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Another night game for the Vikings as they head to Chicago for Monday Night Football!
Are you ready for some football? Let’s hope the Vikings are. This week they’ll head to Chicago to face the 5-9 Bears.
Can the Vikings right the ship?
Let’s face it. The Minnesota Vikings are better than the Chicago Bears. No question. But, on the other hand, the Minnesota Vikings were better than the Carolina Panthers, and that didn’t seem to help them at all last week.
Minnesota basically needs to clean up the sloppiness. No penalties, no sacks on Favre, make holes for Peterson, and crisp tackling. These are all things that the Vikings are capable of. They just need to execute.
The Vikings are still playing for a bye.
This week is still very important to the Vikings. All it takes is a win by the Vikings OR a loss by the Cardinals to knock Arizona out of the race for the first round bye, but it will take a win by the Vikings AND a loss by the Eagles to give Minnesota a chance to breathe easy in next week’s game against the Giants.
-Protect Favre
Last week I lay the majority of the blame for the Vikings loss to Carolina on the fact that they let Julius Peppers do whatever he wanted. While it’s true that the Bears don’t have a pass rusher on the level of Peppers, you also have to bet it’s true that they watched the tape of that game. Expect the Bears to do whatever it takes to pressure Favre to make sure he can’t get in a rhythm. The Vikings have to expect that and figure out (sometime BEFORE Tuesday) what the best counter is.
-Pressure Cutler
The Vikings have been a sack machine this year, but they’ve been a little slower at pressuring the QB in the past few weeks. If they can step that up against Cutler, not only will it disrupt their offense, but his league-leading 25 interceptions tells me that the Vikings might be able to force him into some bad plays.
-Run more creatively
Adrian Peterson is NOT going to win the rushing title this year…. so let’s not worry about him getting his yards. Instead, the Vikings need to mix things up with him and Taylor… put them both in the game, motion one of them out, motion Harvin back… something to keep the other teams guessing. We’re two weeks away from the start of the playoffs… it’s time for the Vikings to start putting some things on film that will worry another coordinator or two (besides our own)
My Prediction
Well, I was dead wrong last week in my prediction, but the Vikings are too good of a team to be embarrassed twice. However, I think because it’ll be very cold, and because it’s late in the season, I think we’ll see Tarvaris sooner than we normally might. I’m gonna give this one to the Vikings at 24-10 with Tarvaris coming in after a 17-10 lead in the 3rd quarter.
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