Bring on the Lions

With the Vikings and the Lions fighting for a playoff spot. The Vikes have won a couple of games in a row. This is the 1st time this season. Hopefully the Vikes can make a run for one of the two wildcard spots.Some things the Vikes need to do to win:

For the offense:
With AD lock and loading from his 2.5 game absence. What a time to return. With him and Taylor healthy this will make our running game even more potent that it have been all season. I would run the ball with our 2 headed beast running attack that we have in the backfield againt the Lions. They have a pretty decent run defense. We will see if out OL can get the push upfront for our RBs. The passing game that we have is a nice chance of pace from the running game. I would like to see 20 attempts a game. But as long as we are scoring point that is all that matters.

For the defense:
With the Lions passing game lead by Jon Kitna is the story for the defense. Their running game is averaging less that 100 yards per contest.With the Williams' in the middle and the DE/LBs, we should control line of scrimmage again in this gain. Leslie Frazier, the Vikes DC need to keep pressure on Kitna all game long like he did to Manning in last weeks game. We need to keep the pressure on Kitna or he will torch the secondary.

Here are some keys the Vikes do to continue their march to the playoffs.

My prediction:
Vikes 27
Lions 19

RIP Sean Taylor

Sean Taylor was a hard hitting cornerback for the Redskins that gave it his all every down that he played. He was selected #5 in the 2004 draft from University of Miami(FL). He was really coming into his own this year becoming one of the more elite corners' in the game.
On Monday,news spread that he was shot in the leg in his home, while mending a knee injury.
Taylor and his girlfriend were awakened by loud noises, according to family friend Richard Sharpstein, who learned the details from Taylor's girlfriend, Jackie Garcia. He said Taylor grabbed a machete he keeps in the bedroom for protection. Someone then broke through the bedroom door and fired two shots, one missing and one hitting Taylor, Sharpstein said. Neither Taylor's daughter, Jackie, nor Taylor's girlfriend were injured in the attack. The bullet damaged the femoral artery in Taylor's leg, causing significant blood loss. Taylor never regained consciousness, Sharpstein said, and the news that he had squeezed a nurse's hand late Monday only proved to give false hope.(1)

We lost a man that was turning around his life at the young age of 24. He will be missed everywhere.

Vikes 41 Giants 17

The Vikes shows after the game against the Giants that they still have some fight left in them. The Vikes embarrassed the Giant at the Meadowlands 41-17.

Defense gets a little picky

All day long Eli Manning was under pressure by the Viking defense. He was never comfortable in the packet after the 1st series in the game.The defensive unit keep the passing game under check something the Vikings have had a hard time to do all season. The Giants could not run the ball well at all to lighten the load for Manning.Manning and the passing game was out of sync all game. He made a good pass here and there but with no consistency.The Viking defense had 4 ints and 3 went for TDs(Darren Sharper, Dwight Smith, and Chad Greenway). The defense played well on every aspect of the game. The line has 2 late sacks and stuffed the run from the Giants and the pass rush to force Manning to make poor decisions.It is always fun to watch the Vikes total domination on the defense side of the ball.

On with the Offense

On the second play from scrimmage Tarvaris Jackson completed a long pass to Sidney Rice for a 60 yard touchdown. T-Jack was 10-12 129 yards. I have to say that he is approving his consistency throughout the season. With the past few games he has had 80% pass completion.He also had 38 yards on 5 carries, which came on some key third downs.He is developing into a decent QB in his second NFL season.
Chester Taylor started against this week because AD is out with the LCL injury that he sustained against the Packers. CT had another productive day, he ran for 77 yards and 1 TD.
Sidney Rice had a good day receiving with 82 yards and a TD.He is showing some great potential in his rookie season. It seems that there is much more to come from #18.

Playing with Pride

The Viking played well on every part of the team. They played hard all game, the defense was surrounding the ball and playing to the whistle. The offense look consistent all day and did what they need to do to win. It sure was fun to watch.

Next on tap

The Vikes(5-6) are at home against the Lions(6-5). It should be a great game to watch.With both teams needing this win to try to make the playoffs. Who wants it more?

Can the Vikes make it 2 wins in a row

Can the Vikes put together 2 consecutive wins the 1st time this season?? The Vikes are 7 point underdogs coming in the game at the Meadowlands. Everyone in the league know that we can run with either AD or Chester Taylor in the backfield. There are not that many teams that can stop these two backs WHEN healthy.
The Vike passing game. With the playoff picture in doubt. I believe the Vikes need to work on the passing game. We are one of the worst in the league. If we can show that we can move the ball effectively down the field with the passing game. This is something that we have been unable to do all season. no matter who is back at the helm.With T-Jack showing a fizzle of consistency all season both coming against terrible teams. I am hoping that he can continue where he left off during the Raiders.
The Vike run defense has stop almost everyone the past two years. We have one of the best in the league once again. The Williams' are unstoppable tearing up the opponents' backfield.I think that we will be able to stop the RBs for the Giants.

