Packers Vs Vikings – 3 Plays That Make You Go Hmmm

After re-watching the Packers game, here are three plays that made me go hmmm, for various reasons.

Clark the Destroyer:

This was the first defensive play of the game for the Packers and imagine what that poor center was thinking afterwords. Clark absolutely plundered the soul (my new favorite expression – name of a Stones song) of that guy. My favorite part however was the insult to injury Clark doles out. After the center manages to get up off the ground and stand back up, Clark just pushes him back down to the turf, as if saying, “that’s where you belong.”

A different Slant:

This was the first play of the final drive of the second quarter where the Packers started to actually find some rhythm with their offense. I think it’s no coincidence that calling a simple slant to start it off (a play that seemingly is not in favor with this offense), got things off on the right foot. What I find interesting about this play is that Rodgers has two open targets in the middle of the field, with Davante running a dig route. EQ is obviously the first route in the progression (news in itself that it wasn’t Davante) and Rodgers doesn’t overthink things and takes an easy first down completion. They’re going to need a lot of that approach against the Rams. So watch them come out taking early deep shots again.

2 points guaranteed:

There are few thing as sure in life as the Packers allowing two point conversions over the last decade or so. At least that’s the impression I have in my head. Am I wrong? And too often, it is downright embarrassing how easy they seem to make it for other teams. Here, Cook gets to jog into the end zone as there is confusion in the secondary and they end up unnecessarily overloading the right side of the Vikings offense. An edge rusher, three DBs and a LB with two eligible receivers to that side. I’m not sure if this is just another one-time mistake near the red zone or the Vikings spotted something like this on tape, because they knew exactly where to go.