EmBEARassing

Thanks to Adrian Peterson, Ben Leber and Antoine Winfield, the Minnesota Vikings lost a thriller (in the second half) 36-30 to the Bears in Overtime in Chicago. This marks the Vikes second loss in a row. The Vikes have lost three of four, all on the road and at night, but still.

Minnesota was 10-1 a month ago and appeared a LOCK for the #2 seed. Now they likely won’t get a bye. What a disaster! If Dallas beats Philly and if Minnesota beats the Giants, then the Vikes will be the two. If Philly wins, they are the two seed.

Many Vikes fans will blame the loss last night on Adrian Peterson whose fumble in overtime setup a 39 yard touchdown pass from Jay Cutler to something named Aromashodu. It was the THIRD time in the game that Antoine Winfield was BEAT for a touchdown. Winfield has been hurt a majority of the year and was a major spark for the Vikes versus the Bengals, but in the Vikes last three losses, he has been a TOTAL disaster. I honestly think I may be a better cover corner right now then Winny. Bench Winfield for Karl Paymah? Sadly, it’s worth considering.

The Vikes were down 16-0 at half and basically didn’t show up in the first. Minnesota rallied behind Brett Favre to score 30, yes 30, second half points including a six yard touchdown from Favre to Sidney Rice with 16 seconds left in the game.

Favre ended the day 26 of 40 for 321 yards including two touchdowns and a lost fumble. Peterson rushed for 94 yards on 24 carries and had two one yard touchdowns.

The Vikes run stuffing defensive tackle, Fat Pat Williams missed the game due to an elbow injury. Not sure how serious it is.

Minnesota had an extra point BLOCKED after their first touchdown. This obviously cost them the game.

Many Minnesota Vikings were a total disaster on Monday. I honestly think that Ben Leber should be cut. He is possibly the WORST linebacker in the NFL. He can’t tackle or catch. Chad Greenway was a joke. Winfield was the worst player on the field. Bernard Berrian is horrible. Chris Kluwe has got to be the worst punter in the NFL. Jasper Brinkley should never play football ever again because he’s SO BAD. He actually is worse then Leber. How sad! Bryant McKinnie continues to be OVERRATED and a piece of shit. Anthoney Herrera is so bad he make McKinnie’s fat ass look good. The whole Vikes kickoff coverage team is an embarrassement and Head Coach, Brad Childress is the dumbest son of a bitch alive.

At 11-4, Minnesota has one game left, hosting the pathetic New York Giants. Minnesota may blow that game too. Somehow I think Minnesota beats the Giants and will win their first playoff game at home against Dallas, but they will get DRILLED at Philly in the next round.

The 2009 Minnesota Vikings WILL NOT win the Super Bowl. I honestly feel bad that Favre has to play with these jokers in purple and be coached by such a tool.

One game ball is awarded, Brett Favre. The only decent player on the Vikes.

The season is over. I’m sure next year is our year…

Another SNF Disaster

Thanks to the Green Bay Packers losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Minnesota Vikings found out they had become NFC North Champions roughly an hour before kickoff. It is the Vikes first time in over 30 years to be NFC North Champions in back-to-back years.

The New Orleans Saints lost to the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday giving the Vikes a possible hope of being the #1 seed in the NFC, that was until the Vikes/Panthers game started.

It was another TOTAL DISASTER on Sunday Night. For the second time in three weeks Minnesota played horrible on Sunday Night Football on the road. Carolina beat Minnesota 26-7, dropping the Vikes to 11-3.

Let me start by saying that Bryant McKinnie is the most overrated player in football. He is the SLOWEST moving human I have even seen. He can’t pass block and Julius Peppers OWNED him last night. The only good move Brad Childress did all night was to bench McKinnie for Artis Hicks. Hicks was terrible too.

While we are on the topic of terrible, a week after Antoine Winfield dominated the Bengals game, he looked like one of the worst cornerbacks in the league. Steve Smith of the Panthers rocked his world on Sunday. Smith caught nine balls for 157 yards including a 42 yard touchdown on Toine. It did look like a bit of a push off, but Winfield was bad all night long.

