Rodgers Can Probably Play Against Buccaneers

Aaron Rodgers the quarterback and Donald Driver a receiver of the Green Bay Packers practiced last Friday and will probably play on the game on Sunday at Tampa Bay.  Rodgers experienced a sprained toe in last Sunday’s game that they lost 38-26 against the Minnesota Vikings and has been nursing a sprain in his other foot for the past few weeks. Coach Mike McCarthy said Rodgers did not have limited movement and was able to do everything freely in practice last Friday. 

He was able to make all his normal reps, was able to do everything and did a full day’s work.  He leads all quarterbacks with a passer rating of 110.4, but he was also sacked a league-high 31 times. He is the No. 2 rusher of the Packers’ with 188 yards.  The coach said Driver also had a good practice after having a treatment for a neck injury.  Driver is the Packers top playmaker with 33 catches and three touchdown receptions but had been out this week.

Rodgers Contented With His Line Protection

Aaron Rodgers after being sacked 20 times by NFL as the worst and taking a lot of hits during this Seasons first four games by the Parkers’ but he is not complaining.  Despite a lot of time on the turf, the second-year starting quarterback is not liable to give up his line.  He said Wednesday that he takes care of the team and they take care of him.  That’s how it goes and that they have a tight relationship.  

Rodgers said Wednesday that he is confident with his linemen he even added that everyone wants and needs to play better for the team (2-2) to maintain the high expectations they gained into the season.  Rogers said that they are all professionals and they should maintain a high standard of play.  And that they would all agree that they have not played up to their potentials and that they can still play better.

Favre Takes it to His Former Team

Brett Favre showed the Green Bay Packers he has a plethora of fire left inside, and in his right arm. Favre’s first game against his previous team was all cool for the Minnesota Vikings and all nuisance for the Packers, as the grizzled quarterback connected for three touchdown passes and 271 yards in a 30-23 win on Monday night. Favre completed 24 of his 31 passes, without a turnover. He did an embarrassing body bump with kicker Ryan Longwell, also an ex-Packer, and stayed balanced in the pocket all night long.

The Vikings sacked Favre’s successor, Aaron Rodgers, a total of eight times. Jared Allen was attributed with 4 1/2 of them, a career high, plus a safety in the fourth quarter that extended the lead to 16. Rodgers accumulated his first two turnovers of the year, and Favre turned both of them into classical touchdown passes in the first half. Favre hugged Rodgers, Donald Driver and several other Packers once the game had ended. Rodgers tried to coax the kind of drive his predecessor is well-known for, but he came up short.

Vikings VS. Packers

Brett Favre is the headline heading into this game, as he faces his old team for the first time. However, Favre has averaged just 5.0 yards per pass play so far this season and he’ll need stud running back Adrian Peterson to carry the burden of winning this game. Green Bay is mediocre in run defense so expect Peterson to average around 5 ypr to lead the Vikings’ attack. The other key for a Minnesota victory is the ability of their good defense (0.6 yards for each game which is a whole lot better than the norm) to normalize a rather superior than usual offense of the Packers (0.1 yppl which is a lot better than average) that has improved their numbers in every game.

Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers is a better quarterback than Brett Favre at this stage of Favre’s career, but the rest of Favre’s team has an advantage of their Green Bay counterparts and my ratings favor Minnesota by 4 1/2 points. Also, 3-0 teams are 21-4 ATS in game 4 if they’re at home and not favored by more than 4 points and the Vikings also apply to a solid 76-31-3 ATS statistical profile indicator. I’ll favor the Vikings to cover the number.