Week 16 scouting report: Vikings at Green Bay

Saturday: Noon at Lambeau Field (Ch. 9, 100.3-FM, 1130-AM)

• The Packers (8-6) squeaked past the Bears 30-27 at Soldier Field on Sunday, thanks to a 32-yard, game-winning field goal by Mason Crosby as time expired.

• QB Aaron Rodgers delivered a 60-yard strike to WR Jordy Nelson in the final minute to set up the game-winner.

• Green Bay, winner of four consecutive, will win the NFC North if it defeats the Vikings on Saturday and Detroit on Jan. 1.

• The Packers defense is dealing with injuries to key players, including LB Clay Matthews (shoulder) and LB Nick Perry (hand).

• Both Green Bay (16) and second-year safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (5) rank second in the NFL in interceptions.

• A year after Nelson tore an ACL, his 12 touchdown catches lead all NFL receivers. He ranks eighth in the league with 1,037 receiving yards.

• On facing Vikings CB Xavier Rhodes, who missed the Week 2 matchup: "Those are the games you look forward to, going against some of the better guys in the league. I've got a lot of respect for the way he plays."

• On the 60-yard reception to set up the winning field goal in Chicago: "I was happy to get down there, catch it, secure it and let Mason do what he does."

• McCarthy is in his 11th season as Packers head coach, with a 112-61-1 regular-season record and 8-7 mark in the playoffs.

• Green Bay ranks as a top-10 NFL offense for the eighth time under McCarthy.

• On the four-game winning streak: "Number one is just taking care of the football and generating takeaways. We're plus-10 just in the last two weeks, something we hadn't been very good at all year."

ANDREW KRAMMER