Packers thrash Ponder-less Vikings to advance in big Lambeau Field victoryDoug Farrar, yahoo.com The Green Bay Packers have been beset by injuries on both sides of the ball all season, and as a result, they've been the NFL s forgotten team when it came to ranking the best and brightest in the Super Bowl hunt. After Saturday night's 24-10 wild-card … |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers showed how dangerous they can be when they're at full strength Saturday night, overwhelming the Minnesota Vikings 24-10 in an NFC wild-card game that was never really close. |
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With Joe Webb calling signals for an injured Christian Ponder, the Vikings fell in the wild-card playoff game. |
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Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com Green Bay 24, Minnesota 10: You know how the most important part of the Hippocratic Oath is primum non nocere, or "do no harm"? Probably you do, because they kept showing that promo for that show about the schizophrenic doctor called Do No Har… |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A few thoughts about Saturday's events at Lambeau Field: What it means: The Green Bay Packers advanced to the division round of the NFC playoffs, winning a home playoff game for just the third time in their past seven attempts. They w… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com OK, as it turns out, having a quarterback helps. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is carving up the Vikings, helping the Packers to a 17-3 halftime lead in their Wild Card playoff game. Rodgers is 14-of-18 for 205 yards, with the touchdowns coming on s… |
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Wild Card action from Lambeau Field, Saturday, January 5. |
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The injury-riddled Minnesota Timberwolves lost star forward Kevin Love to a broken right hand for the second time this season when an MRI confirmed the injury on Saturday. |
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Vikings at Green BayJan 5
Preparation for the first wild card playoff game in Green Bay, Saturday, Jan.05. |
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Matt Loede, vikingsgab.com The road to round two for the Vikings just got a lot tougher, as Christan Ponder will sit for tonight’s game vs the Packers due to a elbow injury. Ponder sitting means that Joe Webb, who hasn’t thrown a pass this season, will go as the starting QB. Po… |
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Sam Eifling, deadspin.com We'd scoff if anyone other than Adrian Peterson were to say, as Adrian Peterson did this week, that he doesn't just want to break the single-season rushing record, he wants to obliterate it. Actually, the way he put it to Marshall Faulk on the NFL Netwo… |
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The injury-riddled Minnesota Timberwolves lost star forward Kevin Love to a broken right hand for the second time this season when an MRI confirmed the injury on Saturday. |
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Packers 24, Vikings 10Jan 5
The revitalized Packers' ground game is paying dividends. DuJuan Harris and John Kuhn have first-half touchdowns and Green Bay has kept Adrian Peterson in check. |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- As we just discussed, the Minnesota Vikings will start Joe Webb at quarterback Saturday night because of starter Christian Ponder's sore right elbow. While we have a moment, I want to refresh your memory on two videos that illustrate … |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The fastest-developing injury story in quite some time has forced the Minnesota Vikings to start their backup quarterback in Saturday night's wild-card playoff game against the Green Bay Packers. I will freely admit to being surprised… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com At the start of the 2012 season, Vikings coach Leslie Frazier was on the hot seat, a year removed from a 3-13 debut season. Now, he’s not. But he also doesn’t have much job security. Despite reports and speculation that Frazier will be getting a new… |
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Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com Cincinnati at Houston (NBC), 4:30 p.m.: The Texans may have the superior record but they backed into the playoffs, losing three of their last four, while the Bengals haven't lost a game by more than one point since Week 9. Plus, it'd be more fun if they… |
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The Minnesota Timberwolves scratched point guard Ricky Rubio and forward Kevin Love from their game against Portland on Saturday night. |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Based on what I can see on social media, many of you have been whipped into a frenzy by discussion of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder's sore right elbow. Before heading over to Lambeau Field, I just wanted to reiterate … |
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Join our ESPN.com NFL experts as they break down the NFC wild-card rivalry match up between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Packers. Contribute your thoughts and questions beginning at 8 p.m. ET. See you there. Countdown Live: Vikings-Packers |
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Derek James, howlintwolf.com I love the Timberwolves, but I’ve almost run out of superlatives for Blazers rookie, Damian Lillard. Where: Target Center; Minneapolis, MN When: 7pm See It: FSN Hear It: WCCO AM 830 Tonight’s game is just one of several games in this recent stretc… |
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Ed Larson, 100, watched his first Vikings game at the Metrodome in style. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Aaron Rodgers says Greg Jennings‘ sister will not create a rift between the Packers’ starting quarterback and veteran receiver. During Sunday’s loss to the Vikings, Jennings’ sister, Valyncia Jennings, ripped Rodgers in a series of Twitter message… |
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We spent much of this week discussing Saturday night's wild-card playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers -- for good reason. It will mark the second postseason matchup in the 51-year history of the rivalry. In the still morn of … |
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