"Adrian Peterson Goes Over 2000" Packers vs. Vikings (Week 17, 2012) | NFL Full Game

>> Joe: TWO YEARS AGO, A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON, YOU HAD THE COLLAPSE OF THE ROOF AT THE METRODOME. LAST YEAR, CHRISTMAS EVE, ADRIAN PETERSON BLOWS OUT HIS ACL. THIS IS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ADRIAN PETERSON'S SURGERY TO REPAIR THE LIGAMENT. AND UNBELIEVABLY, HE'S KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF HISTORY. MINNESOTA VIKINGS WILL RECEIVE THE OPENING KICKOFF AND OFF WE GO ON AMERICA'S GAME OF THE WEEK. MARCUS SHERELS FROM ABOUT FIVE YARDS DEEP IN THE END ZONE BRINGS IT OUT AND CROSSES THE 20. UNDERSTAND WE'VE HAD SOME AUDIO DIFFICULTIES ALREADY. HERE COMES ADRIAN PETERSON. HE'S 208 YARDS SHY OF A SINGLE SEASON RECORD. A RECORD THAT HE'S BEEN CHASING AND MANY OTHER BACKS SINCE 1984, THE 2,105 PUT UP BY ERIC DICKERSON, THEN OF THE L.A. RAMS. NOW WE'LL SEE WHAT THE PACKERS CAN DO DEFENSIVELY AGAINST NUMBER 28. HE SHREDDED THEM FOR 210 YARDS FOUR WEEKS AGO IN GREEN BAY. HE GETS IT TO START THE DAY. GOT HIT RIGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY MORGAN BURNETT, NO GAIN. TROY, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE FACES AND KEY PLAYERS IN THIS GAME WHEN WE GIVE YOU THE LINEUPS. A COUPLE OF PRO BOWL ALTERNATE ALTERNATES, KALIL AND SULLIVAN. THE TWO PRO BOWLERS, PETERSON AND THE GUY BLOCKING FOR HIM. >> Troy: FELTON HAS HAD A HECK OF A YEAR. ADRIAN PETERSON CREDITS HIM FOR HIS SUCCESS. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND TEN. THEY FAKE A TOSS. PASS IS CAUGHT. THE FIRST COMPLETION OF THE DAY IS TO RUDOLPH. HE'S GOT ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: NICE START FOR PONDER. HE SHOWS GOOD PATIENCE. WE'VE SEEN HIM QUICK TO LEAVE THE POCKET. HE GETS OFF HIS FIRST READ, WHICH WAS IN THE FLAT, COMES RIGHT BACK. REALLY, HIS GO-TO GUY, KYLE RUDOLPH, THERE AT THE SECOND LEVEL. >> Joe: HE'S THEIR BIG WEAPON. THIS IS NOT A TEAM THAT FEATURES A LOT OF COMPLETIONS. TWO WIDE RECEIVERS, AS OPPOSED TO THE GREEN BAY PACKERS. FIRST DOWN AT THEIR OWN 33. PETERSON GETS IT. SPINS OFF THE TACKLE. AND THE GUY THEY LOVE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS CARRIES IT OUT TO THE 45 FOR 12 AND A FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: THEY BOTTLE ADRIAN PETERSON UP AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THAT IS REALLY THE BEST WAY TO KEEP HIM FROM PICKING UP POSITIVE YARDAGE. THEY DO THEIR JOB BUT FAIL TO WRAP HIM UP PUP HE'S ABLE TO BOUNCE IT TO THE OUTSIDE AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER MISSED TACKLE. THAT HURT THE DEFENSE THE LAST TIME THE TWO TEAMS MET, NOT WRAPPING UP. HE'S A HARD GUY TO GET TO THE GROUND, AS WE KNOW. YOU'VE GOT TO GET HIM AND SWARM TO HIM TO GET HIM TO THE GROUND. >> Joe: FROM THE 45, HERE'S PETERSON AGAIN. WE'VE SEEN THREE ADRIAN PETERSON CARRIES, ONE PASS. BRAD JONES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF PETERSON REFUSING TO GO DOWN. NOW A LOOK AT THE DEFENSE FOR GREEN BAY. THESE FOUR FACES, CLAY MATTHEWS, ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER PRO BOWL. C.J. WILSON. THOSE TWO GUYS WEREN'T HERE WHEN THE PACKERS DEFENSIVELY TRIED TO STOP ADRIAN PETERSON. RAJI IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND WILLIAMS, THEIR BEST CORNER. SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN. PONDER. IN TROUBLE. RAJI IN HIS FACE. THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE. B.J. RAJI GOT A PIECE OF IT. THIRD DOWN FOR MINNESOTA. >> Troy: RAJI HAS ELEVATED HIS GAME IN THE LAST MONTH OF THE SEASON. HE WENT THROUGH A STRETCH THERE, JOE, WHERE HE WAS NOT PLAYING VERY GOOD FOOTBALL. BUT HE'S BEEN VERY DISRUPTIVE THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. HE CERTAINLY IS HERE. HE BEATS HIS MAN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. GETS PRESSURE ON CHRISTIAN PONDER AND JUST NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE FOOTBALL. EXCELLENT JOB BY PONDER, JUST GETTING IT OUT AND AVOIDING THE SACK. >> Joe: SO NOW THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. GERHART IN THE BACKFIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME. PETERSON OUT OF THE BALL GAME. PONDER FINDS A MAN. HE'S GOT A FIRST DOWN. THE CATCH MADE BY SIMPSON. GOOD FOR EIGHT. >> Troy: THEY'VE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING JEROME SIMPSON GOING THIS WEEK. IT WOULD BE NICE IF HE COULD PLAY WELL, OR AS EXPECTED WHEN THE SEASON BEGAN. HE RUNS A GOOD ROUTE. CHRISTIAN PONDER SLIDES A LITTLE TO HIS RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE AND DELIVERS A STRIKE TO JEROME SIMPSON. >> Joe: I KNOW YOU LIKE PONDER WHEN HE'S ON THE MOVE THROWING OR RETURNING IT. >> Troy: THAT'S HIS STRENGTH, HIS ABILITY TO RUN. >> Joe: FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 45. QUICK THROW, AND A DANGEROUS PASS IN THE DIRECTION OF SIMPSON, WITH SHIELDS BEARING DOWN ON HIM. >> Troy: WE CALLED THAT GAME THE LAST TIME THESE TWO TEAMS MET, JOE. AS YOU SAID, I MEAN, THE WIDE RECEIVERS HAD A TOUGH TIME GETTING OPEN IN THAT GAME. DIDN'T HAVE A CATCH UNTIL LATE. BUT ALREADY, IN THIS FIRST POSSESSION, THEY'RE DOING A LOT BETTER THINGS THAN THEY DID THE LAST TIME THESE TWO TEAMS PLAYED. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN CONVERSION ON THAT COMPLETION TO SIMPSON. NOW SECOND AND TEN. . PONDER OUT TO HIS RIGHT. THROWS IT AWAY. CHASED BY ERIK WALDEN. THIRD DOWN AND TEN COMING UP. >> Troy: I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HELD BACK PONDER IS HIS ABILITY TO GET TO THE SECOND AND THIRD RECEIVERS. THIS IS NOT HIS PRIMARY GUY, MICHAEL JENKINS. HE COMES OFF OF THE OUTSIDE RECEIVER AND GOES THROUGH HIS PROGRESSION, HE'S ABLE TO SEE JENKINS FLASH IN FRONT OF HIM AND COULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY COMPLETION. THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SOME IMPROVEMENT FROM THIS SECOND YEAR QUARTERBACK. >> Joe: ON THIRD DOWN AND TEN. LATE RUSH BY CLAY MATTHEWS. PONDER GOING TO TRY AND RUN FOR IT, AND HE WON'T GET IT. WELL, WITH ONE OF THE GAME'S BEST PLACE KICKERS ON THEIR ROSTER, RIGHT NOW, THE VIKINGS ARE WELL WITHIN THE RANGE OF BLAIR WALSH. AND THEY'LL TRY TO GET POINTS IN THE OPENING POSSESSION. IT WILL BE A 54-YARD TRY. >> Troy: HE'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD FROM 50-PLUS YARDS. HASN'T MISSED ALL SEASON LONG. SPEAKING OF PRO BOWLS. HE JUST GOT VOTED TO THE PRO BOWL THIS WEEK, A NICE HONOR FOR HIM. >> Joe: FIRST KICKER IN THE HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE TO HAVE NINE FIELD GOALS GOOD FROM 50 OR MORE. AND HE HAS TEN. WHAT A WEAPON. BLAIR WALSH. AND MORE FIRST POSSESSION POINTS. GOOD HOLD BY KLUWE AFTER A BOBBLE. AND IT JUST CREEPS OVER THE C >> Joe: IT WAS A LITTLE EIGHT-YARD RUN BY CHRISTIAN PONDER ON FOURTH AND TEN THAT MADE IT A 54-YARD TRY FOR WALSH. THEY DID THE REST. 3-0 FOR MINNESOTA. THEY WIN, THEY'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS. REMEMBER, NO RANDALL COBB, OUT WITH A BAD KNEE. SO JEREMY ROSS TAKES A KNEE. THAT'S A BIG WEAPON NUMBER 12 DO >> Joe: IT IS AMERICA'S GAME OF THE WEEK. WHAT'S AT STAKE? THE GREEN BAY PACKERS HAVE A NUMBER TWO SEED IN FRONT OF THEM WITH A WIN. THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO GET IT, BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY. FOR THE VIKINGS, TRYING TO CLINCH THEIR FOURTH PLAYOFF BERTH OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS. STARTING AT THE 20, DOWN BY THREE. RYAN GRANT GETS IT. STARTED TO HIS LEFT. CUTS UPFIELD AND GETS TWO. KEVIN WILLIAMS ON THE STOP AND THE OFFENSE, LED BY THEIR QUARTERBACK, THE NUMBER ONE RATED QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL, HAS BEEN THIS WAY, TROY, ALL YEAR. HE GETS JORDY NELSON BACK, WHO'S MISSED THE LAST THREE, BUT HE LOSES RANDALL COBB, WHO IS OUT WITH A BAD KNEE AND ANKLE. SECOND AND EIGHT. PLAY ACTION FROM RODGERS. HAS ALL DAY, AND NOW FINDS FINLEY. THIRD AND SHORT COMING UP AS FINLEY'S GOOD FOR FOUR. >> Troy: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SURPRISING TO ME, JOE, IN TALKING WITH MIKE McCARTHY, IS YOU SEE AARON RODGERS NOW TELLING THEM TO HUDDLE UP, BUT THEY DID NOT HUDDLE UP AFTER THE FIRST DOWN PLAY, AND THEY WERE GOING TO GO RIGHT TO NO-HUDDLE. AND PLAYING ON THE ROAD HERE IN MINNESOTA, AS LOUD AS THIS STADIUM CAN GET, WITH A GUY WHO IS MAKING JUST HIS SECOND START AT CENTER, IT WAS SURPRISING THEY'D GO TO THAT. McCARTHY HERE HAS DECIDED TO SLOW IT DOWN. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FOUR. RODGERS STEPS UP. FLUTTERBALL AND NEARLY PICKED OFF. LOOKING FOR JAMES JONES, AND THERE WAS A PLAY TO BE MADE ALONG THE SIDELINE. PASS INCOMPLETE AND COOK ALMOST CAME AWAY WITH A PICK. >> Troy: CHRIS COOK WHO CAME BACK FROM HIS JOO INJURY LAST WEEK HAS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE PLAY. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT START FOR MINNESOTA, HAD THEY BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THAT INTERCEPTION. ONE COOK SHOULD HAVE MADE. >> Joe: GOOD PUNT BY MASTHAY WITH SHERELS HAVING TO RETREAT TO THE 15. MARCUS SHERELS, A NICE RETURN. OUT NEAR THE 40. A 25-YARD RETURN BY MARCUS SHERELS AFTER A 59-YARD PUNT. >> Joe: A LOOK AT THE OFFENSIVE LINE. TALKING OVER ON THE SIDELINE WITH JAMES AS THIS DRIVE STARTS AT THE 40. QUICK PLAY ACTION FROM PONDER. LOOK OUT, CHRISTIAN. DOWN HE GOES. THEY'RE GOING TO SAY INCOMPLETE PASS AS PONDER'S KNEE WAS ALMOST DOWN. CLAY MATTHEWS WAS A HALF STEP TOO LATE. >> Troy: CLAY MATTHEWS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WORKING AGAINST KALIL. PONDER FEELS THE PRESSURE BUT DIDN'T FEEL MATTHEWS WOULD MAKE THE PLAY. SEE IF HIS KNEE WAS ON THE GROUND BEFORE THE BALL COMES OUT. SURE WAS. >> Joe: SURE DID LOOK LIKE HIS KNEE WAS DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHALLENGE FROM MIKE McCARTHY. >> Troy: THAT WAS ABOUT A FIVE-YARD LOSS. IF HE HAD GOTTEN IT CLOSER TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE OR IF THE KNEE HAD GONE DOWN CLOSER TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, MAYBE YOU DON'T CHALLENGE, BUT IT'S FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL. >> Referee: THE RULING ON THE FIELD, AN INCOMPLETE PASS, IS CHALLENGED BY GREEN BAY, SAYING DOWN BY CONTACT. >> Joe: MIKE McCARTHY IS MAKING THE CALL MADE. RIGHT KNEE DOWN, BALL IN HIS HAND. LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL BE A SACK. >> Joe: RULING ON THE FIELD WAS AN INCOMPLETE PASS. MIKE McCARTHY CHALLENGED IT. LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT KNEE IS DOWN OF CHRISTIAN PONDER AS MATTHEWS GOT ON THAT LEFT LEG. HERE'S THE CALL. >> Referee: AFTER REVIEW, THE QUARTERBACK'S KNEE WAS DOWN BEFORE THE BALL CAME OUT. THEREFORE, IT'S A SACK. IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN. SECOND AND 33 ON THE 17. GREEN BAY WINS THE CHALLENGE. THERE IS NO TIME-OUT. >> Joe: HE REVERSED IT. IT'S SECOND AND 17 WITH THE BALL AT THE 33. MIKE McCARTHY IS 5 OUT OF 8 WITH CHALLENGES. THAT PERCENTAGE IS UNBELIEVABLE. HOW MANY BAD CHALLENGE FLAGS DO WE SEE WEEK AFTER WEEK? THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. SECOND AND 17. WHY NOT? BACK UP THE VIKINGS, MAKE THEM THROW. AND TO PETERSON. THIS TEAM, TROY, THAT'S AVERAGING MORE YARDS PER RUSH THAN YARDS PER PASS, THIS SEASON, SEES PETERSON GET FIVE. NOW IT'S THIRD AND LONG. >> Troy: IT'S REMARKABLE. I KNOW VIKINGS FANS ARE TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT AS FAR AS HOW WELL THEY RUN THE BALL, AND YET HOW INEFFICIENT THEY ARE AT THROWING THE FOOTBALL. THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT. PONDER IS STILL GROWING. THE PLAYERS AROUND HIM, WITH HARVIN GOING DOWN. THAT'S AN ASPECT OF THE GAME THAT HAS TO GET BETTER. >> Joe: ON THIRD DOWN, SETTING UP THE SCREEN FOR GERHART. TOBY GERHART HAS GOT IT. NEAR THE 41. FIRST DOWN, MINNESOTA. AND THIS SCREEN GOOD FOR 21 YARDS. >> Troy: WE SAW MATTHEWS COME IN ON THE BLINDSIDE OF CHRISTIAN PONDER FOR THE SACK. SO WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY COME BACK AND SCREEN HIM AND WORK HIS SIDE, KNOWING THAT HE'S GIVING MATT KALIL SOME PROBLEMS ON THAT SIDE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE. AND A GOOD CALL THERE BY OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR BILL MUSGRAVE AND A BIG CONVERSION FOR A FIRST DOWN, CONSIDERING THAT THEY LOST YARDAGE ON THAT FIRST DOWN SACK. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND 12. A 21-YARD CATCH AND RUN. NOW PETERSON. TAKES IT DOWN INCHES INSIDE THE 35. BROUGHT DOWN BY JONES. A GAIN OF FIVE. LET'S GO TO PATRICK O'NEILL. >> TEXANS LOSING EARLIER. OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE BRONCOS. KNOWSHON MORENO, OPENING DRIVE, EIGHT PLAYS, 69 YARDS. PEYTON MANNING AND THE BRONCOS, SHOULD THEY WIN, HAVE HOME FIELD THROUGHOUT THE AFC. JOE, TROY, PEYTON MANNING OR ADRIAN PETERSON MVP, HAVE YOU GIVEN IT A THOUGHT? >> Joe: I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU LOOK PAST 28 HERE. HE'S ALL THEY'VE GOT OFFENSIVELY. HE GETS IT AGAIN. YOU JUST CAN'T BRING HIM DOWN. INSIDE THE 15, A BIG RUN BY ADRIAN PETERSON. JENNINGS ON THE STOP. A CARRY OF 22. >> Troy: BRAD JONES IS IN A POSITION TO MAKE THE PLAY. YOU'LL SEE COME INTO THE SCREEN THERE. AND HEY, THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE BACKS WHERE YOU CAN COME IN AND THROW A SHOULDER AND EXPECT TO GET HIM ON THE GROUND. HE'S PROVEN THAT NOT JUST THIS YEAR, NOT JUST THIS GAME. HE'S PROVEN IT THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. AND AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU NEED A LOT OF HELMETS COMING TO HIM. YOU'VE GOT TO HIT HIM, WRAP HIM UP AND HOPE TO GET HELP FROM YOUR TEAMMATES. >> Joe: HIS 24th CARRY OF 20 OR MORE YARDS THIS SEASON. HERE HE IS AGAIN. ROOM TO RUN. BROUGHT DOWN BY MORGAN BURNETT AFTER A GAIN OF FIVE. FOR A RUNNING BACK COMING IN NEEDING 102 YARDS TO BECOME THE SEVENTH RUNNING BACK IN THE HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE TO GET 2,000 YARDS ON THE GROUND, HE IS UP TO 54. >> Troy: PRETTY GOOD START FOR HIM. I KNOW LAST WEEK GOING INTO THE GAME AGAINST HOUSTON, HE WAS CONFIDENT HE WOULD SET THE ALL-TIME RECORD, BREAK ERIC DICKERSON'S RECORD. EVEN NEEDING 208 HERE TODAY, WHEN WE VISITED WITH HIM, HE WAS STILL JUST AS CONFIDENT. >> Joe: SECOND AND FIVE. DELAYED HANDOFF. PETERSON. HE MAKES IT LOOK EASY. TOUCHDOWN! >> Troy: THEY GO NUMBER 40 HERE RED ELEPHANT. HE'LL BE THE LEAD BACK. THEY GO OFF THE DRAW ACTION, HAND IT OFF TO HIM. IT'S ONE ON ONE. SOMEBODY'S GOT TO MAKE THE PLAY. NOT UNTIL PETERSON GETS IT IN THE END ZONE. >> Joe: HIS 12th RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON. WHAT DID ADRIAN PETERSON SAY ABOUT THE FULLBACK? IT'S OKAY, BUT I TELL HIM TO GET OUT OF MY WAY. HE'S MADE HIS TEAMMATES GET OUT OF HIS WAY AND THE PACKERS HAVE BEEN GETTING OUT OF HIS WAY. >> Joe: ADRIAN PETERSON HAD 46 RUSHING YARDS ON THIS DRIVE. HE HAS 61 ON THE DAY, 1,959 ON THE SEASON. HE'S GOT 147 TO GO TO BE THE ALL-TIME LEADER. WE'LL KEEP UPDATING YOU AND DOING THE MATH FOR YOU. SECOND TOUCHBACK BY THE BIG RIGHT LEG OF BLAIR WALSH. AND THE PACKERS START AT THE 20 YARD LINE. WE'LL GO DOWN TO PAM OLIVER. >> Pam: ADRIAN PETERSON'S HEALTH MAY BE THE ONLY THING THAT SLOWS HIM DOWN A LITTLE BIT. HE SPRAINED AN ABDOMINAL MUSCLE TWO WEEKS AGO AGAINST THE RAMS. THAT'S WHAT LESLIE FRAZIER TOLD ME BEFORE THE GAME. HE WANTS TO SEE HOW THINGS GO WITH PETERSON RUNNING THE BALL AND GO FROM THERE. NATURALLY, PETERSON PRO CLAIMED HIMSELF QUITE HEALTHY. BACK TO YOU. >> Joe: I THINK THE PACKERS WOULD AGREE. >> Troy: I TELL YOU WHAT, WITH THOSE RUNS HE'S HAD IN THE FIRST QUARTER, HE IS PLAYING WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE. I WOULDN'T BET AGAINST HIM AT THIS POINT. >> Joe: HANDOFF IS TO GRANT. AND GRANT GETS NOTHING. LOOK AT THIS VIKINGS DEFENSE, WHICH IS 16th RANKED BUT AS YOU SAID IN THE OPENING, TROY, WHEN YOU WERE HEARD. I THINK YOUR MIKE CUT OUT ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH, THIS DEFENSE HAS BEEN BETTER DURING THE THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK. THEY STILL HAVE ALLEN. THEY GET ROBINSON BACK, WINFIELD AND THEN THAT GOOD ROOKIE SAFETY, HARRISON SMITH ON THE BACK END. PASS GOOD FOR FIVE TO FINLEY. THIRD DOWN COMING UP. >> Troy: THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN BETTER, JOE. AS WE KNOW, THEY'RE BETTER HERE IN THE DOME AND WHEN YOU GOOD BACK TO TALKING ABOUT ADRIAN PETERSON'S RUSHING RECORD IF, IN FACT, HE SETS IT TODAY, THIS DEFENSE IS GOING TO PLAY A PART TOO, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO KEEP HIM CLOSE. WITH THE OFFENSE DOING WHAT THEY'VE DONE, THEY'VE GOT A TEN-POINT LEAD. