After victories over Tampa Bay and Washington, things looked brighter for the Vikings from all angles, including possibly getting Adrian Peterson back for next week's Packers game.

But negatives have set in. Teddy Bridgewater, who seemed on the verge of a breakthrough at quarterback, struggled on Sunday at Chicago. And the Vikings blew a 10-0 lead against a team that had given up 50 points in back-to-back games, and scored only 13 points against the 32nd ranked defense in the NFL.

Now the Vikings have to face the hottest team in the league, the Green Bay Packers. The Packers did what no other team could do – ran the Philadelphia Eagles off the field -- on Sunday afternoon. The Eagles, with one of the best defenses in the league, were no match for Aaron Rodgers and his buddies.

And all of a sudden Peterson's return doesn't look very good, with Peterson blasting the NFL and claiming that they are not playing fair with him. It's no sure thing that Monday's scheduled grievance hearing will come off in Peterson's favor and without him the Vikings are going to struggle because they don't have a running game.