After that, however, quarterback Sam Darnold led four long scoring drives that produced 20 points in the next two quarters. Green Bay held Aaron Jones and the Vikings’ running game to 69 yards on 26 carries (2.7 yards per carry), but gave up 377 passing yards to eight Vikings receivers.

Cornerback Carrington Valentine finally made a much-needed interception in the third quarter — his second in three weeks — to change the momentum. The Packers parried the pick on their first TD drive, which culminated in a 1-yard run by Jacobs to cut the deficit to 20-10.

“We’re just doing our job, honestly,” Valentine said. “We talk about it, as long as we do our job, the pieces will come to us. As long as we do our job, for example – pick, did my job, the pieces come to us.”

Reichard missed a 43-yard field goal, bringing the Packers within two points in the fourth quarter. However, despite all three timeouts and the two-minute warning in Minnesota’s final series, Green Bay’s defense couldn’t get the stop it needed.

Ultimately, Darnold’s rollouts – a 9-yard pass to Justin Jefferson on second-and-11 and a 6-yard pass to Cam Akers on third-and-2 – allowed the Vikings to survive.

“They got the quarterback out on the run, on the foot, I think that’s a safe play,” defensive lineman Kenny Clark said. “We have to do our job. Before the snap we need to know where the guys are to give them the ball.

The parallels between the Packers’ two meetings with the Minnesota Vikings this season were eerily similar, as Green Bay scored exactly 22 points in the second half of both games.

In the first game, it wasn’t enough to overcome the Vikings’ 28 first-half points in a 31-29 loss at Lambeau Field. In the second meeting on Sunday, Minnesota used the 27 points it scored in the second and third quarters to push back the Packers.

Four of Green Bay’s five losses came to Detroit and Minnesota by a combined margin of 17 points.

“We just have to finish,” cornerback Keisean Nixon said. “It’s not about who we can beat and who we can’t. We can beat anyone. If we figure out how we do at the end, we’ll win games.”

“It’s now time for the playoffs. It’s win or go home. Either we figure out how to complete the game or we go back to the manger. We have to find out.”