How sad is it that the ONLY team that the Packers have beaten in the last five games is the Vikings?
Even though the Vikings are temporarily back in first, you have to wonder if what Green Bay is currently experiencing will happen to the Vikings next. One of the reasons I hated talking about last week's loss is that the Vikings didn't just lose to the Packers, they self-destructed. All of those penalties, especially the stupid ones, like knocking Rodgers down on a third down situation near the goal line, giving the Packers 4 more plays inside the five, just should not happen to a team that's going places. THOSE types of plays and penalties determine a team's character and destination. And those kind of plays and penalties offer foreshadowing of awful things to come.
Atlanta is having a miserable season. The Vikings play them this week. It may be the last game the Vikings are favored in for the rest of the season, BUT after last Sunday's disaster, are there any smart Vikings' fans out there thinking, "we got this one?" A Viking (who shall remain nameless) after last week's game was quoted in the locker room that he didn't understand the hatred for the Vikings after last week's loss saying "it was only one game." The problem was NOT that the Vikings lost, or that Green Bay beat them, the problem was the WAY that they lost. They just didn't lose a well-played game to a superior opponent, they lost by playing horribly against a team that has lost 4 of their last 5 games.
The same kind of team that Atlanta currently is. I mentioned BEFORE the game last week that I wouldn't be surprised if the Vikes finished 8-8 this season despite their great start. This Atlanta game is the best hope of that eighth win. And bad habits develop quickly and are hard to get rid of. Green Bay fans know what I'm talking about. They didn't see it coming either.
This week's game against the Falcons should tell us if the Green Bay game was just a blip on the radar or a sign of things to come.
The number of stupid penalties the Vikings have this week will tell us more than the score.
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