NFC Notes: Lions, Packers, Vikings

Lions

Lions first-round DE Aidan Hutchinson feels the speed of the NFL has begun to slow down for him now eight games into his career and thinks his development is on an โ€œupward trend.โ€

โ€œI think things have really started to slow down,โ€ Hutchinson said, via Tim Twentyman of the teamโ€™s official site. โ€œEven in how I game plan and how I see things. Definitely, things have gotten simpler in my head. Talk about my progression, definitely Iโ€™m in an upward trend.โ€

Lions DC Aaron Glenn pointed out Hutchinson made a mistake in Week 9โ€™s game against the Packers when allowing Aaron Rodgers to convert a 3rd-and-17 with an 18-yard scramble. 

โ€œAidan made a mistake on that one, but there arenโ€™t too many times when he makes the same mistake,โ€ Glenn said. โ€œThatโ€™s an attribute he has. No one coached him on that. Thatโ€™s just what heโ€™s good at doing. But his pass rush on the edge, weโ€™re starting to put him on the interior quite a bit โ€ฆ youโ€™ll start to see that.โ€

Packers

Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy insists that it is too early for the team to give up on the season in an effort to reassure fans. 

โ€œWeโ€™re all very disappointed. The expectations, and rightly so, were very high going into the season,โ€ Murphy said, via Richard Ryman of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. โ€œI have a lot of confidence in (head coach) Matt LaFleur, (general manager) Brian Gutekunst, and (director of football operations) Russ Ball. My expectation is we will play well and we will improve. I know things look bleak now, but things can change quickly in the NFL. We are not ready to give up on the season.โ€

  • According to ESPNโ€™s Field Yates, the Broncos also made a waiver claim on S Johnathan Abram, but Green Bay had a higher priority. 

Vikings

Vikings players LB Jordan Hicks and WR Adam Thielen are prepared for a showdown with the Bills, regardless if QB Josh Allen will play for Buffalo or not. 

โ€œItโ€™s a great opportunity for us,โ€ Hicks said, via the Pioneer Press. โ€œTheyโ€™re obviously a really good team. โ€ฆ Itโ€™s exciting. Thatโ€™s what you play this game for, to prove to yourself and to prove to the world that youโ€™re for real.โ€

โ€œI think itโ€™s important to play the best and play well against the best,โ€ Thielen said. โ€œWeโ€™re also not going to treat this as the Super Bowl. Itโ€™s not win or go home, but at the same time, each game in this league each week is a big game. Long story short: Weโ€™re not going to treat this like the Super Bowl, but it is a big game for us.โ€

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