Big day for me today, my first FanPost at APC! I was checking out the updated DVOA rankings over at Football Outsiders and something stood out at me. Comparing the Packers and Vikings across the board rankings:

MIN:Offense: 19.3% (6) Defense: -2.6% (10) ST: 7.8% (1)

GB: O: 18.1 % (8) D: -16.4% (1!) ST: -7.9% (32)

When comparing offense and defense, the Pack and the Vikings are almost equal - they have a slightly better offense, we have a slightly better defense. The massive, massive difference is in special teams - they are best in the league, we are clearly the worst. This seemed to be borne out in the games as well, especially game 2, where Harvin's kick return took the wind out of a potential Packers' comeback. This suggests two major questions to me -

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