As a Packerfan, that obviously was a loss that is not comfortable to deal with. But, it was still a great game. A few thoughts…..
     - Percy Harvin is a special, special player. If a person respects the game of football he will admit that he is fun to watch. His heart, play-making and big time plays are very very special and rare indeed. He was indeed the difference maker this game.
     - Brett Farve – I thought again did an excellent job not getting too caught up. He played the game within himself and made some huge 3rd down conversions. He is not maing the mistakes that have plagued him in the past. This year he has even impressed me and added to his legacy. Truely remarkable.
     - Great defensive game plan by Leslie frasier. Rodgers looked perplexed in the first half and all out of sorts. It set the tone for the entire game.
     - Aaron Rodgers – looked horrible the first half, but I respect the way he bounced back in the second half. Would be nice to get a line to block for him.
     
 A fun game to watch (except the first half ;) , and congratulations on a well deserved victory. We came up short and the better team lost. There is no shame in that and now off to chase the wild card. Wish you guys the best of luck and hopefully we face each other one more time :))

PS…… I really was hopping like to fighters that Favre and Rodgers will meet and congratulate each other….. both I thought proved their toughness.

Yeah i don’t think there is a doubt the better team won….. mispost… sorry… ignore :)

Can’t wait to read Don Banks’ next Packer apology column.

Good post Sequuioa. A little class goes a long way and here’s to seeing you guys in the play offs.

How in the devil Percy Harvin was overlooked in the draft so badly and fell to…22nd? That guy is un-friggin’-real. Man, the Purple are having some damn good luck in drafts, Adrian Peterson in 2007 and now Harvin? Amazing.

I will confess, I expected nothing of this caliber from Favre. After seeing 38-year old Brad “Noodle Arm” Johnson make a mockery of the Vikings offense, I thought, “Great, another old quarterback”. But Favre has been just plain amazing at times, hell, most of the time. What, 16 TD’s to 3 INT’s? Unreal. I can see why the Pack didn’t want him playing for the Vikings.

I must tip my hat to Aaron Rodgers. That guy is just plain tough and good. Sacked six times, yet puts up 280 and three scores? And no picks? The fact that the Pack is 4-3 with that O-line…difficulty speaks again volumes about Rodger’s ability.

And Aaron Rodgers is the only QB this season to throw more than two touchdowns against this defense.

I tip my hat to the Packer fans and Viking fans who are good sports, we all are NFL fans and it’s all about enjoying the sport.

The Vikings just finished that nasty three game run 2-1 and are looking in fine shape. They play their next five of eight at home including a three-game homestead. The Vikings are looking at the very real possibility of going 10-1. 13-3 is definitely within reach. Gawd, it feels good to see a Viking quarterback play that well.

GO VIKES!!!

The Packers have given up 13 passing TD’s this year. 7 of those were by the Vikings.

I wonder if Favre has ever had an 8 game stretch in his career with only 3 interceptions.

I’m starting to like Harvin a lot. He is tough and he is giving us great field position frequently on kickoffs.

We have a lot of weapons on offense and the number and quality seems to grow every week.

I wonder what keeps happening to our pass defense in the second half; I will be very glad when Winfield comes back.

I think the division is ours. This (7 and 1) was the about the very best I could hope for at this point. I think the worst we finish at this point is 13 and 3, 14 and 2 is more likely and 15 and 1 may not be out of reach. I think we will be the favorites in every game we play the rest of the year with the possible exception of at Chicago.

New Orleans still looks scary good. Should be a good game.

Whew (again). Glad these two games are out of the way.

Harvin should be the NFC’s representative as kick returner. He is averaging ungodly numbers on kick returns this year and seems to be getting better at it every week. His production as a WR isn’t too shabby either.

And all this with an injured shoulder that’s kept him on the questionable list for weeks. Can’t wait to see how he does after the bye when he’s back closer to 100%.

How do we get such pressure on the QB and pile up the sacks, yet let QBs complete pass after pass to get back in the game…and never intercept them!?

I can’t blame it all on Frazier, even though he is pretty non-aggressive most of the time. And Winfield missing was a big blow too, but I think most of our DBs, especially the safeties, just aren’t that good. They don’t make plays, or even tackles much of the time. Madieau Williams was completely befuddled by that backup TE, Flavin or whatever his name is. That was really grade school coverage.

