This was the question in yesterday's game between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings entered Detroit yesterday with a perfect record of 5-0 at Ford Field, and a 1-0 record on the season. After suffering a 20-17 loss, Minnesota now finds themselves 5-1 at Ford Field and 1-1 on this young season.If these Minnesota Vikings want to be better than 8-8 or 7-9 this season, they need to play much better football. Tarvaris Jackson showed just how young and raw he is, by throwing four interceptions, and going 17 for 33 and 166 yards. Jackson received a quarterback rating of 26.4 in week two. Tarvaris was not all bad though. He did run in one touchdown, and stretched out in doing so, getting the ball in the end zone before his knees touched the ground, he also had 5 attempts for 16yards in rushing, and made a great heads up play on a questionable reception, in snapping the ball before the Lions could challenge the play.
Adrian Peterson was not as effective in week two. Peterson had 20 carries for 66 yards, no touchdowns, and caught 4 receptions for 52 yards. Mewelde Moore carried the ball 6 times for 56 yards, and had 4 receptions for 36 yards. Detroit's defense seemed to sworn Adrian Peterson yesterday, as he could not get anywhere most of the game. The Vikings are hoping Chester Taylor will return next week against the Kansas City Chiefs. With Taylor, Peterson, and Moore in the backfield switching out, the Chiefs won't know who the ball is going to, and we should see a much improved running game.
The passing attack was left virtually lifeless yesterday, as Bobby Wade has 5 receptions for 34 yards and no touchdowns. Wade also had one run attempt for -9 yards. Troy Williamson had 2 receptions for 23 yards, while Robert Ferguson was 3 for 29, and definitely had one dropped pass that should have been easily caught. Finally, Adrian Peterson was 4 for 52 in receiving yards. The Vikings only offensive touchdown came in the second quarter when Tarvaris Jackson stretched the ball out over the goal line. Otherwise, Minnesota only other offensive score was on a Ryan Longwell 32 yard field goal in the third quarter.
The Vikings defense showed how vulnerable their pass defense really is. Jon Kitna threw 22comp/33att/245yrds, 1 interception and 1 touchdown, while J.T. O'Sullivan who has never thrown a pass in the NFL, went 13 for 23 with 148 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions. Minnesota's defense did force four fumbles, in which they recovered two, and had a total of three interceptions, causing Detroit to turn the ball over 5 times all day. The Vikings also recorded their third defensive touchdown of the season, when Ray Edwards recovered a 9 yard fumble for a touchdown.
Yesterday's game between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings was extremely ugly. Riddled with a total of 9 turnovers, two missed field goals, and two teams who could not get into the red zone very often, the fans could not tell who wanted to lose this game more. This was one game neither team deserved to win. In defeating the Vikings yesterday, the Detroit Lions snapped a 10 game losing streak, which was the current longest win streak over a divisional opponent.
The Vikings (1-1) will now travel to Kansas City to play the Chiefs (0-2) next week, while the Lions (2-0) will go to Philadelphia to play the Eagles (0-1), who play the Washington Redskins tonight. Don't worry too much Vikings fans, I'm sure coach Brad Childress will take care of business this week, and we will see a much improved Vikings offense next week against Kansas City, than what we saw yesterday.
LETS SKOL VIKINGS!!!!!!
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