NFC Notes: Lions, Packers, Vikings

Lions

The Lions and HC Matt Patricia got a huge win on Sunday, toppling the 2-0 Cardinals to move Detroit to 1-2 on the season. It was a big step toward calming the waters around the team, particularly concerning Patriciaโ€™s job status. While he acknowledged he and the team fully enjoyed the win, Patricia added heโ€™s not getting too high or too low. 

โ€œAgain, I donโ€™t ride the roller coaster,โ€ Patricia said via Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press. โ€œI just have to stay consistent. I think itโ€™s hard to lead if you ride the roller coaster. I think itโ€™s hard to exist in this world of competitive football if you ride that roller coaster because I think when you do that, you just hope it stops when youโ€™re at the high point and not the down point.โ€

  • The Lions still have a roster exemption for S Jayron Kearse and will need to clear a spot as he is set to return from a three-game suspension. Detroit could also be bringing back Mike Ford and RB Bo Scarbrough from injured reserve soon. (Dave Birkett)

Packers

Packersโ€™ QB Aaron Rodgers spoke highly of the job HC Matt LaFleur has done calling plays and trusting his players this year. 

โ€œWeโ€™ve gotten in a good flow,โ€ Rodgers said, via ESPN.com. โ€œI feel like again Matt got into a really nice flow with the calls. We did a nice job on third down for the most part and were opportunistic with some big plays when we needed it. We got a lot of guys involved; I think we had a number of guys catch passes. We had a number of guys who we needed to play well, played well.โ€

Vikings

  • Per Sports Illustratedโ€™s Albert Breer, the Vikings plan to treat game planning this week like itโ€™s a short week ahead of a Thursday night game, as theyโ€™ve been told to plan not to have access to their team facility for 48 hours. 

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