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. BLITZ. PACKERS PICK IT UP BUT THE BALL'S TIPPED AT THE LINE. IT'S BACK-TO-BACK THREE AND OUTS FOR AARON RODGERS AND THE GREEN BAY OFFENSE. >> Troy: YOU TALK ABOUT THIS VIKINGS DEFENSE, AND IT'S A DEFENSE THAT, JOE, HAD GIVEN UP, YOU KNOW, SOME YARDAGE RECENTLY. BUT THE PERFORMANCE THAT THEY HAD LAST WEEK, AND THAT WIN AGAINST THE HOUSTON TEXANS WHO REALLY HAD EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR, THIS TEAM RIGHT NOW COMES INTO THIS GAME WITH ABOUT AS MUCH CONFIDENCE AS YOU COULD HOPE FOR. >> Joe: GREENWAY GOT A PIECE OF THE THROW FROM RODGERS. SHERELS ON THE RETURN. TRYING TO GET TO THE SIDELINE. AND HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 45. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE BACKS WHO HAVE GAINED 2,000. ♪ THE WORLD IS YOURS ♪ ♪ THE WORLD IS YOURS ♪ >> Joe: THE ALL-TIME RECORD HOLDER, ERIC DICKERSON, DOES NOT WANT THAT RECORD TO FALL. THE LONG STRIDE, THAT UP AND DOWN RUNNING STYLE FOR STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN OF ERIC DICKERSON AND A.P. IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM THAT. HE GETS SWALLOWED UP BY B.J. RAJI. SO ERIC DICKERSON IS BACK HOME IN CALIFORNIA. HE SAID HE'D BE WATCHING THE GAME TODAY. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I MEAN, ANY OF THESE RECORD HOLDERS, REGARDLESS WHAT WAS THEY SAY, THEY DON'T WANT THEIR RECORDS TO FALL. BUT IT'S PRETTY SAFE IN ASSUMING THAT IF THAT RECORD IS BROKEN, ADRIAN PETERSON WOULD BE A GREAT GUY TO HAVE IT. GREEN BAY DEFENSE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. HANDOFF IS TO PETERSON. HE IS BACK NEAR THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THIRD AND TEN COMING UP. WALDEN IN THERE TO MAKE THE STOP. >> Troy: THAT'S REALLY THE WAY THAT THEY WANT TO PLAY. AND IT WAS NICE ON THE LAST TWO PLAYS, THE WAY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CORRAL ADRIAN PETERSON AND JUST NOT GIVE HIM ANY LANES AND THEN GET FOUR, FIVE HELMETS ON HIM. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD REALLY SLOW THIS GUY DOWN. NOW, THEY'RE COMMITTING A LOT OF PLAYERS TO TRY TO SLOW HIM DOWN. AND WITH THAT, IT SHOULD GIVE YOU A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THEN WITHIN THE PASSING GAME. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND TEN. BLITZ. PASS CAUGHT. JENKINS, AND HE IS BROUGHT DOWN HALF A YARD SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN. SAM SHIELDS WITH THE SURE-HANDED TACKLE. AND HE WILL BE SHORT OF FIRST DOWN YARDAGE. THE OFFENSE IS ALREADY BEING ADDED TO, AS OPPOSED TO THE KICKING TEAM ON FOURTH AND ABOUT HALF A YARD AS PETERSON CAME BACK ON, ALONG WITH FELTON, HIS FULLBACK. LESLIE PHRASE YER, HE'S WANTING A MEASUREMENT. THE THROW, IT'S HIGH AND BEHIND HIM. IF PONDER PUTS THIS ON JENKINS IN FRONT, WHERE HE CAN CATCH IT AND GO FOR THE FIRST DOWN, IT'S AN EASY PICK UP. >> Joe: LOOKED LIKE JENKINS WAS A FULL YARD SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. THEY GAVE HIM AN EXTRA HALF YARD, BUT HE'S STILL SHORT. NOW WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? DO YOU WANT TO BANG IT UP IN THERE WITH ADRIAN PETERSON, UP BY TEN ALREADY, OR DO YOU WANT TO PUNT? FIELD GOAL RIGHT NOW OUT OF THE QUESTION. >> Troy: RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THE GAME HAS SHAPED UP AND WITH A TEN-POINT LEAD AND THE WAY THE DEFENSE HAS PLAYED, I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO PIN GREEN BAY DEEP. I WOULD NOT AGREE WITH GOING FOR IT HERE ON FOURTH DOWN. >> Joe: THEY'RE GOING TO. OR TRY TO GET GREEN BAY TO JUMP OFFSIDES. PETERSON. GOT IT. STILL GOING. OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 40. AND A LITTLE POSE OVER ON THE SIDELINE WHERE THE PACKERS ARE AFTER A GAIN OF SIX. >> Troy: YOU SEE INITIALLY, HE STOPPED. BUT HIS LEGS JUST DON'T STOP MOVING. I MEAN, HE'S JUST ONE DETERMINED BACK. I MEAN, YOU COMBINE HIS ABILITY, HIS SPEED, HIS STRENGTH ALONG WITH HIS DETERMINATION. THE GUY'S A PHENOMENAL PLAYER AND DOES A GREAT JOB OF SECURING THE FOOTBALL, BECAUSE THE PACKERS ARE GOING FOR IT. >> Joe: OF ALL THE RUNNING BACKS WE'VE TALKED TO, TROY, OVER THE YEARS, I'VE NEVER HEARD YOU BRING UP EMMITT SMITH MORE THAN YOU DID WHEN WE TALKED TO PETERSON. YOU HAVE THE SAME KIND OF RESPECT YOU HAD FOR YOUR NUMBER 22 AS PETERSON CARRIES IT TO THE 35. >> Troy: THOSE GUYS ARE SPECIAL PLAYERS. ADRIAN PETERSON IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF BACK THAN EMMITT SMITH WAS. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DO HAVE IN COMMON IS THEY BOTH CARRIED THE BALL IN ONE ARM AND THEY DON'T SWITCH ARMS. EMMITT SMITH ALWAYS CARRIED THE BALL IN HIS LEFT ARM. ADRIAN PETERSON ALWAYS CARRIES THE BALL IN HIS RIGHT ARM. THAT'S WHY ON THE FOURTH DOWN PLAY, WHEN HE WAS RUNNING TO HIS LEFT, RIGHT BALL'S EXPOSED. AND HE HAS FUMBLED THE BALL AT TIMES. THAT'S HIS RISK. BUT THAT'S WHAT HE'S MOST COMFORTABLE DOING. >> Joe: SECOND AND SEVEN. PONDER IN TROUBLE AND IT'S RIGHT THROUGH THE HANDS OF RUDOLPH. A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM CLAY MATTHEWS AGAIN, WHO GOT PONDER FOR HIS 13th SACK THE LAST TIME THE VIKINGS HAD THE BALL. >> Troy: YOU MENTIONED CLAY MATTHEWS DIDN'T PLAY THE LAST TIME THESE TWO TEAMS MET. IT IMPACTED WHAT THE VIKINGS WERE ABLE TO DO. NOW, RIGHT HERE, JOE, ON THIRD DOWN, CHRISTIAN PONDPONDER'ST TO BE AWARE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN. YOU PICK UP ANY KIND OF YARDAGE AND YOU'RE IN THE RANGE OF BLAIR WALSH. >> Joe: THIRD AND SEVEN. PONDER OVER THE MIDDLE. PASS CAUGHT. THAT'S HIS FAVORITE TARGET. RUDOLPH GOOD FOR TEN. >> Troy: THEY PUT THE SAFETY ON KYLE RUDOLPH, RON McMILLON. AND RUDOLPH RUN AS GOOD ROUTE. HE GETS TO WHERE THE FIRST DOWN IS, HE GETS McMILLAN RUNNING AND THAT CREATES THE SEPARATION AND ANOTHER GOOD CONVERSION FOR THE VIKINGS. >> Joe: VIKINGS FOR 3 FOR 5 ON THIRD DOWN AND 1 FOR 1 ON FOURTH DOWN IN THE OPENING QUARTER. THEY'RE TIRING THE PACKERS DEFENSIVE FRONT. CHRISTIAN PONDER, OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 20. A NICE GAIN ON FIRST DOWN OF EIGHT. WE'VE SEEN IT ALL SOBE SEASON LONG. IF YOU GIVE CHRISTIAN PONDER A LANE, HE'S GOING TO TAKE IT. HE'S VERY QUICK TO FLUSH FROM THE POCKET, AND HE'S GOOD AT IT. >> Joe: THERE WILL BE ONE MORE PLAY BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER. DOM CAPERS, WHOSE DEFENSE WAS JUST GOOD ENOUGH THANKS TO A COUPLE OF MORGAN BURNETT INTERCEPTIONS TO BEAT MINNESOTA AT LAMBEAU FOUR WEEKS AGO, HAS WATCHED PETERSON AND COMPANY RUN RIGHT THROUGH HIS DEFENSE. NOT THIS TIME. PETERSON IS WRAPPED UP IN THE BACKFIELD BY A.J. HAWK, A LOSS OF TWO. 10-0, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO NUMBER 28. >> Joe: FIRST QUARTER COULD NOT HAVE GONE ANY BETTER FOR THE VIKINGS. THEY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE ON THE SCOREBOARD IN YARDS BY 124 MORE THAN GREEN BAY. TIME OF POSSESSION, 9:30. THEY'VE KEPT THE REIGNING NFL MVP ON THE SIDELINES. EIGHT MORE FIRST DOWNS THAN THE PACKERS. THIS ONE IS INCOMPLETE FOR JARIUS WRIGHT, WHO OVER THE LAST THREE GAMES, CHRISTIAN PONDER HAS FOUND A GUY HE LIKES, IT'S THIS ROOKIE, NUMBER 17. >> Troy: THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. PONDER HAD TO LET IT GO SOONER THAN HE WANTED. JARIUS WRIGHT WON ON THE ROUTE. HAD HE BEEN ABLE TO LAY THAT EASIER -- GOOD JOB BY WRIGHT TRYING TO MAKE THE PLAY. >> Joe: CHICAGO BEARS AND THEIR FANS IN A WEIRD POSITION OF HAVING TO ROOT TODAY FOR GREEN BAY. NOT GOING SO GOOD FOR THE BEARS WHO WON TODAY AT DETROIT. THEY NEED A GREEN BAY WIN HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS TO GET THE BEARS INTO THE PLAYOFFS. FRIDAY, ONE OF THE BEST BOWL GAMES OF THE YEAR IS ON FOX. HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER, ONE OF THE MOST ELECTRIFYING PLAYERS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. JOHNNY MANZIEL, TEXAS A&M AGAINST THE SOONERS OF OKLAHOMA. THE COTTON BOWL CLASSIC FRIDAY AT 7:30 EASTERN ON FOX. >> Troy: ADRIAN PETERSON TOLD ME HE WENT TO OKLAHOMA AND IS PREPARING FOR A GAME NEXT WEEK WHEN THE COTTON BOWL IS BEING PLAYED. THE VIKINGS COULD BE PLAYING THEIR WAY INTO A REMATCH, THE THIRD MATCHUP THIS SEASON WITH THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, WHICH WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE OTHER LATE GAMES. BUT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT SEATTLE SHOULD WIN, SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD WIN. SAN FRANCISCO WOULD BE THE NUMBER TWO SEED IF THAT DOES HAPPEN. AND THAT WOULD KICK GREEN BAY TO A NUMBER THREE SEED AND A DATE AT HOME NEXT WEEK. NO OFF WEEK AGAINST THE VIKINGS. HERE'S ROSS FROM INSIDE THE END ZONE. SHOWS SPEED. OUT ACROSS THE 40. AND EXACTLY WHAT THE PACKERS NEEDED FROM THE FIRST YEAR PLAYER OUT OF CAL. 44-YARD RETURN BY JEREMY ROSS. >> Troy: IT'S A MIDDLE RETURN. THE PACKERS NEEDED SOMETHING TO HAPPEN TO GIVE THEM GOOD FIELD POSITION. JEREMY ROSS PROVIDES IT. THE SPECIAL TEAMS UNIT FOR THE PACKERS HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING. RANDALL COBB NOT PLAYING IN THIS GAME TODAY. JEREMY ROSS DOES WHAT COBB HAS DONE SO WELL ALL YEAR LONG. >> Joe: HARRIS IN THE BACKFIELD AND THIRD TIME WITH THE BALL. THE PACKERS HAND IT TO HARRIS. HE'S GOING TO BE STOPPED AFTER A GAIN OF ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF, NINE YARDS. >> Troy: DuJUAN HARRIS, HAD HE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP HIS FEET, THEY JUST GOT ENOUGH OF HIM AND HE STUMBLED THROUGH THE LINE. HAD HE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP HIS FEET, HE'D HAVE BEEN ONE ON ONE ON THE SAFETY AND I'M NOT SO SURE THEY MAKE THAT PLAY. >> Joe: THE RUNNING GAME HAS GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER OVER NOVEMBER, DECEMBER FOR THE PACKERS. TAKEN SOME OF THE HEAT OFF RODGERS. ON SECOND AND SHORT, HARRIS HAS A DOW HE DOESN'T GO DOWN EASILY. HE'S LISTED AT 5'8", 203. HE IS A TOUGH RUNNING BACK TO FIND AND THEN BRING DOWN TO THE GROUND. >> Troy: THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SURFACE. THEY KEEPS LOW TO THE GROUND. HE'S NOT VERY TALL. HE HIDES IT BEHIND THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. THIS IS A PACKERS OFFENSE THAT HAD SUCCESS THE LAST TIME RUNNING THE FOOTBALL AGAINST THE VIKINGS. >> Joe: STARKS IS NOT ACTIVE TODAY. RODGERS KEEPS IT. NOWHERE TO GO. HE STEPS INTO THE ARMS OF JARED ALLEN. AND THE FIVE-TIME PRO BOWLER GETS SACK NUMBER 11. >> Troy: PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE ON THE OUTSIDE. THEY'VE GOT SAFETIES GIVING HELP TO THE OUTSIDE RECEIVERS. RODGERS HAD GOOD TIME, BUT JARED ALLEN, JUST RELENTLESS. JUST KEEPS ON PLAYING. AS RODGERS TRIES TO BUY HIMSELF MORE TIME, ALLEN IS ABLE TO MAKE THE PLAY. >> Joe: ALLEN, WHO HAD 22 SACKS ON A THREE-WIN TEAM LAST YEAR, GETS NUMBER 11 WITH THAT. A LOSS OF 12. ON SECOND DOWN, PENALTY FLAGS FLY AND IT'S A DELAY OF GAME. >> Troy: THAT'S A BIG PENALTY. IT WIPES AWAY WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRST DOWN COMPLETION TO FINLEY. HE CAUGHT IT IN STRIDE OVER THE MIDDLE. USUALLY DON'T SEE THAT FROM A VETERAN QUARTERBACK LIKE AARON RODGERS. HE JUST GETS IT OFF A TAD LATE. NORMALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE OFFICIAL WILL LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND WHEN IT HITS ZERO, HE THEN TAKES HIS EYES OFF THE CLOCK AND TO THE BALL AND IF IT'S HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, THE OFFENSE GETS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. THAT WAS CLOSE. >> Joe: MAKES IT SECOND AND 27. RODGERS FINDS JENNINGS. JENNINGS GETS IT INSIDE THE 40. TROY, THE PACKERS EVEN WITHOUT RANDALL COBB, WHO LEADS THE NFL IN YARDAGE, LIKE THE MATCHUPS ACROSS THE BOARD. THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE GREG JENNINGS BACK TO HIS NORMAL SELF, PLAYING IN THE SLOT. >> Troy: THAT'S WHERE HE EXCELS. HE CAN PLAY ALL THE POSITIONS. IN THE SLOT, WITHOUT COBB, WHO HAD BEEN PLAYING THAT POSITION SO WELL WITH JENNINGS DOWN, THAT HELPS HIM, THE FACT THAT HE'S NOW HEALTHY. >> Joe: A 20-YARD COMPLETION. THEY MAY HAVE TWO DOWNS TO GET SEVEN YARDS. RODGERS FINDS JONES. AND JONES, THEY'RE GOING TO MARK HIM BACK WHERE HE WAS TACKLED AS HE GAVE UP FORWARD PROGRESS. FORWARD PROGRESS, TROY, WAS STILL GOING TO BE SHORT OF FIRST DOWN YARDAGE. BUT WITH THAT SECOND EFFORT, HE'S BACK OUTSIDE THE 40. >> Troy: WITH THE SECOND EFFORT AND NOW LOSING MORE YARDAGE, IT MAKES IT A REAL DECISION. AND WHAT McCARTHY IS GOING TO DO. BUT AARON RODGERS STILL OUT ON THE FIELD. >> Joe: OBVIOUSLY, A MUCH MORE MANAGEABLE FOURTH DOWN HAD HE GONE DOWN WHERE THE INITIAL CONTACT WAS MADE. FOURTH AND 11. AND A TIME-OUT TAKEN BY McCARTHY. PACKERS ARE 6 FOR 12 THIS SEASON ON >> Joe: THEY'VE LIT UP THIS CITY IN VIKINGS COLORS THIS WEEK IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS GAME, AND THERE'S LESLIE FRAZIER, WHO HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB THIS SEASON. >> Troy: I THINK MIKE McCARTHY IS MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION HERE IN PUNTING IT. AS GOOD AS THE VIKINGS HAVE MOVED THE FOOTBALL, YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT TO THEM. >> Joe: FOURTH POSSESSION FOR THE VIKINGS, UP BY 13. ADRIAN PETERSON WITH 140 YARDS ON THE GROUND TO GO FOR THE ALL-TIME RECORD, CHASING ERIC DICKERSON'S 2,105 IN 1984. FRUSTRATING START FOR THE PACKERS AND FOR THE BEARS. THEY NEED THE PACKERS TO WIN TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS. HANDOFF IS TO PETERSON. C.J. WILSON IS BACK AND ONE OF THE BEST RUN DEFENDERS ON THE GROWN BAY DEFENSE MAKES THE PLAY, NO GAIN. AND THERE ARE THE FIRST THREE POSSESSIONS. THREE SCORES FOR MINNESOTA. >> Troy: I THINK CHRISTIAN PONDER HAS DONE A NICE JOB. TALKED ABOUT COMING IN HE HAS TO MANAGE THE GAME AND NOT HAVE SOME OF THE MISTAKES THAT HURT THE FOOTBALL TEAM FOUR WEEKS AGO. HE'S DONE THAT. HE'S MISSED A FEW THROWS, BUT HE'S BEEN SMART OVERALL WITH THE FOOTBALL AND HE'S RUN WHEN HE'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND TEN. PONDER KEEPS IT. AND FLOATS IT FOR ELLISON. RHETT ELLISON IS INTO THE ARMS OF JONES. BRAD JONES DRIVES HIM OUT OF BOUNDS AFTER A GAIN OF SIX. >> Troy: CHRISTIAN PONDER, IN VISITING HIM, YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE PACKERS GAME TO GET PREPARED FOR THIS ONE. HE'S TALKED ABOUT HOW PAINFUL IT WAS TO WATCH, BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT HE'D MADE SOME POOR DECISIONS DOWN THERE WHEN THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO COME AWAY WITH POINTS. HERE ADRIAN PETERSON RUSHED FOR 210 YARDS AND YET THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COME AWAY WITH A WIN IN THAT GAME. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FOUR. PONDER FLOATS IT, AND BEHIND SIMPSON. SO A THREE AND OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME FORCED BY THE PACKERS DEFENSE AS GREEN BAY WILL GET IT RIGHT BACK. >> Troy: THAT WAS NOT A GOOD DECISION BY PONDER. IF HE'D HAVE PUT THAT WHERE SIMPSON WOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CATCH, IT LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERCEPTED. >> Joe: JEREMY ROSS WAITING FOR THE PUNT. IT'S A GOOD ONE. ROSS MAKES A MOVE. AND HE'S SHOWING SOMETHING RETURNING PUNTS. STILL GOING DOWN INSIDE THE 45. AND IF AARON RODGERS HAS WANTED RANDALL COBB OFF THE PUNT RETURN AND KICK RETURN TEAMS, TRYING TO KEEP HIM HEALTHY FOR THE OFFENSE, THEY MAY HAVE AN OPTION NOW WITH JEREMY ROSS. THIS ONE GOOD FOR 32. >> Troy: MIKE McCARTHY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER RANDALL COBB WOULD BE ON SPECIAL TEAMS AS A RETURN GUY. HE SAID, THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE BUILT FOR THIS YEAR. BUT IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THAT WAS CERTAINLY GOING TO CHANGE GOING INTO NEXT SEASON. MY GUESS IS AFTER WHAT WE'VE SEEN FOR ROSS, THAT MAY CHANGE THE NEXT TIME COBB'S HEALTHY. >> Joe: STARTING AT THE 42. TOSS TO HARRIS. CUTS BACK ACROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND IS DOWN TO THE 30, A CARRY OF 12. DuJUAN HARRIS, WHO WASN'T EVEN ON THIS TEAM FIVE WEEKS AGO, HAS GIVEN THIS TEAM REALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A SPARK SINCE HE'S GOTTEN SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE PACKERS HAVE HAD TO DO IT BY COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON. A NUMBER OF GUYS, CEDRIC BENSON, OF COURSE, OUT AGAIN TODAY. BUT THEIR RUNNING GAME HAS GOTTEN IMPROVED HERE IN RECENT WEEKS. >> Joe: TOSS TO HARRIS. AND HARRIS ON FIRST DOWN GETS TWO. RIGHT NOW, THE PACKERS, AS WE'RE APPROACHING HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, HAVE MORE RUSHING YARDS THAN PASS YARDS IN THIS OPENING HALF AGAINST THE VIKINGS. SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT COMING UP. ROSS SET IT UP WITH THAT 32-YARD PUNT RETURN. AARON RODGERS WITH 35 TOUCHDOWNS, EIGHT INTERCEPTIONS. