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• Here are five things we learned from the last game between these division rivals in this 31-year-old domed stadium:
• ROUGH REUNION: After seven seasons with the Packers, Greg Jennings joined the other side with a big contract with the Vikings with $17.8 million guaranteed, but getting the ball thrown his way this year has hardly been a sure bet as the quarterback carousel has spun around.
• Jennings caught just one pass in the game for 9 yards, though he drew a pass interference penalty on Tramon Williams late in the second quarter to set up a touchdown run by Peterson that pulled the Vikings to 24-17. Jennings, who apologized this week for some mild criticism he spoke this summer toward Rodgers and the Packers, embraced his former teammate on the field after the game.
• Jennings didn't stick around the locker room long enough to take questions from reporters. Said Rodgers: "We had some good memories together."
• DETERIORATED DEFENSE: This once-proud Vikings defense that led the NFL with the fewest yards rushing allowed for three straight seasons from 2006-08 and tied for the league lead in sacks in 2011 no longer has any strengths to rely on.
• Defensive end Jared Allen went without sack or even a tackle, across from Packers rookie David Bakhtiari. Backup safeties Mistral Raymond and Andrew Sendejo were exposed, filling in for injured starters Jamarca Sanford and Harrison Smith.
• "It's very frustrating," said cornerback Josh Robinson, who was in decent position against Nelson in the end zone but still beaten for the first-quarter score. "This defense isn't very tough mentally. We'll be upset about the game, but all you can do is try to work, improve, correct the mistakes and get better."
• NOT THIS TIME: Peterson had 409 yards rushing over two regular-season games against the Packers in 2012. Over the last three weeks, he has only 150 yards.
• "It was slim pickings," Peterson said, adding: "We didn't help the defense out at all."
• ROOKIE RETURNERS: After Cordarrelle Patterson caught the opening kickoff with his heels barely at the back edge of the end zone, he sprinted through the middle of the Packers coverage. Only Micah Hyde had a chance to tackle him, and his diving attempt whiffed as the first-round draft pick from Tennessee raced away for a touchdown on an NFL-record 109-yard return.
• Hyde made amends in the next quarter, though. The rookie cornerback from Iowa returned a punt 93 yards for a score to stretch Green Bay's lead to 24-10.
• FAVORITE FOE: Rodgers has dominated the Vikings like no other quarterback against one team in the NFL's modern era. In his last eight games against them, the

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