With the defensive backfield unable to stop the pass this season. This is a huge gaping hole for this Viking teams. If we could only stop the pass, then we would be a teams to reckon with. For the remainder of the season. The Giants' have some good receivers going up against the exposed Viking DBs. We will see if they can contain the deep threat of the Giant receiving corps.I think this will be a closer game then the critics think it will be.

My prediction is:

Vikes 27
Giants 32

AD not rules Out

Depending on what Chilly and the other coaches rule for the game Sunday against the Giants. AD might have a chance, but it is slim to have playing time on Sunday.If he does play he will not get his 20-25 carries. Considering that they are not really contending for the playoffs or anything, but I would not pushing him back so fast as long he is 100%. Considering the performance that the Vikes got out of Chester Taylor last week against the Raiders. Our line has been doing a good job with run blocking. I hope that the Vikes does screw this up and he might do more damage AD's knee. We will see what s come Sunday.

Vikes win over the Raiders 29-22

The Vikes play a pretty good game today to win over the Raiders at the Metrodome on Sunday. It was a fun game to watch even with Adrian Peterson on the sideline with a knee injury. The running game was a success as it has been all season long. Chester Taylor had a career game with Peterson like numbers against the Raider defense. He ripped through the Raiders all day long. He had 164 yards on 22 carries and 3 TDs(10,38,6) also 3 catches for 38 yards. in which CT had over 200 yards of total offense. He is no AD he is the best backup in the league.The line sure did open up some great hole for him today. This is a reason why we are the best rushing offense in the league.

T-Jack had his best passing output of his young NFL career. He was 17-22 throwing for 171 yards and 1 int. Beside that lone interception, he passed the pass very well. I was pretty accurate and on the mark for the receivers . He had little room to complete the passes he did. Due to the fact that the WRs were not getting that much separation. The Vikes offense wee completing passes and moving the ball down the field and even in the red zone. This has been unheard of this year. i know it was only one game.Maybe this is a sign for better things to come for our passing game.

We found out that Sidney Rice has a pretty good arm. Yes he is the WR we pick in this years draft. He went 2/2 for 93 yards passing. One of which was the first play of the game. The play was a WR reverse and completed a 74 yard bomb to Visanthe Shiancoe. Now that was a sweet play to wake the fans at the Metrodome.

One with the defense

The Williamses dominated the line of scrimmage against the Raiders after the Viking rush defense ran threw every which way last week against the Packers.I think that they showed up that they have not lost a step.The defense played with great intensity on the Sunday capred to last week. The pass defense is still in need of HELP. We will not be going anywhere is we cannot stop a QB passing over 300 yards. Former Vike Daunte Culpepper did very well against our DBs. He went 23-39 for 344 yards 1 TD, 1 int,2 fumbles(1lost). He showed what the Vike fans miss and do not miss about him. I for one miss him as our QB. It does not matter how bad our DBs today.

THE VIKES WIN.
This is all that matters.It always make me so happy to see my Norsemen to put a W in the win column. So everyone get out your horns and make some noise.

What does AD sent to the Hall??

I read ESPN today and they finally said what he will be giving to the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Now that record breaking rushing game that he had against the Chargers feels so long ago. That day against the Chargers he was a monster like he has been most of the games this year.
Anway, he will be giving the Hall of Fame his uniform he wore that day. Here is the thing about the uniform it has yet to be wash and that will never happen. Joe Horrigan, a representative from the Hall of Fame, feigned disgust as he held the jersey next to him.Starting Friday it will be on display for all people to see.So now the people can see and smell what it takes to earn every yard for the single game rushing record. With this game and year with AD ripping through the defense like butter. I hope that this will be good things to come for the Vikes. AS long as he can stay healthy he will have a great career as a Viking.

Bring on the Raiders

With the Vikes the are still recovering the mauling they took at Green Bay last, this week should go a little better. The Vikes are at home against the Oakland Raiders.This should be a really good game. Both are not playing for the playoffs, thy are really evenly matched. The Vikes will still be able to run the ball without Peterson in the backfield. Do you guys remember a guy by name of Chester Taylor? He did a pretty good job for us last year, he had over 1200 yards. He should light up the Raiders with their poor run defense.

