Ben Hamill's Minnesota Vikings fan blog

The Colts have been there and done that. The Vikings, well haven't done much of anything since '98. Both teams have high expectations for the season, so this early contest is extremely important. As for the Colts, Peyton Manning will look much better than he did against the Bears, especially against a weak secondary, like the Vikes. The Vikings will effectively shut down the Colts run game, but will give up 300+ to Manning and company. The first half should be competitive but the Colts will make adjustments in the second half and pull out a 24-17 victory. The Vikings do the norm here... Adrian Peterson runs for right around 100 yards, scores a TD and Tarvaris Jackson looks like a deer in headlights, throwing 2 INT's. But there always next week when the Vikings play the Panthers and a possi

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The Minnesota Vikings came into the season with high expectations, some would say Super Bowl aspirations. With the emergence of Adrian Peterson and the off-season signing of Jared Allen, the Vikings look good on paper. When Monday night arrived all the talking was thrown out the window and the Vikings and Packers squared off in their bitter rivalry. The Vikings offense was exactly what I expected, great run game, awful pass game and a inexperienced quarterback. The Defense was solid, but they gave up two big plays: A 50+ yard bomb to Greg Jennings, which should have been broken up if the Vikings had a halfway decent corner, and a 50+ run to an average RB in Ryan Grant. The Vikings hung in their in the end, showing sign of life and a chance to steal the game in Lambeau, but let's face it. Nobody thought Tarvaris Jackson was going to march down the field for a game winning drive, instead he capped it off with a miscommunication with his WR, resulting in a INT...figures.

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