Green Bay, WI (WCCO)- The Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers enter their Week 2 matchup both coming off wins in their opening games, that featured strong defensive performances.
The Packers new-look defense, under coordinator Mike Pettine, swarmed and overwhelmed Mitchell Trubisky and the Chicago Bears in the season opener, holding them to just three points. Green Bay’s unit registered five sacks and 11 quarterback hits in the win, with free agent pickups Preston and Za’Darius Smith garnering 2.5 of those.
For the Vikings, the defense and special teams set up the offense with great field position, blocking a punt and picking off Matt Ryan on Atlanta’s first two drives.