Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers | 2023 Week 8 Game Highlights

>> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT. COUSINS FIRES FAR SIDE, CAUGHT. FIRST DOWN JORDAN ADDISON. THE FIRST-ROUND PICK OUT OF USC LEADS THE TEAM IN SACKS. HE IS THE GRIT OF THIS PACKERS DEFENSE. >> Kenny: NEW SET OF DOWNS. PLAY ACTION ONCE AGAIN. COUSINS CAN’T FIND ANYONE. NOW ROLLING RIGHT. HE WILL TAKE OFF. CROSSES MID-FIELD. IN GREEN BAY TERRITORY AFTER A WE DO THIS OR THAT. YOU HAVE TO DEFEND WHHORIZONTAL AND VERTICALLY. >> Kenny: FROM THE 43. FAKE TO MADISON. COUSINS NEAR SIDE. IT’S ADDISON WHO MAKES THE CATCH AT THE PACKERS 33 YARD LINE. KEEP GETTING

PRESSURE ON COUSINS AND DISRUPT IT THAT PLAY. >> Kenny: 10th PLAY OF THE DRIVE FOR THE VIKINGS. THEY CONVERTED TWO FIRST DOWNS. PASS OVER THE MIDDLE TO THE TIGHT END TJ HOCKENSON. LOOKS TO BE JUST SHORT. THIS WILL BE A 42-YARD ATTEMPT. RYAN WRIGHT PLACED IT DOWN. JOSEPH FROM 42. IT IS NO GOOD! WIDE TO THE RIGHT. ? >> Kenny: THIRD FEWEST IN THE LEAGUE. THIRD DOWN AND SIX. EMPTY BACK FIELD. LOVE OVER THE MIDDLE, BOBBLED AND DROPPED BY MUSGRAVE. >> Jonathan: NICE COVERAGE. THAT IS NICE COVERAGE. WEEKLY CASH PRIZES. VIKINGS GO BACK TO WORK.

FROM THEIR 23-YARD LINE. CAM ACRES, FIRST CARRY OF THE DAY. THAT’S A GOOD ONE. THE FORMER RAM PICKS UP NINE. OUT TO THE 32 YARD LINE.

EXACTLY AS PRESTON SMITH JUST DID ON THAT LAST PLAY. >> Kenny: LOSS OF TWO. PLAY CLOCK WINDING DOWN. SECOND AND 12. COUSINS FIRES. CAUGHT AT THE 26-YARD LINE BY ADDISON. GAIN OF 11. JUST SHY OF A FIRST DOWN. EMPTY BACK FIELD. COUSINS ON THIRD DOWN, COMPLETE! HOCKENSON FIRST DOWN AND MORE! TJ HOCKENSON FINALLY WRESTLED OUT-OF-BOUNDS INSIDE THE GREEN BAY 5-YARD LINE. WIDE TO THE RIGHT TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. SECOND

AND GOAL. IT’S AKERS TO THE GOAL LINE. HE’S IN! TOUCHDOWN! FIRST RUSHING TD OF THE SEASON FOR MINNESOTA. >> Jonathan: WHEN I HEAR LANGUAGE LIKE THAT, IT TELLS ME THE EXECUTION IS OFF. THEY’RE THINKING AS OPPOSED TO JUST REACTING. >> Kenny: SECOND AND FIVE. LOVE TAKEN DOWN BACK AT THE 20 YARD LINE. THEY’RE FINALLY STEPPING UP. KIRK COUSINS LAST WEEK 9 FOR 12. JUST PHENOMENAL ON THIRD DOWN. >> Kenny: COUSINS FIRES, COMPLETE. FIRST DOWN OUT TO THE 48-YARD LINE, K.J. OSBORN FOR A GAIN OF 19. K.J. OSBORN. 62 ON THE SEASON, NOT SO BAD. >>

