Frozen in the Tundra

One week after playing the game of their lives, the Minnesota Vikings looked as if they were standing still at Lambeau Field yesterday, as they were dominated by Brett Favre and his Green Bay Packers 34-0.

Brett Favre broke yet another NFL record passing for over 60,000 yards in his NFL career, becoming only the second quarterback in history to do so. The legendary Dan Marino has 61,361 career yards, just ahead of Brett faver who has 60,257 yards. Favre completed 33 of 46 passes for 351 yards, threw three touchdowns and no interceptions against our Vikings. A Minnesota pass defense that has been ranked close to last or even dead last all season, had a tremendous week against the San Diego Chargers last week. Minnesota only allowed 197 passing yards to the Chargers and only 42 yards rushing. In yesterday's game, Minnesota allowed 351 yards passing and 120 yards rushing. Yesterday was the first game where a team ran for over 100 yards against this number two rush defense.

It was the Ryan Grant show in the backfield yesterday, as he was given the ball 25 times for 119 yards. It was as if Minnesota could not get moving in the great outdoors of Lambeau Field. Grant also had one touchdown and one run that went for 30 yards. The remainder of the backfield ran for only two yards on seven carries the rest of the game.

The passing game just crushed our defense as well. Favre's 351 yards was divided up between five receivers almost evenly. Both Donald Driver and Gregg Jennings had four receptions for 63 yards, while James Jones had three receptions for 62 yards. The game breaker as Ruvell Martin who had 4 receptions for 57 yards and two touchdowns, and former Viking Koren Robinson had five receptions for 45 yards and one touchdown. It was as if Brett Favre could throw a pass and someone in green and gold was catching it. Favre's pass completion ratio was at 71.7%, while his passer rating was 115.4% for the day. It was the most perfect day for Green Bay yesterday. Anytime they touched the ball they gained yards.

The Packers had the ball for 40:20 in a 60:00 game. They had 29 first downs, were 64% (11/17) on third down efficiency, 100% (2/2) on fourth down efficiency, and had a total of 488 yards on the day. Green Bay was also able to score points on 6 of 10 possessions, punting three times, and kneeling the ball down to end the game. Packer fans could not ask for anything more than that.

As for the Minnesota Vikings, they had probably their worst game of the season. The Vikings punted five times, threw one interception, and lost the ball on downs three times. They had only 11 first downs all day, and were an embarrassing 0 for 8 in third down efficiency, and 0 for 3 on fourth down efficiency. The Vikings offense only gained 247 yards all game long. Brooks Bollinger was 16 for 26 on passes for 157 yards, threw one interception, and was sacked twice in the fourth quarter. Bollinger had a 61.5% pass completion ratio, and a 65.5% passer rating. Even stud running back Adrian Peterson didn't have much going yesterday. He carried the ball 11 times for 45 yards, and exited the game in the third quarter with an injury.

The Minnesota Vikings are looking forward to returning home this week, as they try and turn things around and get a win against the lowly Oakland Raiders. The Minnesota Vikings are now playing for pride. The way things are going now, a playoff run in improbable. The Vikings are now 3-6, with seven games left to play. The only way the Vikings can make the playoffs is if they win out, and the Giants, Redskins, Eagles, Lions and Bears all lose three or four games. The Vikings now sit in the cellar of the North Division with games against the Bears, and Lions remaining, and have only beaten the Chicago Bears in their own division. Hopefully our Vikings can turn things around, and play respectable the remainder of the season. I'll still be rooting for them, and I am still attending two more games this season.

SKOL VIKINGS!!!!