GREEN BAY, Wisc. — Early in the fourth quarter on Saturday, the Vikings defense allowed a 30-yard completion on a first-and-20 play.

The play summed up a tough day for Minnesota, as Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers eclipsed the 300-yard passing mark for the day. In doing so, Rodgers became the first quarterback to reach that mark against the Vikings this season.

It was a stat the Vikings felt was more of their own doing than the play of the Packers.

"They made the plays, and credit them, but we had as much to do with them winning as they did," said Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway. "We gave them a lot of stuff by not playing our brand of football."

The 30-yard completion also highlighted a negative trend for the Vikings defense.

Minnesota allowed nine plays of 15-plus yards to Green Bay. The Packers also had six plays of at least 20 yards, the same amount of 20-plus yard plays they had against Minnesota in the team's previous two meetings.

"Those are killer, especially when they get it on their side of the 50," Vikings linebacker Eric Kendricks said of the chunk plays allowed. "We've got to minimize the explosive plays when you play against this offense."

Green Bay's longest play of the day was a 48-yard pass from Rodgers to wide receiver Jordy Nelson.  after cornerback Captain Munnerlyn fell down during the play.

Rodgers completed 29 of 38 passes for 347 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran for a score. Nelson had nine catches for 154 yards and two touchdowns.

"He's one of the best to do it," Vikings safety Harrison Smith said of Rodgers. "He's making plays, and we didn't cover good enough.

"We didn't do a lot of things good enough today," Smith said.

Minnesota allowed 348 total yards and 38 points to the Packers a week after allowing 411 yards and 34 points to Indianapolis.

But both Smith and Greenway said they didn't think fatigue was a factor for the Vikings defense.

"It's easy to probably look at these last few games and assume that," Greenway said. "But I don't think that's something you get into. Yes, we've gotten beat physically on some plays, but we're making more mental errors than anything.

"We're not playing together," he added. "We're just frustrated."

Added Smith: "I think on defense we've done a lot of good things this year. But these past couple weeks we haven't played as well as we needed to."