TODAY’S GAME

GREEN BAY (8-6) AT MINNESOTA (8-6)

* Kickoff: Noon.

* TV: Channel 11.

* The line: Minnesota by 3.

* Green Bay update: Without Robert Ferguson, the Packers are limited on offense because they can’t use the four-receiver sets of which they’re so fond. Or at least they can’t use them as effectively. It’s possible Green Bay will use tight end Ben Steele or running back Tony Fisher as a No. 4 receiver.

* Minnesota update: The offensive line has been ravaged by injuries. By the end of Sunday’s game against Detroit, the line had only two players who began the season as starters: guards Chris Liwienski and David Dixon. Quarterback Daunte Culpepper has nine touchdown passes and no interceptions in his last three games against Green Bay.

* The story line: It’s a simple one -- the team that wins clinches the NFC North.

* The pick: Green Bay. Superior coaching wins this one.

-- Sam Farmer