No passing

With both of the team lack a consistent passing game and shoving through QB as much as some teams do line changes in hockey. Maybe the Vikes can actually pass the ball a little, I just hope that T-Jack can stall healthy. It has been a question all season if he can stay on the field. It seems like he has been dealing with one thing or another. The ex-Vike is starting for the Raiders' Dante Culpepper. He has done a decent job for them this year. He has not been hurt or anything like that really compared to our QB. The NFL Network is expecting that him and Russell will split time in the game.It should be a boring passing attack by either side.As long as the Vikes can complete a pass to a WR in the 1st half I will be happy.

The Defense
Oakland's potent ground attack facing a good Minnesota run defense and Minnesota's struggling passing attack facing an exceptional Oakland pass defense. Field position will be key and while the point total should be low, the physical play and effort by both teams will be great.So will be a great smash mouth football game.

The prediction

The Vikes 23
Raiders 13

Rest Peterson

I do not see the point of bring Adrian Peterson back this season. I know that he has had a great season for us. With his injury there is not much of a point to rush him back.I would love to see him out there making the defense look foolish out on the field.I would rather have him in the long run. He could possibly get hurt worse if we do that.We are not contending for the playoffs or anything like that. I am just hoping that we finish 8-8 this season. have no doubts on that even happening with the way that we have played all season with NO PASSING GAME. Maybe with nothing much to play for except pride and respect maybe we can show that we can pass the ball better than we have all year. Develop the young players a bit and get them some real game time experiece. Finish off the year on a positive note. SKOL VIKINGS

Peterson Out with ligament tear

Adrian Peterson will be out against the Raiders for certain after the knee injured he sustained against Green Bay on Sunday. He will miss at least one game with a torn lateral collateral ligament(LCL). But the injury is not deemed serious enough to require surgery to end his season. He did not tear any of the major ligaments. This is bittersweet news for Viking fans. Team doctors told Childress that with ligament tears graded on a three-point scale, with three being the worst, Peterson's tear is "two-plus." It's not as serious as an anterior cruciate ligament tear.With a little time Peterson will be back in his same form.

This all for now with the issue.

Vike gets shutdown 34-0

This game was one of the most pathetic displays by the Vikes showed in quite a while. From the first play the Vikes could not do anything on either side of the ball. This is always a huge game for both teams. In the game this is what the Vikes accomplished:

• The first time in Vikings/Packers history that Green Bay has shut out Minnesota.
• The worst regular season shutout loss in Vikings' history.
• Four consecutive losses to our biggest rival.
• Seven (yes, 7) total passing yards at halftime.
• No completions to a wide receiver until the 2:30 mark of the third quarter.
• No third down conversions all game.
• No fourth down conversions all game

(courtesy of Daily Norseman)

Our run and pass defense was horrible on this day. Viking fans are getting accustomed to the pass yards the Vike secondary has been giving up per game. Farve made play after play all day. The run defense is something the Vikes thrive on one of the best in the NFL. This was the 1st time all season a team had a 100 yard rusher against the Vikes.

It would be nice if we could have passes the ball decent enough to give Adrian Peterson a chance to run the ball. Peterson was 11 carries, 45 yards, 4.1 yards per carry. That was pretty fine day.Peterson usually needs to double that to get his usual output he has been putting on teams this year.On a low hit by cornerback Al Harris, Adrian Peterson injured.He did not return to the game. The Vikes are calling it a "knee sprain." Bollinger did not complete a pass to a receiver until midway through the 3rd quarter. The passing game was dismal at best. I hope that they can find some kind of a passing game this season.

In the next games, we will see if the Vikes give a damn about the rest of the season. There was not that many players that actually played with their heart on Sunday. There was only 4-5 player that came out to play.

Adrian Peterson
Chester Taylor
Chris Kluwe
EJ Hederson
Ben Leber

Their is nothing positive from this performance. No unit on this day decided to show up. We will see if they can rebound to some degree with this pathetic display they showed us against the Packers.

Pregame Vikes @ Packers

With the Vikings fans wondering who will starting on Sunday at the QB slot. It looks like former Wisconsin Badger Brooks Bollinger might get the start come Sunday. You just never know about Childress sometimes.In my opinion Brooks looks the best out the other quaterbacks that are on the roster come gameday.Some things the Vikes need to go at Green Bay.

Run the ball. With the year that Peterson is having so far. Why not go with the flow. He has been ripping through some great defenses so far this season. There is a reason that he leading the league is rushing yards. With him and Taylor they are pretty tough to defend. I hope that Childress give Peterson the rock in the second half in this game.

Stop the pass. This is a must against the Packers. All the Vikes need to do is stop the pass and keep constant pressure on Favre. If this team cannot pass they can not move the ball. They have a nonexistent rushing game.The defense will have their work cut out for them to stop Favre at Green Bay.Force him to hurry the pass. Favre will make a bad pass and throw an interception.

