The other three-giveaway game? Against this week's opponent, the Lions, back in mid-October (also on a Monday night, coincidentally).

LaFleur noted Friday's practice will include some extra ball-security work so the players lock down some of the fundamentals that got away from them in Minnesota.

"Five points of pressure, wrist above the elbow, high and tight," LaFleur said, giving a quick lesson to the media. "Our guys, we have to get back to that and always be mindful of that."

He added the Lions' game film shows their defenders taking a lot of swipes at the ball, much like the Vikings did. Minnesota's success getting the ball out – Aaron Jones, Davante Adams and Jimmy Graham all coughed it up, with the Vikings recovering the first two – also will put Detroit on high alert to make a similar effort.

The fumbles for Jones and Adams were just the fourth each in their careers, and Graham's was only his eighth in a 10-year career, so it's not as though anyone has a chronic problem. But games like Monday night are reminders that any momentary lapse can prove costly.

"I didn't get a chance to secure how I wanted once I caught it. We had that one," Adams said of his turnover. "Aaron Jones moving the ball in traffic. We don't do that. We gotta cover that ball up. Things like that, that we can control, we just have to be a little bit better and a little bit cleaner."

Green Bay's defense hitting its stride at the right time minimized the damage from those turnovers, allowing the offense to settle down, stay close and find its footing in the second half.

But the last thing the Packers can do is take the result for granted. As Rodgers said, "We can't expect our defense to shut them down like that … It puts a lot of stress on the defense."

Clean that up and the reward should be waiting.

"It's important that we approach this game understanding how much we have to gain from winning," Rodgers said. "Like I've said over the years, the great teams win these games.