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THROUGH THE AIR AGAINST THE VIKINGS. IT'S JENNINGS IN THE SLOT. THIS ONE'S FLOATED FOR NELSON. NELSON AND RODGERS NOT ON THE SAME PAGE. THIRD AND EIGHT. >> Troy: YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE INJURIES THAT THE PACKERS HAVE HAD. JUST JORDY NELSON AND GREG JENNINGS, THIS IS JUST THE FIFTH GAME ALL SEASON THEY'VE BEEN ON THE FIELD TOGETHER. JORDY NELSON HAS HAD THE HAMSTRING INJURIES AND HASN'T PLAYED SINCE THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED THE VIKINGS. >> Joe: YOU COULD SEE THAT LOOK FROM RODGERS AFTER NELSON STOPPED. ON THAT LAST INCOMPLETION. THIRD DOWN. PASS IS CAUGHT, JONES. AND JAMES JONES HAS A FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 20. >> Troy: TALKING ABOUT IT ALT BIT EARLIER WITH CHRISTIAN PONDER. WATCH THE PLACEMENT OF THE BALL BY RODGERS. HITS HIM IN STRIDE. HE'S ABLE TO CONTINUE ON THE ROUTE AND GET THE NECESSARY YARDAGE FOR THE FIRST DOWN. HAD THAT BALL BEEN THROWN BEHIND HIM, THE VIKINGS MAKE THE STOP. >> Joe: THE FIRST THIRD DOWN CONVERSION FOR GREEN BAY. SETS UP A FIRST DOWN AT THE 17. >> Troy: RODGERS GETTING FRUSTRATED WITH REFEREE MIKE CAREY. >> Joe: HANDOFF IS TO HARRIS. HE'S DOWN INSIDE THE 15. >> Troy: YOU SAW AARON RODGERS SAY SOMETHING TO THE REFEREE, MIKE CAREY, AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE WAY. I THINK AARON RODGERS WANTS THE BALL SPOTTED QUICKER AND HE WANTS THE OFFICIALS OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT WHEN THEY GO TO THEIR NO-HUDDLE, THEY CAN RUN IT AT THE TEMPO THAT THEY WISH. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN. THEY FAKE THE HANDOFF. ALLEN COMING WITH PRESSURE. THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE FOR JORDY NELSON. GOOD COVERAGE BY JOSH ROBINSON IN THE END ZONE. >> Troy: EXCELLENT COVERAGE. YOU SEE THEY'RE GIVING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO JORDY NELSON, THE UNDERNEATH COVERAGE. WITH THAT, RODGERS THROWS A PERFECT BALL, ONE NELSON COULD HAVE CAUGHT. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. THROWING TO HIS LEFT. IT'S JENNINGS. MAKES THE MOVE. AND HE MAY HAVE IT. HE DOES. A FIRST DOWN, AND THAT WAS ALL GREG JENNINGS AFTER THE CATCH. WHAT AN EFFORT FOR A FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: JORDY NELSON IS NOT EXPECTING THE THROW. THAT'S A DESIGNED PLAY WHERE HE'S IMMEDIATELY GOING TO GO AND BE A BLOCKER. TRY TO GET THE BALL TO THE OUTSIDE. ALLOW HIM TO RUN UP THE SIDELINE FOR THE FIRST DOWN. I SEE THE PACKERS DO THIS ON A NUMBER OF PASS PLAYS. IT'S A FINE LINE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE BLOCKER IS ENGAGED BEFORE THE PASS IS COMPLETED. >> Joe: EIGHT YARDS ON THIRD AND SEVEN. IT'S FIRST AND GOAL. HERE'S HARRIS. NOTHING THERE. BUT THIS DRIVE IS CONTINUING BECAUSE OF THE EIGHT YARDS AFTER THE CATCH BY GREG JENNINGS. AND THIS IS A DEFENSE THAT'S ALLOWING ONLY FOUR AND A HALF YARDS AFTER THE CATCH ALL SEASON LONG. TALKING ABOUT MINNESOTA. THAT'S TIED FOR THE FOURTH LOWEST IN THE NFL. BUT JENNINGS WANTED IT. NOW IT'S SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE 6 WITH A TEAM THAT'S THIRD BEST IN THE RED ZONE ON OFFENSE. PASS IS INCOMPLETE. FINLEY THE INTENDED TARGET. COOK WAS THERE DEFENDING FOR THE VIKINGS. >> Troy: JERMICHAEL FINLEY SUCH A BIG TARGET. OF COURSE, CHRIS COOK, WHO THEY HAVE MISSED BECAUSE OF THE INJURY THAT HE HAD, A BROKEN ARM, WAS BACK AGAINST HOUSTON. HAD ABOUT 30 SNAPS. THEY'RE COUNTING ON HIM TO MAKE THE PLAYS HE JUST MADE. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND GOAL. TIME-OUT TAKEN BY THE PACKERS. THEY HAVE ONE REMAINING AND A BIG THIRD DOWN WHEN WE COME BACK. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE 6 FOR THE PACKERS, DOWN BY 13. RODGERS THROWS. PENALTY FLAG IS THROWN. PASS WAS CAUGHT. BUT NO SIGNAL YET OF A TOUCHDOWN. IT'S FINLEY ON THE CATCH. IT LOOKED LIKE HIS FEET WERE IN THE END ZONE. COULDN'T SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE BALL WAS. ERIN HENDERSON WAS WRAPPING HIM UP. LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. IT'S A PENALTY AGAINST HENDERSON FOR THAT HOLD. THERE'S THE CATCH. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AWFULLY CLOSE TO BEING A TOUCHDOWN. >> Troy: IT WAS CLOSE. YOU SEE HARRISON SMITH. HE COMES IN, HE'S GOT AN ARM ON THE BALL AND THEN IT COMES LOOSE AT THE VERY END. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET ERIN HENDERSON THERE FOR THE CONTACT ON JERMICHAEL FINLEY. >> Joe: THIS IS AN INTERESTING DECISION. DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST AND GOAL FROM ABOUT THE THREE OR DO YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE IT IF YOU'RE MIKE McCARTHY. IF YOU DON'T WIN THE CHALLENGE, YOU'RE OUT OF CHALLENGES. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT ALONE AND NOT CHALLENGE WHAT LOOKED TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO A TOUCHDOWN. THEY HAVE TO WIN THE CHALLENGE TO GET A THIRD. SO FIRST AND GOAL. RODGERS. PASS IS JUGGLED AND DROPPED BY JENNINGS. ABSOLUTELY WIDE OPEN AND JENNINGS COULD NOT HAUL IT IN. >> Troy: THEY BREAK THE COVERAGE SO JENNINGS IS IN THE FLAT WIDE OPEN AND JUST FAILS TO MAKE THE PLAY. >> Joe: YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN FROM GREG JENNINGS. JENNINGS COULD HAVE REND ERED THAT DECISION NOT TO CHALLENGE ON THE FINLEY CATCH ON THE GOAL LINE IRRELEVANT. PLAY CLOCK IS WINDING DOWN. BOY, THIS IS AS FRUSTRATED AS WE'VE SEEN AARON RODGERS ALL YEAR. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO USE HIS FINAL TIME-OUT. SO IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN AND GOAL AFTER THAT INCOMPLETION ON FIRST AND GOAL. WIDE OPEN WAS GREG JENNINGS. WELCOME YOU INTO THE BROADCAST BOOTH. THEY'LL TALK ABOUT IT ON THE SIDELINE. THE VIKINGS DEFENSE WILL DISCUSS IT. THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT AS GOOD A START THE VIKINGS COULD HAVE HOPED FOR. >> Troy: IF THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE STOP, IT WILL BE HUGE FOR THE DEFENSE. IT'S BEEN A NICE DRIVE FOR THE PACKERS. AARON RODGERS IS FRUSTRATED. IT BEGAN WHEN HE HAD THE DELAY OF GAME PENALTY CALLED AGAINST HIM. THAT'S ONE THEY DON'T ALWAYS CALL. IN FACT, MOST OF THE TIME, THEY DON'T. AND THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT PLAY. AND SINCE THAT TIME, AARON RODGERS HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED AND HAVING CONVERSATION WITH THE OFFICIALS. NOW, HAVING SAID ALL THAT, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AWAY WITH A TOUCHDOWN THERE TO GREG JENNINGS, WHO JUST FAILED TO MAKE THE CATCH. >> Joe: NOW SECOND AND GOAL. RODGERS LOOKING LEFT. NOW OUT TO HIS RIGHT. NOWHERE TO GO. THROWS IT AWAY. THIRD AND GOAL. >> Troy: THIS SECONDARY FOR THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THESE GUYS ON THE BACK END HAD TO MAINTAIN COVERAGE FOR SO LONG BECAUSE OF AARON RODGERS BEING ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE THE POCKET. THEY DID IT. AARON SURVEYS THE FIELD AS WELL AS ANYBODY. THERE'S JUST NOBODY OPEN. >> Joe: SO NOW FROM WHAT LOOKED TO BE A POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN WITH FINLEY TO A TIME-OUT TAKEN BY THE VIKINGS DEFENSIVELY BEFORE A THIRD AND GOAL. LET'S GO BACK TO THE FINLEY PLAY THAT WAS NOT CHALLENGED BY MIKE McCARTHY. FINLEY MADE THE CATCH. HE WAS HELD. THAT SET UP THE FIRST AND GOAL. BUT QUESTION IS DID HE SECURE THE CATCH WHILE ACROSS THE GOAL LINE. >> Troy: I'M NOT SURE HE DID, JOE. HARRISON SMITH COMES IN AND HE GETS HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE BALL AND IT'S MOVING. OF COURSE, THERE WAS NO VISUAL EVIDENCE THERE. I WASN'T EVEN CERTAIN HE'D MADE THE CATCH HAD IT BEEN REVIEWED. >> Joe: AGAIN, HAD McCARTHY CHALLENGED IT AND NOT WON THE CHALLENGE, HE'D HAVE BEEN OUT OF CHALLENGES THE REST OF THE DAY. NOW THIRD DOWN AND GOAL. FROM THE 3. RODGERS WITH ALL DAY AGAIN. FINDS JENNINGS, WHO THIS TIME HANGS ON FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. DROPPED IT ON FIRST AND GOAL. HE CATCHES IT ON THIRD AND GOAL AND THE PACKERS ARE WITHIN ONE SCORE. >> Troy: THIS IS JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS PLAY WHEN HE COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY OPEN. HE SIGNALS TO JENNINGS TO WORK BACK IN HIS VISION. JENNINGS WAS WORKING THE BASELINE AWAY FROM RODGERS. AS HE SIGNALS TO JENNINGS AT THIS POINT TO COME BACK TOWARD ME, JENNINGS DOES, AND HE FINDS THE HOLE IN THE DEFENSE. >> Joe: THIS WILL MAKE IT A SIX-POINT GAME FROM CROSBY. THINKING ALL THE WAY BACK, IT WAS SET UP BY THE RETURN BY JEREMY ROSS. A 32-YARD RETURN. >> Joe: GREG JENNINGS LET A SURE TOUCHDOWN GO ON A FIRST AND GOAL FROM AARON RODGERS. AND THEN FOUND A HOLE IN THE DEFENSE ON THIRD AND GOAL. NOW IT'S A SIX-POINT GAME. CROSBY KICKS IT AWAY, WITH SHERELS WAITING FOR IT FROM INSIDE THE END ZONE. HE'LL TAKE IT OUT. NICE RETURN BY SHERELS, OUT NEAR THE 40. JUST SHY OF IT. A 40-YARD RETURN AS CURT MENEFEE TELLS US WHAT'S COMING UP AT HALFTIME. >> Curt: COMING UP ON THE VISA HALFTIME, WE'LL GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON THE ACTION AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE PLAYOFF PICTURE. IN THE AFC, THE NUMBER ONE SEED IS STILL UP FOR THE GRABS AS INDY HANDS HOUSTON THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT LOSS. >> Joe: THE TEXANS COULD SLIDE FROM WHAT LOOKED LIKE A SURE NUMBER ONE SEED TO A NUMBER THREE SEED IF BOTH THE PATRIOTS AND THE BRONCOS WIN IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY. HANDOFF IS TO PETERSON. AFTER A FAST START, HE'S BEEN SLOWED DOWN LATELY. A GAIN OF ONE. MATTHEWS WAS THERE TO SPOIL THE PLAY. SO 139 YARDS AWAY FROM THE 2105 PUT UP BY DICKERSON. WE'VE GOT TO GET TO WORK. FIRST TWO DRIVES AT 61 YARDS, THE LAST TWO JUST SEVEN. BLITZ COMING FROM BURNETT. THIS ONE UP FOR GRABS, AND IT IS CAUGHT BY WRIGHT. THE OFFICIAL COMING IN SAYS CATCH. HE'S LOOKING FOR HELP. >> Troy: GIVE IT A LOOK. I THINK HE GOT UNDERNEATH IT. JARIUS WRIGHT. HE MAKES THE PLAY AND WHEN THAT BALL -- WELL, NO. THE TIP OF IT, AS YOU SEE. BUT THE VIKINGS ARE TRYING TO GET A SNAP OFF RIGHT NOW BEFORE THEIR CHANCE TO THROW THE RED FLAG. WE'RE OUTSIDE OF TWO MINUTES. THE PACKERS DON'T HAVE ANY TIMEOUTS REMAINING. THEY CAN'T CHALLENGE. THE HANDOFF IS TO PETERSON. >> Joe: THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A CATCH. >> Troy: IMMEDIATELY, MINNESOTA, YOU'RE PLAYING DEFENSE AND HOPING THE BALL ISN'T INTERCEPTED. JARIUS WRIGHT, I THOUGHT INITIALLY HE'D MADE THE CATCH. CLEARLY, HE DID NOT. WITHOUT ANY TIMEOUTS, McCARTHY THEY SEE IT. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. >> Joe: HE COULD NOT CHALLENGE WITHOUT A TIME-OUT ON THE SCOREBOARD AS GERHART CARRIES IT FOR A SMALL GAIN OF TWO. WE'RE AT >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FOUR FOR THE VIKINGS, WHO ARE INSIDE FIELD GOAL RANGE FOR BLAIR WALSH. PONDER THROWS AND IT'S BOBBLED BUT CAUGHT BY SIMPSON FOR A FIRST DOWN. ANOTHER GOOD THROW FROM PONDER ON THIRD DOWN. A GAIN OF TEN. >> Troy: IT REALLY WAS, AND THEY BROUGHT PRESSURE TO PONDER'S FRONT SIDE. YOU SEE THE SEPARATION, A GOOD JOB BY SIMPSON OF GETTING THE SEPARATION AND THEN SECURING THE CATCH. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BOBBLED INITIALLY. SAM SHIELDS WAS IN COVERAGE. HERE'S THE PRESSURE ON THE FRONT SIDE, BUT THE VIKINGS BLOCK IT UP BEAUTIFULLY AND PONDER, WHO WAS WARMING UP PRIOR TO THE THIRD DOWN PLAY BECAUSE HE'D INJURED HIS ELBOW ON THE HIT HE TOOK. >> Joe: PETERSON. LOOK AT ADRIAN PETERSON DOWN INSIDE THE 15. SHIELDS STOPS HIS PROGRESS. WILLIAMS IN ON THE STOP AND A GAIN OF 18. THERE WAS NOTHING THERE AND ADRIAN PETERSON TURNS IT INTO FIRST AND GOAL. >> Troy: MORGAN BURNETT WAS IN THE HOLE, IN THE BACKFIELD, WAS THERE TO MAKE A PLAY AND I'M NOT SURE WHY HE DIDN'T GET HIS HANDS ON ADRIAN PETERSON, BUT HE DIDN'T. AND PETERSON IS ABLE TO GET LOOSE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NUMBER 42 THERE, AND HE JUST DOESN'T GO AFTER PETERSON. I DON'T KNOW IF HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT H ACTUALLY HAD THE BALL BUT HE'S LATE. PETERSON BREAKS A TACKLE. AND HE GETS A NICE GAIN OUT OF THE PLAY. >> Joe: ADRIAN IS UP TO 91 YARDS RUSHING ON THE DAY. HERE'S WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. PONDER BANGING HIS THROWING ARM ON THE HELMET OF MORGAN BURNETT WHILE WE WENT TO THE GROUND. DURING THE TIME-OUT HE WAS WARMING UP THE ARM AND FOLLOWED IT UP WITH A TEN-YARD COMPLETION. >> Troy: THE ELBOW WAS BOTHERING HIM AND FELT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO THROW THE STRIKE. >> Joe: VIKINGS TOOK A TIME-OUT. ONE LEFT. FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 8. PONDER, WRIGHT, TOUCHDOWN! >> Troy: JARIUS WRIGHT IN THE BACKFIELD AS A FULLBACK. HE MAKES THE PLAY. AND ACROSS THE GOAL LINE AND HOW BIG WAS THAT PLAY NOW THAT THE PACKERS DIDN'T HAVE A TIME-OUT TO CHALLENGE THE CATCH? STARTING TO USE JARIUS WRIGHT WITH THE VIKINGS THE WAY THE PACKERS USE RANDALL COBB OR THE REDSKINS USE BRANDON BANKS. HERE'S THE CATCH EARLIER THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS TRAPPED BY JARIUS WRIGHT, BUT MIKE McCARTHY DIDN'T HAVE A TIME-OUT SO HE COULDN'T CHALLENGE IT. HE PLAYS LATER AFTER ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE 18-YARD RUN BY ADRIAN PETERSON. AN EIGHT-YARD TOUCHDOWN TO NUMBER 17. >> Joe: YOU THINK BACK TO THE LAST TIME-OUT THE PACKERS HAD TO BURN. THE CLOCK WAS RUNNING DOWN WHEN THEY WERE INSIDE THE 5 YARD LINE AND AARON RODGERS HAD TO USE IT SO THEY COULDN'T CHALLENGE THE CALL. A NICE JOB BY THE VIKINGS, AFTER THAT, BEING ABLE TO COME AWAY WITH THE TOUCHDOWN. YOU MENTIONED JARIUS WRIGHT, A GUY WHO WAS INACTIVE THE FIRST NINE WEEKS OF THE SEASON, GOT HIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE INJURY TO PERCY HARVIN. HE'S MADE THE MOST OF IT. RIGHT NOW, HE'S THE BEST WIDE RECEIVER THEY HAVE ON THE TEAM. VIKINGS WITH FIVE POSSESSIONS, FOUR SCORES AND A 13-POINT LEAD. >> Joe: TROY, WE CAME ON THE AIR TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECTED TO SEE. OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF ADRIAN PETERSON, BUT WOULD CHRISTIAN PONDER BE GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP THIS GREEN BAY DEFENSE HONEST. THE ANSWER SO FAR IS YES. HERE'S THE KICK BY WALSH. THAT IS HIS THIRD TOUCHBACK OF THE DAY. 52nd OF THE SEASON. >> Troy: AS I SAID COMING IN, JOE. YOU LOOK AT THE TEAMS THAT ARE VYING FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT, THAT ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS, THOSE QUARTERBACKS ARE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE GAME, INCLUDING THIS GUY RIGHT HERE, AARON RODGERS. THAT'S NOT HOW THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS ARE BUILT. NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM CHRISTIAN PONDER OR WHAT HE HAS TO DO. THE DEFENSE HAS TO CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS THEY'VE DONE. THEY RUN THE BALL WITH ADRIA PETERSON AND THEY'VE WON A LOT OF GAMES WITHOUT HAVING TO GET A LOT OF PRODUCTION OUT OF THEIR QUARTERBACK. AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T MAKE THE MISTAKES, WHICH HE'S NOT DONE IN THE FIRST HALF, THIS TEAM WILL BE HARD TO BEAT. >> Joe: YOU SEE THE TOTAL YARDS AND THE DIFFERENCE. THE PACKERS DON'T HAVE A TIME-OUT. THAT