Jasper Brinkley, EJ Henderson’s sub, had a bad, bad day too. Brinkley couldn’t tackle and couldn’t cover anyone. Minnesota clearly misses Henderson. Fellow linebacker, Ben Leber played poorly too. He whiffed on a fumble recovery, couldn’t tackle and couldn’t cover anyone either.

Vikes quarterback, Brett Favre and the Vikes offense STRUGGLED against the Panthers. Favre was 17 of 27 for 224 yards with an interception in the Panther’s end zone. Favre was getting hit so much by the Panthers and Peppers that Chilly tried to get him out of the game in the third quarter when the Vikes had a 7-6 lead. The two had a heated exchange and Favre stayed in the game. This has created a bunch of drama by the Minneapolis media, but I don’t totally see why. Chilly knows that without Favre, this team is done for.

The Vikes lone touchdown came on a four yard run by Adrian Peterson. AD had 35 yards on 12 carries. Again the Vikes were unable to establish their run game.

Sidney Rice had four catches for 69 yards, but he had his first career fumble. Percy Harvin was back on the field, but he had little impact. Harvin caught one ball for 10 yards.

No game balls awarded due to another piss poor performance.

This game was very scary for the Vikes. I was willing to believe the Vikes just didn’t show up for the Arizona game, but for two out of three weeks to be a disaster on the road is not good.

Minnesota is without EJ Henderson, huge loss on defense and they are struggling to stop the pass. On offense Favre is looking like again the December/January thing is getting to him and Minnesota can’t establish a run game with the best back in the league.

Last week I thought that as the #2 seed Minnesota had a hope to get to the Super Bowl, but not anymore. The Vikes will win their last two games, be the #2 seed, get a bye in the first round, beat the Eagles at Metrodome in the second round, but they will get ROCKED on the road in the NFC Championship game in New Orleans. It’s not that I think the Saints are that good, but the Vikes WILL NOT win a road game in the playoffs.

Obviously it is a very depressing day and the season is not over, but I just don’t think the Minnesota Vikings can win the Super Bowl this year. I sure hope they do and after they win their last two and beat the Eagles, I’m going to be pumped, but like always they are just going to break our hearts.

Vikes Tame Bengals

Vikes Pro Bowl cornerback, Antoine Winfield returned after missing six games to spark the Vikes to a 30-10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. Winfield was dominant against both the run and the pass in his return. Winny had nine tackles and forced a fumble.

The Vikes defense held Carson Palmer and the Bengals to 94 yards passing. Palmer did throw a 15 yard touchdown to Chad Ochocinco, but that was the lone bright spot for them.

Minnesota was without linebacker, EJ Henderson, safety, Tyrell Johnson and wide receiver, Percy Harvin. Jasper Brinkley filled in rather nicely for Henderson, as did Jamarca Sanford for Johnson. Both are rookies.

Adrian Peterson rushed for 97 yards on 26 carries including two touchdowns (1 & 3 yards). AD also caught three balls for 40 yards.

Brett Favre was 17 of 30 for 192 yards including an interception and a great nine yard touchdown to Sidney Rice.

A week after the WORST game by far the Vikes played all year, Minnesota dominated a pretty decent Bengals team. Cincy is tough against the run and does have Palmer and #85 on offense. The Minnesota offensive line went out and took it to the Bengals pretty good and Winfield and the Vikes defense clearly played inspired.

With the victory Minnesota secured a playoff spot and after they beat the Panthers on Sunday Night, they will have clinched the NFC North. It is looking like the Vikes will be a lock for the #2 seed in the NFC meaning they will likely play a team like the Cardinals, Eagles, Packers or Cowboys at Metrodome to go to the NFC Championship.

The Vikes need to finish strong and hopefully that Arizona game was just a bad, bad day. Minnesota is still a legit contender for the Super Bowl and with leaders like Favre, Peterson, the Williams Wall, JA and Winfield; I think they have a pretty decent shot at winning it all.

NEWT’S GAME BALLS
Offense – Adrian Peterson
Defense – Antoine Winfield
Special Teams – Erin Henderson

Disaster in the Desert

The Minnesota Vikings were ROCKED by the Cardinals 30-17 last night in Arizona. The worst news of all was that Vikes middle linebacker, EJ Henderson, fractured his femur during the game. His season is obviously over. Henderson’s backup is rookie, Jasper Brinkely.

