After their win last week and the 49ers’ loss, the Green Bay Packers are now in possession of the NFC’s second playoff spot. To hold on to this spot, the Packers just need to win this Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. If the Packers were to lose they would need both the 49ers and the Seahawks to lose to hold on to their number two seed.
But the Packers can make it easy on themselves by just winning Sunday in Minnesota.
The last time these two teams faced off, the Packers won a close game against Minnesota in Green Bay. In that game the Packers defense held off the Vikings by picking off Christian Ponder twice in the second half and containing Adrian Peterson the best they could in the second half, even though he did end up with 210 yards.
This time the Packers will have to do much of the same. With Clay Matthews in the game, the Vikings shouldn’t be able to run the ball as easily as they did last time but everybody that watches football knows what AP is capable of and he is ...
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