HURT THEM DEFENSIVELY AND WILL FACTOR IN OFFENSIVELY AS JENNINGS IS GOOD FOR 14. >> Troy: THIS BECOMES A BIG DRIVE FOR BOTH TEAMS. IF THE PACKERS ARE ABLE TO COME AWAY WITH POINTS ON THIS DRIVE, IT'S SIGNIFICANT GOING IN AT HALF. >> Joe: PASS CAUGHT BY FINLEY. GETS A BLOCK ON THE EDGE BY JONES. FINLEY IS OUT OF BOUNDS AT MIDFIELD. JAMES JONES WAS ENGAGED IN A BLOCK AND IT GOT FINLEY UP THE SIDELINE FOR 16. >> Troy: WE'VE SEEN IT IN THIS GAME. JORDY NELSON AND JAMES JONES. THEY GO TO BLOCK. THAT'S WHAT THE PACKERS DO. THEY GET THE BALL TO THE OUTSIDE. THEY BLOCK THE INSIDE PURSUIT AND ARE ABLE TO GET EXTRA YARDAGE BECAUSE OF IT. >> Joe: FIRST DOWN AT MIDFIELD. REMEMBER, THE PACKERS HAVE A SHAKY FIELD GOAL KICKER AT THE MOMENT. BLITZ. NELSON. HE'LL WEAVE HIS WAY DOWN INSIDE THE 40. THEY'RE INCHING THEIR WAY TO FIELD GOAL RANGE FOR MASON CROSBY. CLOCK IS STOPPED WITH 31 SECOND LEFT. >> Troy: HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE WITH JAMES JONES COMING THE OTHER SIDE. HE'S IN THE SLOT, NOT EXPECTING THE PASS. HE'LL BLOCK. BECAUSE OF THAT, THE GUY WHO WOULD BE MAKING THE TACKLE IS BLOCKED AND JORDY NELSON ABLE TO GET MORE YARDS OUT OF THE PLAY THAN HE OTHERWISE WOULD. >> Joe: MASON CROSBY HAS GOT A BIG LEG, BUT HE'S MISSED MORE FIELD GOALS THAN ANY OTHER KICKER IN THE NFL THIS SEASON. ON SECOND AND TEN. RODGERS IN TROUBLE. CAN'T GET RID OF IT. EVERSON GRIFFIN MAKES THE PLAY. AND A BIG SACK FOR NUMBER 97. HIS SIXTH OF THE YEAR. >> Troy: THIS GUY HAS HAD A HECK OF A SEASON. LAST WEEK, HE GOT THE START BECAUSE OF ROBINSON. HE CAN PUT PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK. >> Joe: THE PACKERS GET A QUICK ONE TO FINLEY. HE NEEDS TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS, AND HE WILL. AND A SMART PLAY TO PUT GREEN BAY IN MASON CROSBY IN FIELD GOAL RANGE FOR POINTS BEFORE THE HALF. >> Troy: THE PREVIOUS PLAY, WHEN GRIFFIN WAS ABLE TO GET TO RODGERS, YOU'LL SEE JORDY NELSON. HE CAME LOOSE AND THERE'S A LOT OF FIELD THERE. RODGERS SAW HIM LATE. JUST AS HE'S TRYING TO GET THE BALL THROWN, GRIFFIN WAS THERE TO MAKE A KEY STOP. >> Joe: A BIG 14-YARD COMPLETION TO FINLEY TO SET UP A 51-YARD TRY BY CROSBY. AND CROSBY ABSOLUTELY DRILLS IT. JUST HIS SECOND OF THE SEASON FROM THIS RANGE BEYOND 50. AND THE 51-YARDER FROM THE KICKER THAT MIKE McCARTHY AND TED THOMPSON HAVE STUCK WITH THROUGH A TRYING SEASON MAKES THIS A TEN-POINT GAME AT THE HALF. >> Troy: JOE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD FROM 61 YARDS. >> Joe: ABSOLUTELY DRILLED BY CROSBY. RODGERS GOT THEM IN POSITION. THEY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THEIR TWO-MINUTE >> Joe: YOU JUST CAN'T BRING HIM DOWN. PETERSON. HE MAKES IT LOOK EASY. TOUCHDOWN. AMERICA'S GAME OF THE WEEK. WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO MINNEAPOLIS. 20-10, THE VIKINGS ARE ON TOP. AND WE WELCOME YOU INSIDE OUR BROADCAST BOOTH. I'M JOE BUCK. THAT'S TROY AIKMAN. AND THREE BIG POINTS SCORED BY THE PACKERS BEFORE THE HALF TO MAKE IT A TEN-POINT GAME. BUT THE PRESSURE'S ON THE VIKINGS IN THIS ONE, TRYING TO WIN THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT. AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS WELL HERE TODAY. >> Troy: THEY HAVE. THE THINGS THEY WANTED TO DO AND REALLY NEEDED TO DO TO WIN THIS GAME HAVE COME TO PASS. I MEAN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GIVING UP THE THREE POINTS THERE, YOU KNOW, TO END THE FIRST HALF. THEY'VE RUN THE BALL WELL WITH ADRIAN PETERSON. CHRISTIAN PONDER HAS DONE A NICE JOB. HE'S MADE PLAYS WHEN HE'S NEEDED TO. DEFENSIVELY, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO US FROM TRAIT AARON RODGERS. >> Joe: THE DEFENSE WILL BE ON THE FIELD TO START THE SECOND HALF. YOU CAN FOLLOW YOUR TEAM ALL SEASON LONG BY GOING TO ITUNES.COM/NFL. WALSH HAS GOT THREE TOUCHBACKS IN THIS GAME. HE'S GOT 52 ON THE YEAR AND HE'S IN THE TOP FIVE IN THAT CATEGORY. HIS ROOKIE SEASON HAS GONE AS WELL AS IT COULD GO. SIXTH ROUND PICK OUT OF GEORGIA. THEY GOT RID OF RYAN LONGWELL, LONG-TIME PACKER FAVORITE, TO GIVE WALSH THE JOB. HE BOOMS ANOTHER ONE. IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. LET'S GO DOWN TO THE FIELD AND PAM OLIVER. >> Pam: MIKE McCARTHY DIDN'T ADDRESS OFFENSE OR DEFENSE. HIS MAIN THING WAS SPOTTING OF THE BALL AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DO THAT. HE SAYS THE OFFICIALS ARE WAY TOO SLOW. AS FOR LESLIE FRAZIER, HE SAID WE'VE GOT TO CREATE TURNOVERS. I ASKED IF HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECORD FOR ADRIAN PETERSON. HE SAID WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO WHAT WE DO. RUN THE BALL AND TRY TO WIN A BALL GAME. BACK TO YOU. >> Joe: IT'S NOT ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES. BUT USUALLY, WHEN HE HAS BIG GAMES, SO DO THE VIKINGS, TRYING TO WIN HERE TODAY. >> Troy: FEEL LIKE IF THE VIKINGS WIN THE GAME, HE'LL GET THE RECORD. >> Joe: HARRIS RUNNING LEFT, NOW CUTTING UPFIELD. DuJUAN PICKS UP FIVE. HARRISON SMITH ON THE TACKLE. WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS HALFWAY THROUGH IT. 91 YARDS RUSHING, BY THE WAY, FOR ADRIAN PETERSON SO FAR. HE'S 11 AWAY FROM 2,000 ON THE YEAR. SECOND AND FIVE. RODGERS HAS TIME TO LOOK EVERYWHERE. AND HE FINDS JONES. AND JAMES JONES IS INTO VIKINGS TERRITORY. NO PASS RUSH AND AARON RODGERS SURVEYED THE SCENE AND FOUND JONES FOR 30. >> Troy: NO PASS RUSH AT ALL. BECAUSE OF THAT, AARON RODGERS IS ABLE TO SIT THERE AND HE SCANS THE FIELD TO HIS LEFT AND HE COMES BACK TO HIS RIGHT. THEN HE COMES BACK TO HIS LEFT AGAIN. YOU SEE THE BLOCK THERE BY JERMICHAEL FINLEY. HE LAID OUT CHRIS COOK. >> Joe: ON FIRST DOWN, RODGERS STEPS UP AND IS TRIPPED. FIRST GUY ON TOP OF HIM IS GRIFFIN. BUT HIS FEET GOT TANGLED UP, A LOSS OF THREE. >> Troy: LOOKED LIKE HE GOT TRIPPED UP BY HIS RIGHT TACKLE. DON BARCLAY. HE COMES UP IN THE TACKLE. HE STEPS UP. THE LEFT FOOT GETS CAUGHT WITH BARCLAY. OTHERWISE, HE HAD ROOM TO MANEUVER AND EVEN SCRAMBLE. >> Joe: ANTWOINE WINFIELD, HIS RETURN QUESTIONABLE. OUT WITH THE BROKEN BONE IN HIS HAND. FALSE START BY JAMES JONES. >> Referee: FALSE START OFFENSE, NUMBER 88. FIVE YARDS. SECOND DOWN. >> Troy: THE SILENT COUNT HAS GOTTEN VERY SOPHISTICATED. EVEN WHEN YOU'RE A ROAD TEAM, YOU'RE ABLE TO USE THE HARD KOWT. AARON RODGERS DOES THERE AND HIS OWN TEAM IS CALLED FOR THE FALSE START. >> Joe: THAT SAID, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A TEAM IN THE NFL THAT IS LESS AFRAID OF A SECOND AND 18 THAN THE PACKERS. PASS CAUGHT. THAT'S JENNINGS, MAKES THE MOVE. VIKINGS RAN INTO EACH OTHER. JENNINGS DOWN THE SIDELINE. SETS UP FIRST AND GOAL INSIDE THE 10. 45 YARDS TO GREG JENNINGS. THAT'S HIS LONGEST OF THE SEASON. >> Troy: YOU'RE GOING TO SEE JERMICHAEL FINLEY AS HE COMES OFF THE BALL. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. THERE'S THREE GUYS THERE, GREENWAY, JEFFERSON AND THE SAFETY. AND HE JUST IS ABLE TO MAKE THEM ALL MISS AND PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: HERE'S HARRIS ON A TOSS, RUNNING RIGHT. SANFORD IS THE ONE WHO FORCED HARRIS TO THE SIDELINE. JAMARCA COMING UP FROM THE SAFETY SPOT. OUT OF BOUNDS JUST OUTSIDE THE FIVE. >> Troy: YOU CALLED IT, JOE. THEIR SECOND AND 18 DIDN'T SCARE THEM AT ALL. THEY PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN. TO END THE FIRST HALF WITH THE FIELD GOAL WAS BIG. IT WAS BIG IN GIVING MASON CROSBY SOME CONFIDENCE. AND THEN TO COME OFF OF THAT WITH THIS FIRST POSSESSION OF THE THIRD QUARTER AND BE WHERE THEY'RE AT, THE BIG MOMENTUM SHIFT. >> Joe: SECOND AND GOAL. PLAY ACTION FROM RODGERS. WIDE OPEN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, HIS SECOND OF THE DAY, GREG JENNINGS! AND A BUST IN COVERAGE. NO WINFIELD OUT THERE. JENNINGS IS ALL SMILES. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS STADIUM THAT COULD HAVE THROWN THAT FOR A TOUCHDOWN. THE EXTRA POINT TO MAKE ATE THREE-POINT GAME. >> Troy: GREG JENNINGS IN THE SLOT. YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK HERE AND YOU'LL SEE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. THE CORNER CHASES THE SLANT ROUTE AND DOESN'T STAY OUTSIDE. HE THOUGHT HE WAS IN MAN. THE OTHERS WERE PLAYING ZONE. THAT'S HOW YOU GET THAT OPEN. >> Joe: MIKE McCARTHY TOLD US YESTERDAY, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE GREG JENNINGS BACK IN THE SLOT, WHICH IS WHERE RANDALL COBB HAS BEEN. SIX CATCHES, 95 YARDS, TWO TOUCHDOWNS. IT'S A THREE-POINT GAME. >> Joe: OUT AT MALL OF AMERICA, THEY'RE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THAT IMPRESSIVE ICE CASTLE DISPLAY. IT'S SET TO OPEN FOR TOURS TOMORROW. YOU AND THE GIRLS MISSED IT BY ONE DAY. STRUCTURE WILL STAND 40 FEET TALL, SPAN OVER TWO ACRES AND IT WILL NOT MELT ANYTIME SOON. I PROMISE. IT'S COLD. HERE'S ROBINSON ON THE RETURN. JOSH IS OUT TO THE 20. THAT'S IT. MORE ABOUT GREG JENNINGS. HERE'S PAM OLIVER. >> Pam: COULD THIS BE HIS LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME AS A PACKER? HE'S WONDERING THE SAME THING. HE TOLD ME THE ANSWER COULD BE YES. HIS DEAL IS UP AFTER THE END OF THE SEASON AND HE'S FACED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING ON. HE ADMITTED HE MAY BE EXPENDABLE WITH THE EMERGENCE OF RANDALL COBB AND HIS VERSATILITY. BACK TO YOU. >> Joe: THANKS, PAM. AS MIKE McCARTHY TOLD US, GREG JENNINGS WENT TO THE PRO BOWL PLAYING SLOT AND HE'S BACK IN THAT POSITION. HE IS HAVING HIS BEST DAY OF THE SEASON. HANDOFF IS TO PETERSON. GETS BY RAJI. GETS BY PICKETT. GETS INTO THE SECONDARY. AND JENNINGS FORCES HIM OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 40. A 20-YARD RUN AND HE'S OVER 2,000 YARDS FOR THE SEASON. THE SEVENTH RUNNING BACK IN THE HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE TO GET THERE. >> Troy: WHAT A GREAT RUN FOR HIM TO GET IT ON, JOE. BECAUSE THE PACKERS WERE IN A GREAT POSITION TO MAKE A PLAY ON HIM. THEY HAD ERIK WALDEN OUT THERE. THEY HAD THE EXTRA DEFENDER IN A POSITION AND HE'S ABLE TO OUTRUN EVERYBODY AND PRETTY MUCH A SIGNATURE ADRIAN PETERSON RUN IN TERMS OF YOU DO ALL YOU CAN WITH PERSONNEL AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH. >> Joe: HE'S LESS THAN A HUNDRED YARDS SHORT OF THE ALL-TIME RECORD. EVEN CLOSER TO IT AS HE CROSSES THE 45, A GAIN OF SIX. >> Troy: WE TALKED ABOUT IT A WHILE AGO. FOR HIM TO GET THE RECORD, CERTAINLY DEFENSIVELY, THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME STOPS, GET THE BALL BACK INTO MINNESOTA'S HANDS. AND THAT LAST DRIVE BY THE PACKERS, THERE WAS JUST NO PASS RUSH AND IF THEY DON'T START GENERATING THAT LIKE THEY WERE AT TIMES IN THE FIRST HALF, AARON RODGERS WILL PICK THEM APART. >> Joe: THEY PLAY ACTION. AND THE PASS INCOMPLETE FOR JARIUS WRIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW A TEAM IN THE NFL THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET MORE OUT OF PLAY ACTION THAN THE VIKINGS WHEN YOU FAKE IT TO ADRIAN PETERSON, BECAUSE YOU JUST FIGURE HE'S GOING TO GET IT EVERY TIME PONDER TAKES A SNAP. >> Troy: YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF THROWS DOWN THE FIELD. YOU'RE CONSTANTLY GIVEN ONE-ON-ONE COVERAGE AND YOU THINK YOU WOULD SEE MORE SHOTS DOWN THE FIELD TAKING CHANCES. I DON'T RECALL ONE AT ALL IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Joe: PONDER ON THIRD DOWN. PASS NEARLY PICKED OFF BY THE ROOKIE. CASEY HAYWARD ALMOST HAD ONE. AFTER ONE FIRST DOWN, THE PUNT TEAM COMES BACK FOR THE VIKINGS. >> Troy: CASEY HAYWARD IS ANTICIPATING SLANT. HE'S PLAYING HARD INSIDE. WHEN YOU'VE GOT A DEFENSIVE PLAYER THAT FAR INSIDE, YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO WIN. IT'S GOING TO BE CONTESTED. CASEY HAYWARD HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. HE'S REALLY HAD A NICE ROOKIE YEAR. >> Joe: THE GOOD SLOT DEFENSIVE BACK WORKING ON THE TIGHT END. ALMOST CAME AWAY WITH NUMBER SEVEN. NO FAIR CATCH AND ROSS IS TOUGH TO BRI DOWN. HOW ABOUT HIM? ANOTHER GUY THAT TED THOMPSON, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PACKERS, HAS FOUND. TEN-YARD RETURN AND THERE WASN'T MUCH THERE. >> Joe: THEY CELEBRATE ADRIAN PETERSON'S 2,000 YARDS ON THE SCOREBOARD HERE. BUT THE CONCERN FOR THE VIKINGS IS IT'S GETTING TIGHTER. THREE-POINT GAME. AND RODGERS JUST THROWS IT AWAY. GREAT COVERAGE DOWNFIELD. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GET JASPER BRINKLEY FOR SHOVING RODGERS TO THE GROUND. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, ROUGHING THE PASSER. 54 OF THE DEFENSE. UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, 15 YARDS. FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH IT, JOE. THE BALL COMES OUT. THE QUARTERBACK'S AFFORDED TWO STEPS. IF HE'S HIT WITHIN THAT TWO-STEP PERIOD, THEN IT'S NOT A PENALTY. AND RODGERS, IN MY OPINION, HAD NOT TAKEN THE TWO STEPS. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, JASPER BRINKLEY DID NOT NEED TO HIT HIM. HE KNEW THE BALL CAME OUT AND THAT'S JUST NOT A VERY SMART PLAY ON HIS PART. I MEAN, YOU KNOW THAT THESE OFFICIALS ARE GOING TO PROTECT THE QUARTERBACK. >> Joe: HOW DOES THAT MAKE EX-QUARTERBACKS FEEL THAT GOT PLASTERED AFTER EVERY TIME THEY THREW IT AWAY? >> Troy: WELL, A LITTLE UPSET. I MEAN, I DON'T LIKE SEEING IT, BUT IT'S WHAT IT IS. >> Joe: FROM THE 36, FIRST DOWN AFTER THE 15-YARD PENALTY OF BRINKLEY. SCREEN FOR HARRIS. AND DuJUAN HARRIS, HE IS TOUGH TO BRING DOWN. FIRST DOWN, GREEN BAY. DOWN BY THREE. HERE'S PATRICK O'NEILL WITH A GAME BREAK. >> LET'S CHECK IN ON THE DENVER BRONCOS, TAKING ON K.C. PEYTON MANNING, LOOK AT THIS CATCH BY DEMARYIUS THOMAS. ONE HAND. LOOKS LIKE 11 STRAIGHT WINS AND HOME FIELD THROUGHOUT FOR DENVER. 28-3 LEAD. BACK TO JOE AND TROY. >> Joe: THEY'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF WRAPPING UP THAT NUMBER ONE SEED. THANK YOU, PATRICK. FIRST DOWN FOR GREEN BAY, TRYING TO WRAP UP A NUMBER TWO SEED IN THE NFC. DuJUAN HARRIS OVER THE RIGHT SIDE ON FIRST DOWN. GETS TO ERIN HENDERSON ON THE STOP AND THE PLAYOFF PICTURE IS PRETTY EASY TO GO THROUGH. RIGHT NOW, IT'S CHICAGO IN, BUT A WIN BY MINNESOTA, THE VIKINGS ARE IN, THE BEARS ARE OUT. SEATTLE IS LOSING AT HOME TO THE RAMS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. RAMS ARE UNDEFEATED THIS YEAR IN THE NFC WEST. AND SAN FRANCISCO IS UP 17-6 AT HOME OVER ARIZONA. THEY'RE IN A BATTLE WITH GREEN BAY FOR THAT NUMBER TWO SEED. HERE'S HARRIS. THEY'RE GOING TO LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE IN HIM. HE WAS WITH JACKSONVILLE LAST YEAR. HE GETS SIX. >> Troy: HE'S RUN THE BALL WELL IN THIS BALL GAME. ALL OF THESE RUNNERS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT AND THEY ALL KIND OF HAVE THEIR DIFFERENT STRENGTHS. AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN LITTLE PACKAGES WHEN THEY'RE IN THE GAME. GREEN BAY, AS THEY GO BACK TO SOME OF THAT NO-HUDDLE. >> Joe: FALSE START. THERE WAS MOVEMENT ACROSS, BUT THE SNAP NEVER CAME. >> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE NUMBER 67. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. >> Joe: THEY GET BARCLAY. SITTON WAS MOVING AS WELL. >> Troy: BARCLAY IS AN UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT. HE HASN'T BEEN STARTING VERY LONG. YOU GET IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IN THE NO-HUDDLE AND YOU SAW AARON RODGERS COMMUNICATING TO THE WIDE RECEIVERS WHAT HE WANTED, CALLING PRERKSS AT THE LINE. IT GETS LOUD. THOSE GUYS GET NERVOUS UP FRONT. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. RODGERS. GETS HIT AS HE LET IT GO. THAT'S A LIVE BALL. KNOCKED OUT BY ROBINSON. IT LOOKED LIKE THE VIKINGS GOT ON TOP OF IT. IT'S A FUMBLE BY AARON RODGERS. THE VIKINGS WERE CLOSEST TO IT WHEN THE PILE STARTED. HARRISON SMITH THINKS MINNESOTA HAS IT. AND MIKE CAREY LETS THE SIDE JUDGE AND OTHERS UNTANGLE THAT MESS. VIKINGS FOOTBALL. SANFORD COMES OUT OF THE PILE WITH THE BALL. HAND EMPTY AS THE ARM GOES FORWARD. RULED A FUMBLE, NO PASS. SANFORD WITH THE RECOVERY. ROBINSON KNOCKED IT OUT. FIRST TURNOVER OF THE DAY. VIKINGS HAVE IT, UP THREE AT MIDFIELD. >> Joe: FIRST TURNOVER OF THE DAY, PUT ON THE CARPET BY AARON RODGERS. PICKED UP BY JaMARCUS SANFORD. THE VIKINGS HAVE IT AT MIDFIELD IN A WIN THEY NEED TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. PLAY ACTION. PONDER DOWN THE MIDDLE. GOT SIMPSON. INSIDE THE 30. I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE TIME THEY'D GO DEEP. BUT JEROME SIMPSON RAN THE ROUTE AGAINST WILLIAMS. PONDER DELIVERS THE NICE THROW. PERFECT TIME TO GO PLAY ACTION THERE ON FIRST DOWN. THAT'S DEEP BY VIKINGS STANDARDS. THAT'S THE FIRST ONE OVER 20 ON THE DAY. HERE'S PETERSON OVER THE RIGHT SIDE. AND HE'S SWARMED. NO GAIN. LET'S GO BACK TO THE TURNOVER. >> Troy: A GREAT JOB OF CONTINUING TO PLAY BY BRIAN ROBINSON. RODGERS BRINGING THE BALL BACK. THE BALL GETS KNOCKED OUT AND THE VIKINGS HAD PLAYED MAN COVERAGE ACROSS THE BOARD. THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY DOWN THE FIELD. THAT'S THE PASS RUSH THAT YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET ON RODGERS. OTHERWISE, THEY HAVE A MATCHUP PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WITH ANTOINE WINFIELD NOT ON THE FIELD. >> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND 11. MOVEMENT BY CHARLIE JOHNSON. SHOULD BE AGAINST THE VIKINGS. >> Referee: THE DEFENDER COMES INTO THE NEUTRAL ZONE, THE MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT GUARD WAS DELAYED. IT WAS A FALSE START, OFFENSE NUMBER 74. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. STILL SECOND DOWN. >> Joe: RAJI CAN COME ACROSS. BUT THE MOVEMENT WAS DELAYED. THAT'S JOHNSON TRYING TO GET AN EASY FIVE YARDS. INSTEAD, IT'S AGAINST NUMBER 74. >> Troy: THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF FINGER POINTING WHENEVER THE FLAG'S THROWN. HE DID IT. NO, HE DID IT. >> Joe: SECOND AND 16. PETERSON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. PONDER LOOKS TO HIS RIGHT. HE'S GOT A MAN. AND THE PRO BOWLER HAS A FIRST DOWN. HOW ABOUT THAT PLAY? >> Troy: THAT'S BIG-TIME RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM THE FIRST DOWN. JEROME FELTON, WHOS WITH OUTSIDE WIDE AS A FULLBACK, AND THEY'VE GOT TRAMON WILLIAMS ON HIM. YOU TAKE YOUR BEST COVER GUY AND COVER YOUR FULLBACK WITH HIM. THAT'S GAINING A LOT OF RESPECT FOR A GUY MAKING HIS THIRD RECEPTION ON THE SEASON. >> Joe: THEY HAD PETERSON SPLIT OUT WIDE TO THE LEFT AND THE FULLBACK TO THE RIGHT. >> Troy: I THINK TRAMON WILLIAMS IS WONDERING WHAT JUST HAPPENED? WHY AM I ON THIS BIG GUY? >> Joe: HE WASN'T CLOSE ENOUGH. FROM THE 18, FIRST DOWN. PETERSON AND THE BALL COMES OUT. IT'S A LIVE BALL. LATERALED BY SHIELDS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE BURNETT OR JENNINGS. JENNINGS ON THE RETURN. BUT THIS IS WORTH ANOTHER LOOK. A FLAG IN THE END OF THE PLAY. LET'S SEE IF PETERSON WAS DOWN WHEN THIS BALL CAME OUT. I THINK MINNESOTA KEEPS THE FOOTBALL. >> Troy: LOOKED TO ME LIKE HIS RIGHT KNEE WAS ON THE GROUND SIMULTANEOUSLY AS WHEN THE BALL -- YEAH, THE KNEE IS ON THE GROUND BEFORE THE BALL GOES TO THE TURF. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT SAM SHIELDS IS THINKING RIGHT HERE. >> Joe: M.D. JENNINGS WAS THERE AND WAS LOOKING FOR BIG THINGS ALONG THE SIDELINE. >> Referee: THE RULING ON THE FIELD, A FUMBLE RECOVERED BY GREEN BAY FOR A FIRST DOWN. AFTER THE PLAY WAS OVER, UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT ON MINNESOTA, NUMBER 71. IT'S A 15-YARD PENALTY FROM THE END OF THE RUN. FIRST DOWN. WE WILL REVIEW THE PREVIOUS PLAY. >> Joe: THEY'RE GOING TO REVIEW IT BECAUSE IT'S A TURNOVER PLAY. THEY'VE GOT LOADHOLT FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT. BUT IN OUR OPINION, AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR YOU -- >> Joe: THE RULING ON THE FIELD WAS FUMBLE. WE JUST CHECKED IN WITH MIKE PEREIRA. HE AGREES THE KNEE WAS DOWN BEFORE THE BALL COMES OUT. THEN THERE'S AN UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT PENALTY. PETERSON, BY THE WAY, HAS ONLY LOST TWO FUMBLES ALL SEASON LONG. AND THEN LOADHOLT CAME OVER, KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE ARMS OF JENNINGS. THAT WOULD STILL BE ENFORCED, THAT PENALTY, EVEN IF MINNESOTA RETAINS POSSESSION. IT WOULD BE A SECOND AND 27 AT THE 35 BY OUR CALCULATION. THE PLAY ORIGINALLY WAS A FIRST AND TEN AT THE 18. >> Troy: THE BEST PART OF THAT WAS BILL LOADHOLT WAS TRYING TO TELL THE OFFICIAL THAT ALL HE WAS DOING WAS JOGS OFF THE FIELD AND DID NOTHING WRONG. >> Joe: THE VIDEOTAPE PROVES OTHERWISE. HERE COMES MIKE CAREY. WE THINK MINNESOTA KEEPS IT AND THEN THEY MARK THE PENALTY OFF TO MOVE IT BACK TO THE 35. >> Referee: AFTER REVIEW, THE RUNNER IS DOWN BY CONTACT AT THE 12 YARD LINE. HOWEVER, THERE'S A 15-YARD UNSPORTSMANLIKE WILL BE ENFORCED TO THE 35. SECOND DOWN. >> Joe: THAT'S JUST GOOD SIMPLE ARITHMETIC BY OUR STATISTICIAN IN THE BOOTH. SO IT'S SECOND AND 27 FROM THE 35. >> Troy: ED ADDED ALL THAT UP? >> Joe: HE DID. >> Troy: WAY TO GO, ED. >> Joe: PHILADELPHIA'S OWN. IT'S BEEN A ROUGH DAY. THE EAGLES DIDN'T END WELL TODAY. >> Troy: I'D GIVE THE BALL TO PETERSON BECAUSE HE'S HOT ABOUT PUTTING THE BALL ON THE GROUND, AND HE'S GOING TO RUN AWFULLY HARD. OR YOU GO PLAY ACTION HARD AND TAKE THAT SHOT DOWN THE FIELD THAT THEY HAVE YET TO TAKE. >> Joe: SECOND AND 27. AND THEY'RE INSIDE FIELD GOAL RANGE FOR WALSH. HERE'S PETERSON. ADRIAN PETERSON, OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 10 AT THE 7. >> Troy: TRAMON WILLIAMS DIDN'T WANT ANY PART OF THIS. I CAN'T SAY I NECESSARILY BLAME HIM. HE'S THERE TO MAKE THE HIT. ADRIAN PETERSON, YOU KNEW IF HE HAD THE BALL, HE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT, AND HE SURE DOES. HE GIVES HIM A FIRST DOWN EVEN AFTER THE PENALTY. >> Joe: LOOK AT THAT LOOK. HE'S 64 YARDS AWAY FROM THE ALL-TIME SINGLE SEASON RECORD. 28 YARDS. ON SECOND AND 27. WE DO NOT KNOW YET, CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW THE MATCHUPS AND DON'T KNOW THE WHERE AND THE WHEN. BUT WE WILL BE ON THE AIR NEXT SUNDAY WILE CARD WEEKEND. YOU'LL NEED TO CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS. YOU'LL BE BOMBARDED WITH THAT INFORMATION ON THE O.T., PRESENTED BY LOWE'S. WE KNOW TONIGHT'S GAME BETWEEN THE COWBOYS AND THE REDSKINS IS FOR THE NFC EAST. THE NUMBER FOUR SEED. I KNOW TONY ROMO HAS HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE MONTH OF DECEMBER, AS HAS DEZ BRYANT. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE GAME? >> Troy: I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING IT. IT'S GOING TO BE, OBVIOUSLY A GREAT MATCHUP. LONG TIME SINCE THE REDSKINS HAVE HOSTED A GAME OF SUCH SIGNIFICANCE. IT WILL BE HARD FOR ANY ROAD TEAM TO WIN. >> Joe: RG3, ANOTHER WEEK REMOVED FROM THE KNEE INJURY. THE GUY BEHIND HIM, ALFRED MORRIS. FIRST AND GOAL. PONDER. HAS IT BATTED BACK INTO HIS FACE. WAS LOOKING FOR RUDOLPH. RYAN PICKETT KNOCKED IT DOWN. AND NOW JEROME SIMPSON IS SLOW TO GET UP. >> Troy: JEROME SIMPSON, 81, IN THE SLOT. THERE'S THE COLLISION THAT HAPPENS WITH HE AND MORGAN BURNETT. >> Joe: SO THEY LOOK AT SIMPSON. WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. >> Joe: SECOND AND GOAL. PETERSON. STOOD UP BY BRAD JONES. GOOD WORK BY THE INSIDE LINEBACKER, BRAD JONES. THE THIRD TO TRY THAT SPOT FOR THE PACKERS THIS YEAR FROM SHOP TO SMITH TO JONES. >> Troy: IT WAS A REALLY GOOD PLAY THERE BY BRAD JONES. WE SAW EARLIER IN THE GAME WHEN HE FAILED TO MAKE THE PLAY. IT'S A LOT HARDER PASS THAN YOU THINK, BUT HE MADE IT. >> Joe: PETERSON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. EMPTY BACKFIELD WITH PONDER. UP TO PONDER. OVER THE MIDDLE. FLAG FLIES. INCOMPLETE. BUT THERE WERE FLAGS ON THE COVERAGE. IT'S A HOLD AND AN AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN A HOLD ON RUDOLPH, WHO ENDED UP -- >> Referee: HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: THEY GET MIK McMILLAN. >> Troy: HE DEFINITELY GRABBED HIM. HE'S GOT HOLD OF HIS JERSEY. I DON'T KNOW WHATE ARGUING ABOUT. THE OFFICIAL SEES IT. RUDOLPH WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE CATCH. A BIG PENALTY THERE KEEPS THE DRIVE ALIVE. >> Joe: NOW FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 2. >> Troy: ON FIRST DOWN LAST TIME, THEY WENT SHOTGUN AND THREW IT. I'D BE SURPRISED IF PETERSON DOESN'T GET IT HERE. >> Joe: THERE HE IS. WELL PLAYED. UP FRONT DEFENSIVELY FOR THE PACKERS, NO GAIN. C.J. WILSON, WHO IS THE BEST RUN DEFENDER ALONG THE DEFENSIVE LINE. WAS IN THERE TO MAKE THE STOP. BEEN INACTIVE THE LAST FOUR GAMES WITH THE KNEE INJURY. THEY NEEDED HIM TO COME BACK. THIS DRIVE ALL HAPPENED AFTER THE FUMBLE BY AARON RODGERS. >> Troy: THREE POINTS IS BIG HERE. CHRISTIAN PONDER HAS PLAYED WELL. I GOT TO BELIEVE YOU GIVE THE BALL TO ADRIAN PETERSON ON SECOND DOWN. IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT THEN, GIVE IT TO HIM ON THIRD DOWN. >> Joe: PONDER KEEPS IT. FLIPS IT. HE GOT IT THROUGH THE AIR. TOUCHDOWN ADRIAN PETERSON. FIRST TOUCHDOWN CATCH OF THE SEASON. >> Troy: PRETTY AMAZING. PLAY ACTION FAKE TO PETERSON AND NOBODY TOUCHES HIM. HE WAS SO WIDE OPEN, PONDER TAKES HIS TIME GETTING IT IN HIS HANDS. >> Joe: SEVEN POINTS OFF THE TURNOVER. AND ONLY THE FOURTH CAREER TOUCHDOWN CATCH, FIRST OF THIS YEAR FOR ADRIAN PETERSON. >> Troy: HE'S NOT A GUY YOU THROW THE BALL TO A LOT. WHEN THEY ROLL OUT WITH HIM, YOU WOULD EXPECT THERE TO BE CONTACT WITH ADRIAN PETERSON GETTING THROUGH THE LINE. BUT THERE'S NOT. AND EVERYBODY HAD COLLAPSED AND THAT WAS AN EASY PLAY FOR CHRISTIAN PONDER TO MAKE. >> Joe: THE DRIVE AND THE TOUCHDOWN, THE POINTS A RESULT OF THE FUMBLE BY AARON RODGERS, RECOVERED BY SANFORD. IT WAS ROBINSON WHO KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF AARON RODGERS ON WHAT WAS TO BE THE THIRD DOWN THROW. >> Troy: GREAT JOB BY THE VIKINGS OFFENSIVELY. OF COURSE, PETERSON PUT THE BALL ON THE GROUND. THEY GOT TO KEEP IT. HIS KNEE WAS ON THE GROUND, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE DRIVE AND COME AWAY WITH SEVEN POINTS. THAT'S A BIG BIG TIME DRIVE THERE BY THE VIKINGS, CASHING IN ON THE FUMBLE BY AARON RODGERS. >> Joe: MEANWHILE, SAN FRANCISCO IS ABOUT TO ADD TO THEIR LEAD AT HOME OVER THE CARDINALS. 24-6, IT WOULD BE, WITH AN EXTRA POINT TO COME. IF GREEN BAY LOSES THIS GAME, IT LOOKS MORE AND MORE LIKE THEY'LL BE THE NUMBER THREE SEED. A LOT ON THE LINE FOR THE PACKERS. ALL THOSE INJURIES. A BYE WEEK, IF ESSENCE, IF HE COULD WIN HERE TODAY. DOWN BY TEN. HERE'S ROSS. NOT THIS TIME. SANFORD MADE THE PLAY. THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ADRIAN PETERSON AND HOW DIFFICULT HE IS. EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE THE DEFENSE CALLED, MORGAN BURNETT IS ABLE TO MAKE THE PLAY. THERE'S A LONG LIST OF GUYS WHO HAVE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN THERE AND TRY TO GET PETERSON TO THE GROUND. THIS TIME, TRAMON WILLIAMS IS ON THE OUTSIDE. EVEN WHEN YOU STACK THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AGAINST ADRIAN PETERSON, HE GETS HIS YARDAGE AND HE'S BEEN DOING IT THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE CAREER. >> Joe: FROM THE 13, RODGERS, QUICK THROW. PASS IS COMPLETE TO FINLEY. TACKLE MADE BY RAYMOND. A GAIN OF FIVE. GREEN BAY PACKERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH A RUNNING GAME. THEY'VE BEEN BEHIND FROM THE BEGINNING. THEIR BEST BET RUNNING IT HAS BEEN DuJUAN HARRIS. THEIR RUNNING GAME HAS BEEN SO KEY FOR THEM OVER THE LAST FIVE GAMES. SECOND DOWN AND FIVE. THEY'RE GOING TO RUN IT WITH HARRIS. MADE THE MOST OF IT. THIRD DOWN AND THREE COMING UP. >> Troy: I PLAYED IN THIS STADIUM FOR BIG GAMES, PLAYED PLAYOFF GAMES HERE. WHEN THIS CROWD GETS BEHIND THIS TEAM LIKE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, OFFENSIVELY, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PLAYING AGAINST 15 DEFENDERS ON THE FIELD. THIRD DOWN AND FOUR. NELSON. HIT IN STRIDE. JORDY NELSON, OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 10. WHAT A THROW BY AARON RODGERS. AND THE REIGNING MVP JUST COMPLETED ONE FOR 73 YARDS. >> Troy: MARCUS SHERELS, THE CORNER, IS STARING IN THE BACKFIELD AT AARON RODGERS. WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, JORDY NELSON IS RUNNING RIGHT UP THE SEEM, RIGHT PAST HIM. >> Joe: AARON RODGERS PUTS IT RIGHT ON THE MONEY. WOW, THAT ONE THROW CHANGES THE FEEL OF THIS ENTIRELY. THE CROWD YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE STUNNED. >> Troy: THEY SURE ARE. I GUESS THAT HAM STRING IS PRETTY GOOD FOR JORDY NELSON. >> Joe: PASS IS CAUGHT BY JONES. AND HE IS TO THE GOAL LINE. NO SIGNAL YET. AND THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. THE QUESTION IS, WAS THE RIGHT KNEE DOWN AS HE MADE THAT LUNGE. >> Troy: LOOKED TO ME, JOE, LIKE IT WAS. VERY SIMILAR TO THE ADRIAN PETERSON. >> Referee: THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS A FUMBLE RECOVERED BY MINNESOTA. >> Joe: THEY'RE CALLING IT A FUMBLE. >> Troy: LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT KNEE IS DOWN AFTER THE BALL WAS LOOSE. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH ADRIAN PETERSON. >> Joe: IT'S A TURNOVER. SO IT'S AUTOMATICALLY REVIEWED AND MIKE McCARTHY WILL PUT THE CHALLENGE FLAG BACK INTO HIS POCKET. I THINK EITHER WAY, THE PACKERS KEEP THIS FOOTBALL. RODGERS WAS LIVID. IT WAS VERY NEARLY A TOUCHDOWN. THE OFFICIALS GOT TOGETHER AND TALKED IT OVER AND CAME UP WITH FUMBLE. HIS KNEE'S DOWN. THAT BALL'S IN HIS HAND. I DON'T SEE HOW THERE'S ANY WAY THE PACKERS DON'T HAVE THE BALL. >> Referee: BEFORE THE FLAG WAS THROWN, THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS BEING REVIEWED. >> Joe: SO WE'LL HAVE A REVIEW. >> Joe: WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN OUR RULES EXPERT, MIKE PEREIRA, FROM LOS ANGELES. THERE ARE SO MANY SIDES TO THE RULING. FIRST OF ALL, THEY SAID NO TOUCHDOWN, FUMBLE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT KNEE OF JAMES JONES IS DOWN. THAT'S ONE PART OF IT. THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THE CHALLENGE FLAG THROWN BY MAKE McCARTHY WHEN IT WAS A TURNOVER REVIEW ANYWAY. >>> HERE'S THE KEY, JOE AND TROY. MIKE CAREY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE OFFICIAL UPSTAIRS, THE REPLAY OFFICIAL INITIATED THE REVIEW BEFORE McCARTHY THREW THE FLAG. SO CONTRARY TO WHAT HAPPENED TO SCHWARTZ ON THANKSGIVING DAY, SINCE THE REVIEW WAS INITIATED BEFORE THE FLAG WAS THROWN, THEY'LL REVIEW THE PLAY. THEY STILL SHOULD PENALIZE McCARTHY FOR THROWING THE PENALTY FLAG. BUT THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND RULE HIM DOWN BECAUSE THE RUNNER IS DOWN. THEN IT JUST BECOMES AN ISSUE OF WHETHER IT'S A TOUCHDOWN OR NOT. THEY'LL STILL REVIEW IT. >> Troy: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULDN'T SEE THAT, BUT HOW SMART JORDY NELSON IS. HE SAW THE CHALLENGE FLAG COME OUT AND JORDY NELSON SPRINTED OVER, PICKED UP THE FLAG AND TRIED TO HIDE IT BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT'S NOT SOMETHING MIKE McCARTHY SHOULD THROW THE CHALLENGE FLAG FOR. IT'S GOING TO BE REVIEWED ANYWAY. >> INTERESTING TOO, JOE. IF THE OFFICIALS SAW IT ON THE GROUND BEFORE THEY RACED DOWN AND PICKED IT UP. BUT AGAIN, I THINK MIKE CAREY DID SAY BEFORE HE WENT TO REVIEW IT THAT THEY HAD INITIATED THE REVIEW BEFORE THE CHALLENGE FLAG WAS THROWN. SO THEY DID SEE IT. SO THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A PENALTY HERE. BUT AGAIN, THAT DISTINCTION IS THE REPLAY OFFICIAL UPSTAIRS INITIATED THAT REVIEW FIRST BEFORE THE CHALLENGE FLAG WAS THROWN. THAT'S WHY THEY CAN REVIEW THIS. >> Joe: HERE'S THE CALL. >> Referee: BECAUSE THE REPLAY OFFICIAL WAS TO REVIEW BEFORE THE FLAG CAME OUT, WE ARE ALLOWED TO REVIEW THE PLAY. HOWEVER, GREEN BAY WILL BE CHARGED 15 YARDS AFTER THE RESULT. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE RUNNER BROKE THE PLANE BEFORE HE WAS DOWN. TOUCHDOWN. GREEN BAY WILL BE CHARGED 15 YARDS ON THE KICKOFF. >> Joe: THAT IS SUCH AN INTERESTING CALL, BECAUSE IF THEY MARK HIM DOWN SHY OF BREAKING THE PLANE OF THE END ZONE, THEN IT MOVES THE BALL BACK TO THE 15 YARD LINE AND YOU HAVE TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN. NOW, ALL YOU'RE BEING CHARGED IS THE 15-YARD PENALTY ON THE KICKOFF. >> Troy: THAT'S WHY AARON RODGERS WAS UPSET, BECAUSE HE SAW MIKE McCARTHY THROW THE CHALLENGE FLAG, AND THERE'S A HOST OF PEOPLE IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, RIGHT NOW THAT ARE UPSET ABOUT THIS CALL, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WAS ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DETROIT LI LIONS A FEW WEEKS BACK. >> Joe: YOU HEARD MIKE PEREIRA SAY BECAUSE MIKE CAREY MADE THE DISTINCTION THEY WERE ALREADY IN A REVIEW BEFORE THE FLAG WAS THROWN, THAT'S WHY THE PLAY IS ALLOWED TO BE REVIEWED. AND THEN THEY NOT ONLY GIVE GREEN BAY THE BALL, THEY GIVE GREEN BAY THE TOUCHDOWN AND SO INSTEAD OF A 15-YARD PENALTY MARKING IT BACK TO THE 15 YARD LINE AND YOU HAVE TO GO TRY AND SCORE THE TOUCHDOWN, MIKE McCARTHY AND JORDY NELSON CAN LAUGH ABOUT IT, BA YOU AT THE MOMENT, IT'S ONLY A 15-YARD PENALTY ON THE KICKOFF. >> Troy: I FOLLOW ALL THAT, AND I FOLLOW WHAT WAS SAID BY MIKE CAREY AS FAR AS WHEN THE REVIEW WAS INITIATED, BUT IF YOU'RE LESLIE FRAZIER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND THERE SHOULD NOT BE A CHALLENGE MADE ON A TURNOVER OR ON A SCORING PLAY. THAT'S BEEN POINTED OUT BY THE LEAGUE AND THAT RULE HASN'T BEEN CHANGED. ALL I'M SAYING IS REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE REVIEW WAS INITIATED, TO ME, IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN DETROIT. AND THAT'S WHY LESLIE FRAZIER IS SO UPSET ABOUT IT. >> Joe: LET'S GO BACK TO MIKE PEREIRA. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? >> YOU CHANGED THE RULE. I MEAN, THE RULE IS REALLY RIDICULOUS. THE 15-YARD PENALTY IS PUNITIVE ENOUGH. TO ME, THE OBJECT OF REPLAY IS TO GET THE CALL RIGHT. SO TO ME, IF THE COACH THROWS A CHALLENGE FLAG, IF IT COMES BEFORE THE ACTUAL REVIEW IS INITIATED OR AFTERWARDS, PENALIZE THE COACH FOR THROWING THE FLAG AND REVIEW THE PLAY. THAT'S THE LOGICAL THING TO DO, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL DO IN THE OFF-SEASON. >> Joe: REALLY, IN ESSENCE, MIKE, THAT'S WHAT WAS DONE HERE ON THE FLY BY MIKE CAREY. IF HE SAYS WHAT HE SAYS, WHICH IS THE REVIEW HAPPENED BEFORE THE FLAG COMES OUT, IT IN ESSENCE NULLIFIES AT LEAST FOR REVIEWING THE PLAY, THE FACT THAT McCARTHY THREW THE CHALLENGE FLAG. >> YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. >> Troy: THE RIGHT CALL WAS MADE. WHAT HAPPENED WAS RIGHT. AND TO MIKE'S POINT, THAT'S ALL YOU WANT. IT'S A STUPID RULE THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE IN PLACE. >> Joe: NOW CROSBY HAS TO KICK IT FROM THE 20 AFTER THE 15-YARD PENALTY BECAUSE McCARTHY THREW THE CHALLENGE FLAG. A FLAG IS THROWN. NOW YOU HAVE A PENALTY AGAINST THE VIKINGS ON THE KICK RETURN BY ROBINSON, THE VIKINGS DON'T GET ANYTHING FROM McCARTHY MAKING THE MISTAKE OF THROWING A CHALLENGE FLAG ON WHAT WAS RULED A TURNOVER. >> Referee: DURING THE RETURN, HOLDING ON THE OFFENSE, NUMBER 41. TEN-YARD PENALTY. STILL FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: HE GET FIVE YARDS OUT OF IT. >> Joe: SO THERE YOU GO. THE HOLD AGAINST RAYMOND ON THE RETURN BY ROBINSON. MISTRAL DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE CALL AND THIS MOVES THE BALL BACK. THEY'RE GOING TO MARK IT AT THE 20 YARD LINE. >> Troy: I STILL THINK YOU JUST GIVE THE BALL TO ADRIAN PETERSON. >> Joe: THEY LEAD BY THREE. WE'RE STILL IN THE THIRD QUARTER. GREEN BAY ON THAT -- THE LEAGUE BROUGHT IT UP THEMSELVES BY NOT CHANGING THE RULE WHEN IT HAPPENED A MONTH AGO. HAPPENED ON THANKS GIVING AGAINST DETROIT. HERE'S RUDOLPH AND THAT'S BROKEN UP BY JONES. CALL STAR STAR NFL TO DOWNLOAD NFL MOBILE ONLY FIVE DOLLARS, ALL MONTH LONG. SECOND DOWN AND TEN FOR THE VIKINGS, WHO HAVE NEVER TRAILED IN THIS GAME AND AGAIN NEED A WIN TO MAKE IT INTO THE PLAYOFFS. OTHERWISE, IT'S THE BEARS' SPOT. HERE'S PETERSON. ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SINCE HIS ACL SURGERY, HOPS FORWARD FOR THREE. THIRD AND SEVEN COMING UP. >> Troy: STILL REMARKABLE THAT THIS GUY, AT ANY TIME TO HAVE A YEAR THAT HE'S HAD, BUT TO DO IT, AS YOU SAID, COMING OFF MAJOR KNEE RECONSTRUCTION. I DON'T KNOW NA I CAN THINK OF ANYBODY WHO'S DONE ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE TO THAT. >> Joe: HE'S UP TO 2,043 RUSHING YARDS ON THE SEASON. FOURTH ALL TIME BEST SEASON AT THIS POINT. AND THAT WILL BE FIVE YARDS TO MAKE IT THIRD AND 12. >> Referee: FALSE START OFFENSE NUMBER 71. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. >> Joe: THAT'S LOADHOLT. DOWN TO PAM OLIVER. >> Pam: JEROME SIMPSON IS BACK IN THE VIKINGS LOCKER ROOM. THEY'RE EVALUATING HIM FOR A HEAD INJURY. I SAW HIM LAUGHING ON THE SIDELINE AT ONE POINT, BUT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE. BACK TO YOU. >> Joe: THAT WAS ON THE COLLISION WITH MORGAN BURNETT THE LAST TIME THE VIKINGS HAD IT. SO THEIR RANKS ARE THIN OUT THERE. BURDEN IS INACTIVE. HARVIN IS ON I.R. AND NOW SIMPSON IS BEING EVALUATED. THIRD DOWN AND 12. AND THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS PLAY. GERHART WRESTLED OUT BY WALDEN, AND IT'S THREE AND OUT. >> Troy: THE VIKINGS OVERALL HAVE BEEN GOOD ON THIRD DOWN TODAY. BUT WHEN THEY HAD THE PENALTY FOR FALSE START, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ON THE CENTER, JOHN SULLIVAN. THEY CALLED LOADHOLT, ABOUT YOU THEY COULD HAVE CALLED ANY OF THE OTHER FOUR. I THINK SULLIVAN DIDN'T SNAP THE BALL AND IT MADE IT A DIFFICULT THIRD DOWN CONVERSION FOR THEM. >> Joe: NOW THEY'LL BACK UP FIVE MORE YARDS. >> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE NUMBER 40. FIVE YARDS, FOURTH DOWN. >> Joe: THEY GET RHETT ELLISON. I GO BACK TO THE 73-YARD COMPLETION TO JORDY NELSON ON THE PERFECT THROW FROM AARON RODGERS THAT CHANGED THE ENTIRE FEEL OF THE LAST EIGHT OR NINE MINUTES. COMPLETELY TOOK THE CROWD OUT OF THIS GAME. ROSS WILL STAY AWAY. DECENT FIELD POSITION AT THEIR OWN 34 AS WE ARE THROUGH THREE QUARTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS. GOOD GAME. >> Joe: LAST FIVE TIMES THE PACKERS HAVE HAD IT, THEIR ONLY STUMBLE WAS THAT FUMBLE BY AARON RODGERS. OTHERWISE, FOUR SCORES DURING THE FIVE POSSESSIONS. THEY HAVE IT AT MIDFIELD. DOWN BY THREE, TRYING TO LOCK UP THE NUMBER TWO SEED IN THE NFC PLAYOFF PICTURE. THEY FAKE IT TO HARRIS. RODGERS FALLING BACKWARD AS HE LET IT GO AND DuJUAN HARRIS GETS FIVE. LET'S GO BACK TO THE 73-YARDER TO JORDY NELSON. >> Troy: YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MARCUS SHERELS, HE'S PEEKING IN THE BACKFIELD. JORDY NELSON RUNS BY HIM. THIS IS A DEFENSE OVER THE YEAR THAT HAS NOT GIVEN UP VERY MANY PASS PLAYS. THEY'RE GOOD AT NOT GIVING UP BIG PLAYS. MARCUS SHERELS IS PLAYING BECAUSE OF THE INJURED ANTWAUN WINFIELD. >> Joe: THAT WAS THE PACKERS' LONGEST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE ALL SEASON LONG. RODGERS BUYS TIME AND NOW THROWS FOR JENNINGS, INCOMPLETE. HE HAD HIM FOR A MOMENT AS SMITH GOT THERE RIGHT AT THE END. >> Troy: AT THE END OF THIS PLAY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HARRISON SMITH. GREG JENNINGS WHO DOES A GREAT JOB KEEPING HIMSELF ALIVE. AARON RODGERS TRUSTS HE'LL GET TO THE OPEN SPOT. HARRISON SMITH COMES THERE, BUT GREG JENNINGS, WE SAW THE ONE HE DPPED THERE ON THE GOAL LINE AND THIS IS A BALL THAT GOES THROUGH HIS ARMS AS WELL AARON RODGERS MAKES A GREAT THROW, UNDER PRESSURE BY JARED ALLEN. JENNINGS MISPLAYS IT. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. RODGERS, COMPLETE FIRST DOWN. THAT'S JONES. >> Troy: CHRIS COOK PLAYING SOFT. THAT DOWN AND DISTANCE, YOU'VE GOT A CORNER WHO IS PLAYING OFF, THAT'S PRETTY EASY COMPLETION THERE FOR JAMES JONES TO PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: COOK, WHO MISSED SIX GAMES WITH A BROKEN ARM, CAME BACK LAST WEEK. THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT HIS CONDITIONING COMING INTO THE GAME. IT'S ON HIM NOW WITH WINFIELD ON THE SIDELINE WITH A BROKEN HAND. HERE'S JENNINGS. TRYING TO MAKE A MOVE ON SHERELS. HE DOES. AND END UP WITH A FIRST DOWN. RAYMOND ON THE STOP. JENNINGS WENT RIGHT AROUND MARCUS SHERELS. >> Troy: JAMES JONES, WE SAW HIM MAKE THE CATCH FOR THE FIRST DOWN. HE MAKES A BLOCK ON JEFFERSON AND THE MOVE BY JENNINGS. JEFFERSON'S GOT TO GET OFF THE BLOCK AND MAKE THE PLAY. >> Joe: HARRIS GETS IT. DuJUAN KEEPS THOSE LEGS CHURNING INSIDE FIELD GOAL RANGE, DOWN BY THREE. PICKS UP SIX. >> Troy: YOU TALKED ABOUT IT, JOE. THAT THE RUNNING GAME, THE PACKERS HAVE RUN OVER A HUNDRED YARDS IN THE LAST FIVE GAMES. THE LAST COUPLE GAMES HAVE BEEN AS EFFICIENT RUNNING THE FOOTBALL. THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD. THEY GOT AWAY FROM IT BECAUSE THEY FELL BEHIND. NOW ONLY DOWN THREE, THEY CAN MIX IT UP. SECOND DOWN AND FOUR. RODGERS HAS A MAN OVER THE MIDDLE. B.J. WILLIAMS DOES NOT HAVE A CATCH TODAY. OFF HIS RIGHT HAND. THIRD DOWN COMING UP. LIKE TO WELCOME IN NEW AUDIENCES JOINING US. THE VIKINGS HAVE NEVER TRAILED IN THIS GAME. THEY'VE GOT TO WIN TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS. THEY'RE TAKING ON THE PACKERS, WHO HAVE WON 12 STRAIGHT AGAINST NFC NORTH OPPONENTS. THEY'RE IN FIELD GOAL RANGE. PACKERS TRYING TO LOCK UP THE NUMBER TWO SEED. THIRD AND FOUR. RODGERS FLOATS IT. A LOT OF CONTACT. JENNINGS INCOMPLETE. SHERELS WAS BACK THERE IN COVERAGE. AND NOW THE FIELD GOAL UNIT WILL COME ON. CROSBY, WHO HAS HIT FROM 51. HE'S MISSED 12 TIMES THIS SEASON BUT MADE HIS LAST THREE. HE'LL TRY AND TIE IT. >> Troy: AFTER MAKING THE 51-YARDER TO END THE FIRST HALF, JOE, I HAVE TO BELIEVE HE'S A MUCH MORE CONFIDENT KICKER RIGHT NOW THAN THEY WAS COMING INTO THIS GAME. >> Joe: 41-YARD TRY. NOW THEY SCOOT UP. A 40-YARD TRY. AND CROSBY'S 2 FOR 2. AND THIS GAME, AS >> Joe: HE'S JUST ONE DETERMINED BACK. TOUCHDOWN ADRIAN PETERSON! ONE WORE NUMBER 29. ONE WEARS NUMBER 28. 61 YARDS TO GO. FOR ADRIAN PETERSON. RECORD WAS SET 28 YEARS AGO. BY ERIC DICKERSON. THAT'S IN THE BACKGROUND. RIGHT NOW FOR THE VIKINGS, IT'S GET A WIN AND GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS. SHERELS ON THE RETURN. HE'LL BRING IT OUT. FORCED OUT BY CASEY HAYWARD. 27-YARD RETURN. WHAT'S AT STAKE? IT'S PRETTY EASY. THE PACKERS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WIN TO GET THAT BYE IN THE SECOND SEED. THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ers ARE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS AT HOME AGAINST ARIZONA. SO THE PACKERS TRYING TO FEND THEM OFF. AND FOR A BANGED-UP TEAM, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO GET A WEEK OFF, REST UP GUYS LIKE CHARLES WOODSON, RANDALL COBB AND OTHERS. FOR THE VIKINGS, THEY NEED A WIN TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS. THE BEARS ARE HAPPY, AS ARE THEIR FANS, WITH THE LAST FIELD GOAL TO TIE IT AT 27. BEARS ARE IN IF THE VIKINGS LOSE. PLAY ACTION FROM PONDER. AIR IT OUT. FIRST TIME ALL DAY. JARIUS WRIGHT INSIDE THE 15! >> Troy: YOU SEE THE ROUTE, ONE ON ONE OUTSIDE WITH SAM SHIELDS. HE STARTS TO THE POST AND THEN HE TAKES IT UP. AND HE GETS IN BEHIND SHIELDS AND CHRISTIAN PONDER LAYS THIS BALL OUT BEAUTIFULLY. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE TAKEN A SHOT DOWN THE FIELD AND THEY SET HIM UP PERFECTLY. EVERYONE IN THE BUILDING IS THINKING ADRIAN PETERSON, AFTER THE PACKERS TIE THIS THING UP, FIRST DOWN, BIG PLAY. >> Joe: 65 YARDS, THE LONGEST COMPLETION OF THE YEAR FOR CHRISTIAN PONDER. AND NOW PETERSON SETS UP FIRST AND GOAL AS HE'S KNOCKED DOWN AT THE 2. AND HE'S SEASON NOW 2,057 YARDS, THE THIRD BEST BEHIND JAMAAL LEWIS AND OBVIOUSLY ERIC DICKERSON. AND HE'S OVER 150 FOR THE DAY. FIRST AND GOAL. THE CROWD WANTS PETERSON TO GET IT. PENALTY FLAGS ON THE PLAY. MIKE CAREY, TODAY'S REFEREE, HAS BEEN BUSY. HERE HE IS AGAIN. >> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE NUMBER 71. TEN-YARD PENALTY. STILL FIRST. >> Joe: BIG ONE ON PHIL LOADHOLT. >> Troy: RIGHT THERE. HE'S HAD A COUPLE OF BIG PENALTIES NOW IN THIS GAME BECAUSE ON THAT HOLD, NOW YOU BACK HIM UP AND YOU ESSENTIALLY TAKE THE BALL OUT OF ADRIAN PETERSON'S HANDS. I THINK THAT IF I WERE BILL MUSGRAVE, HIS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, EVEN HERE FROM THE 12. GIVE IT TO PETERSON ON FIRST DOWN, SEE WHERE YOU'RE AT. THEN TRY TO DETERMINE FROM THERE WHAT YOU DO. >> Joe: HERE HE IS. NOTHING. PICKETT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. A.J. HAWK CAME OVER THE TOP. THERE'S BILL MUSGRAVE, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THIS OFFENSE AND TRYING TO FIND ENOUGH BALANCE WITH THE BEST BACK IN THE GAME TO MAKE THEM A LEGITIMATE ATTACK AGAINST GREEN BAY HERE TODAY. HE'S DONE THAT. >> Troy: I THINK HE'S ATTACKED THEM VERY WELL HERE, JOE. THREE POINTS RIGHT HERE IS BIG. YOU WANT TO COME AWAY WITH SEVEN. I'D LIKE A BOOT TO PONDER'S LEFT. GET HIM ON THE EDGE, SEE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF HIM. >> Joe: SECOND AND GOAL. HE STAYS IN THE POCKET. NOW ROLLS TO HIS RIGHT. THROWS, INCOMPLETE FOR JENKINS. THEY SET OFF THE FIREWORKS, BUT JENKINS COULDN'T HOLD ON, GOING TO THE GROUND. IT'S THIRD AND GOAL. >> Troy: PONDER DOES EVERYTHING WELL. HE DOESN'T PUT THE BALL ON JENKINS. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION. HE'S ABLE TO BUY TIME, GETS OUT OF THE POCKET. AS YOU SEE, JENKINS GIVES HIM GREAT SEPARATION TO STICK IT ON HIM. AND THOSE ARE THE THROWS THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN WINNING GAMES AND LOSING GAMES. >> Joe: MAYBE GETTING INTO THE PLAYOFFS OR GOING HOME. THIRD DOWN AND GOAL. SO MUCH BETTER THAN A YEAR AGO. ON THIRD DOWN. THAT'S GERHART ON A SCREEN AND HE CAN ONLY GET IT INSIDE THE 10. MATTHEWS MADE THE STOP. A FLAG IS DOWN ON THE EDGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD AWAY FROM THE PLAY. >> Troy: THAT'S ON TRAMON WILLIAMS. HE GOES TO THE FACE OF JEROME SIMPSON. THE FLAG CAME OUT BEFORE SIMPSON GOT UP AND RETALIATED. >> Joe: THIS COULD BE A BIG ONE AGAINST WILLIAMS. >> Referee: ILLEGAL HANDS TO THE FACE. DEFENSE NUMBER 38. HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: NOW THE VIKINGS WERE BACK WHERE THEY WERE WITH THE FIRST AND GOAL AND WILLIAMS AWAY FROM THE PLAY WITH THIS CHEAP SHOT UP HIGH IN THE FACE OF SIMPSON. >> Troy: ANYTIME I SEE A DEFENDER DO THAT, THEN IT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF THINGS LEADING UP TO THAT PLAY. I MEAN, FOR TRAMON WILLIAMS TO GO TO THE HELMET AND THE FACE MASK LIKE HE DID, SOMETHING HAPPENED PRIOR TO THAT, BUT YEAH, A HUGE PENALTY, BECAUSE THEY WERE SCREENING AWAY FROM HIM AND NOW THE VIKINGS HAVE FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: STILL INEXCUSABLE. NOW FIRST DOWN FROM THE 7. PETERSON. BOTTLE HIM UP THE LAST FUF TIMES HE'S HAD IT. B.J. RAJI PASS THE FIRST GUY TO PUT HIS HANDS ON IT. A GAIN OF JUST TWO. HE TAKES IT TO THE 5. UP TO 2,059 YARDS ON THE SEASON FOR ADRIAN PETERSON. UNDER NINE TO GO. ON THE SEASON, THIS DEFENSE FOR THE PACKERS, NUMBER 27 IN THE RED ZONE. SECOND AND GOAL. PETERSON AGAIN ES BROUGHT DOWN BY BEHIND. THE FIRST GUY IS MATTHEWS. MATTHEWS SLOW TO GET UP. >> Troy: MATTHEWS RAN THAT DOWN ALL THE WAY FROM THE BACK SIDE TO MAKE A PLAY. YOU'LL SEE HIM HERE. HE JUST PUR SUES THAT ALONG THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THEY'RE DOING THAT TO STOP ADRIAN PETERSON. THAT'S WHY THE BOOT OFF OF THAT GETS PONDER, WHO CAN RUN. GIVES HIM AN ABILITY TO GET ON THE EDGE AND TRY TO GET SOMEBODY OPEN AS WE SEE MATTHEWS EXIT THE FIELD. >> Joe: HIS BACK WAS SLAMMED DOWN INTO THE TURF. MISSED FOUR GAMES WITH A BAD HAMSTRING. AND HE'LL GO TO THE SIDELINE ON THIRD DOWN AND GOAL. DESMOND MOSES COMES INTO THE LINEUP FOR MATTHEWS. THIRD DOWN AND GOAL. PONDER. LOOKING FOR HELP. END ZONE, IT IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! MENICKINS. >> Troy: I THOUGHT WHEN HE TURNED THE BALL LOOSE, IT WAS INTERCEPTED. I'M NOT SURE HOW JENKINS IS ABLE TO MAKE THE PLAY. M.D. JENNINGS WAS COMING AT FULL SPEED UNDERNEATH. HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE PLAY. IT WAS THROUGH HIS ARMS AND INTO THE ARMS OF JENKINS. THAT'S A HECK OF A PLAY THERE BY JENKINS HAULING THAT ONE IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. >> Joe: JENNINGS, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE CONTROVERSIAL TOUCHDOWN IN SEATTLE. LOOKED LIKE A PICK WEEK THREE. IT WAS RULED A TOUCHDOWN. >> Joe: UNDER EIGHT TO GO. IT'S UP TO AARON RODGERS AND THE PACKERS TO TRY AND ANSWER. FOR JENKINS, JUST HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN CATCH OF THE SEASON. FORMER ATLANTA FALCON. ATLANTA LOST TODAY, BUT THEY'RE STILL THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE NFC PLAYOFF PICTURE. ROSS WILL TAKE IT OUT. HE'S ACROSS THE 20. WE KNOW THERE ARE NEW VIEWERS JOINING US. WE'LL GIVE YOU A RECAP THE BEST WE CAN, BEFORE THE PACKERS START THIS DRIVE. ADRIAN PETERSON WITH A TOUCHDOWN ON THE GROUND, ONE THROUGH THE AIR. HIS FIRST OF THE SEASON. THIS CONTROVERSIAL PLAY CALLED A TOUCHDOWN. ORIGINALLY RULED A FUMBLE AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, SOMEHOW, CHRISTIAN PONDER GOT THE BALL PAST M.D. JENNINGS INTO THE ARMS OF MICHAEL JENKINS FOR THE GO-AHEAD POINTS. THE VIKINGS HAVE NEVER TRAILED TODAY. PETERSON IS 45 YARDS SHY OF THE ALL-TIME RECORD. RUSHING YARD ANNUAL IN A SEASON. FROM JUST ACROSS THE 20. RODGERS COMPLETES. JONES FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT THROUGHOUT THE GAME. WHEN AARON RODGERS HAS HAD TIME IN THE POCKET LIKE HE DID ON THE LAST PLAY, HE'S BEEN ABLE TO FIND GUYS OPEN AND GET THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS. SO FOR THE VIKINGS TO BE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO THIS LEAD, THEY'VE GOT TO RELY ON THOSE GUYS UP FRONT. JARED ALLEN IN PARTICULAR, GETTING PRESSURE ON AARON RODGERS. >> Joe: RODGERS IS SACKED BY GRIFFEN. AND THE FIFTH SACK OF THE DAY FOR MINNESOTA. >> Troy: EVERSON GRIFFEN, HE'S OPPOSITE JARED ALLEN. THE JOB HE'S DONE WHEN HE'S HAD OPPORTUNITIES. HE'S HAD A NICE SEASON, AN EDGE RUSHER WITH GREAT QUICKNESS AND SPEED, AND HE GETS HOME. >> Joe: QUICK THROW TO FINLEY. TRYING TO GET A BLOCK. THE NICE PLAY IS MADE BY A.J. JEFFERSON. CAME OFF A BLOCK BY JAMES JONES, THIRD AND LONG COMING UP. >> Troy: THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF PLAYS WE'RE USED TO SEEING ANTOINE WINFIELD MAKE. A.J. JEFFERSON MAKES A GREAT TACKLE THERE ON SECOND DOWN. WINFIELD OUT WITH A BROKEN HAND. JORDY NELSON IS OUT WITH A KNEE INJURY. HIS RETURN IS QUESTIONABLE. AND A FALSE START. >> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE NUMBER 57. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. STILL THIRD DOWN. >> Joe: THEY GET DON BARCLAY, WHO HAS BEEN THE BIG ADDITION TO THE OFFENSIVE LINE TO LET T.J. LANG GO BACK TO HIS MORE NATURAL GRD SPOT. PRETTY GOOD BY EVAN DIETRICH-SMITH WITH ALL THIS NOISE IN HIS FIRST START. >> Troy: THIS IS A THIRD AND LONG SITUATION. YOU'RE WANTING TO GET AHEAD OF THE COUNT, PROTECT THE EDGE. >> Joe: THIRD AND 20. RODGERS PULLS IT DOWN. AND NOW THROW, HAS A MAN AND IT DEPENDS ON THE SPOT. THAT'S FINLEY. THEY'RE GOING TO MARK FINLEY OUT A YARD SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN. BUT HE HELD THE BALL OUT. LET'S SEE WHERE HIS FEET ARE. LOOKS LIKE THE BALL CROSSES THE FIRST DOWN LINE. BUT WERE HIS FEET OUT OF BOUNDS? EITHER WAY, THE PACKERS ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT. PASS IS CAUGHT FOR A FIRST DOWN BY BOYKIN. THERE'S A FLAG, BUT THAT'S ON THE COVERAGE ON MINNESOTA. AND SOMEHOW, BOYKIN MADE THAT CATCH. >> Troy: I CAN'T BELIEVE MIKE McCARTHY GOES FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN. >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE NUMBER 34. IT'S DECLINED. FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: GREAT CATCH HERE BY JARRETT BOYKIN. HE GETS THE PENALTY ON A.J. JEFFERSON TO BEGIN WITH. GOING BACK TO THE THIRD DOWN PLAY, IF A.J. JEFFERSON DOESN'T GO FOR THE BALL AND HE JUST PLAYS GREG JENNINGS, HE'S ABLE TO MAKE THE TACKLE. GREG JENNINGS DOESN'T GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN AND THAT MAY CHANGE WHAT MIKE McCARTHY ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO DO. >> Joe: INSTEAD, HE WENT FOR IT. NOW RODGERS IN TROUBLE AGAIN. HE WAS UNDER PRESSURE BY GRIFFIN. HE GOT THE BALL BACK BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THERE WAS A RECEIVER SEMI CLOSE AS THE OFFICIALS TALK ABOUT IT. >> Troy: THIS SHOULD NOT BE INTENTIONAL GROUNDING. >> Referee: THERE IS NO FOUL FOR INTENTIONAL GROUNDING. THERE WAS A RECEIVER IN THE AREA. >> Joe: CLEARLY, AARON RODGERS IS UNLOADING THE BALL. THERE WAS A RECEIVER EVEN THOUGH D.J. WILLIAMS IS NOT LOOKING. MEANWHILE, GRIFFEN GOT HIS HANDS UP TO THE FATES MASK OF RODGERS. THERE'S JORDY NELSON, WHO WE SAID WAS OUT, QUESTIONABLE, WITH A KNEE. HE'S ON THE FIELD. ON SECOND DOWN, HERE'S FINLEY. FINLEY LUNGES INSIDE THE 45. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE WITH FIVE MINUTES TO GO, IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN WITH TWO DOWNS IF THEY NEED IT TO GET THE FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: IF HE GOES FOR IT WHEN HE DID A MOMENT AGO, YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE HE'LL GO FOR IT HERE IF THEY DON'T PICK IT UP ON THIRD DOWN. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FOUR. PASS IS CAUGHT, THAT'S JENNINGS. GOOD THROW, GREAT CATCH OVER THE MIDDLE BY GREG JENNINGS TO REACH OUT AND A COMPLETION OF 13 YARDS. >> Troy: MARCUS SHERELS ONCE AGAIN, HE'S JUST OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, GREG JENNINGS RUNS A GOOD ROUTE. HE'S VERY DIFFICULT IN THE SLOT. I THINK IF THEY GET THAT MATCHUP ON SHERELS -- HE'S COMING OFF THE FIELD NOW. >> Joe: JENNINGS ACROSS FROM JEFFERSON. HERE'S HARRIS. A RARE RUN AND DuJUAN HARRIS IS DOWN INSIDE THE 20 WITH THE FIRST DOWN. AND EVERY CHICAGO BEAR AND EVERY CHICAGO BEAR FAN IS ROOTING FOR THE PACKERS TO FINISH THIS DRIVE IN THE END ZONE AS THEY HOPE TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS WITH A PACK ERWIN. HARRISON SMITH GOT UP AND HE'S HAVING A HARD TIME MOVING THE RIGHT ARM. HE JUST CAME OFF THE FIELD. >> Joe: THAT SECONDARY IS GETTING THINNER. DuJUAN HARRIS SLIPS. SO NO WINFIELD. NO HARRISON SMITH ON THE LAST PLAY AND NOW SHERELS COMES BACK ON TO THE FIELD, NUMBER 35. BRINKLEY, THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER, COMES OUT. WE'LL SEE IF AARON RODGERS LOOKS FOR NUMBER 35. >> Troy: THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HIM OVER PRETTY GOOD IN THIS GAME, AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY THEY SHOULDN'T. MIKE McCARTHY HAS SHOWED HIS HAND, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE TOUCHDOWN OR NOTHING ON THIS DRIVE. >> Joe: ON SECOND DOWN, PASS IS BROKEN UP, BUT A FLAG! JORDY NELSON, THE INTENDED RECEIVER, WITH JEFFERSON IN COVERAGE, AND IT'S AGAINST THE VIKINGS. >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE NUMBER 24. FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL, AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: HE GOT THE LEFT HAND INTO THE CHEST OF JORDY NELSON AS HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY. A.J. JEFFERSON NEVER TURNS AND TRIES TO MAKE A PLAY ON THE BALL. THAT'S WHAT THE OFFICIALS SEE. THAT LEFT HAND RIGHT THERE INTO THE -- HE'S GOT AHOLD OF HIS JERSEY WHILE HE'S TRYING TO GO UP. >> Joe: BOYKIN WAS JUST CARTED OFF THE FIELD. IT'S FIRST AND GOAL FOR GREEN BAY. PASS IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, NELSON! AND ONE OF THOSE THROWS, TROY, THAT YOU JUST CANNOT DEFEND. >> Troy: NO YOU CAN'T. I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE. JORDY NELSON, EVEN THOUGH HE'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE LINEUP THIS YEAR, THE CHEMISTRY THAT HE AND AARON RODGERS HAVE, YOU SEE, I MEAN, THE ADJUSTMENT JORDY NELSON MAKES. A.J. JEFFERSON NEVER SEES THE BALL IN THE AIR. JUST A MATTER OF RODGERS PUTTING IT WHERE ONLY NELSON CAN GET IT. >> Joe: YOU CAN SEE RODGERS WITH A SHOVE TO THE SHOULDER OF HIS PLAY CALLER, MIKE McCARTHY. CROSBY'S TIED THIS GAME. SO WITH UNDER THREE TO GO, WILL GREEN BAY BE THE NUMBER TWO SEED? WILL THE VIKINGS MAKE THE PLAYOFFS? CELEBRATION WITH HIS >> Joe: JORDY NELSON CASHES IN ON THE TWO-YARD TOUCHDOWN THROW. HIS SEVENTH TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON. FROM THE END ZONE, IT'S SHERELS. AND SHERELS ABLE TO HANG ON TO THE BALL. MASON CROSBY IN ON THE TACKLE. AARON RODGERS'S NEW CENTER, EVAN >> Joe: AMERICA'S GAME OF THE WEEK IS A GOOD ONE AS ADRIAN PETERSON STARTS THIS DRIVE NEEDING 45 YARDS ON THE GROUND TO BEAT ERIC DICKERSON'S RECORD. THEY FAKE IT TO HIM. PONDER BOUNCES IT TO HIM. SECOND AND TEN COMING UP. SO THE VIKINGS, FORGETTING THE RECORD FOR A MOMENT, NEED POINTS, TRYING TO BREAK THIS TIE. THEY HAVE TWO TIMEOUTS REMAINING. AND 2:40 ON THE CLOCK. >> Troy: CHRISTIAN PONDER SAID THIS WEEK, THIS IS A DEFINING GAME FOR HIS CAREER. AND IT IS. THAT MAKES THIS A DEFINING DRIVE FOR HIM. >> Joe: LATE HANDOFF TO PETERSON. RAJI IS THERE TO MAKE THE PLAY. HE'S STEPPED UP IN THE SECOND HALF, B.J. RAJI, HE'S MADE SOME STOPS. A LOSS OF ONE. >> Troy: AN OUTSTANDING PLAY BY B.J. RAJI. HE PLAYS OFF THE DEFENDER RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE. HE PLAYS OFF THE BLOCK AND HE'S ABLE TO STILL MAKE A PLAY ON ADRIAN PETERSON. YOU'RE RIGHT, JOE, HE'S HAD A NICE GAME. HE'S HAD A NICE MONTH. THIS LAST MONTH OF THE SOAP. HE WAS DISAPPOINTED NOT TO MAKE THE PRO BOWL, BUT HE'S PLAYED WELL THIS AFTERNOON. >> Joe: WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING IN A TIE GAME. THE VIKINGS NEED IT TO GO TONIGHT PLAYOFFS. TIED AT 34. >> Joe: IT WAS A CONTROVERSIAL PICK WHEN THE VIKINGS, WITH THE 12th SELECTION LAST YEAR, PICKED CHRISTIAN PONDER AS QUARTERBACK OUT OF FLORIDA STATE. IN THIS WIN OR GO HOME GAME, HE'S PLAYED PRETTY WELL. HERE HE IS FACING A THIRD DOWN AND 11, TRYING TO KEEP THIS DRIVE ALIVE, TRYING TO KEEP AARON RODGERS ON THE SIDELINE. THE PLAY STARTS WITH ADRIAN PETERSON OFF THE FIELD. THIRD DOWN AND 11. PONDER TO THE SIDELINES GOT JENKINS. AND A BIG FIRST DOWN FOR MINNESOTA. A PACKER PLAYER IS INJURED SO WE'LL HAVE A TIME-OUT. PONDER FOUND A WIDE OPEN JENKINS. >> Troy: HE SURE DOES. AND THE PACKERS REALLY GOOD TO A PREVENT DEFENSE AND YET THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO GET MICHAEL JENKINS BEHIND IT. CASEY HAYWARD, THERE'S NOBODY THREATENING HIM IN THE FLAT. YOU'VE GOT TO DROP UNDERNEATH THE THROW. HE FAILS TO DO IT. MAKES A ROOKIE MISTAKE AND CHRISTIAN PONDER HANGS IN THERE AND MAKES A BIG-TIME THROW ON THIRD DOWN. >> Joe: IT'S JERRELL WORTHY WHO IS DOWN. IT WILL COST GREEN BAY A TIME-OUT. >> Troy: YOU'LL SEE MICHAEL JENKINS ON THE OUTSIDE. THERE'S NO REASON FOR CASEY HAYWARD NOT TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UNDERNEATH THE THROW. DOM CAPERS HAS TO BE GOING CRAZY UP THERE, THINKING HE HAD THE PERFECT COVERAGE CALLED. YOU'RE STILL RELYING ON A YOUNG PLAYER TO MAKE THE PLAY. HE FAILS TO DO SO. >> Joe: WHILE THEY LOOK AT WORTHY, WE'LL TAKE A GAME BREAK. >> THE SEAHAWKS FINISH OUT A TREMENDOUS YEAR. THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. THEY DON'T WIN THE DIVISION. RUSSELL WILSON RUNS THIS IN. HE TIED PEYTON MANNING'S ROOKIE RECORD WITH 26 TOUCHDOWNS ON THE YEAR. BACK TO JOE AND TROY. >> Joe: ALL RIGHT, PATRICK. EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH SET NOW. WE KNOW THE AFC SEEDING. DENVER IS THE NUMBER ONE SEED. NEW ENGLAND IS NUMBER TWO. HOUSTON SLIDES ALL THE WAY TO THE NUMBER THREE SEED IN THE AFC. THEY COULD HAVE WRAPPED THAT UP LAST WEEK AT HOME AGAINST THE VIKINGS, BUT THE VIKINGS TOOK IT TO THEM. BALTIMORE IS FOUR, INDIANAPOLIS FIVE AND THE BENGALS ARE THE NUMBER SIX SEED IN THE AFC. ATLANTA IS NUMBER ONE HERE AND THIS IS A BATTLE FOR GREEN BAY. THEY NEED TO WIN TO GET THE NUMBER TWO SEED. WE'LL TALK COTTON BOWL. FRIDAY, ONE OF THE BEST BOWL GAMES OF THE YEAR IS ON FOX. THE HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER TAKES TEXAS A&M AGAINST THE SOONERS OF OKLAHOMA. THE AT&T COTTON BOWL CLASSIC, FRIDAY AT 7:30 EASTERN ON FOX. >> Troy: GO BACK TO THE THIRD DOWN PLAY BY CHRISTIAN PONDER. BEING ABLE TO FIT IT INTO MICHAEL JENKINS, SHOWED GREAT COMPOSURE. HE HAS, THROUGHOUT THIS GAME. THAT WAS HUGE. BECAUSE THIS VIKINGS DEFENSE HAS NOT SHOWN AN ABILITY TO STOP THE GREEN BAY PACKERS OFFENSIVELY. THEY HAVE, ON THEIR LAST SEVEN POSSESSIONS, WHAT, OR EIGHT POSSESSIONS THEY'VE SCORED SEVEN TIMES. EXCEPT FOR THE FUMBLE THE ONE TIME THEY TURN IT OVER. >> Joe: RIGHT. >> Troy: SO YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IF THEY DON'T CONVERT THERE ON THE THIRD DOWN AND PUNT IT TO GREEN BAY, THE VIKINGS WILL HAVE A HARD TIME WINNING THIS FOOTBALL GAME. THEY DELIVERED. >> Joe: HIS BIGGEST TEST, REMEMBER, THIS WAS A THREE-WIN TEAM A YEAR AGO, TRYING TO GET THEIR TENTH WIN AND BE THE NUMBER SIX SEED. IF THEY GET A WIN, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A REMATCH NEXT WEEK IN LAMBEAU FIELD. AGAINST GREEN BAY. HERE IS PETERSON. ADRIAN PETERSON. NICE GAIN ON FIRST DOWN. HE GETS SEVEN. REMEMBER, THE VIKINGS HAVE THIS YEAR'S MOST ACCURATE KICKER FROM BEYOND 50 YARDS, BLAIR WALSH, WHO HAS HIT FROM 54 TODAY AND IS 10 FOR 10 FROM BEYOND 50 THIS SEASON. >> Troy: WHAT A LUXURY THAT IS. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE VIKINGS DON'T HAVE TO BE IN ANY REAL BIG HURRY HERE WITH THE TIME CONTINUING TO RUN. OF COURSE, THEY'VE GOT TWO TIMEOUTS LEFT. THEY WOULD LIKE TO RUN THIS THING ALL THE WAY DOWN AND NOT GIVE THE PACKERS THE BALL BACK. >> Joe: IT'S PETERSON AGAIN. HE'S GOT A FIRST DOWN. AND THEY'RE INSIDE THE RANGE OF BLAIR WALSH WITH A MINUTE TO GO. 2,071 RUSHING YARDS THIS SEASON FOR ADRIAN PETERSON. AND HE RUNS RIGHT THROUGH HIS TEAMMATE, JARIUS WRIGHT, TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN. >> Troy: YOU GET IN HIS WAY, HE'LL RUN YOU OVER, NO MATTER WHAT JERSEY YOU'RE WEARING. >> Joe: CAREER-HIGH 33rd CARRY OF THE GAME. GETS MAYBE A YARD. A TIME-OUT IS TAKEN, AND IT'S TAKEN BY MINNESOTA. THEY HAVE ONE LEFT. THIS MAY VERY WELL COME DOWN TO BLAIR WALSH. THAT'S HOW IT LOOKS. NEXT SUNDAY, FOX SPORTS BRINGS YOU AN NFC WILDCARD MATCHUP. WE DON'T KNOW THE TIME YET, AND WE DON'T KNOW THE TEAMS, BUT YOU COULD GET A VERY CLEAR PICTURE HERE IF THE VIKINGS END UP WINNING THIS GAME. IF THEY DO, CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THE GAME AND START TIME IN YOUR AREA NEXT SUNDAY. THE VIKINGS WIN THIS GAME, THEY'LL BE THE NUMBER SIX SEED. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS WILL BE IN THE NUMBER FIVE SEED. THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S DALLAS/WASHINGTON GAME WINS THE EAST AND THE NUMBER FOUR SEED. ATLANTA ONE, SAN FRANCISCO WOULD BE TWO AND GREEN BAY WOULD SLIDE TO THE NUMBER THREE SEED. BE ABOUT A 55-YARD TRY FROM HERE. HERE'S PETERSON. ADRIAN PETERSON, DOWN INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE. >> Troy: ADRIAN PETERSON OFF TACKLE. HE GETS TO THE SECOND LEVEL AND SETS UP THE BLOCKERS. HE'S ABLE TO TAKE IT DOWN THE FIELD. AND THE VIKINGS LET THIS CLOCK RUN DOWN. DON'T TAKE ANY MORE CHANCES AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO BLAIR WAL THIS. >> Joe: THEY MAY GET ONE OF THEIR TWO WISHES TODAY. IF WALSH PUTS THIS THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS. THEY'LL GET THE PLAYOFF SPOT AND ADRIAN PETERSON WILL FINISH NINE YARDS SHY OF THE ALL-TIME RECORD. >> Troy: JUST RAN OUT OF TIME, JOE. >> Joe: IF THIS FIELD GOAL IS MISSED, HE WOULD BENEFIT FROM OVERTIME. RIGHT NOW, PETERSON AND THE VIKINGS WANT THIS TO SAIL THROUGH. AND MINNESOTA WILL BE ON THEIR WAY BACK TO GREEN BAY NEXT WEEKEND. TIME-OUT TAKEN BY THE PACKERS. WALSH HAS MISSED ONLY THREE FIELD GOALS ALL SEASON. IF HE MAKES THIS, HE WILL TIE THE VIKINGS SINGLE-SEASON RECORD OF 35 FIELD GOALS MADE. GARY ANDERSON HIT 35 TIMES BACK IN 1998. PETERSON GOT HIM DOWN THERE. THEY'VE RIDDEN THIS GUY ALL YEAR LONG. ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS SURGERY WITH A TORN ACL. HE AND WALSH HAVE PUT THE VIKINGS INTO THE PLAYOFFS! WE WANT TO WELCOME IN A NEW AUDIENCE. AND YOU'RE JOINING US FOR THE CELEBRATION AT MIDFIELD WITH THE VIKINGS CLINCHING THE NUMBER SIX SEED ON A 29-YARD FIELD GOAL BY THE ROOKIE, BLAIR WALSH. A PRO BOWLER IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON, AND TROY, THE GUY THEY RODE ALL SEASON LONG, ADRIAN PETERSON, WILL FINISH NINE YARDS SHY OF THE ALL-TIME RECORD. HE, ADRIAN PETERSON, STANDING BY WITH PAM OLIVER. >> Pam: ADRIAN, WHAT KIND OF EMOTIONS ARE YOU FEELING TO COME THIS CLOSE. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOUR TEAM GOES TO THE PLAYOFFS. >> I DON'T KNOW. I REALLY CAN'T EXPRESS IT RIGHT NOW. BUT I'D SAY IT FEELS GOOD TO GET A WIN. WE PLAYED OUR HEARTS OUT. >> Pam: YOU PLAYED YOUR HEART OUT. NINE YARDS. BOY, THAT'S GOT TO HURT. >> NINE YARDS WHAT? NINE YARDS WHAT, FROM BREAKING IT? >> Pam: THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, WE GOT THE "W." AND THAT WAS MY MAIN FOCUS COMING INTO THE GAME. I SAID IF IT HAPPENS, IT WILL HAPPEN. BUT DON'T FOCUS ON IT. I FEEL GOOD TO PLAY ANOTHER WEEK. >> Pam: APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK GOD. WOO! >> Pam: BACK TO YOU, JOE. >> Joe: NINE