Special Teams. Whoever wins this battle of special teams will come out on top in the end. It is vital that we play as well in this area again.

This is a BIG game for the Vikes this week. It is a division game and the tell tale of what kinda team the Vikes are. All year the have been a mystery team. All unit have to click in order for us to walk out of Lambeau Field with a victory.

SKOL VIKINGS

Vikes sign a QB

With two out of the three QB questionable for the game on Sunday against Green Bay. Brad Childress needed a QB fast. So the Vikes signed Koy Detmer to a one-year contract.They needed to have some dept at the QB position with Jackson and Holcomb with a question mark over their heads.If these two QBs cannot go against Green Bay then Brooks Bollinger would have get the start.Detmer would serve as backup. Detmer was primarily a backup for his 10 year career when Brad Childress was the offensive coordinator for the Eagles.Childress is familiar with With the signing of Detmer the Vikes had to release cornerback Ronyell Whitaker from the 53 man roster.

For the Record

With the win over the Chargers on Sunday. If someone under a rock or something. Adrain Peterson ran over the Chargers defense all day long. He ran for 296 yards and 3 TDs.This is now the NFL record for rushing yards in a single game. He broke it by 3 feet. He ran around them, through and past the defenders. He had great blocks from the linemen all day long. I am just so glad that the Vikes took him in the draft.Hopefully that the AP and Vikes can get a passing game of open up more running room for the rookie star.We will see what happens when the season comes to the end.

Post Game Chargers @ Vikings

The Vikings have upset the Chargers at home 34-17. I will say this now I did not think that the Vikes were going to come out on top in this game.Vikes really came to play on this day. Adrian Peterson just showed time and time again why he is such a special player. The Chargers are one of the best rushing defenses in the league. They were no match for Adrian "All Day" Peterson. He had 296 yards (NFL record for most rushing yards in a game) 3 rushing touchdowns.

On offensive side, Adrian Peterson had his best game of the season and he out rushed many teams yesterday.He consistently had big run after big run.I sure am glad that the top six teams in the draft passed on him.(THANK YOU).Brooks Bollinger(B2) came in again for Tarvaris Jackson he has been injured again. He needs to learn the QB pansy slide. B2 had a decent game after coming in completing 7 passes for 95 yards and a touchdown to Sidney Rice. With the Vikes rushing attack(378 yards), this is what opened Rice up with the play action pass for the TD. In the second half the line and receivers was really opening up some nice holes for Peterson and company to scamper through.

On the defensive side, we defended the pass well and stop the Chargers' rushing threat LT. We gave up under 200 yards of pass considering on average we give up about 300 yards per game. This is something that our DB needed to do.We stop the LT to 46 yards rushing and Antino Gates had 10 yards receiving. The Vikes D held the Chargers stars to minumal imoact in this game. We also created some turnovers to help out the offense.

The special teams unit ,Aundrae Allison had a 62 yard return that helped setup one of Adrian Peterson's touchdowns.With time expiring in the 1st half Ryan Longwell attempted a 60 yard field goal and Antonio Cromartie caught the ball in end-zone and ran it out. Cromartie sweep past the Vikes down the sideline, and score an improbable 109-yard TD, breaking - by one yard - the record for longest-ever NFL play (previously held by Devin Hester).

With this win I hope that the Vikes can take this and go with it. All units played well today. They need to do the same this every week the rest of the year. We show that we have more talent on offense besides Adrian Peterson.

Pregame Thoughts Vikes @ San Diego

The Vikes are a struggling team are in need for a victory. It feels like it has been forever since that beat up on Da Bears. The vets are getting frustrated with the play they are showing on the field. The offense and defense are both play sub par.This game feature 2 great running backs and 2 of the best run defense in the league. To turn the season around here are some keys of the game.

1. Pressure Philip Rivers. This will be essential for us to win. I have seem when teams put pressure on him he make mistakes. He is not that mobile of a QB, he is more of a pocket passer.The problem is that we such a good run defense the teams pass 60% of the time. Teams know that our coverage is poor.

2. Try to pass consistently. For the Vikes to score we need to be able to should we can complete passes and sustain a drive. So we are not a one-dimensional team on Sunday. Just enough to keep the chargers honest on the run.

3. Contain LT. I think that we have the right guys on defense to keep LT under control and he will not be a factor in the game. It helps that we have one of the best run stop defenses in the league this year again.

4. Run Adrian Run. There is a reason why is leading the league in rushing. I would think that Peterson would get the rock about 20 times again this game. If our line can create holes for him, he should have a good game. He has been our offense this year. Chilly, just get him to ball some way.