Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers: Finally, the Wait Is Over!
by Gonzo
on Sep 8, 2008 5:00 PM CDT
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Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers
That's right, ladies and gentlemen. . .just a little bit longer, and the Vikings and Packers will be kicking things off from Lambeau Field in Green Bay to get their 2008 NFL season started.
It's no secret that this is one of the more anticipated Vikings' seasons in recent memory, and undoubtedly the most anticipated of the Brad Childress era in Minnesota. From all the off-season moves to the hopes of avenging last year's embarassing loss at Lambeau to the pre-season hype and expectations, all signs are pointing to this being a big year for the Beloved Purple.
And what better way to start things out than with a curb-stomping of the reigning division champions!
Actually, I shouldn't say that. . .I don't think either team is going to be blowing the other one out this time. But, having said that, I do anticipate a Minnesota victory this evening. The Vikings are a much healthier team than the Packers right now, and frankly have fewer question marks.
A lot of the focus is going to be on the quarterbacks in this game, and rightfully so. After months of hyping this as a night where Brett Favre's number would be retired and the torch would officially be passed, Aaron Rodgers is now under as much pressure to start a season as any first-year starter has ever been under. Couple that with the fact that he'll be seeing a lot of #69 and #93 in his face, and things will hopefully get ugly early for the Packers.
On the other side, Tarvaris Jackson showed a marked improvement in the pre-season prior to hurting his knee against Baltimore. The Minnesota rush offense didn't look like its normal spectacular self in the pre-season, and that was largely because they were giving Jackson and the passing offense a chance to develop and shine. . .and they did exactly that.
Honestly, I think the Vikings have fewer questions at quarterback than the Packers do. That will make a big difference tonight. Tarvaris Jackson made his first ever start at Lambeau Field and, frankly, looked horrible back in December of '06. He's certainly not the same quarterback he was then, no matter how much Green Bay fans will try to convince himself that he is.
I think the Vikings will get a hard-fought victory tonight, and take some serious momentum into their home opener next Sunday night against a suddenly vulnerable Indianapolis team.
Gonzo's Final Score Prediction: Vikings 24, Packers 20
Discuss the entire game right here. . .at the best damn Vikings' website on the internet! The comments will automatically refresh themselves, so it will be just like being in a chat room with all of your closest friends.
My delivery food should be arriving soon. . .the Mountain Dew is cold and getting colder. . .the big screen TV is fired up. . .and my hands are shaking like the proverbial leaf on a tree.
Let's do this thing, shall we?
SKOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL VIKINGS!!!!
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I realize now that the countdown clock on the main page of the site is an hour off.
Ah, well, too late to change it now!
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 5:40 PM CDT 0 recs
Tonight's Inactives
Green Bay
QB Brian Brohm (#3 QB)
TE Jermichael Finley
WR James Jones
CB Patrick Lee
S Charlie Peprah
G Josh Sitton
DE Jeremy Thompson
C Scott Wells
Minnesota
QB John David Booty (#3 QB)
TE Jeff Dugan
DT Letroy Guion
LB Erin Henderson
RB Maurice Hicks
CB Marcus McCauley
OL Drew Radovich
S Madieu Williams
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 5:46 PM CDT 0 recs
Nearly kickoff time!
For crying out loud, the suspense is absolutely killing me!
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:01 PM CDT 0 recs
Looks like Green Bay will get the ball first
Longwell out to kick it off. . .and away we gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
1st and 10, Packers, at their own 28 after a Jordy Nelson return.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:11 PM CDT 0 recs
Packers forced to punt
They got one first down, but a penalty and good defense by the Vikings have forced the Packers to punt.
Gordon was the returner, but it went out of bounds at the Minnesota 21.
1st and 10, Vikings.
11:19 left in the first quarter, still tied at zero.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:17 PM CDT 0 recs
Vikings forced to punt
The Vikings converted a couple of first downs, but a third down sack by Aaron Kampman on third down forces a punt.
Kluwe does a nice job, as the Vikings down the punt at the Green Bay 16.
6:08 left in the first quarter, and we’re still scoreless.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:26 PM CDT 0 recs
Yes, a third down sack on third down
You heard me.
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by Gonzo on
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O-line problem
We are keeping blockers in to protect Jackson. But the pressure (& sack) is immense. This needs to improve NOW. Luckily our D looks great!
by Odin on Sep 8, 2008 6:30 PM CDT 0 recs
Unbelievably lucky
Brandon Jackson fumbles the ball on a draw on 3rd and 13, but he fumbles the ball forward and the Packers get a first down.
