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For all the success Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson has enjoyed against Green Bay in his young career, the Packers are hoping the new elements they'll bring to Monday night's battle can change the results.
Those wildcards, if you will, are the 3-4 scheme and defensive coordinator Dom Capers.
In his four games so far against the Packers, Peterson hasn't faced a 3-4. Against the Packers' 4-3 alignment of the past, Peterson topped 100 yards in three of four outings, averaging a whopping 6.7 yards per carry in those three contests. Last year at the Metrodome was the most impressive showing - 30 carries for 192 yards, including the game-winning 29-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.
The only time Peterson did not reach the 100-yard plateau against Green Bay was in the second meeting of 2007, when he was held to 45 yards on 11 carries and left the game in the third quarter with a knee injury.
"The biggest thing I think with him is gap integrity and..
Source: Packers.com
