The Minnesota Vikings went to Green Bay in Week 12 with the hope that second-year QB J.J. McCarthy would start to master the offense and have a competitive effort against the Packers. Those hopes quickly went up in smoke as the Vikings offense was lifeless for a large portion of the game and Minnesota was tagged with a 23-6 loss.

The Packers were able to depend on their running game because their defense would not allow McCarthy and the Vikings to mount anything close to a threat. Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur was content to call running play after running play because he did not want to risk giving the Vikings any opportunity for interceptions.

McCarthy looked overwhelmed throughout much of the game, as he did in previous weeks against the Ravens and the Bears. The former Michig

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