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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:
MATT LaFLEUR…In his second season as the Packers' 15th head coach.
MIKE ZIMMER…In his seventh year as the Vikings' ninth head coach.
THE PACKERS-VIKINGS SERIES
Packers G/T Billy Turner is from Shoreview, Minn. and attended Mounds View High School outside of Minneapolis…Turner's father, Maurice, was a 12th-round draft choice by the Vikings in 1983… Vikings coaches Gary Kubiak, Rick Dennison, Klint Kubiak and Brian Pariani were all on the Denver coaching staff in 2016 while Turner played for the Broncos…Turner and Vikings LB Todd Davis played together for the Broncos from 2016-18...Packers LB Kamal Martin is from Burnsville, Minn., attending Burnsville High School outside of Minneapolis and playing collegiately at the University of Minnesota…Vikings LB Ryan Connelly played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin…Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was Vikings QB Kirk Cousins' position coach in Washington for two seasons (2012-13)…Vikings QB Sean Mannion was on the Los Angeles Rams' roster when LaFleur served as offensive coordinator in 2017…LaFleur coached on Kubiak's staff in Houston in 2008-09...LaFleur also coached Vikings WR Tajae Sharpe while serving as offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans in 2018…Packers defensive backs coach Jerry Gray held the same position for the Vikings from 2014-19…Packers executive vice president/ director of football operations Russ Ball served as the senior football administrator for the Vikings from 1999-2000…Vikings senior defensive assistant Dom Capers served as the Packers' defensive coordinator from 2009-17...Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst's father, John, served as the head coach of the University of Minnesota from 1985-91. The younger Gutekunst attended high school at Robbinsdale Armstrong in Bloomington, Minn. and Totino-Grace in Fridley, Minn…Packers outside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti's father, Tom, coached for the Minnesota Vikings from 1996-99…Packers senior analyst Butch Barry coached at Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall, Minn., from 2004-05…Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones held the same position at the University of Wisconsin in 2015...Cousins and Packers DL Preston Smith played together for Washington over the course of three seasons (2015-17)…Packers CB Kevin King and Vikings LB Hardy Nickerson Jr. played together at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, Calif. ...Packers RB Aaron Jones was coached by Vikings offensive quality control coach AC Patterson during his freshman season at Texas-El Paso…Vikings offensive quality control coach Christian Jones played with Packers DL Tyler Lancaster and DL Dean Lowry at Northwestern and was coached by Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten at Westfield HS in Houston, Texas...Minnesota running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu coached in Jacksonville for four years (2006-09) during Green Bay TE Marcedes Lewis' time with the Jaguars...Lewis and Vikings T Rashod Hill played together for Jacksonville in 2016, when Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett held the same position for the Jaguars…Lewis spent two seasons (2004-05) with Vikings assistant special teams coach Ryan Ficken at UCLA...Polamalu coached at UCLA while Green Bay DL Kenny Clark played for the Bruins (2014-15)...Vikings special teams coordinator Marwan Maalouf and Pettine were on the Baltimore Ravens' coaching staff together in 2008…Packers T Rick Wagner, TE Robert Tonyan and Vikings RB Ameer Abdullah spent time together on the Lions roster for parts of two seasons (2017-18)…Packers special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga coached Vikings P Britton Colquitt while serving as a special teams assistant for the Browns from 2016-17…Vikings WR Chad Beebe's father, Don, played for the Packers from 1996-97 and was a member of the Super Bowl XXXI champion team…Former college teammates include: Packers P JK Scott and Vikings TE Irv Smith Jr. (Alabama); Packers LB Randy Ramsey and Vikings DT Armon Watts (Arkansas); Packers CB Josh Jackson and Vikings DT Jaleel Johnson (Iowa); Packers S Jonathan Garvin and Vikings WR K.J. Osborn (Miami); Packers LB Rashan Gary, G Jon Runyan and Vikings S Josh Metellus (Michigan); LS Hunter Bradley, G Elgton Jenkins and Vikings CB Cameron Dantzler (Mississippi State); Packers WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Vikings C Garrett Bradbury (North Carolina State); Packers S Vernon Scott, LB Ty Summers and Vikings CB Jeff Gladney (TCU); Packers DL Kenny Clark and Vikings LB Eric Kendricks (UCLA).