{"id":40488,"date":"2017-10-16T03:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=40488"},"modified":"2017-10-15T22:29:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T02:29:29","slug":"packers-lose-aaron-rodgers-to-injury-in-23-10-loss-to-the-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2017\/10\/16\/packers-lose-aaron-rodgers-to-injury-in-23-10-loss-to-the-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers lose Aaron Rodgers to injury in 23-10 loss to the Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"With Aaron Rodgers under centre, the Green Bay Packers are a threat to any team in the league — without Rodgers, the Packers are just another team. Early in the game at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, the Packers were transformed from top-tier threat to ordinary as Rodgers was injured and had to leave the game. Green Bay backup Brett Hundley was unable to get the team going consistently, and the injuries piled up as the game went on (it might have been quicker to list the un-injured players by the end of the fourth quarter – “Injured Packers were carted off the field as if the driver were getting paid by the body”<\/a>). If Rodgers is out for an extended period, Green Bay is going to continue to struggle.<\/p>\n

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For the Vikings, Sam Bradford didn’t practice all week and was listed as inactive on the injury report, so Case Keenum got the start again (in hindsight, I was wrong to worry about signing Keenum … he’s been far better than a random journeyman backup quarterback, and I’m glad he’s on our roster). Pro Football Talk<\/em><\/a> reported that Bradford’s injury may be more serious than the team has revealed and that it could keep him out for several more games. In happier quarterback news, Teddy Bridgewater will get a medical evaluation on Monday and could be activated from the PUP list as early as Wednesday if the evaluation is positive. The Vikings would then have three weeks to allow Bridgewater to practice before deciding to restore him to the active roster or put him back on the PUP list for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

At the Star Tribune<\/em>, Jim Souhan<\/a> discusses the Vikings’ quarterback situation:<\/p>\n

Bridgewater\u2019s return seemed the stuff of silly dreams and bad scriptwriting before Bradford failed to finish a half last Monday in Chicago, but those who have watched Bridgewater lately rave about his recovery. “He looks great,\u201d receiver Adam Thielen said.<\/p>\n

If Bridgewater is cleared to practice and looks like the team\u2019s best quarterback, the Vikings will face a typically torturous decision.<\/p>\n

Do they plod along with Keenum? Do they test Bradford\u2019s knee again? Do they prepare Bridgewater to take back what 14 months ago was his job, knowing that to play him is to risk exposing him to free agency in March?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s instructive to remember what Vikings general manager Rick Spielman did when Bridgwater injured his knee. Spielman went after the best quarterback he could find, regardless of cost.<\/p>\n

If Bridgewater is cleared to play and Bradford doesn\u2019t recover, Bridgewater might become the team\u2019s best option, regardless of cost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Go on, Jim. Throw more red meat to the Bridgewater Underground<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Vikings’ wide receiver corps was missing Stefon Diggs with a nagging groin injury, so expectations were higher for Adam Thielen (who certainly performed to expectation: nine catches for 97 yards), Laquon Treadwell, and Michael Floyd. Floyd left the game with an injury, but Treadwell finally had a good game, highlighted by this very Cris Carter-ish reception:<\/p>\n

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Laquan Treadwell's one handed catch pic.twitter.com\/ZqI5wfNu4M<\/a><\/p>\n

— Vikings Blogger (@firstandskol) October 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n