Last weekend, I went to the match-up in the desert. Just like last year’s game against the Cardinals, the parking lot was filled with Vikings fans from all over the country. I expected a competitive game against two legitimate Super Bowl contenders in the NFC, however only one team showed up.

After scoring a touchdown (via [...]

In a weekend of upsets (see The Steelers and Bengals), the Vikings were able to maintain their level of intensity and blow the doors off the Seahawks.

The defense yielded only one touchdown, stopped a two-point conversion and held the Seahawks to a total of four yards rushing. As for the offense, Favre was 22 of [...]

Skeptics argued that when the Vikings faced the Packers this season, Favre would revert back to his gun slinging days of forcing the ball into tight windows. On Sunday and in Week 4, Favre was poised and disciplined against his former team.

In both games, Favre was a combined 41 for 59, 515 yards and 7 [...]

Lambeau Field seems to bring out the best of the Vikings’ rookie wide receivers.

In 1998, Randy Moss had a huge game against the Packers on MNF in Green Bay. He had two touchdown passes, both of which came on the deep pass (jump ball to be exact). Packer fans were witnesses to one of the [...]

As Favre ran onto the field, boos reigned down from the stadium. This was not a shocker, as the week leading up to the game fans (and even the Mayor of Green Bay) were ready to voice their displeasure with Favre’s return to Lambeau Field.

As expected, Favre shrugged off the booing and went right [...]

Heading into last week’s game against the Steelers, the core issue was whether the Vikings’ defense would be exposed with the absence of Antoine Winfield.

Against the number one passer and number one receiver (Ben Roethlisberger and Hines Ward, respectively), the trio of Benny Sapp, Karl Paymah and Asher Allen rose to the occasion. Roethlisberger passed [...]

There were several play calls that had me scratching my head. Brad Childress has been criticized in the past for his play calling, but since the Vikings have won all their games until Sunday, nobody really pressed the issue. Now that the Vikings have lost, there is quite a bit of second-guessing both amongst the [...]

The Vikings came into Sunday’s game with high hopes of proving that they could beat an upper echelon team in the NFL. After being handed their first loss of the season, it is clear that the Vikings have several aspects that need to be corrected. I will examine the miscues that cost the Vikings a [...]

The Vikings escaped with a 33-31 victory this past Sunday against the Ravens. The score was 27-10 with eight minutes left to go in the fourth quarter and then the wheels came off, particularly on defense. The Ravens went on to score 21 points in the fourth quarter and should have won, but for a [...]

In the cover 2 scheme the Vikings’ defense employs, the middle of the field is exposed to in-breaking and seam routes. When the linebacker drops back into coverage, there is a void between he and the safety, as the safety is charged with the duty of preventing any deep passes or helping out the corners [...]