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“We started slowly. We have to come out and start faster than what we did today,” said Vikings defensive end Danielle Hunter. “Definitely a lot of stuff we have to work on. That’s a good football team, but we have to stop shooting ourselves in the foot.”
Down 21-0, the Vikings defense kicked it in gear for the rest of the game, as Green Bay didn’t make it to the red zone for the game’s final 46 minutes.
After allowing 176 yards on the first 19 plays, Minnesota allowed 159 yards on Green Bay’s final 50 plays of Sunday’s game.
“We had to make up for how we played early on,” Barr said. “Proud of the way we played the rest of the game … shut them down for the most part … but it was too little, too late.”
Added Smith: “Everybody kind of calmed down, and we started playing our game.”
Perhaps the biggest difference came on third down, where the packers started 3-for-3 and didn’t even get to the down on their first and third drives of the game.
In the end, Green Bay converted five of 15 chances on third down, meaning the Vikings held them to just two successful tries on the Packers final dozen chances.
“Just started mixing up some calls and giving them different looks,” Barr said. “Just playing better, really.”
Minnesota also sacked Rodgers twice — with Hunter and Linval Joseph getting to the quarterback in the second half.
Rodgers began the game completing 10 of 11 for 141 yards and two scores, but was 12-of-23 for 68 yards the rest of the game.
Minnesota was depleted in the secondary as cornerbacks Mackensie Alexander and Mike Hughes both did not play. Linebacker Ben Gedeon also missed Sunday’s game.