The Minnesota Vikings, who just came of the ugliest game in years against the Detroit Lions, and found themselves handed their first ever loss at Ford Field, come into Kansas City this weekend looking for a little retribution.Minnesota needs to redeem themselves from last weeks loss, and hope to use the Kansas City Chiefs in doing so. Kansas City owns a 5-4-0 series record over the Vikings, and Minnesota has not played at Arrowhead Stadium since 1999, and has not won their since 1974. Minnesota and Kansas City have a very close rival, as they are also 7-7 in preseason match ups. The Vikings and Chiefs are very closely matched up, and this one should be a barn burner.
This season the Minnesota Vikings are 1-1, with a season opening win over Atlanta 23-3, and an ugly loss to Detroit last week 20-17 in overtime. The Chiefs are 0-2 on the season with a season opening road loss to the Houston Texans 20-3, and last week's loss to the Chicago Bears 20-10. This will be the Chiefs home opener, as they search for their first win of the season, and extend Minnesota's losing streak to two straight losses, and over 33 years since their last victory at Arrowhead. Minnesota's last win at Arrowhead was on December 14, 1974 in a 35-15 win over the Chiefs.
The Vikings may be without starter Tarvaris Jackson, who is still listed as Day-to-Day since going down last week with a groin injury. Jackson experienced his worse ever start as a professional last week, when he completed 17 of 33 passes for 166 yards and four interceptions. Jackson was hurt in the fourth quarter and never returned. A possible stater for the Vikings this week could be Kelly Holcomb. Holcomb was acquired from Philadelphia in the preseason for added insurance.
Viking rookie Adrian Peterson had another productive week, as he carried the ball 22 times for 66 yards, and caught four receptions for 52 yards. Peterson had a total of 118 yards on the day. Chester Taylor who was out last week with a hip injury, looks to be playing this week. Minnesota struggled offensively both in the air, and on the ground against Detroit. With Adrian Peterson carrying most of the load for the Vikings, and only rushing for 52 yards. With the hopeful return of Chester Taylor, Minnesota's ground attack should be in full force again.
The Viking defense will remain very powerful against the Chiefs ground attack, and should hold them to very few yards. The Minnesota defense is what has held up best in this young season. Minnesota has three defensive touchdowns, and is holding opponents to 152 yards rushing (3.1 average yards), but a whopping 528 yards passing (6.7 average yards). They have allowed only two touchdowns this season, and are 12 of 29 on third down conversions. The Vikings has also recorded 10 sacks in two weeks.
The Vikings definitely need to get going offensively. I feel they are doing Tarvaris Jackson a grave injustice by starting his so early in his career. I believe that head coach Brad Childress should be having Jackson learning from veteran quarterbacks Brooks Bollinger and Kelly Holcomb, while getting one, maybe two years tops of experience and preparation before starting. Jackson is very young and raw, and needs a lot of attention before he is ready for the big league performances that everyone is expecting of him. Hopefully Jackson's career won't be over before it gets a real start due to poor performances at such a young beginning in his career.
I urge all Vikings fans to remain patient, and keep on supporting our Minnesota Vikings. We have a very young and talented team, with a raw quarterback who needs grooming and a lot of attention and preparation to become the great starter the Vikings have projected him to be. Since it does not seem like Coach Childress is going to rest Jackson unless he has major issues, please give this Vikings team a chance, and a lot of our patience and support, while Jackson gets the playing experience he desperately needs.
Til game time Vikings fans......
SKOL VIKINGS LETS SKOL!!!!!!
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