Packers-Vikings Showdown: Key Player Recoveries & Odds

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00:05There's Packers Vikings, a breakdown.

00:07Yeah, this just in.

00:08So this is really good news because Harrison Smith,

00:10their star safety didn't play last week with a foot injury.

00:12He started working his way back today.

00:14So that's really good news.

00:16The Packers are really banged up.

00:17Scott, Jair Alexander, the best corner.

00:21He's had this lingering knee injury.

00:23He's missed the past four games.

00:24He practices and winds up not playing.

00:27It's fascinating how the lines makers have the Packers on the road

00:30as a one-point favorite.

00:32But getting Alexander potentially back this week would be huge.

00:36They've got a couple guys on their side.

00:38Buller, their rookie safety out of Georgia has been terrific.

00:40He's got an ankle injury.

00:41He just started working his way back.

00:43He's missed a couple games.

00:44But the big one would be if they could get Jair Alexander back,

00:48would be absolutely huge.

00:49You saw what happened when he played in the playoffs.

00:51Remember, after all the turmoil last season with him,

00:53he played against Dallas and played lights out.

00:55So they need to get him back for this.

00:57This game is fascinating to me, Scott.

00:59Are you surprised that the Packers on the road – by the way,

01:02the Vikings already won in Green Bay.

01:04It was a great game.

01:05They were up big, and then they almost blew the lead.

01:07Are you surprised that the Packers are a one-point favorite here?

01:09No, because the Packers, I think, are the hottest team in the NFL,

01:13including over the Rams or the Eagles or anyone else.

01:16I think the Packers are the most dangerous team right now in the NFL.

01:20They are.

01:21Jordan Love is playing great.

01:23They have not had a great schedule, but I give the Packers credit.

01:25They're playing lights out football.

01:27Jordan Love has really improved it for a slow start.

01:29But the big difference is Jeff Halfley, the defensive coordinator.

01:33So talking to people around the Packers,

01:35last year they just thought that the defense under Joe Barry was too passive.

01:39Halfley's running a different scheme.

01:40He's now running a 43, which they haven't run in decades,

01:42and they're playing great.

01:44This is the matchup of the week,

01:45one of the best matchups certainly of the season.

01:47Falcons and Commanders at the dump in Landover.

01:52Yeah, this is another one.

01:54This game was flexed tonight, and this is going to be a fun game.

01:58The Commanders have had a huge win over the Eagles last week in Landover.

02:04Zach Ertz came through the game last week with a shoulder and concussion.

02:06He's fine.

02:07He's good to go this week.

02:09The big issue, though, with the Commanders is the wide receiver position.

02:14They're really banged up.

02:15They're very thin to begin with.

02:17McLaurin did work today, by the way.

02:18He didn't practice yesterday.

02:19He did work today.

02:21They expect him to go with an ankle injury,

02:22but we'll keep an eye on the receiver position.

02:24Atlanta, by the way.

02:25Atlanta's one of the most healthy teams in the National Football League.

02:28As I understand, they expect all their starters to be available.

02:31And, look, they've got Michael Penix Jr., his second start as a rookie,

02:36first game on the road.

02:37It's going to be very, very difficult to go in there.

02:39He handled himself really well against, obviously, a bad Giants team,

02:42but I'm curious to see how he's going to handle himself on the road,

02:46outdoors, by the way, at the dump, as you say, in Landover, Maryland.

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