Time<\/strong>: Sunday 4:15 ET That\u2019s fine except for two facts:<\/p>\n Favre\u2019s comments are sure to go up the keesters of what few fans he had left in Wisconsin, even the fawning sportswriters for the Milwaukee Sentinel, who are urging fans not to boo when Favre takes the field at Lambeau on Sunday. Like that\u2019s gonna happen.<\/p>\n For those interested in seeing any semblance of a race in the NFC North, it\u2019s important for the Packers to stay focused. Green Bay has already lost a division game to Minnesota, and none of the Packers\u2019 4 victories have come against anyone of consequence. They need a quality win somewhere along the line, and this is as good a place as any to start.<\/p>\n A major concern for Green Bay is its depleted corps of receivers.<\/p>\n Tight end Jermichael Finley, effective (6 catches, 128 yards) in the first Viking battle a few weeks ago, has a bum knee and may not play. And Brett Swain (knee surgery) is done for the season after getting injured on special teams.<\/p>\n All this adds up to a game plan that figures to feature the running of Ryan Grant. Yards gained against the Browns are often as worthless as Confederate currency, but Grant did lumber for 148 vs. Cleveland last week behind an offensive line that is having issues of its own.<\/p>\n The Vikings haven\u2019t exactly been playing a murderers row schedule, either. Of all their opponents (besides GB), only Pittsburgh is now over .500, and the Steelers defense put the hammer down on Favre (interception, fumble lost) last Sunday. Granted, the game was far more important to Pittsburgh than it was to the Vikings, but it proved that Minnesota was beatable and may have provided a blueprint (control the ball and don\u2019t turn it over) for doing so.<\/p>\n As much as cameras will be focused on Favre, the game probably turns on whether or not the Packers can stop Adrian Peterson. If Peterson stays somewhat in check, the Packers defense can bring a little more pressure on Favre, and Favre responds to pressure the only way he knows how \u2013 avoid getting hit by throwing the ball up for grabs.<\/p>\n Comment on this game below, hit us with your pregame NFL picks and predictions…<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong> Point spread, ATS odds, and moneyline betting and preview article for the 2009 Week 8 Sunday football NFL clash between the Mnnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[17013,89,1778,2644,3444,504,19429,713,66502,955,959,1186,1303,19430,19431,19432,1546,19433,19434],"class_list":["post-15179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","tag-2009-nfl-previews","tag-ats","tag-bet-on-packers","tag-bet-on-vikings","tag-bet-on-week-8","tag-gambling-odds","tag-minnesota-vikings-vs-green-bay-packers","tag-moneylines","tag-nfl","tag-overunder","tag-packers","tag-spread","tag-vikings","tag-vikings-packers-lines","tag-vikings-packers-odds","tag-vikings-packers-spread","tag-vikings-vs-packers","tag-vikings-vs-packers-preview","tag-week-8-gambling-lines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109369,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15179\/revisions\/109369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVenue<\/strong>: Lambeau Field, Green Bay
\nMoneyLine<\/strong>: Vikings +158 (-110) \/ Packers -175 (-105)
\nSpread<\/strong>: Packers -3 (-110)
\nOver\/Under<\/strong>: 47<\/p>\n\n
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\nLawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"