NFL Picks: Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings

Young NFL stars Aaron Rodgers and Adrian Peterson will do battle this Sunday at 1 PM in the Green Bay Packers vs Minnesota Vikings match-up. The Packers have beaten the Vikings in their last five meetings and Rodgers has proven himself to be a top-echelon NFL quarterback. Peterson, in only his second NFL campaign and is on pace to rush for 1,646 yards and is the NFL’s most dangerous player. Only one of these .500 squads will be on the winning side of the line after this pivitol NFC North match-up. The NFL betting odds for the Green Bay Packers vs Minnesota Vikings game is Minnesota -2.0 to -3.0 on the SPREAD.

Minnesota workhorse RB Adrian Peterson (4.30 40-speed) does his damage behind one of the biggest and nastiest lines in the NFL, and will challenge Green Bay’s soft run D with his power. The Packers will get a boost this week with the return of dynamic DT Justin Harrell. Green Bay’s struggles on offense have been surprising considering how good last year’s defense was. “Our goal is to be consistent on every single snap,” Green Bay defensive coordinator Bob Sanders said. “And when you’re not stopping the run like you’d think you’d like to or you’d know that you’re capable of doing, certainly it’s frustrating.” Despite the woes in run defense, the Packers have excelled against the pass; allowing a stingy 59.9 passer rating with 13 INT’s. The Packers CB’s Al Harris and Charles Woodson will have a decided advantage over the Vikings wideouts. If the Packers can contain Peterson they can use Harrell and crew to attack Minnesota QB Gus Frerotte (77.6 passer rating). The NFL betting odds OVER\UNDER for the Green Bay Packers vs Minnesota Vikings game is at 44.5 points.

Aaron Rodgers has proven himself to be just as good as departed legend Brett Favre. Rodgers (95.3 passer rating) has gutted his way through a sore shoulder and has shown pinpoint accuracy. The Packers explosive set of wideouts will test a Vikings secondary that is allowing a below-average 85.5 passer rating. The Minnesota secondary should be tightened up this week with the return of S Madieu Williams. Even with the return of Williams the Vikings could get burned by elite Packers WR Greg Jennings (4.40 40-speed 400+ Bench-Press). As good as Rodgers and Jennings have played (26.2 PPG) they came up short in a 16-19 loss to the undefeated Titans. “We felt confident playing Tennessee,” Rodgers said. “We just didn’t execute as well as I know coach (Mike McCarthy) would have wanted us to. We’re going to go back to the basics this week and have a good week of practice. We realize this is a big game coming up.” The Vikings run defense is a monster to deal with. Packers $30-million RB Ryan Grant (4.45 40-speed) should try to attack the perimeter of theVikings defense with his outside speed.

The Vikings have dropped 5 straight against the Packers. Minnesota will need to get pressure on Aaron Rodgers and disrupt his rhythm. The Vikings also will need to get Peterson going early on offense to set the pace of the game. For Green Bay to win they will need to have a big game from their defense. Peterson will always get his yards, but the Packers will need to use their pass-defense to there advantage against the ordinary Gus Frerotte. The NFL betting odds MONEYLINE for the Green Bay Packers vs Minnesota Vikings game is Green Bay -133 to -140.

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