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.
WEEK 1 WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS: CHICAGO BEARS...RB Matt Forte runs for a 123 yards and the Bears offense looks equally as good as their defense against a perennial powerhouse in their building. GO BEARS
PITTSBURGH STEELERS... RB Willie Parker played like a stud who had forgotten about his broken leg last season, Big Ben managed the game extremely well, and the defense was the usual...tough.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES... QB Donovan McNabb looked like his old self against a weak Rams defense, lets see how they fair against Dallas next week.
LOSERS: SEATTLE SEAHAWKS... They are terrible on the road, but c'mon. They got manhandled by an average team in Buffalo. They also lost WR Nate Burleson for the season...that definitely will hurt this team.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS... Silence!! That's what happened when I saw Jake Delhomme's game winning TD pass against a supposed super bowl contender...Oh yeah and Merriman is done for the season.
CINCINNATI BENGALS... To much bad attention for this team to handle...Ocho Cinco goes for one catch, Carson throws for 99 yards, and Rookie Joe Flacco scrambles for a 38 yard score in slow motion. When you've got problems, you've got problems...