Kenny: COUSINS SETS UP THE SCREEN. HERE’S ADDISON. FIRST DOWN AND MORE. ADDISON FINALLY UPENDED BY OWENS AFTER THE GAIN OF 20. >> Kenny: CONTINUING THEIR THEME FROM THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, FOUR FIRST HALVES, COUSINS’ PASS COMPLETE INSIDE THE 15-YARD LINE. IT IS HOCKENSON, ANOTHER PLAY CLOCK AT TWO. COUSINS, ADDISON ON THE SLANT. NOT ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. >> Jonathan: YEAH. FROM THE RIGHT HASH. THIS TIME JOSEPH CONNECTS. BOTH THE PACKERS DEFENSE KEEPS THE VIKINGS OUT OF THE END ZONE. THIS GAME. >> Kenny: YET, THEY HAVE HAD SOME HUGE SECOND HALVES. THIRD DOWN AND 16. LOVE

ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT. LOVE WILL BE TACKLED AT THE 41-YARD LINE BY MATT LIS. THE PACKERS STILL WITHOUT A THOSE TWO PLAYS. >> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT. VIKINGS MUST GET TO THE 35. COUSINS HIT AS HE GOT RID OF IT. PASS IS COMPLETE. AND PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN IS HE LOOKS A LITTLE CHILLY. I WOULD LEND HIM MY JACKET, BU I’M GOOD. >> Kenny: 128 RECEPTIONS. PRETTY GOOD REPLACEMENT IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. THIRD DOWN AND THREE. COUSINS STAYS ON HIS FEET, THROWS. POWELL WILL NOT MAKE THE CATCH. THE WAY HE TRACKS IT,

IT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. >> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND SIX. LOVE’S PASS COMPLETE. FINALLY A GREEN BAY FIRST DOWN. SHA >> Kenny: 5 SACKS, CELEBRATING HIS 29th BIRTHDAY TODAY HERE AT LAMBEAU. THERE IS JONES UP THE MIDDLE FOR ANOTHER PACKERS FIRST DOWN. >> Jonathan: TO THE EXCITEMENT OF THE CROWD, THEY ARE SO HAPPY. THEY’RE TAKING ON ALL THE LITTLE >> Kenny: TIED AT ONE, A COUPLE OF WILD CARD TEAMS. THIRD DOWN AND THREE. LOVE NEAR SIDE JONES. THE PACKERS FIRST DOWN. THEY DID NOT HAVE ONE UNTIL HIS FOUR STRAIGHT PASS ATTEMPTS. ON FIRST DOWN OVER

THE MIDDLE TO A WIDE OPEN A.J. DILLON. ANOTHER PACKERS FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE VIKINGS 30. >> Jonathan: THAT’S A NICE >> SCARY, SCARY, SCARY. >> Kenny: HOW ABOUT THAT CALL FROM LOVE, SCARY ON A HALLOWEEN WEE WEEKEND. PICKED UP ANOTHER FIRST DOWN, MUSGRAVE. AND HE WILL USE THE THIRD ( PACKERS DRIVE 14 PLAYS. THEY ARE ON THE BOARD. HALFTIME. VIKINGS LEAD BY 7 AS WE HEAD TO AND NOW DICTATES WHAT THE DEFENSE WILL RUN AND HE WILL GET IT TO A PLAY HE LIKES. >> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND NINE, COUSINS COMPLETE. K.J. OSBORN FIRST DOWN

AND MORE. SHAKEN UP IN THE FIRST HALF, WENT INTO THE MEDICAL TENT. OSBORN RETURNS. AND THE VIKINGS ARE IN PACKERS FIELD DEFENSIVELY. >> Kenny: SECOND DOWN AND NINE. COUSINS TO THE OUTSIDE. IT’S OSBORN AGAIN. >> Jonathan: BIG HIT. >> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND ONE. LINEUP — EXCUSE ME, TO THE BACK FIELD PROBABLY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. >> Kenny: WELL, COUSINS LOOKS TO THROW. THAT ONE IS COMPLETE. IT’S OSBORN AGAIN. ANOTHER VIKINGS FIRST DOWN AT COUSINS IN THIS DRIVE. >> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND THREE. COUSINS INCOMPLETE. >> Jonathan: DID HE GET IT? >> Kenny: SHORT. MADISON

