The Sunday Night matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers was pretty much a post-season elimination game. If the Vikings lost, their playoff chances dipped to 28%. If the Packers lost, they were essentially done. It was two bitter division rivals, fighting for their playoff lives, on national TV for all to see.
It was ugly early, though, as the Vikings offense had trouble getting untracked, Aaron Rodgers looked like the MVP Aaron Rodgers of old, and US Bank Stadium became as unsettled as an active earthquake fault line.