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Vikings’ NFC North Rivals: News and Notes from Camp One week into the preseason schedule - well Trae Waynes Jersey , two if your team is the Chicago Bears - and there’s plenty to focus on inside the NFC North.On the field, the Bears were again beaten, this time by the Cincinnati Bengals 30-27; the Detroit Lions dropped their game with the Oakland Raiders 16-10; the Green Bay Packers defeated the Tennessee Titans 31-17; our Minnesota Vikings, of course, defeated the Denver Broncos 42-28.Chicago BearsThe Bears - like every other team - kept their starters off the field for the most part against Cincinnati.Mitchell Trubisky completed only two passes for four yards in two series.Later, on a play in which Cincy’s 2017 first round pick John Ross slipped and fell to the ground while running his route, the Bears’ Kyle Fuller made a nice play and snatched the ball out of the air returning it for a pick-6.The Bengals’ first and second teams outscored the Bears 23-14 going into the half before the scrubs finished out the game.**on a side note, former Viking Moritz Boehringer, who is trying to earn a spot with the Bengals this year as a Tight End did not play in the game.It seems that he’s getting very limited reps in camp, and may be a practice squad stash.2018 First Round pick Roquan Smith has ended his holdout, as he and the Bears have finally agreed to the terms of his contract.The holdout had to do with certain language in the contract, which potentially could have allowed the Bears to reclaim some of the guaranteed money if the young linebacker were to be suspended for an illegal hit with his helmet.Smith played his college ball at Georgia, and could make his preseason debut this weekend against the Denver Broncos.Detroit LionsDetroit played the Oakland Raiders, and also sat most of their starters.One player who logged pretty significant time was rookie running back Kerryon Johnson, who rushed for 34 yards and caught passes for another 33 yards.The Lions may have finally found the back they’ve been looking for ever since Barry Sanders retired.Johnson even flashed a little bit of vintage Sanders on Friday - though the play was called back.Ameer Abdullah is beginning to run away with another one of the spots in the backfield, as he had a great game as well.Theo Riddick did not see the field, although there is some speculation that he may be the one who is becoming expendable.The Lions have a really crowded backfield, and there’s a good chance that a pretty good player will have to be cut loose.And speaking of players who could be cut loose, Lions safety Miles Killebrew was moved to Linebacker this week and logged only seven snaps.Some are wondering if he could be caught up in a numbers game in the Lions’ crowded competition at the Safety position.He’s another player that I could see the Vikings showing interest in - if he is indeed let go.The Lions will take on the New York Giants this week at home.Green Bay PackersThe Packers boatraced the Titans 31-17 this week, and the talk in Packerland is centered around this year’s squadron of undrafted, unheralded, or just plain unstoppable Wide Receivers.This script is beginning to feel very familiar:Aaron Rodgers prepares for another season while the team brings in several new receivers who wow during camp and become the next great hope.Jarrett Boykin.Jeff Janis.Ty Montgomery (before he was a running back).Jared Abbrederis.Geronimo Allison.The 2018 version includes illustrious names such as J’Mon Moore, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Jake Kumerow, and Equanimeous St. Brown.Those four combined for 15 catches for 265 yards and two touchdowns.Imagine what Aaron Rodgers career would look like if the Packers were as good at finding defensive players as they are finding fourth string wideouts!Speaking of A-a-ron, he wants his preseason action to come this weekend at Lambeau Field, in front of the home fans.And the young receivers better be ready, as well.Rodgers had been quite vocal about the sloppy play of the offense earlier in camp.To hear him tell it, his knowledge of the Packers playbook dates back perhaps all the way to advent of the forward pass Authentic Danielle Hunter Jersey , and he wants his young wideouts to know that they better be well versed in it, as well.From our friends at Acme Packing Company:That’s more than a hundred years of offensive knowledge to digest before Thursday.I see late night cram sessions, Ramen Noodles, and a case of JOLT Cola in their future.Hope the youngsters are ready!In more serious news, the Packers got some good news on the injury front, as Pro-Bowl left tackle David Bakhtiari, along with rookie defensive back Jaire Alexander both returned to practice this week.The Packers meet up with the Pittsburgh Steelers this week.Vikings’ NFC North Rivals: News and Notes from Camp The 2018 NFL Preseason is rolling right along, and when it comes to news and notes from around the NFC North Division, the Daily Norseman has you covered!Week 2 (3 in Chicago) has drawn to a close, and the division had a mixed bag of successes and failures.On Thursday, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers - who started third string quarterback Mason Rudolph - 51-34.On Friday, the Detroit Lions dropped a game to the Eli Manning/Saquon Barkley-less New York Giants 30-17.And on Saturday, the Chicago Bears continued the NFCN dominance against the Denver Broncos, winning by a score of 24-23.With that, let’s walk around the division, with this week’s recap, shall we?Chicago BearsChicago played a game of “Good Mitch”/”Bad Mitch” for most of the first half against Denver.The Bears’ offense on their first drive of the game consisted of Quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, Tight End Trey Burton, and not much else.