MAKES THE CATCH. WELL, IT LOOKS SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN MARKER. >> Jonathan: LOOKS LIKE KEVIN O’CONNELL WANTS TO GO QUICK CENTER FOR THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES. >> Kenny: FIRST AND GOAL, PLAY ACTION. COUSINS NICE SOFT TOUCH. THE TIGHT END MAKES THE CATCH, HIS SECOND RECEPTION OF THE SEASON. AND HE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PACKERS TWO-YARD LINE. SPACE. >> Kenny: THIRD AND GOAL. COUSINS LOOKING END ZONE. THROWS, TOUCHDOWN! TJ HOCKENSON! >> Jonathan: TODAY FOR REED. THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT AS LOVE AIRS IT OUT. LOOKING FOR REED, IT’S PICKED OFF! JOSH METELLUS WITH

THE INTERCEPTION! AND MET ELLUS IS INSIDE THE 30, STILL GOING. YOU MENTIONED REED JUST PRIOR TO THE PLAY. HE WAS THE INTENDED RECEIVER. GETS THE INTERCEPTION FOR THE VIKINGS. >> Kenny: VIKINGS START FROM THE PACKERS 20. COUSINS THROWS, CAUGHT. TOUCHDOWN ADDISON! CELEBRATION COORDINATOR. THAT’S NAJI THOMAS, WHO IS NOT PLAYING TODAY. CAMERON HAD TO THE COME TO THE MEETING ON SATURDAY AND GIVE SOME ADVICE AND SOME TIPS ON HOW THEY COULD CELEBRATE. >> Kenny: CATCH MADE THERE BY THAT CELEBRATION WAS PRETTY GOOD. >> Kenny: THERE IS LOVE ON FIRST DOWN. WIDE OPEN. IT’S REED. JAYDEN REED

TO THE VIKINGS 32. 31 YARD PASS PLAY. >> Jonathan: BEST AMONG ALL ROOKIES. >> Kenny: THERE’S LOVE ON SECOND DOWN. NOW ON THE PACKERS SIDELINES. SECOND DOWN AND FOUR FOR GREEN BAY. LOVE SWINGS IT OUT. AARON JONES INSIDE THE 15, DOWN TO THE 11. >> Jonathan: YEAH. SO YOU EXPECT A POP PASS EITHER TO REED OR WATSON. >> Kenny: LOVE LOOKING, THROWS. END ZONE TOUCHDOWN ROMEO DOBBS! >> Jonathan: THIS PLAY HAPPENS PENALTY. >> Kenny: WELL, THE 45 FAKE TO MADISON. COUSINS THROWS, AND A DIVING CATCH IS MADE BY HOCKENSON IN PACKERS TERRITORY. 20-YARD COMPLETION. >>

Jonathan: THEY’RE JUST EATING THIS DRIVE. >> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT. COUSINS THROWS, CAUGHT. NICE PLAY BY POWELL TO BREAK FREE. AND BRANDEL POWELL PICKS UP A >> Kenny: 10:30 REMAINING. HIS FIFTH START AT LAMBEAU. ATTENDED A PACKERS/SEAHAWKS GAME. NOW COUSINS DOWN AGAIN. SO A TERRIFIC STANDBY THE GREEN THIS WILL BE A 44 YARD ATTEMPT. >> Kenny: AND OWENS RETURNS IT. THEY JUST DID ON THE LAST DRIVE. >> Kenny: FROM THE 44. PASS COMPLETE. CHRISTIAN WATSON IN VIKINGS TERRITORY FOR A FIRST DOWN AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS SHOULDERS. >> Kenny:

THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN FOR GREEN BAY. LOVE ABLE TO GET MOVING. >> Jonathan: OH, NICE PASS! >> Kenny: AND IT’S CAUGHT BY WICKS. THE CATCH BY WICKS, 11 YARDS AND ARMING LIKE AARON RODGERS WOULD AND GETS A NICE COMPLETION. >> Kenny: ON FIRST DOWN, CATCH IS MADE BY JAYDEN REED. HIM LOOK LIKE HE WAS GOING TO RUSH A BUNCH OF GUYS, JUMP BACK OUT. LOOKS LIKE NOW HE’S SHOWING HIS SHELL COVERAGE FOR THE SECONDARY. >> Kenny: LOVE TO THE END ZONE. BLACKMAN ON THE COVERAGE. WATSON THE INTENDED RECEIVER. >> Jonathan: EXCELLENT COVERAGE. FOURTH DOWN AND

FIVE. THERE’S LOVE ON FOURTH DOWN WHO TH THROWS, BROKEN UP. GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY MADE BY BYNUM. >> Kenny: THERE IS KIRK COUSINS. HE’S BEEN RULED OUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME DUE TO AN ANKLE INJURY. >> Jonathan: AND WE WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT, KENNY. DON’T KNOW HOW SEVERE IT IS. ALL WE KNOW IS THAT IT WAS BUT RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO TEST HOW GOOD HE IS. >> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT. BALL TAKEN DOWN. BALL COMES LOOSE. PACKERS HAVE IT! >> Referee: THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS A FUMBLE, RECOVERED

BY THE DEFENSE. FIRST DOWN. I WOULD IMAGINE REED IS AT THE SLOT AND ROMEO DOUBS IS UP TOP. >> Kenny: FROM THE VIKINGS 21. LOVE THROWS. END ZONE BROKEN UP! CALEB EVANS MAKES THE PLAY. PASS INTENDED FOR WATSON. >> Jonathan: THIS IS TO THROW THE BALL. >> Kenny: FOURTH DOWN AND 16. LOVE STEPS UP. NOW HE WILL RUN. AND IT’S STOPPED SHORT. >> Jonathan: HE’S SHORT. >> Kenny: HARRISON SMITH COMING UP TO MAKE THE PLAY. MIKE PEREIRA HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR ME HELPING ME UNDERSTAND FROM AN OFFICIALS’ PERSPECTIVE HOW THE GAME IS CALLED.

HE’S DONE A GREAT JOB FOR US. SHOWED UP LAST WEEK AND IT’S SHOWING UP AGAIN TODAY. >> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. OSBORN WILL BE STOPPED ABOUT FOUR YARDS SHY FROM THE FIRST DOWN MARKER. STEADY, SMALL, INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. GET THE FIRST WIN. HOPEFULLY IT COMPOUNDS IT TO MORE. >> Kenny: SECOND AND TEN. LOVE CAN’T FIND ANYONE. NOW HE THROWS WIDE OPEN AT MID-FIELD. IT’S REED. SO YOU WILL SEE THREE D LINEMEN. THE REST ARE CORNERS AND SAFETIES. NOT A LINE TO BE SCRAMBLED IN BIG PASS PLAYS. >> Kenny: LOVE ON FIRST AND

15. COMPLETE FOR A FIRST DOWN, DON TAI HE’S HAD A HECK OF A GAME. LOVE LOVE. >> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND TEN. BALL CAME LOOSE. >> Jonathan: YEAH. THAT’S DA KNEEL HUNTER GETTING THE PRESSURE. HE’S WORKING ON ZACH TOM. YOU WATCH THAT, HUNTER TURNS THE THINK HE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO TURN THE CORNER AS GOOD AS HE DOES. >> Kenny: LEADING IN SACKS, DOING IT ON HIS BIRTHDAY. LOVE ON FOURTH DOWN. AND THAT’S BROKEN UP BY BLACKMON. >> Kenny: THANKS TO CODY NOVAK, A COUPLE OF GREEN BAY LEGENDS, MIKE AND NOAH, PART OF OUR TRAVELING

CREW. SPOTTER TED AND STATISTICIAN BEN, MR. 500. 500th NFL GAME AS THE PACKERS LOSE THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT, DROP TO 2-5. MINNESOTA WINNING FOR THE FOURTH