Packers Met The Furious Rally By The Vikings

After the seven hard games, the packers have gotten the bye week in the schedule as the NFL's only Packers Jerseys undefeated team and holding a two-game lead over their closest pursuer in the NFC North title race. The life seems certainly good for the Packers.
That didn't happen, however, without some tense moments in the fourth quarter of their 33-27 win over the Minnesota Vikings in the Metrodome on Sunday. After going out to a 33-17 lead at the end of the third quarter, the Packers found themselves holding on against a furious rally by the Vikings.
The game's decisive drive, however, was the one with which the Packers started the second half. Two plays after action resumed, Rodgers found wide receiver Greg Jennings all alone for a 79-yard touchdown pass. Jennings was so far behind the Vikings defense that he was able to trot the final 50 yards.
It was part of a 20-point, third-quarter outburst by the Packers, which featured two interceptions by Charles Woodson, that put the Vikings in hard chase mode.
"It means we get a week off to get healthy," Rodgers said. "Then it gets even more difficult in San Diego."
McCarthy said: "We're 7-0. We're not going to swing with the rope from one extreme to the other around here. We know we can play better."
Rodgers took his game to an even higher level of efficiency on Sunday. He had a perfect passer rating at one point in the second half and finished the game at 146.5, having completed 24 of 30 passes for 335 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.
It's a win that marked the third time this season the Packers had rallied from an early deficit to win on the road. The Packers won the coin toss and elected to defer their choice, which gave the Vikings the ball and they struck right away with rookie quarterback Christian Ponder, who was making his first pro start.
Ponder did a lot of good things in the game, most notably to have converted on third down nine of 16 times. His two interceptions resulted, however, in a 59.2 passer rating. Nonetheless, he validated his selection in the first round and appears to give the Vikings a franchise quarterback around whom they can build for the future.
Adrian Peterson rushed for 175 yards and a 7.3 yards-per-carry average against the league's No. 5 run-defense, Packers Super Bowl Jerseys and James Starks took over the game at crunch time for the Packers. He led the Packers in rushing with 75 yards in 13 attempts.
The Packers, again, showed the poise of a Super Bowl champion, refusing to collapse under the pressure of the Vikings' early surge and the noisy crowd.
Good to them, they'll rest and regenerate themselves for a second-half-of-the-season charge that will ultimately determine their fate. It is composed by packersfansjerseycom 10.25.2011








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