infact what about last years Giants vs Pats superbowl...those were both pretty good games.  Anyways, I am here to tell you why the Vikings will not beat the Packers, and for the records, why the will not even be close!

1.) Everyone is high on Jared Allen.  I will be the first to admit he is one of the greatest DE's in the game, if not the best.  But fact of the matter is, he is playing one of the best tackles in the game, Chad Clifton.  Who if anyone would like to recall was absolutley dominant against Allen last year, allowing only 3 tackles and .5 sacks the one game they played.  So I would put him as a non factor this game, he is one of the best going against one of the best.  Sure it will be an epic battle, but Clifton has shut down most if not all the prolific pass rushers last year, here are the DE's he faced and how they fared...

Trent Cole- 5 tkls 1.5 sacks
Osi Umenyiora- 3 tckls 0 sacks
Igor Olshanksy- 3 tckls 0 sacks
Jared Allen- 3 tkls .5 sacks
Alex Brown- 1 tckls 0 sacks
Demetric Evans- 1 tckls 0 sacks
Kenechi Udeze- 3 tckl 0 sacks
Chris Canty- 2 tckl 0 sacks

Those are the big name DE's he faced.  And the 3 Pro Bowlers in that mix combined for a total of 2 sacks against Clifton...dominance.  Look for that trend to continue against Allen again.

2.)Tavaris Jackson is hurt, and normally bad.  I thought Jackson could be good coming out of college, but he has been straight awful, he completed 58% of his passes for nearly 2000 yards while throwing 9 TD's and 12 picks.  Right...and he is going to dominate one of the top 5 defenses in the league?  Overall Jackson has thrown 11 TD's and 16 picks, so just looking at these numbers, I see no real improvement from him, and I see no reason why he should suddenly change against one of the best pass defenses, being hurt wont help either.

3.) The Packers dominated Adrian Peterson last year.  In fact Peterson was hurt in his last game against the Packers.  He averaged about 75 yards a game and no TD's against the Packers.  No doubt he is a good RB, but against a big defensive front and the best LB core in the league, he cant keep up.  Peterson relies on being faster than the D-Line and LB's and to run through them.  That isnt going to happen with Nick Barnett, AJ Hawk, Brady Poppinga, and Desmond Bishop.  All 4 of them are fast, strong and big hitters, I just dont see him outplaying them. 
Look for Peterson to run scared against them and timid because he did get injured against them, and wont want to repeat that.  And against a better line with the big ol' Pickett fence (Ryan Pickett), Peterson should be only an average back.

4.) The worst secondary vs one of the best passing offenses.  The deepest WR core should have its way against the Vikings pitiful secondary.  This is also where I feel the need to back up Rodgers.  The times Rodgers has played, he has done so sucessfully, apart from the Pats game where we later found out he played on a broken toe for the game.  Against a much much much better secondary in Dallas, he torched them for 201 yards and a TD, all in about a half of the game while playing from behind.  The guy has ability and he will rely on Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Ruvell Martin, Donald Lee, and Jordy Nelson...yeah, all of them are huge playmakers.  Even the lesser known guys like Jones, he burned the best CB in the game, Champ Bailey, for a 70 yard TD last year.
Its the system not the QB.  The Packers offense is a system designed for any QB to step in and be able to throw the ball.  Favre was good, but Rodgers will be better.  The system calls for a accurate mobile QB, both of which Rodgers has more than Favre.  Expect a big showing.

5.)  The last time a Viking called the Packers out and said he was going to hurt one of them, they got demolished.  Look for the Packers to use Jared Allens comments as fuel.

Prediction: 28-0 Packers win.

September 6, 2008  12:12 AM ET

first of all, rogers has only played a couple games and your saying the packers have a great passing game. Your just anti vikings and love the packers. you also said rogers will be better than brett? youve got to be kidding me. i can also guarentee u allen has a huge game. im not trying to get u down about being a packer fan, but the comments u have stated are absolutely horrible. it should be a good close game, but no way the packs vbow out the vikes 28-0. As for Tarvaris, hey i know hes not that great, but he just needs to be solid so that when given the opportunity, he can make big plays.

September 6, 2008  09:27 AM ET

you're an absolute idiot.

First you didnt back up any of your statements, you just made assumptions.

And when you say Tavaris is going to make big plays, do you mean throwin 4 more picks than TD's and under throwing everyone of his horrible WR's?

Berrian is still hurt, and not that good to begin with. Sidney Rice, showed glimpses, but still is nothing special. And Robert Ferguson couldnt make it as a Packer, so essentially Tavaris is throwing to the garbage of the league.

You are an idiot, all you say is Allen is going to have a huge game...why? Are there any inclinations that he is better than CLifton? Because from what I have seen, Clifton dominated Allen.

September 6, 2008  07:49 PM ET

First of all, who gives you the right to talk about somebody elses quarterback when your quarterback hasnt played more than a half of football. How can you say that jackson hasn't made any improvement when his first year was last year. You cant tell if someone hasn't made improvement until the second year and this is his second year of starting. Jackson doesnt have to go out and play like peyton or tom he just has to manage the game.

