Two Kickoff Returns Loom Large In Defeat

The Packers had done a good job of preventing many explosive kickoff returns in the first six games this season, but on Sunday, Vikings rookie wide receiver Percy Harvin picked up big yardage on two returns that loomed large in the final outcome. Entering the game against Minnesota, Green Bay had allowed its opponents an average of just 21.6 yards on 28 kickoff returns, good for the No. 9 ranking in the league. Only two times had the Packers allowed a 40-plus yard return, a 42-yarder from Rams wide receiver Danny Amendola in Week 3, and a 41-yarder last Sunday at Cleveland by wide receiver Joshua Cribbs. But on Sunday, the Packers were facing the No. 1 kickoff return man in the league in Harvin (29.8 avg.), who was coming off of an 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown last Sunday at Pittsburgh, his second kickoff return score of the year to become the first player in Vikings history to post two kickoff return touchdowns in the same season. Even though the Pack..