Yesterday’s game between the Packers and Vikings was supposed to be a statement game. If so, Green Bay said something.
That it’s not quite time to pass any torches. The Packers may have lost three straight, but they weren’t ready to concede their chokehold on the NFC North, the old, black-and-blue NFC Central, a kind of embryo of the modern NFL, the land of Lombardi and Lambeau and the Purple People Eaters.
While Teddy Bridgewater has been a beacon for the Vikings, he’s still a few rungs below the best. For now, No. 5 doesn’t quite add up to No.