Very entertaining contest

Looks like Favre still has it.

you Viqueen fans realize that the main reason for your team being 7-1 is named Brett Favre .. without him, you’d be 3-5 at best!
Sure, you have A.P, but with Rosenfelds or Jackson at QB, teams could just put 8 in the box, and if they stop A.P, they win. Having Favre, forces the opponents to respect the passing game, even though your wrs are pretty average, sure, Harvin can make some big plays, but someone has to throw him the ball first. And there is no way SR or TJ would even attempt some of the throws Favre has made this year, and much less complete them!
Your once waunted run defence is not quite as solid as it used to be, and your pass defence has more holes than swiss cheese.
And the main reason Favre is even willing to embarasse himself by wearing purple, is so that he can get his revenge on Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy. Something he now has.
Packers would have beaten your Viqueens twice this year if not for Favre !

Frazier called very few blitzes in the first half. Coverage was superb and the pass rush was great considering we were only rushing 4.

In the second half we continued with what was working. But our pass rushers were a bit gassed since Green Bay throws on every down it seems. Then late in the game Frazier brought out some pretty hefty blitzes to seal the deal.

I just don’t agree that Frazier “took his foot off the gas”. He just continued to call our defense the way we pretty much play it every week. The players are to blame for the great first half and the lousy second half. Fortunately our offense played two great halves and their defense has stunk all year other than when they play chump bait.

Really the story from this game was the fact that Rodgers was melting under the pressure in the first half. Absolutely got to him. Rodgers struggles in big moments immensely and I love that because he’s going to be their QB for a while.

- Couldn’t agree more about the defense in the second half. Can someone write an article breaking down exactly what we’re doing differently after a big lead? Like the coverage schemes, the pressure from the corners, blitz packages, etc? Seriously, this has to change, a good team like New Orleans or Philly will beat us in these situations.

- Percy has to be Rookie of the Year, no question. I know QB’s usually get it, but Percy has been way too good and just like they said when they drafted him, he has a very high football IQ, I think he’s adjusted better than any rookie to the NFL level.

- I would say Sidney Rice is more of a “Randy Moss” type player with not only his build, but his great hands, his verticle, and his playmaking ability. He’s not as good as Moss, but he can have similar impact.

- Percy Harvin is more like a Steve Smith. He’s taller, but the guy is quick AND fast, so you can get him the ball in short passes and he can make a play by burning the defender or just breaking the tackles. He’s a stud nonetheless

- What a dagger for the packer fans. All the posts about picking off brett favre and how he’ll play bad football “eventually”. I sound like a broken record, but this is a different system and favre just fits well in it, I don’t see him having many bad games, if any this season.

- Emotion: again, all packer fans were saying Favre’s emotions will take him over in this game, but I had to say it was just about everyone else’s emotions that were apparant. Jolly headbutting Chester for the drive sustaining penalty was just stupid, and Ray Edwards and Shiancoe couldn’t keep their yaps shut as I saw them in a few scuffles. This was a big game not just for favre, but for the NFC North, everyone was going at it, even the fans in the stands.

- Penalties on the QB: this is getting outrageous. It’s not just this game either, I’ve seen it in other games, but if you watch the roughing the passer call called against ray edwards when tackling Aaron Rodgers, you can see that this “protecting the QB” nonsense is getting way out of hand. My take: it’s football, QB’s know this, they are being compensated in the millions for this. I think it’s fair they take hits on a regular basis if their line can’t protect them. Blantant hits are definitely not acceptable well after the play, like on any player, but there shouldn’t be separate rules for protecting the QB’s which just makes some calls ridiculous, as a fan it angers me and is just plain stupid.

That earlier in the game Kampman hit Favre and threw him to the ground after the ball was gone, but it wasnt called. If the refs are going to make those types of calls, then they better be more consistent.

YOu guys outplayed my packers and deserved that win. Favre was pristine (damnit) and we go NO pressure on him all day. It was almost ridiculous. Glad the Packrs at least made it a game so it was interesting but really it was all Vikings in just about every aspect. Hopefully we’ll get another shot at you in the playoffs…we’ll see if Favre is still around then! haha