Also you say Peterson is going to get dominated this game because of a couple of linebackers you've named. You say they're much faster and stronger and whatever but i do remember peterson blowing past shawn merriman and his defensive company for 296 yards and 3 td's. So if you can blow past the best linebacker in the game you can blow past AJ Hawk and Barnett.If peterson wouldnt have got hurt in that second game against the pack then he would have had more yards then he did and atleast a touchdown. Something else you said was that peterson relies on being faster and being able to run through the dline and the lb's...Isn't that what a running back is supposed to do???

You act like all this criticism doesnt go both ways. I can write a blog just like this going against the packers but i have better things to do. but i'll give you a quick summary. Aaron Rogers hasnt been on the field long enough to show anyone he can play. Grant is just coming off a hamstring injury and is going against a healthy vikings defense without one addition, Madieu Williams. You mentioned a matchup for our lines and you said clifton and allen. OK but what about the williams boys. Lets see yall stop that. I see both qb's throwing 1 touchdown a fieldgoal or two from both a touchdown from peterson and grant and a touchdown from our defense and i'll say the game ends 24 17 vikings.

Also dont get me wrong i think the Packers are a good team better then any of the other two in the division but i think the vikings come out swinging harder then yall do on monday night.

September 6, 2008  07:51 PM ET

maybe even 24 20

September 6, 2008  09:02 PM ET

Your stats are terrible. Last season, they were not in the top 5 for any major category. Im talking about FR, ints, Total yards, rush yards, pass yards, sacks, turnovers, fg allowed, passing tds allowed. The only stats I can see with the Packs in the top 5 are 3rd dwn stop % and rush tds. So where are you getting the idea that the Packs are a top 5 defensive team. Where do you get the idea that they have the deepest wr corp? The Lions easily have a deeper wr corp with 4 wrs with top 50 rec yds and other teams also have deeper wr corps. Also, the first time AP played the Packs, he got 112 yds on 12 runs. The other time AP got hurt with 11 plays for 45yds. He avged an impressive 6.8 yds per carry. There is only 1 person who avged more yds per attempt in the top 100 leading rushers last year. Tha is far from a dominating stat that you want to brag about. Also, where does it say the packers have the best linebackers in the league? Espn ranks Cowboys then Chargers. Where do you get the idea that Aaron Rodgers will be able to out preform Brett Favre, one of the best QBs of all time, with many years under his belt, and playing one of the best season's he has ever had. So even though Rodgers has thrown less than 60 NFL passes, he will be a MVP candidate is 2008 (Brett was so if he isn't an MVP candidate, he probable didn't play as well as Brett did). The only thing that you said that was true was about Clifton being a great tackle. Now I know preseason doesn't mean much, but it means something when your QB gets hit repeatedly. Have you seen what the 49ers did to Rodgers? The Packers allowed 4 sacks in the first half and Rodgers struggled with the pressure. I think the Vikings will win a close game over the Packers but what I am sure of is that you have no idea of what you are talking about. You just said that somebody is stupid because he didn't back up any of his assumptions. Now I am disproving all of yours. So what does that make you?

September 6, 2008  09:02 PM ET

not u vikesfan

September 8, 2008  04:36 PM ET

You didnt dissporve any of mine. I meant that the Packers are a top 5 defensive unit this year. And For sure they will be.

And all the rest of it was based on assumptions. You can say that Rodgers will be bad, I am saying he will be good. You're an idiot too if you think that is refuting my argument.

You actually said nothing in that long paragraph that even resembled information on why Rodgers wont be good.

I say its because of the system, the Packers offensive system is based on using slant routes to take LB's out of the pass game and using check down RB's and WR's to go underneath the defense. This requires a lot of roll outs and a great accurate passer. Both of which Rodgers is better than favre.

Next, against the 49 er's, you realize the Packers were without 4 of the 5 offensive lineman and most of their backups. Josh Sitton was starting, he is now a 3rd stringer. Essentially it was their first team vs. Packers 2 or 3rd team.

What you said about AP is all true. He is a good RB, but the fact of the matter was we were playing without 2 of our good DT's that game, Ryan Pickett and Johnny Jolly. Both of whom are the big run stoppers. Not to mention, Shawn Merriman is good and all but his strong suit isnt run defense, so your whole argument about AP running through him is trash.

And I certainly didnt see AP trash a defense like that again, sure he had good games 150 yd, 100 yd...but nothing like 250 again. He will be average in this game and probably wont score a TD.

The Vikes are loaded at 3 positions, O-line, D-Line, and RB. The rest of their team is the trash of the league. You know why no one else offeren Berrian big money...because he isnt that good and hes hurt.

 
September 8, 2008  04:37 PM ET

and dont write one long paragraph its hard to read, do like i did, seperate it.

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