Some of those holding penalties... not to mention none on the Vikings. I'm inclined to agree about the refs.

The refs have been brutal all year

If the vikes had any semblance of a qb, we lose this game. Horrendous playcalling once again by McCarthy on all but two drives. There is no reason Kuhn should ever run it again. We stand no chance against the good teams playing like this. The middle of the field was wide open...again...and again we insist on forcing shit deep. Infuriating.

Finley and Barclay played well. So there's that.

Forget about the refs, they helped us big time when Rodgers got picked but they called it back on a weak roughing the passer.

How about Barclay? AR got more protection in the 2nd half than he has since Bulaga went down. I think when TJ gets healthy, hopefully his ankle isn't too bad, we put him back at LG and give Barclay more of a chance.

I think Burnett's first interception will be a turning point for the rest of the season. Kind of like Doug Evans against the Rams in '96. Just when things looked really dark it totally turned the game. It will propel us on to the Super Bowl just like in 1996.

Packers gutted this one out. Great, classic division victory.

-Barclay and Burnett get game balls.

-Barclay+Starks=4.4.

-Barclay+Green=4.8.

-Unheralded heros: Finley, Jones, House. Pickett too.

-I was calling for Arodge to be benched, but he eventually DID seem to stop throwing deep instead of hitting the wide open guy for a 3 yard first down/running it for a first down. On the pregame show Vic ketchman said that holding the ball for 8 seconds "was Rodgers' game." Ugh.

-Nice to see Greg back.

-I don't mind the flea flicker in and of itself. But hit the open guy underneath. Don't just hurl it deep into double coverage.

-I liked how AR12 was neutralizing the pass rush with those hard counts. Gotta keep doing that.

-The screens were good too. Starks and Green ran hard again today, and actually had the stats to show for it.

-Crosby had made an argument that he's out of the slump.

-Kuhn is not going to run 20 yards for a first down.

-Bears still suck. FIRST PLACE BABY!

-Postgame announcers are talking about how Arodge can scramble around "keeping plays alive." Is that a polite way of saying "not getting the ball out in under 8 seconds?"

-Bottom line is we pulled out a gut check victory against a division rival. Onto next week.

I "almost" feel back for Peterson. On any non-disfunctional team, he would be the difference maker. Ponder is not an NFL caliber quarterback.

Just wanted to comment and give you my high praise. Don't visit the site frequently (don't know why), but I always stop by to read your gut reactions. Good stuff as always.

My addition: Barclay plays aggressive and I feel will only improve with getting more reps in practice and having the coaches pay attention to him more closely. The fact that he's an undrafted FA made us utilize more quick passes..which I feel our offense thrives on. Hopefully we see more of it.

Packers 9-3 (8-4). Love it.

I wanted to kill Rodgers for even attempting the 3rd and short pass to Finley instead of just running for 3 and sliding for a first down in the first half. We don't need to get 20 yards per play. We have guys who are good enough at picking up YAC yards that we need to throw short/intermediate 90% of the time and take an occasional shot downfield. And I use the decisive drive in the 4th as evidence to this.

If they're going to do that stupid flea flicker, them might as well just have Cobb throw the ball downfield.

And finally, can we all please stop referring to that team in these posts as the "Vikes?" That's what Queens fans call them. We need to refer to them as ViQueens, Queens, Bi-Queens, Drag Queens, Suc-kings, etc. Thx.

Jones should have had 2 tds! I put on here jj needed the rock more....n POW the football gods listened! First place yeah! Had to go to work...is sid rice even alive?

At least 4...maybe 5 of those holding calls were phantom. The most blatant was the early one on T.J. that negated the 2nd Jones TD...resulting in a FG.

It's almost as if we're getting the Shaq treatment...refs call a different game against us to give the other guys a chance. OK...maybe that's overstating it, but it was really bad today.

The only bad call I noticed against MIN was the roughing call that negated the INT...though Sucheli also called Barclay for holding on the play...when he only tried to hold and whiffed.

Finley has had three solid games in a row, he miht be back ppl. And anyone calling to bench rodgers needs to have there head checked.

Finley deserves a game ball if not for today for his performance the past 3 weeks. It was almost like he got punished for his antics by 12 for a few wks n now he's making the most of what he's getting. N mojo I disagree...tramon hit him pretty hard in the helmet.

Rodgers could of keeped alot of drives going by just running. On his Int he had 20yds open in front of him. Also Kuhn never needs to see the ball again. Quit chanting his name and MM will forget about him.

I would also like to praise Cheesehead TV as being the best of Packers commentary out there. Great website. Part of my daily routine, for sure.

On that note, where's Cow after his guarantee? That idiot.

Vikings by 12!

Loved Finley, Barclay, House, Starks, Sitton, and Burnett (on his 2 INTs at least).

Did not love EDS (he is just overmatched at this point), Lang, Kuhn running the ball, Crosby, Walden, or MD Jennings (on APs TD run).

Finally, come on Crobsy, seriously?

There was Nothing "minor " about those heart attacks

+1 on poor referring across the league. The defenseless WR is way out of control. you cannot judge the angle or speed on a WR who has leaped up and is on the way down when your trying to make a play.

The lawyers and ??? Are simply ruining good hard football.

+ holding called and not, UGH.

What are the Refs or NFL trying to prove?

Lastly, I am tired of the players looking at ref, complaining then getting a late flag. C'mon. Either it's a foul at the time of play or not. Quit with the late flags.

Bring on lions. Go Pack.

Good theory. Much like there will never be a team in LA. Goodell can extort much more $$ from other communities (stadium, tax breaks, etc..) than the NFL can make from a LA team.

Where we GB without Cobb?

Aaron, get this kid on Cheesehd TV.

Go Pack

Think MM went away from the game plan when Jordy left. With Greg probably still not fully back in game shape probably couldn't do much of the no huddle without Jordy and when Lang left, had no choice but to change.

All in all, I liked what I saw out of Barclay and really hope we see him at RT and Lang at LG when Lang is back assuming this wasn't a fluke.

Thankkkk youuuuu kind sir!

Bush is a great special teams player, but his low football IQ drives me nuts. How can a professional football player not know if he runs out of bounds on a punt, he needs to let someone else down the ball.

Barclay gives me hope for the line. Hopefully MM understands he's better off putting Lang back at LG so they have 4 spots at full strength, instead of downgrading multiple spots playing musical lineman.

I watched the game in bed, when I wasn't slipping in and out of consciousness that is. Either had food poisoning, or the stomach flu... Haven't yacked that much since I was a kid. Good win.

ANYBODY- where can I find a comprehensive list of the packers injuries this season, I've got a cowgirl douche attempting to tell me their situation is worse... HELP ME!

GBP 4 LIFE