Friggin’ hell.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:31 PM CDT 0 recs
Packers going backwards
You can tell that Favre is gone. . .the officials are actually calling penalties against the Green Bay offense.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:32 PM CDT 0 recs
Packers forced to punt
Yes. . .the Packers got a first down, and manage to be punting from behind where they got that first down at.
Charles Gordon fields the punt, damn near falls down, and get stopped right away. Minnesota ball at their own 30.
1:32 left in the first quarter, still no score.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:37 PM CDT 0 recs
DAMN!!
Al Harris just gets destroyed by Adrian Peterson.
Dude ought to know better.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:39 PM CDT 0 recs
PETERSON!
35-yard run takes the ball down to the Green Bay 25. Just an outstanding run.
5 carries, 61 yards in the first quarter for Peterson.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:40 PM CDT 0 recs
One quarter in the books
Vikings have a 2nd and 3 on the GB 18 when we get back.
0-0 after the first quarter of the 2008 season.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:41 PM CDT 0 recs
Vikings draw first blood
Ryan Longwell comes in to attempt a 37-yard field goal, and. . .he makes it, because that’s what Ryan Longwell does.
Vikings scoring drive: 51 yards in 6 plays, taking 2:57 off the clock.
Vikings 3, Packers 0, 13:35 left until halftime.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:46 PM CDT 0 recs
Bad kick by Longwell
Combined with a decent return by the Pack gives them the ball at their own 38.
This, of course, means we need another commercial.
Still 3-0, Vikings.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:48 PM CDT 0 recs
Charles Gordon gets beat
Deep, big time, by Greg Jennings, setting up 1st and goal for Green Bay from the 6.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:51 PM CDT 0 recs
And now it's Minnesota's turn to get flagged
Two consecutive penalties on the Vikings make it 1st and goal on about the 1 for Green Bay.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:53 PM CDT 0 recs
Make it three consecutive penalties
Absolutely friggin’ ridiculous.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:54 PM CDT 0 recs
Touchdown, Packers
On an incredibly lucky touchdown pass from Rodgers to Korey Hall.
Well, I suppose if you get 12 chances to score from a yard out, you’ll get it in eventually.
Packers go 62 yards in 5 plays, taking 3:28 to do so.
Packers 7, Vikings 3, 10:07 left before halftime.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 6:57 PM CDT 0 recs
ESPN goes blah-blah-blah
Some one needs to tell these guys that Fav-re played a game…yesterday! He is not worth constantly commenting about tonight!
by Odin on Sep 8, 2008 6:59 PM CDT 0 recs
Pass interference
Against Al Harris!?
And it was actually CALLED!?
Un-freaking-believable. It might just be Minnesota’s night after all.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:03 PM CDT 0 recs
Vikings punt it away
Vikings take down the Green Bay returner at his own 12.
Packers 7, Vikings 3, 7:46 left until halftime.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:06 PM CDT 0 recs
And the Vikings' defense now getting shredded
By Aaron Rodgers.
For crying out loud, somebody do something here.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:11 PM CDT 0 recs
Nice German suplex by Benny Sapp
Keeping Greg Jennings short of a first down on 3rd down.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:13 PM CDT 0 recs
Packers extend the lead
Mason Crosby with a 42-yard field goal to make the score 10-3 in favor of Green Bay.
Packers drive: 63 yards, 8 plays, 4:15 off the clock.
Packers 10, Vikings 3, 3:21 left until halftime.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:14 PM CDT 0 recs
Chester Taylor returning kickoffs?
Man. . .who did Aundrae Allison piss off?
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:16 PM CDT 0 recs
Nah, never mind. . .
Harris tackles Berrian downfield, and nothing called.
Lovely.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:18 PM CDT 0 recs
Three and out for Minnesota
And they’ll punt just after the two-minute warning.
Terrible spot on the 3rd down run by Peterson, if you’re scoring at home.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:21 PM CDT 0 recs
Bad punt by Kluwe
But nothing on the return
1:52 left, Packers with 3 timeouts, starting on their own 33
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:24 PM CDT 0 recs
This is Absolute Bullshit Reffing
That was a First Down, Are you Fuckin Kidding Me
by Tony_O on Sep 8, 2008 7:24 PM CDT 0 recs
Jesus tap-dancing Christ
If the fact that a loser like Aaron Rodgers is shredding this defense doesn’t worry you, it probably should.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:26 PM CDT 0 recs
We really need to hold them
To a FG here.
If we go down at halftime by 2 TD, I don’t know if we can recover.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:30 PM CDT 0 recs
And it looks like that's what will happen
Packers burn their last time out with :03 until halftime to set Mason Crosby up for a 32-yard field goal.
