Schedule offers Packers a chance at strong start

Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings visit Lambeau Field on the final day of the regular season. The Packers have lost only one game at home to the Vikings in the Mike McCarthy era.After a stint with Denver, John Fox returns to the NFC to coach the Chicago Bears. The Packers open the season at Soldier Field for the first time since 1981.The Packers face Peyton Manning after a bye week.Starting fast has been a goal of Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy's for several years now, and this season is no different.

But McCarthy's teams have started 1-2 each of the last three seasons, and in two of those cases it cost them home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

This year the Packers…