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Thursday Night Observations

I'll be honest - I was only half watching this along with the baseball games because it was such a blowout. In fact, all five Thursday games this season have had margins of at least 20.

• Glad to see Eddie Lacy finally go off - it really helped my 0-4 team. At least he looked like the 2013 version, steamrolling defenders when he got a head of steam.

• Cordarrelle Patterson left with a minor hip injury after doing nothing as usual. He's unstartable at this point, and I might even drop him in shallow leagues because it's almost impossible to predict when he'll go off.

• The Vikings are awfully glad they traded up to draft Teddy Bridgewater. He should be back in Week 6.

• You can't be happy with six points if you started Mason Crosby. Even Aaron Rodgers threw for only 156 yards, though the three touchdowns soften the blow. Jordy Nelson caught only one pass, but at least it was a 66-yard score. Blowouts are often bad for fantasy on both sides.

• Loved Mike Zimmer kicking a field goal, down 35 with seven minutes left in the game on 4th-and-goal. I suppose Blair Walsh needed to practice his chip shot?

I haven't looked yet (and won't until Sunday afternoon) but I hope no one started the Packers defense against me.

Matt Asiata fumbled, but he still saw 15 carries to Jerick McKinnon's seven, and was actually more efficient (4.8 YPC) than McKinnon.