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by Gonzo on
Sep 8, 2008 7:31 PM CDT
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BLOCKED!!
Absolutely outstanding block by. . .was that Cedric Griffin?
Hot damn. . .10-3 at halftime, and the Vikings have some momentum coming out of the locker room.
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by Gonzo on
Sep 8, 2008 7:32 PM CDT
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Tavaris Jackson is not the answer at QB
He is bad tonight, in a game that we needed them to step up.
by Tony_O on Sep 8, 2008 7:30 PM CDT 0 recs
That Could Turn the Tide Right their
we need need T Jack to step up
by Tony_O on Sep 8, 2008 7:32 PM CDT 0 recs
The good, the bad and the ugly.
The good-Adrian, but we may need great.
The bad-Tarvaris; it is only halftime but we may have the fourth best QB in the division.
The ugly-our pass defense; the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Let’s hope the big mo from the blocked FG carries over to the second half.
by Odin on Sep 8, 2008 7:34 PM CDT 0 recs
You guys discuss things during halftime
I’m running to Subway for Mrs. Gonzo and I.
I hope to hell the passing game shows up in the second half. And the pass defense. Anyone on our team other than Adrian Peterson, pretty much.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 7:37 PM CDT 0 recs
God i wish Berrian Caught That
That was a Phenominal Effort
by Tony_O on Sep 8, 2008 7:54 PM CDT 0 recs
Maybe Chilli woke up..
and decided to run a pro offense!
by Odin on
Sep 8, 2008 7:56 PM CDT
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Theyve Opened up the Playbook for T Jack
Hes Actually Passing on first Down
by Tony_O on
Sep 8, 2008 7:57 PM CDT
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That reply from the end zone cam of that Berrian catch was heartbreaking. All that day light….
by cheaptoy on Sep 8, 2008 7:56 PM CDT 0 recs
Brings me back
To how me and my friends used to have to root for the Vikings. We forced ourselves to delay our celebration for a few minutes to make sure what happened actually happened.
by cheaptoy on Sep 8, 2008 8:00 PM CDT 0 recs
I’m gonna go ahead and say that was definitely a catch and a down by contact.
by cheaptoy on Sep 8, 2008 8:06 PM CDT 0 recs
Okay, I'm back
And let me just say. . .are you f***ing kidding me?
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 8:15 PM CDT 0 recs
My Sentiments
Were similar. Only I said “You’ve got to be f***ing kidding.”
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Sep 8, 2008 8:19 PM CDT
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Huh
According to Jaws, the Vikings just managed to have the first ever postive yardage sack
by cheaptoy on Sep 8, 2008 8:21 PM CDT 0 recs
I’ll take that over Kornheiser incessantly using the F word.
by cheaptoy on
Sep 8, 2008 8:23 PM CDT
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I live near Madison
I might be able to make it to Lambeau just as he’s leaving so I can punch him in the face.
by cheaptoy on
Sep 8, 2008 8:29 PM CDT
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A touchdown here would be really, REALLY nice
Even a FG would help.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 8:24 PM CDT 0 recs
Good spot
Makes up for the garbage spot from the first half
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 8:25 PM CDT 0 recs
Wow. . .
12 quarters at Lambeau Field without an offensive touchdown.
That’s. . .really, REALLY pathetic.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 8:27 PM CDT 0 recs
I don’t like the leap, but I agree with the going for it.
by cheaptoy on Sep 8, 2008 8:30 PM CDT 0 recs
THERE'S SIDNEY!
Great play on 4th and 1!
Vikings going for 2 now.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 8:31 PM CDT 0 recs
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Two-point conversion fails
Man. . .Rice was open there, too. . .a better throw by Jackson converts there.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 8:32 PM CDT 0 recs
I’m feeling reasonably good about this quarter. It looks like the offense has made the necessary adjustments to be effective, and hopefully the defense can hold on again.
by cheaptoy on Sep 8, 2008 8:32 PM CDT 0 recs
Vikings scoring drive
15 plays, 79 yards, 7:23 taken off the clock, concluding with a 23-yard TD pass from Jackson to Sidney Rice.
Packers 17, Vikings 12, 14:12 left in the game.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 8:33 PM CDT 0 recs
we gotta have a 3 and out in these kinds of situations if we wanna be an elite team in the league
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What we need is a stop
On this third down.
Get them off the field and keep dominating this second half.
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by Gonzo on Sep 8, 2008 8:39 PM CDT 0 recs
And there it is
Nice job, boys! Now do something with it.
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