Another Tough Road Battle
Well one word explains the outcome of this game turnovers. Tennessee 1 Minnesota 4. It is almost impossible to win any game with that amount of turnovers. This was definitely the deciding factor of this contest at Tennessee. There will be many fans out there who over look this fact believe me I have heard it on KFAN's fanline and seen it on the Viking Update's Purple Thoughts Blog. But I will say this you cannot blame this loss on Chilly he isn't the one who fumbles and makes penalties. I will say this though, I was greatly disappointed in two play calls in this contest. 1st the 3 and 1 shotgun formation in the 3rd quarter. Once again they call a 3rd and 1 shotgun play. This never makes sense to me when you have the threat of Adrian Peterson. If anything you go under center and if you plan to pass you run a play action to freeze the d but do not go in a shotgun formation you totally limit what you can do from that formation. That play call drove me insane and it did during the Green Bay game as well.
Secondly the punt late in the game when we were down 30-17 with like a minute left.This showed me that Brad quit. This should never ever happen in the NFL because stranger things have happened. Now I don't know if Chilly has lost all confidence in TJack and this is what influenced his decision but I thought that was a terrible call by a coach late in the game even though it was out of reach. It is a very bad signal to send to the team that you are throwing in the towel. I don't know if he was trying to keep his guys from getting hurt but I surely have to say that this was one of the worst calls Chilly has made as coach of our beloved Vikings.
Lastly was that Berrian or Williamson I saw playing out there on Sunday. He did make a great grab late in the game but he also dropped a sure touchdown. If he doesn't start showing some more skill than he has in the 1st 4 weeks than I will be calling this free agency pickup a flop. The only difference so far between him and Williamson is that he doesn't miss the ball completely and let it hit him in the facemask. He just lets it bounce off of his hands. I will give kudos to Shiancoe for not dropping any balls thrown his direction and boy did Bobby Wade have a hell of a game.
Finally has anyone seen a cheaper shot on a quarterback than the one givin to Frerotte by Kyle VandenBosch? That was absolutely ridiculous and Gus has every right to pissed off about that as he was after the game. Now for my offensive and defensive MVP's of the game on Sunday. The offensive MVP in my opinion was Bobby Wade. The guy had 7 catches for 75 yards and continues to pile up first down catches. On the Defensive side of the ball I will give the game ball to Kevin Williams for his 6 tackles and his run stuffings of LenDale White. Even thought the D gave up 30 points 21 of those can be attributed to the turnovers the Vikes gave up throughout the game. Skol Vikings and lets hope we have a better showing against New Orleans although it will be tough without our defensive leader EJ Henderson for it sounds like he will be out with a couple of dislocated toes, sounds very painful. My prediction New Orleans 27 Minnesota 20. I know it is sounds tough but I just don't think we have the firepower on offense to beat these guys unless AP goes off in front of a national audience.
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Looks Like a Long painful season on the horizon.
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