After a potentially season-defining win against San Francisco on Monday, the Minnesota Vikings have to regroup on a short week and get ready for a divisional battle with rival Green Bay Packers.
The significance of this game for Minnesota goes past trying to stack good performances for this team. This will be the first game since 2017 (oh, Brett Hundley) that the Vikings won’t see Aaron Rodgers on the other sideline.
To replace him, the Packers have a first-year starter and fourth-year player in Jordan Love.
After two impressive performances back-to-back to start the season, Love and this Green Bay offense have sputtered. They have averaged 17 points over their last four games, including a lackluster 17 against a struggling Broncos defense last week.
Brian Flores and this Vikings defense has started to look like a good, cohesive unit and can make another statement Sunday. We are going to outline four keys for this defense so they can make that statement.