Designating blue chips, red chips and cow chips is our way of analyzing each game's winners and losers for the Packers. So without further ado...

• Spencer Havner -- Don't get me wrong, the Packers still miss Jermichael Finley. But Spencer Havner is performing above expectations in his stead. Havner can't provide the jump ball threat Finley brings, but the first time tight end is doing pretty well in his own right. Currently Havner has six career catches that have went for three touchdowns including two against the Vikings. His first touchdown of the day was of the diving variety. It was the Packers first touchdown of the second half and really started to swing momentum back into their favor.
  
• Ryan Pickett -- When the nose tackle is second on the team in tackles, that's darn good. Most of the time, they're the guys that are eating up blockers so that the linebackers can make the tackles. But not on Sunday. Pickett was very active and a presence in the Vikings' backfield all day long. He's part of the reason the Packers held Adrian Peterson to 97 yards on 25 carries for a 3.9 yard average, not bad for probably the best back in the NFL.
  

• Nick Barnett -- I had my doubts whether Nick Barnett would be the same linebacker after making his comeback from last year's season ending knee injury. No longer do I have those unsure feelings. Barnett has gotten better week in and week out, partly because he's a little further removed from injury each and every week and partly because he's becoming more comfortable in his new role in Dom Capers' defensive scheme. Barnett led the team in tackles yesterday including one for a loss. He also nearly had the play of the day when he blitzed Brett Favre and tipped the ball right out of his hand.
  
• Greg Jennings -- After a couple weeks in which Jennings had been a minor part of the Packers offense, it was good to see him get back on track and become the threat he typically is. He led the team in catches with eight for 88 yards. The yards per catch could have been better, but it's hard to complain when one of them went for a touchdown despite the Vikings defensive back having been called for holding on that particular play.
  

• Pass protection -- Just when things were getting better for the offensive line after not giving up a single sack against the Cleveland Browns a week earlier, they regressed terribly against Minnesota. The Packers gave up six sacks and and even greater amount of quarterback knockdowns. The bookend tackles fared, perhaps, the poorest of all. Neither T.J. Lang nor Allen Barbre played what one could describe as well, especially if you factor in run blocking. Center Scott Wells also looked foolish a time or two attempting to stop the Williams Wall.
  
• Kick coverage -- No matter what the Packers did to combat Percy Harvin, it didn't work. They tried to kick it deep in the first quarter, and Harvin returned the ball 77 yards to put the Vikings in prime field position. In the second half, the Packers tried to squib kick (on which Mason Crosby slipped), and Harvin returned it 48 yards. No matter which method the Packers use, coverage has to flat out improve.