PLUS THREE FROM PATRICK
Insensitive observations Don Riley (who died Thursday at 92) would have offered before Sunday's showdown between Vikings and the Green Bushers:
• Clay Matthews' long hair would be evidence that he's not tough enough to stop Adrian Peterson.
• Aaron Rodgers' mediocre play would be traced to his troubles with a "Hollywood bombshell.''
• Throw in a Packers offensive line that was leakier than a wood roof with termites, and Don's prediction would be, "Vikings 34, Bushers 14.''
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