Even though the Vikings game was a little sloppier than we’ve gotten used to so far this year, there were still a lot of stand out performances by Minnesota players. As usual, I want to start out mentioning the guys that didn’t get picked as player of the week, but easily could have.
Ray Edwards played the best game I’ve ever seen him play. He was all over the field, getting two sacks, 5 tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and according to Brad Childress he should’ve had another forced fumble and sack on the play that he got the helmet-to-helmet penalty. Great game by Edwards.
Adrian Peterson had a great game, too. 133 yards, plus 10 yards receiving. He had a couple monster runs. He had two touchdowns, and if it wasn’t for an untimely fumble (which coach Childress thinks should’ve been a horse collar tackle instead), he would’ve had 3.
Brett Favre also had a big day. 344 yards passing, 20 for 29, 1 TD, no interceptions, and a 120.5 QB rating.
But this week’s player of the game has to be…
The Week 10 Viking Ship Player of the Game: Sidney Rice
Sidney Rice has been incredible all year, but Sunday he was playing lights-out football. The man seemed to be open at all the right times, and he seemed to catch anything thrown within a 4 mile radius of him. He finished the game with 201 yards, which is just 10 yards shy of being holding the Vikings all time single game receiving record.
His performance on Sunday put him at #4 in receiving yards in the NFL, and #1 in the NFC.
He has really become the type of receiver that Favre knows he can always count on, so I assume we’ll be seeing more big games through out this year.
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