German_Force » Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers: Inactive lists

for both teams We are about an hour away from kickoff at Lambeau Field between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers in the first half of the Border Battle for this season http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-trevor-siemian-jersey , and both teams have released their lists of inactive players leading up to today’s contest. Let’s take a look at who will be sitting this one out, starting with the visiting team.Minnesota VikingsRB Mike BooneDE Tashawn BowerC Pat ElfleinDT Jalyn HolmesQB Kyle SloterRB Roc ThomasG Bryan WitzmannNo real surprises on the inactive list for the Vikings in this one, with the possible exception of Bower. We knew that Elflein would be sitting this one out, and the Vikings have decided to roll with just Dalvin Cook and Latavius Murray at running back for today’s contest.Now, on to the home team.Green Bay PackersLB Oren BurksCB Deante BurtonS Raven GreeneS Josh JonesOL Alex LightWR J’Mon MooreWR Equanimeous St. BrownAs we’ve already mentioned Womens George Iloka Jersey , Aaron Rodgers is active and will start for the Packers at quarterback. Green Bay has three quarterbacks active today, as DeShone Kizer and Tim Boyle are both in uniform today behind him on the depth chart. The Packers have also activated wide receiver Davante Adams, who was limited in practice with a shoulder issue all week.Those are the inactive lists for today’s contest, folks. The Open Thread should be up and running here shortly for your viewing pleasure as we get closer to kickoff.Minnesota coaching legend John Gagliardi passes away Before any of the football action got underway on Sunday, the state of Minnesota lost a truly legendary football coach.John Gagliardi Dalvin Cook Jersey , who spent six decades at St. John’s University in Minnesota as the school’s football coach, passed away on Sunday at the age of 91.Gagliardi too over the football program at St. John’s in 1953, and was the head coach of the Johnnies until the 2012 season, when he finally hung up his whistle. In 2003, he passed the legendary Eddie Robinson as the winningest coach in the history of college football (at any level) http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-pat-elflein-jersey , and finished his college coaching career with a record of 489-138-11. He also won four Division III national championships along the way, and the trophy that the outstanding player in Division III football takes home every year (their equivalent to the Heisman Trophy) was named for Gagliardi in 1993.Gagliardi had an unusual coaching style, from all accounts. This comes from the story that ESPN did on him after his passing was announced earlier on Sunday.Gagliardi’s coaching career actually went all the way back to his high school, Trinidad High School in Colorado, when he was hired as the coach of the football team at the age of 16. Yes Womens Harrison Smith Jersey , a sixteen-year old coach. What happened was the team’s regular coach was drafted into military service (for World War II), and was a player-coach in his senior year. He continued coaching high school football while getting his college degree as well.Legendary Minnesota Vikings’ head coach Bud Grant paid tribute to Gagliardi just a short time ago with one simple picture on his Twitter account.Picture from the Twitter account of Bud GrantI’m not sure how many St. John’s alumni we have out there among our readers, but I think that if you’ve spent any time in the state of Minnesota watching football, you know who John Gagliardi was. He had a unique style, and he produced a lot of upstanding young men that went on to do big things after their football careers were done.Our thoughts prayers go out to the family and friends of John Gagliardi in light of John Gagliardi’s passing.