Winfield practices for 1st time since Sept.

**singersp** · 10-20-2011, 07:13 AM

Cornerback Antoine Winfield practices with Vikings for 1st time since Sept. 30

Cornerback Antoine Winfield practices with Vikings for 1st time since Sept. 30 - The Washington Post

**Purple Floyd** · 10-20-2011, 09:45 AM

Good, the sooner we can get a short, old, slow CB on the field the better.

**tastywaves** · 10-21-2011, 04:40 PM

Antoine Winfield doubtful vs. Packers

Assuming Sanford will not play, the Vikings (1-5) will go into the game against the pass-heavy Packers without half of their starting secondary. Tyrell Johnson would start for Sanford, while the Vikings would continue to use a combination of Chris Cook and Asher Allen to fill in for Winfield. Rookie safety Mistral Raymond also likely will be active for the first time in his young career.

Against Aaron Rodgers and the wide-open Packers, who like to flood the secondary with receiving options, those young defensive backs will be challenged in a way they haven't been all season.

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"They do a lot of four- and five-wideout sets; more so than most teams that you play," Frazier said. "You would like to have all hands on deck, but the guys that are going to play are going to be ready to go and we are going to need them to step up and play big for us."

Do ya reckon Mr. Rodgers is licking his chops? Might as well blitz the hell out of him, he's going to beat up on us either way.