Packers players mostly claim to have moved on from Anthony Barr’s hit two months ago that knocked Aaron Rodgers out for seven games. Vikings receiver Stefon Diggs hopes their fans have too.

Barr broke Rodgers’ collarbone with a first-quarter hit in Minnesota’s 23-10 victory Oct. 15 at U.S. Bank Stadium. The star quarterback finally returned for last Sunday’s 31-24 loss at Carolina but was placed on injured reserve Tuesday after the Packers were eliminated from playoff contention.

Green Bay (7-7) will start Brett Hundley at quarterback Saturday night at Lambeau Field against the Vikings (11-3). Diggs was asked if he is concerned with what Minnesota players might face from the crowd.

“From the years that I’ve been here, there hasn’t been this much hate, should I say, but it shouldn’t become anything as far as physical. I hope not,” said Diggs, in his third season. “I hope there’s still some class there. It’s really unfortunate what happened. Nobody wants that for anybody, but it was how many weeks ago? Hopefully, they move past it.”

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Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson knows he has big shoes to fill Asked what he meant by “hate,” Diggs said it’s “more a hate between fans” than players.

In an interview last week with the Pioneer Press, Barr talked about hate messages he has received, and didn’t think they would stop anytime soon. The linebacker has not been available for comment this week, but the Vikings said he will speak with reporters on Thursday.

Barr hit Rodgers when he was rolling to his right a split second after he released a pass. Barr was not penalized or fined, but Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy called it an “illegal act” and several Packers players criticized him.

McCarthy downplayed Barr’s hit on Wednesday. He said it “was definitely within the framework of playing aggressive.”

Several Packers players said this week they’ve put Barr’s hit behind them. Tackle David Bakhtiari did say Wednesday they will play aggressively against Barr.

“It’s just kind of an unspoken thing,” Bakhtiari said. “If you’re not going to treat our guy with respect …. I’m not saying we’re going to headhunt him, that’s not at all what I’m trying to say. But, I mean, we’ll definitely play to the whistle with a guy like that.”

The Packers were 4-1 entering the Oct. 15 game to the Vikings. They’re 3-6 since then, with Hundley going 3-4 as a starter.

“He came back,” Diggs said of Rodgers’ game at Carolina. “Their season didn’t go probably the way they wanted it to go because they didn’t have him, but at the end of the day we all still play football. We’re all still grown men. Hopefully, it doesn’t become the type of thing where anybody has to worry about their safety because this is grown men you’re talking about. I hope they don’t try to hurt anybody.”

Barr’s hit aside, Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph is expecting a raucous crowd Satruday.

“Every time I’ve gone there they’ve been pretty amped up with the Vikings coming into town,” Rudolph said.

After Hundley replaced Rodgers in the game at U.S. Bank Stadium, the third-year quarterback struggled, completing 18 of 33 passes for 157 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions in his first extensive regular-season action. He improved after that, and has competed 63.9 percent of his throws this season for 1,534 yards with eight touchdowns and eight interceptions.

“You can tell he’s watched Rodgers for some years and he’s got a lot of the same mannerisms and a lot of things,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. “They’ve changed a little bit on some. There’s a few different runs here and there and a few different throws, but there’s really not a lot (changed).”

It’s the first time Minnesota (11-3) will face Green Bay without Rodgers starting since he was out with a broken collarbone on Nov. 24, 2013, and the teams tied 26-26 at Lambeau Field. Cornerback Xavier Rhodes, a rookie that season, said the Vikings can’t afford to overlook the Packers.

“We can’t take those guys lightly even though Aaron isn’t in,” Rhodes said. “We just have to take the mentality that we’re trying to get a ‘W’ as much as (Hundley) is trying to.”