During last year’s 8-7-1 season https://www.thepackersfanshop.com/hats , the Vikings lost prime-time games against the Rams, the Saints, the Bears, and the Seahawks. This year, the Vikings have five more night games on the schedule.So why do they suddenly struggle under the lights?“I think it’s just because when you play in prime time everything’s magnified,” tight end Kyle Rudolph recently explained, in a visit to the #PFTPM podcast. “Unless you’re going out there and winning every game in prime time Green Bay Packers Hoodie , which is difficult because if you’re playing in prime time you’re probably playing against somebody that’s pretty good. For us under Coach Zimmer we’ve been pretty good in prime time games over the course of the last five years. You do so much to try to keep your routine and whatnot but at the end of the day it’s just football. We’re going out whether we’re playing at noon or 7:30 at night. You go out there and play football and try to be better than that team that night.”Rudolph has a point about the quality of the competition; the Vikings four prime-time losses in 2018 came against playoff teams, including the two NFC finalists.This year, the Vikings have some time to get their footing before playing football at night. The first prime-time game happens on a Thursday night against Washington, after seven regular-season games have been played.Then comes a Week 10 visit to Dallas, followed by a Week 13 trip to Seattle, a Week 16 trip to L.A. to face the Chargers (subject to flexing), and a Week 16 Monday night game against the Packers.By the time the Vikings hit that stretch Dexter Williams Jersey , the team will have developed its identity. And that’s another point Rudolph made: In 2017, the Vikings had a clear identity. In 2018, they didn’t. This year, they won’t have to worry about playing in prime time while they establish one, or while they don’t. The Packers promoted tight end Evan Baylis from the practice squad in advance of tonight’s game against the Lions.They cut cornerback Tremon Smith in a corresponding move, the team announced.Baylis has spent time on the Packers’ practice squad and active roster since the final week of the 2018 season.He originally signed with the Texans as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Oregon in 2017.As a rookie, Baylis spent time on the Texans’ practice squad and active roster http://www.thepackersfanshop.com/Jace-Sternberger-Jersey , appearing in one game. He also was on the practice squads of the Colts and Panthers.The Packers claimed Smith off waivers from the Chiefs on Sept. 16. He played three games, seeing action on 42 special teams snaps.Smith, a sixth-round choice of the Chiefs in 2018, played in 14 games as a rookie and in the season opener this season. He has played cornerback and briefly experimented playing running back and also is a returner.He returned 33 kickoffs as a rookie, averaging 26.8 yards per return.