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Minnesota Vikings +2.5 (-110) – Monday September 8th ’08 7:00p
The Aaron Rodgers era begins for the Green Bay Packers tonight, but look for a very good Minnesota Vikings defense to make his debut as a starter unpleasant, and for a couple of turnovers to lead to a Vikings victory. Yes, Rodgers did look good for the most part in the preseason, but remember after all that is was preseason. Moreover, the teams that Rodgers faced (Cincinnati, San Francisco, Denver) have trouble stopping teams in real games, let alone the vanilla preseason versions of their defenses, and the Packers are now facing a stout defense here. In fact, given what happened to the New York Giants in the offseason and preseason, a solid case can be made that Minnesota now has the best defensive line in the NFL. We look for the new Purple People Eaters to spend quite a bit of time in the Green Bay backfield, and the jury is still out on whether or not Rodgers can handle that kind of pressure. Now we are not expecting the Minnesota offense to be explosive by any means, especially with the mobility of Tarvaris Jackson limited by his MCL injury. However, Adrian Peterson by himself will probably be enough for the Vikings to score just enough points to get the win here, unless Rodgers exceeds our expectations in his first pro start. The Vikings are probably the favorite to win the NFC North this season, and we look for them to take a step in that direction by going on the road an upending the reining division champs on the national TV stage. NFL Free Pick: Vikings +2.5 (-110) – Courtesy of LT Profits

Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers u38.0 (-110) – Monday September 8th ’08 7:00p
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers begin the post-Brett Favre era in Green Bay tonight when they host the Vikings. The focus (and I’m guessing a considerable amount of pressure) will be on Rodgers, who has just 443 fewer NFL touchdown passes than #4. No quarterback other than Favre has started a game for Green Bay in 16 years. In fact the only action Rodgers saw in his three years was in mop-up duty. He’s thrown just 59 passes and one touchdown in his brief career, but he did play well in the preseason. However the game will speed up considerably for Rodgers tonight and the Pack will need to run the ball effectively to help him out. Lost in the whole Favre drama were the tampering charges against the Vikings, etc. That will add even more emotion and hard hitting then we might see between these bitter NFC North rivals. Defense will determine this one. Green Bay allowed only 18.2 points per game last season, second in the NFC. Meanwhile, no team was tougher to run on than the Vikings last season. Minnesota allowed an average of just 74.1 yards on the ground in 2007, though opponents had plenty of success in the air. Offensively, I’m not sold on Tavarius Jackson as an NFL caliber quarterback and I expect Green Bay’s play-calling to be pretty conservative tonight will Rodgers gets his feet wet. Speaking of wet, there’s a chance of rain tonight in Green Bay. The weather, the running game, the conservative nature of this two teams all have me thinking long and hard about an UNDER play in this one. – Courtesy of Bob Harvey

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