Well, let’s start with the positives from the game… oh yeah, there were NONE.

The game was a TOTAL DISASTER. Benny Sapp forced a fumble on Arizona’s opening drive, this led to a Brett Favre to Visanthe Shiancoe three yard touchdown. After that everything went downhill. The Cardinals outscored Minnesota 30-3 after that until a late junk 31 yard touchdown from Favre to Percy Harvin.

No one on the team showed up. Favre was terrible, Adrian Peterson was terrible, Jared Allen and the entire Vikes defense was terrible. It just was not good.

Favre ended the day 30 of 45 for 275 with two interceptions to go along with his two touchdowns.

Peterson only rushed for 19 yards on 13 carries. That’s 1.5 yards per carry.

Minnesota couldn’t establish the run and Favre struggled to beat the Cardinals nickel/dime defenses. Brad Childress was out coached (yeah, what’s new) and the Vikes showed no emotion until after the game as many players were solemn after the crushing injury to their Defensive Captain, Henderson.

Kurt Warner, who by the way I HATE, was 22 of 32 for 285 with three touchdowns and zero interceptions. Anquan Boldin caught two of them and Larry Fitzgerald caught the other.

Vikes cornerback, Anotine Winfield missed his SIXTH straight game. No clue what his deal, but Minnesota needs him back.

Now at 10-2, the Vikes need to finish strong to hold on to the #2 seed in the NFC to get a home field bye for the first round of the playoffs. Many people are VERY DOWN on the Vikes today and for good reason. The teams that even I thought looked a lock for the NFC Championship game now appears very shaky.

Even though the loss of Henderson is huge, I think Minnesota will finish the season 4-0 or 3-1. They will get a first round bye and will host a game in the next round. I still like the Vikes chances at home over anyone in the league.

The Vikes still have hope of winning the Super Bowl. Yesterday was horrible, but with a strong performance this week at Metrodome versus the Bengals, the Vikes will be back on track.
No game balls are deserved after this horrible performance.

I will be attending my SIXTH home game of the year on Sunday when the Vikes host Carson Palmer and Chad Ochocinco. I’m 5-0 so far and expect to be 6-0.

4 Ever Young

Favre Does it Again

Another spontaneous trip to the Vikes game, leaves me a little behind again! Thanks to Brett Favre, the Vikes DRILLED the Bears 36-10 on Sunday at Metrodome.

Minnesota held Chicago to 12 plays for 12 yards in the second half. Favre again was nearly perfect going 32 of 48 for 392 yards with 3 touchdowns. Percy Harvin, Vinsanthe Shiancoe and Chester Taylor were all on the receiving end.

Adrian Peterson scored a touchdown on a five yard run in the fourth quarter. Purple Jesus had 85 yards on 25 carries. He was ill last week and has somewhat of a nagging ankle injury. The only real downside to the whole game was Peterson’s two fumbles (one which was recovered by the Bears).

I honestly don’t understand how he fumbles so much. Especially when every announcer, etc always says he has the hardest handshake EVER. Maybe Sea Biscuit needs to be like Darnell Jefferson in “The Program” and carry a football everywhere he goes with him.

Teams continue to stack the box to stop Peterson and let Favre beat them. I wonder when this will change. Sooner or later teams are going to have to stop Favre and open things up for All Day!

The Vikes defense played great and really shut down Jay Cutler. Cutler was 18 of 23 for 147 yards including a 24 yard touchdown and two interceptions (one by Cedric Griffin in the end zone).

Antoine Winfield missed his fifth game with an injured foot. He was expected to play.

Jared Allen had two sacks and even picked off Cutler on a ball batted high in the air. It was Allen’s second career interception.

The Vikes continue to roll and now at 10-1 winning the NFC North seems like a forgone conclusion. Minnesota is trying to keep pace with the now 11-0 New Orleans Saints who I must say looked really good last night against the Patriots. Drew Brees is amazing.

Both teams have five games to go, but it appears the road to the Super Bowl for Favre and the boys will go through New Orleans.

NEWT’S GAME BALLS
Offense – Brett Favre
Defense – Jared Allen
Special Teams – Ryan Longwell