Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings: 5 Burning Questions
By Paul Bretl
Can Rodgers take advantage of young Vikings’ secondary?
The Minnesota Vikings had quite a bit of roster turnover this offseason, and the secondary was no exception. Although they still have Harrison Smith back there, Xavier Rhodes, Mackensie Alexander, and Trae Waynes would all end up on new teams.
Now, I’m not here to say that in the long-term, the Vikings didn’t upgrade; at this point, we don’t know. However, in what has been an odd offseason with limited practice time and no preseason games, the younger players are going to be more affected than veterans.
Combine that with Aaron Rodgers and his ability to extend plays along with the route running of Davante Adams, and these Minnesota rookies could be in for a long afternoon.
Will the Packer pass-rush dominate the game?
As you could tell from my first question, I’m not going to pretend that I’m not concerned about the right tackle position. But as I alluded to, they still have perhaps the best left-side of the offensive line in football and a red-hot Lane Taylor at right guard.
The Vikings, on the other hand, do not have four players of that caliber on their offensive line. In fact, it’s not even close. To make matters more difficult for them, they’ll be up against The Smiths, Kenny Clark, and what appears to be a much improved Rashan Gary this year as well.
Week 16 of last season, we saw the Green Bay Packers’ pass-rush dominate the game, and truthfully, they should once again.