Channel: NFL

Views: 334,507

Rating: 4.8198199 out of 5

Keywords: NFL, Football, offense, defense, afc, nfc, minnesota, vikings, green bay, packers, mall, america, field, playoffs, 2012, season, north, division, rivalry, 2000, rushing, yards, win, go, home, adrian, peterson, aaron, rodgers, champs, clay, matthews, jordy, nelson, bj, raji, eric, dickerson, full game, free game, free full game, full vikings game, free full vikings game, minnesota vikings full game, vikings full game

Id: IGcRHUT42Dw

Length: 146min 32sec (8792 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 16 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

Great game.

In retrospect, it was Ponder's last gasp and the best game of his career. If he had flopped that game I wonder if we would have moved on going into 2013.

[u/Laislebai]

Dunno what's most memorable about this game. AD going over 2000 or Ponder leading the offense to 37 points and Walsh actually nailing the winner.

[u/[deleted]]

I was at this game, so amazing. APs year that year will go down as one of the best years in history

[u/an0original0sn]

Added Benefit for me- I was in Wisconsin for a wedding the night prior and watched this at a home with 20 Packer fans and 5 Vikings fans... Boy was that a sweet moment.

[u/chillinwithmoes]

I was taking stats for this game. Refraining from cheering in the press box might have been the most difficult thing I've ever done.

[u/ReallyCoolNickname]

I didn't know they'd put this game on YouTube! Now I know what I'm doing for the next 2½ hours.

[u/lordofchubs]

I was there live! Best football experience I've ever been a part of hands down Edit: it's also the reason for my flair

[u/Freddit-]

Blocked.

[u/coltonviking1]

I was at that game and it was the 2nd best game that I have been at! The Minnesota miracle was 1 in my book. Just glad I got to see both games in person with my family!!!! SKOL