Our Minnesota Vikings are now 9-1
… and this past Sunday they played like a 9-1 team should play against a 3-7 opponent.
The game started off slow, tied at Zero after the first quarter, but it was all Vikings from there on out. Favre moved the team up and down the field, seemingly at will. They scored 21 points in the 2nd quarter, and 7 points each in the 3rd and 4th quarter to beat Seattle 35-9.
The team tightened up on the sloppiness from last week.
After 3 penalties in the first quarter on the Vikings, and a fourth one 4 seconds into the 2nd quarter, it looked like the Vikings were going to go down the same sloppy path that they went down last week against Detroit, but after that 4th penalty, the Vikings tightened things up, and only had 1 more penalty in the final nearly-3-quarters of play. That final penalty was in the 4th quarter, and it was on Kennedy, who isn’t a starter.
Ho-hum… more records for Brett Favre
I wonder if he ever gets tired of setting records. Favre played an amazing game, throwing 22-25, 4 TDs to 4 different receivers, 213 yards, and no interceptions. His 88% completion was not only a personal best, but it set a Vikings single game record. His QB rating 141.8.
Favre wasn’t the highest rated Vikings QB of the day.
Tarvaris Jackson came into the game early in the 3rd quarter, and Childress let Jackson play some ball. Even though Favre came out, Childress let Jackson have some time with Peterson, Rice, Berrian, and the rest of the starters. Jackson went 6-8 for 77 yards, 1 TD, and no interceptions. He had a QB rating of 144.3 on the day.
I like the move by Childress to let Jackson do more than just hand off and kill the clock. He took advantage of the big lead by letting Jackson, who will likely be competing for a starting job again as soon as Favre leaves the team, play real football with actual NFL starters around him. Jackson in turn took advantage of that opportunity by throwing his first TD pass of the season.
Jackson looks decent on the field except for one thing: His short passes are too soft. That becomes insanely more obvious after watching Brett Favre throw the ball week in and week out. The Vikings receivers claim that Jackson can throw every bit as hard as Favre, but when it comes to throwing screens and dump-offs, Jackson tries to lob the ball to where it needs to go. If he could learn from Favre in that aspect of the game, I really think his play would improve greatly.
That’s the run defense I’m used to seeing!
The Vikings defense held Seattle to 4 rushing yards.
4.
Yep, I said FOUR.
That’s amazing. They negative yards until their TD drive, when they were playing against half a team of reserves. That moves them up 3 spots on the overall list. They entered the game with the #6 rushing defense in the league. Now they have the #3 rushing defense.
The Vikings have tons and tons of weapons
Adrian Peterson ran for 82 yards.
Chester Taylor ran for 73 yards.
7 different Vikings caught passes.
4 different Vikings caught TD passes.
Sidney Rice had 89 receiving yards.
Percy Harvin had 79 receiving yards.
Visanthe Shiancoe had 78 receiving yards.
If these guys all have a good game, how do you stop a team like this?!
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