Packers-Vikings: Assessing and Dissecting the Packers’ Performance

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Published: October 11, 2009

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... and The Understudy. Meanwhile, the real matchup was the Packers sorry offensive line and the Vikings elite defensive line.

I was half-wrong—both were the story.

Aaron Rodgers and The Traitor dueled it out, with both registering passer rating well over 100. Rodgers had the lower percentage (.703 vs. .774) and just two scores to counter his first two turnovers of the season; The Traitor had three TDs and no picks. This led to a lower rating, but he also threw for 113 more yards in just six more attempts.

However, the Packers let him get sacked an astounding eight times for 42 yards. For the second year in a row, Rodgers was sacked for a safety in Minnesota.

Jared Allen alone had 4.5 sacks, mostly attributable to Darryn Colledge, who was filling in for the injured Chad Clifton at left tackle. It is no small wonder that the Packers are working out former right tackle Mark Tauscher to see if he has recovered enough from his knee injury to play. (The Vik...

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