Week 8 Recap: Vikings @ Packers

For the second consecutive week...I'm stuck watching the game live in the hospital with my wife. However, this week we are joined with our newest addition to the family...Carter O'Rourke. Here's some things I came across while watching the game on the 15 inch TV screen in our room:

* Why are teams still kicking to Percy Harvin? Not only should he get Rookie of the Year honors...he probably needs to be put on the NFC Pro Bowl team as a return specialist.

* The tackling was horrendous for the Vikings in the second half. That pretty much happens when your defense is on the field for the whole 2nd half...but, some of the angles were even more frustrating. Benny Sapp on the Rodgers long scramble was flat out ridiculous.

* Aaron Rodgers has great boxscore numbers when it's all said and done...but, he just doesn't do it for me. How many opportunities/points were squandered when the Packers had the ball inside our ten yard line, much less the red zone?

* The offensive line has done a really good job picking up the blitzes against some formidable defenses the last couple of weeks. Especially, the interior lineman (Hutchinson, Sullivan and Herrera)...they have been a big plus when a lot of people (including me) had a lot worries when they were struggling with the Browns and Lions of the league earlier in the year.

* How do you rectify near collapses to opponents (Ravens and Packers) when you've been dominating the majority of the game? I would like to say play-calling and have an easy scapegoat in Childress. But, it's not like Childress got ultra-conservative today...in fact, there was one three and out series after Green Bay cut it to 24-13 (where the momentum was swinging their way) that we passed the ball on all three downs. I was screaming at the TV that we should've ran the ball...but, then all the fans would've been up in arms that Childress was too conservative.

* Favre stuck it to the Packers twice this year already, with two great performances. Hopefully, this isn't all he came back for...because we still have 8 plus games left.

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