The Green Bay Packers (5-1) open the month of November with the Minnesota Vikings (1-5) this Sunday at Lambeau Field. It will be the first Packers home game since October 5th and the high on Sunday is a brisk 37 degrees. Including Sunday, the Packers will play 6 of their remaining 10 games in Green Bay and 4 of those home games come after Thanksgiving.
Hard nosed, blue collar Packer football in the cold months of Wisconsin go together like Deer Hunting and Venison. While it remains true that football has evolved through the decades where now passing is prominent and Quarterback play is key, running the football effectively and sound defensive play are still more often than not key characteristics of championship teams.