“Good Mitch” hit Burton three times on the drive for 38 yards, while all other offensive players (not counting penalties) totalled just 8 yards and the possession ended with Cody Parkey missing a 51 yard field goal.Their second drive netted negative 5 yards before “Bad Mitch” took his eyes off a shotgun snap from Cody Whitehair and was sacked in the end zone by Bradley Chubb for a safety. On the Bears’ next possession, “Good Mitch” hit Trey Burton again, this time for a seven yard touchdown, rekindling Bears’ fans faith in the young signal caller.Finally, “Bad Mitch” once again reared his ugly head, and tossed an interception to end his evening.“Good Mitch’s” final stats were 4/4 for 45 yards and a TD to Trey Burton for a 153.3 passer rating (GOOD!), and “Bad Mitch” was 5/9 for 45 yards and an INT to everyone else, for a passer rating of 29.63 (BAD!)The team escaped the game with only a couple of injuries, as Tight End Adam Shaheen went down with an ankle injury which was described as a low ankle sprain, and is expected to miss a couple of weeks.On the defensive side of the ball http://www.vikingsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-eric-kendricks-jersey , pass rusher Leonard Floyd broke fingers and had surgery, but isn’t expected to miss any time.The Bears host the Kansas City Chiefs this Saturday.Detroit Lions“Bad Matthew” Stafford wasn’t about to let “Bad Mitch” have all the fun, though. After handing the ball off to Ameer Abdullah to start the game, “Bad Matt” then fumbled the ball (check the box score Lions fans鈥?it was credited to “Bad Matt”, not Abdullah), which was recovered by Chanhassen, MN’s own Frank Ragnow, who the Lions selected 20th overall in the 2018 draft.“Bad Matt” wasn’t done, however, as on the very next play, he was sacked for a ten yard loss, forcing a punt.On the Lions’ next possession, Theo Riddick took a “Good Matt” pass 42 yards to extend a drive which ended in a Matt Prater field goal.Finally, on “Bad Matt’s” final drive of the game, he took a seven yard loss on second-and-9, pinning the Lions back at their own 5 yard line.“Good Matt’s” final stats were 1/1 for 42 yards to Theo Riddick.“Bad Matt” went 1-4 passing with two sacks for a net of negative 8 yards. ***Note - I don’t believe Stafford is Bad at all.In fact, I’m only calling him “Bad Matt” to make myself feel better about Kirk Cousins’ not-so-good day against Jacksonville. I am, however, a firm believer that Mitch Trubisky is, in fact, bad.The Lions backfield situation keeps churning.Ameer Abdullah got the start over rookie Kerryon Johnson, but that may have been due to the fact that Johnson took the opening kickoff.None of the backs looked particularly effective, averaging less than three yards per carry (the exception was Theo Riddick, who rushed once for six yards).LeGarrette Blount had a seven yard run, but managed only 25 yards on his other ten carries.If I had to wager right now, I think the backfield will consist of Johnson, Riddick and Blount.Maybe they keep Zach Zenner as a RB/FB hybrid for depth.Abdullah has had plenty of chances to show what he can do, and really hasn’t shown much.The Lions travel to Tampa to take on the Buccaneers this Friday.Green BayThis week’s game featured “Always Awful Aaron” versus Pittsburgh Steelers’ third-stringer Mason Rudolph, who - on his team’s first offensive play Youth Harrison Smith Jersey , coughed up a 25 yard pick-six to Tramon Williams.Thirteen seconds in and “Bad Mason” already had his team trailing by seven.“Always Awful Aaron” finally came in to the game, and proceeded to DO what “Always Awful Aaron” always DO.He marched his team down the field, got them inside the red zone, forced a penalty for too many men on the field, then immediately threw a touchdown.5 plays, 40 yards, 1:33 off the clock.14-0 Packers.But when “Bad Mason” came back to the sidelines, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin replaced him with “Don’t Do Anything Except Hand The Ball Off To James Conner” Mason.He did just that, as Conner rushed the ball three times in the three play drive for 58 yards (and drew a 15 yard facemask penalty) and a touchdown to bring the Steelers to within seven.DDAEHTBOTJC Mason returned to the sidelines and was replaced by “OK, Go Ahead And Try That Passing Thing Again Mason”, who took just TWO plays this time to get his team into the end zone, hitting “I’ve Already Got Plenty Of Names And This Bit Is Beginning To Get Old JuJu” Smith-Schuster with a beautiful pass in the back of the end zone to tie the game up.Green Bay would score twice more and add a field goal before halftime, but it was Rodgers’ return from a horrible collarbone injury last season that sent the Lambeau faithful into fits of uncontrollable gyrations, rarely seen outside of the deep south. “To be back at Lambeau was a thrill and the ovation touched me,” Rodgers said. “I have to kind of wipe away some tears in my eyes.”Yes.He said that.“Always Awful Aaron” was his typical dominant self - in his own patented Awful way - albeit in very limited action.He ended his night 2-4 for 35 and a TD.During the game, Packers Running Back Jamaal Williams was tackled from behind by the Steelers’ Vince Williams.Vince Williams, according to some accounts, seemed to have held on a little longer than necessary and twisted Jamaal Williams’ ankle.Was the play dirty?You be the judge.My own @completely unbiased opinion@ is that maybe Jamaal Williams’ quarterback is rubbing off on him, just a bit.Hard to tell from that angle, I guess.Jamaal Williams called out the Steelers linebacker in the locker room after the game, saying that “He could’ve stopped and let go of my leg a long time before.”Williams said that in the future, if the it happens, he’ll just kick the defensive player.“If the ref asks why I’m kicking, I’ll be like, `Hey, he’s twisting ankles.’ I’m just going to do what I’ve got to do to survive honestly.”The Packers did get some good news on the injury front this week.Outside Linebacker Nick Perry has returned from the PUP list, with the goal being a week one return against the Chicago Bears.The Packers travel to Oakland to match up with the Raiders Friday night.