How do the Packers keep it rolling?

Hey there, hope everybody had a Merry Christmas. I see questions coming in already so I’ll just get started. Thanks for logging on today.

Live in game, I was thinking when Jarran Reed forced the fumble: Game on, we got this! Then after Rodgers INT, I was thinking, okay, we’ve gotten this far – come on defense! And on that next play after Ja’s INT, I had confidence we’d win that game. Hopefully that confidence washes over into the next game…

As I mentioned on Unscripted yesterday, it felt like a game with constant momentum shifts. Nixon almost takes it to the house, but Packers settle for field goal. Miami stops fake punt, but Packers hold them to field goal. Reed’s turnover, Rodgers’ INT, then Ja’s pick … back and forth. It was one of those games, and Sunday at Lambeau against the Vikes could be pretty similar.

What has the Vikings performance been like in the cold?

They haven’t had a cold-weather game all season. They played at Washington and at Buffalo in early November, but I don’t recall those being cold games at all.

Hi Mike, will Jaire Alexander be one on one with JJ this game?

That’s what everyone wants to know, and I would suspect he’ll be on him some of the time, but not all of the time. It’s very rare for a Packers’ defense, no matter the coordinator, to match a corner on a specific receiver for an entire game. But in certain situations, yes.

Mike, do you have a spotter while live blogging during the game? I have a mental image of you with binoculars in one hand, feverishly typing with the other.

No, both hands are on the keyboard and everything I observe is with my own eyes. Wes is always sitting next to me, but he’s busy doing the quarter-by-quarter written updates for the website. I’ll occasionally ask him for a detail if I missed something or didn’t see a replay, but that’s about it.

After a couple PBUS that Rasul Douglas had on both Waddle and Hill (there were a couple key ones in the second half that he had) I’m a little more confident that he’s playing his best ball this season (both he and Ja actually) so I’m not necessarily centered on “Ja lining up against Jefferson” all day.

I agree those two have been playing pretty solid late in the year, and that’s a good sign. We’ll see what the coaches decide as far as safety — Ford or Savage — and nickel if Nixon can’t go. There’s still some moving parts back there.

Can the rookie LT hold up against Z if Bakh is not ready? TE help needed?

The Packers will have a plan for whoever’s playing. We don’t…