Vikings lead Packers 23-17 after three

Minnesota won the opening coin toss and deferred. Aaron Rodgers connected with Davante Adams on a crosser, which the Packers’ All-Pro receiver turned into a 37-yard pickup to the Minnesota 38 after the blown coverage.

The Packers gained only two more yards, off an AJ Dillon run, and settled for a 54-yard Mason Crosby field goal to take a 3-0 lead with 13 minutes, 17 seconds left in the first quarter.

Minnesota countered with Kirk Cousins hitting Justin Jefferson on a crosser of his own on third-and-6, which Jefferson took 43 yards down to the Green Bay 28. After combining on a tackle for a loss of Vikings running back Dalvin Cook, Preston Smith dropped Cousins for a 10-yard sack on third-and-5.

Greg Joseph made a 51-yard field goal to tie the game at 3 with 9:14 remaining in the first quarter.

The Packers moved the ball to midfield with two check-down passes to Dillon for 17 yards before Rodgers was sacked for a 5-yard loss and Green Bay was forced to punt.

Jefferson continued to give the Packers problems on Minnesota’s second series, catching a 56-yard pass from Cousins before being tackled a yard shy of the end zone.

Cook rushed in for a 1-yard touchdown on the next play to give the Vikings a 9-3 lead with 1:51 left in the first quarter. Joseph missed the extra point.

The first quarter ended with Rodgers converting a third down with a 5-yard pass to Marquez Valdes-Scantling on an out.