GREEN BAY (4-1) at MINNESOTA (3-2) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, Fox OPENING LINE — Even AGAINST THE SPREAD — Packers 3-2, Vikings 2-3 SERIES RECORD — Packers lead 60-51-2 LAST MEETING — Packers beat Vikings 38-25, Dec. 24, 2016 LAST
GREEN BAY (4-1) at MINNESOTA (3-2)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, Fox
OPENING LINE — Even
AGAINST THE SPREAD — Packers 3-2, Vikings 2-3
SERIES RECORD — Packers lead 60-51-2
LAST MEETING — Packers beat Vikings 38-25, Dec. 24, 2016
LAST WEEK — Packers beat Cowboys 35-31; Vikings beat Bears 20-17
AP PRO32 RANKING — Packers No. 2, Vikings No. 12
PACKERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (16), RUSH (22), PASS (11)
PACKERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (11), RUSH (22), PASS (6)
VIKINGS OFFENSE — OVERALL (9), RUSH (11), PASS (13)
VIKINGS DEFENSE — OVERALL (7), RUSH (7), PASS (20)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Packers have won five of last seven road games vs. Vikings, though looking for first win at U.S. Bank Stadium, which opened last year. … Since coach Mike McCarthy took over in 2006, Packers are 16-6-1 vs. Vikings. … Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is 12-6 as starter vs. Vikings, with 68.3 completion percentage, 4,810 yards, 40 TDs and six interceptions. … Including postseason, this will be McCarthy’s 200th game as head coach. … Packers are third in NFL in third-down conversions at 48.4 percent. … Packers RB Aaron Jones, rushed for 125 yards and TD vs. Cowboys in first career start. … Packers have won 12 of last 14 games, including postseason. … Vikings RB Jerick McKinnon had 146 yards from scrimmage and rushing TD last week against Bears, in first game without injured rookie Dalvin Cook. … Vikings WRs Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen are fourth and fifth in NFL in receiving yards. … Vikings DE Everson Griffen has at least one sack in each of five games this season, tying career-long streak. Jim Marshall holds Vikings record with eight in row in 1969. … Vikings’ defense leads NFL in third downs, allowing conversion rate of 25.5 percent. … Fantasy Tip: Diggs had TD catch in both games vs. Packers last season, including 182 yards at home, and 20 receptions for 364 yards and four TDs in last three home games. But he has been limited in practice this week by groin injury.
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