The Vikings held on to beat the Green Bay Packers 31-29 to improve to a 4-0 start to the season. That doesn’t mean the team is happy about the performance on the field. In fact, according to pass rusher Jonathan Greenard, many on the defense are counting the game as a loss after nearly blowing a 28-point lead.
“No doubt about it, we definitely … we’re treating this like a loss,” Greenard told KFAN’s Power Trip Morning Show on Tuesday. “We literally were not happy about how we won this past game. We left so many plays out there. We messed up so many times on our end. Just a lot of self-inflicted stuff.”
Minnesota jumped out to a 28-point first-half lead thanks to an explosive offense and a defense that harassed newly-returned Packers quarterback Jordan Love. Green Bay was limited to just 137 yards on six first-half drives before scoring with 20 seconds left in the half. The Vikings defense intercepted Love twice before the first Packers points of the day…