Greg Jennings is expected to play next week for the Green Bay Packers agains thte Vikings.

Jennings has missed the past seven games with an abdominal injury.

Jennings didn't play in Sunday's loss to the Giants because the Packers want him to have a full week of practice before returning.

Greg Jennings said he felt great after practicing Wednesday for the first time since having surgery Nov. 1 to repair a torn abdominal muscle. 

"There were some routes I was able to push it," he said. "I pretty much pushed myself to see how much I can take. As far as speed, I got up to full speed on a few routes. Felt really great. My wind is horrible right now so I'm trying to get my wind under wraps. But other than that, I felt great.

"I felt no pain whatsoever," he added. "It's been a long time coming since I could say that."

Mason Crosby is ranked second to last in field goal accuracy, hitting 11 of 18 attempts.

Crosby missed from 50 and 38 yards on Sunday against the Lions, but the Green Bay Packers will not make a change at kicker.

"We will continue with Mason," coach Mike McCarthy. "We will not blink as far as our commitment to him."

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said his former Cal coach, Jeff Tedford, deserves to keep his job.

"They would be losing the greatest coach in their history if they make a change," Rodgers said Thursday in a phone interview with the Bay Area News Group.

Clay Matthews could miss a few weeks with a hamstring injury.

"The early diagnosis, it may be a couple weeks," Mike McCarthy said on Monday. "We won't know until we get further into this. I know Clay doesn't feel it's as bad as it was in the past."

Matthews has had a history of hamstring injuries but had been healthy all season to this point.

"If you look at the play, there's a little bit of an awkward pull when he had the quarterback," McCarthy said. "Clay's situation was probably something that was more led to the position that his body was in than this being a repeat of the same injury."

The Green Bay Packers won their fourth straight game, beating the Arizona Cardinals 31-17. The Cardinals have now lost five straight games after beginning the season 4-0.

The Packers had a +14.1 advantage in The Trench Counter, recording five additional first downs and having a +1 in turnover differential. Green Bay had a +12 edge in Total Rushes/Completions.

The Packers were able to establish a running game of sorts, with James Starks carrying the ball 17 times for 61 yards and Alex Green's 11 carries for 53 yards.

Aaron Rodgers was just 14-for-30 for four touchdowns and an interception. Randall Cobb caught two of the touchdown passes, with Tom Crabtree receiving the third.

John Skelton went 23-for-46 for 306 yards with a touchdown to Larry Fitzgerald and an interception.

Aaron Rodgers and Randall Cobb have developed a great rapport this season.

Cobb has caught 42 passes from Rodgers in their 48 attempts, dropping four. Rodgers has a 95.8% accuracy percentage when throwing to Cobb.

Cobb plays the vast majority of his snaps in the slot.