EAGAN, Minn. — One day in early May, Mike Pettine, the Vikings’ assistant head coach, spotted a news alert on the television. He had been talking ball in the office of outside linebackers coach Mike Smith, and now here were both men, learning that free-agent edge rusher Za’Darius Smith had signed with the Baltimore Ravens. “I had no doubt he …
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Opening the regular season with consecutive division games assured the Green Bay Packers their 2018 campaign would begin with ample emotion, and fans at Lambeau Field could hardly have been disappointed with what they saw. On Sunday, the Packers and Minnesota Vikings battled to a 29-29 tie that featured nearly everything you can imagine: a blocked …
