With the return of back defense, Green Bay was ready to have a good performance

With the return of back defense, Green Bay was ready to have a good performance on the field against Minnesota Vikings.

After not sacking Brett Favre once in two losses to the Minnesota Vikings last year, the Green Bay defense, a fan of eric dickerson jersey feels it will have enough manpower to pressure the former Packers quarterback Sunday night.


"It will be a different year this year," defensive end Ryan Pickett said Friday. "We're planning on getting to him more than we got to him last year." As reported earlier this week by NFL.com's Steve Wyche, a fan of tampa bay buccaneers jersey, the Packers are preparing to welcome back NFL sacks leader Clay Matthews after the linebacker missed last week's loss to Miami with a hamstring injury.

Matthews, a fan of buccaneers jerseys wants to contribute on a full-time basis, though he may be limited to keep him healthy for later in the season. "I think the plan is it's either all or nothing," said Matthews, a fan of gerald mccoy jersey, who has 8.5 sacks. "I'm sure they'll spell me a few times to catch me a break, but at the same time, I look to continue my play which I've put together to begin the season."

Packers defensive backs Al Harris, a fan of josh freeman jersey and Atari Bigby, placed on the physically unable to perform list to start the season, both returned to practice this week. But Wyche reports, via a league source, that only Harris, a fan of warren sapp jersey would be activated this week. Harris will only play in nickel and dime sub packages as the team eases him back, according to the source. When Harris comes into the game, Charles Woodson, a fan of redskins jerseys would move inside to nickel back.

Woodson is expected to start Sunday, even though he has been excused from the past two practices for undisclosed personal reasons, a team spokesman said. As for Harris, a fan of washington redskins jersey, Wyche reports he might not get a chance to re-claim his starting job because of the play of CB Tramon Williams. The coaching staff loves Williams' development and thinks he is playing at a near Pro Bowl level, according to a league source.

Pickett (ankle) and linebacker Brandon Chillar, a fan of chris cooley jersey (shoulder) are questionable for the game, but both expect to play Sunday. "I feel the urgency," Pickett said. "I need to be out there for this game. This is a big game. We need all of the people we can, go out there and try to make some plays and stop (running back) Adrian Peterson, a fan of brian orakpo jersey."

Favre threw for 515 yards and seven touchdowns with no interceptions in the Vikings' two-game sweep of the Packers in 2009. "He sat back there and picked us apart," said Matthews, a fan of donovan mcnabb jersey, who started both games as a rookie. "We don't have to lie about that. We have to get some pressure on him. Knowing he's not as mobile as he once was when he was younger, if we can get some hits on him, get him off his game, I think it'll pay dividends for us."

Favre is 8-0 in his career against teams for which Capers, a fan of joe theismann jersey was a head coach or defensive coordinator. The first came in Favre's first of 275 straight starts for the Packers on Sept. 27, 1992, when Capers was Pittsburgh's defensive coordinator. "I don't ever look at that," Capers, a fan of russ grimm jersey said. "It's not about Dom Capers. I've been on good teams, and I've been on teams that haven't been so good. But, Brett's a good quarterback, and he's been on a lot of good teams. I'm sure I'm not exclusive in that crowd."

We would regard this as a prediction that the games between Green Bay and Minnesota Vikings would be a fantasy.