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All produced points, the last two being TD passes of 24 yards to Adams and 45 yards to Marquez Valdes-Scantling to put the Packers up 22-7.
"The turnover before the half was absolutely huge," Head Coach Matt LaFleur said. "That was big time."
From there, Rodgers kept pouring it on in the second half. Valdes-Scantling recovered from a couple of dropped balls to finish with 96 yards on four catches, including a clutch 39-yard grab on third down to set up Adams' second TD.
Allen Lazard added a TD in the fourth quarter, posting four catches for 63 yards in all. But leads of 29-10 and 36-18 were never totally safe as the Vikings kept fighting back, forcing the Packers to tack on one more touchdown.
Adams went deep for a 40-yard grab on first-and-20 – his record-tying 14th catch – and Aaron Jones capped a 16-carry, 66-yard day with a 5-yard TD run to finally put this one away.
"When we're up on somebody, we can't relax, not for one second, especially in this league," LaFleur said of the defensive struggles down the stretch, as Cousins wound up with a 118.6 rating (19-of-25, 259 yards, two TD, one INT) and Adam Thielen had six catches for 110 yards and two scores.
"Every week around the league you see teams battle back, and once that momentum starts going one way, it's hard to stop it."