7:50 PM: Packers throw away a great opening drive with an Aaron Rodgers fumble. Just when it looked like the o-line was going to better Rodgers gets hit from both sides. The Packers did move the ball well against the Vikings, so if there is a bright side that is it. Butt Favre takes the field now.
7:52 PM: I hope McCarthy fires the guy who told him to challenge this call. Rodgers himself should have told him he had no chance to win the challenge.
7:58 PM: The Packers have lost their composure early. Penalties are killing the Packers. Not a good start.
8:03 PM: Thanks to a gift non-holding call the Vikings lead 7-0. The Packers’ defense did not play well on that drive. Time to settle down gentleman. It’s a long game.
8:11 PM: Three plays, 67 yards and the Packers and Vikings are tied at 7. Rodgers answers Favre’s TD pass with a 62-yarder of his own. Game on.
8:18 PM: Well, the Packers’ defense made a stop, let’s see if the offense can keep moving the ball.
8:27 PM: Aaron Rodgers makes his second big mistake of the game with a pick deep in Vikings territory. Throw away at least three points after the Packers got a huge break on 4th down. The defense better respond and not let the Vikings score after the turnover. It was a terrible decision by Rodgers.
8:34 PM: It seems like teams always score after a turnover. The Packers really need to hold the Vikings to three points here.
8:39 PM: The Packers couldn’t get to Favre and the Vikings have taken control of the game. The Packers will have 4:59 to take gain some momentum before the end of the half. They simply can’t make any more mistakes. The Packers have contained Peterson but Favre is picking them apart right now.
8:52 PM: I wouldn’t believe it if I didn’t see it.What a play by Clay Matthews!!! The Viking are all of a sudden tied again 14 and the Packers have a little momentum on defense. If they can stop the Vikings right now momentum will be clearly on the Packers’ side.
8:58 PM: Favre continues to pick apart the Packers secondary mainly because the blitz is not getting home. The Packers need to back off into coverage if you ask me.
9:01 PM: The referees give the Vikings another touchdown. Which is pretty much what we figured we would get tonight. When Favre was in Green Bay we got all those calls, so I guess it is evening out. Just keep in mind that championships aren’t won in September and we all know what Favre does in September isn’t likely what he is going to do in December and January. The Packers will be in the hunt no matter what happens tonight.
Now another penalty on a nice kickoff return. The Packers need to regroup at halftime. I think they can, but they should be running out the clock right now.
9:26 PM: The Packers’ defense is on their heels. I wish Kevin Greene could suit up. They need something to stop Favre.
9:30 PM: Well, this one is over. It might get ugly from here. The Packers offense still needs to try and play its game. The need to score but they simply can’t put the ball back in Favre’s handstoo soon. #4 rose to the occasion tonight. We will have to live with this for a long time Packers’ fans. It’s not the end of the world. I can’t wait for November 1 and a little payback in Lambeau.
9:34 PM: If that isn’t proof that NFL officiating is fixed, I don’t know what is. Zero penalties on the Vikings and three of them that weren’t called were blatant. I’m sorry folks, you can’t beat two teams.
9:49 PM: Now a dropped touchdown pass on fourth-and-goal at the Vikings two. Donald Lee pretty much cost the Packers any chance of a comeback. Oh well, this is a good football team. If the Packers can fix their offensive line pass protection problems the offense would be unstoppable. I didn’t like going fdor it but damn, you have to make that catch.
9:53 PM: Brandon Chillar is a major liability at linebacker in the 3-4 scheme. The guy couldn’t cover my grandmother. I thought the Packers had the personnel to play the 3-4 but it is becoming apparent they need another draft to fix the problem. They should get better as the season goes on the film from tonight’s game should give them plenty of film to work with.
By the way, the Vikings are just grinding the clock now, and yet the Packers still can’t stop them.
10:03 PM: Could we please score some points now. It is not like we didn’t have our chances tonight. This isn’t the 85′ Bears we are playing tonight.
10:07 PM: Six sacks of Rodgers and now Colledge is hurt. Wow. Still, a lot of football to be played this year. T.J. Lang against Allen.
10:09 PM: Packers break out the wildcat and now a long punt return. The rout it on I’m afraid to say. We’ll recover though. I pity the Lions in two weeks.
10:27 PM: The love-fest is pretty funny though. If Favre loved to play so much, why was it so hard to come back every year? Doesn’t matter anyway. Favre got his win over the Packers. We’ll see where the two teams are in December. Brett delivered tons of great regular season wins for the Packers, but only one Super Bowl. If the Packers can shut down Adrian Peterson like this other teams will too, and we’ll see if Favre can do what he did tonight against a better defense. Maybe so, but we’ll see.
10:33 PM: You have to love Jordy Nelson. The guy can make big plays and the Packers need to take advantage of that. Packers made a good run at it.
10:36 PM: Can’t say I’m not too discouraged by this game, no matter what the final score. If it wasn’t for Butt Favre on the other side it would just be a normal trip to the house of horrors. The Packers are not that far away. Brett has his moment tonight, which is fine, but we’ll see where it ends.
Good night now!
P.S. – 10:50 PM: Damn, I wish we would have took the three. Good game though.