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      Vikings show depth in win over Giants

      January 3, 2010 /

      Sidney Rice

      For the second straight week, the New York Giants were horrendous. In their pathetic 41-7 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, they proved that they need to rebuild. It’s easy to accuse Eli Manning, but I’d put more blame on offensive coordinator Bill Sheridan. The Giants looked confused on each of their drives so it’s no surprise that the Minnesota Vikings defense shut them down. Their only score came on a one-yard run by Danny Ware early in the fourth quarter. Still, Manning wasn’t completely absent as he did manage 141 yards on 17 of 23 attempts. With this defeat, the Giants fail to make the playoffs for the first time in four years. Their fans deserved a solid effort but the Giants just didn’t seem to care.

      As for the Vikings, they straight up abused their opponents. Not only did they show up on defense, but their offense was even more impressive. Brett Favre posted possibly his best game of the season, repeatedly finding receivers Sidney Rice, Visanthe Shiancoe, and Percy Harvin. Gradually picking apart an uninspired Giants defense, Favre went 25 for 31 on attempts for 316 yards and four touchdowns. His passes to Rice were a sight to behold. Rice really worked for both of his touchdowns, running interesting routes to fool the coverage.

      The Vikings will now await the results of today’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallsas Cowboys. If the Cowboys beat the Eagles and clinch the NFC East, the Vikings will get the buy in the first week of the playoffs.

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      NFL Week 16 COY Power Rankings

      January 3, 2010 /

      Upsets galore and crazy outcomes have forced us to look a bit harder at the Coach of the Year rankings, but most of our contenders are hanging tough.

      1. Jim Caldwell, Indianapolis Colts—The poor guy is still dodging proverbial rocks being thrown by Colts’ fans, who wanted their team to continue its pursuit of perfection instead of rolling over against the Jets. Being that the Colts were still in position to go to 15-0 when Caldwell did that, we have to cut him some slack and remember that his team is still the top seed in the AFC and would be in the NFC as well.

      2. Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints—Payton surely did not want to back into the #1 seed in the NFC, but after losing two games in a row, his team did just that when the Vikings’ loss Monday night let the Saints snag the top position. And once again, we have to consider the entire season’s body of work.

      3. Norv Turner, San Diego Chargers—When you consider that Turner’s Chargers always play lousy in September, only to win when it really matters, that’s far better than it being the other way around. It’s time we started to give Turner his due.

      4. Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals—The Bengals are another team not playing well, but they have dealt with two tragedies this season—the death of player Chris Henry, and the passing of the wife of D-coordinator Mike Zimmer. And still, the Bengals are 10-5 with an AFC North title. Raise your hand if you expected that.

      5. Brad Childress, Minnesota Vikings—Yes, the Vikings are floundering and in danger of losing the #2 seed to Philly or Dallas, but I’ll keep mentioning two players who Childress sought in the off-season that made this a championship caliber team—Brett Favre and Percy Harvin.

      Honorable mention: Ken Whisenhunt, Cardinals; Mike McCarthy, Packers; Andy Reid, Eagles; Bill Belichick, Patriots; Rex Ryan, Jets; Wade Phillips, Cowboys; Josh McDaniels, Denver Broncos

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      NFL Week 16 MVP Power Rankings

      January 3, 2010 /

      It’s been two weeks since we last did these rankings, and while not much has changed at the top, the teams our top two guys play for have been very shaky. In fact, Philip Rivers’ Chargers are the only one on a roll heading into the postseason.

      1. Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts—If Jim Caldwell benching his starting quarterback in the third quarter against the Jets proved anything, it’s that Manning is clearly and unequivocally valuable. His numbers (4405 yards, 33 TDs) don’t suck either.

      2. Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints—There is no question that Brees hasn’t been the same since DeMarcus Ware terrorized him two weeks ago in the Superdome. But the MVP race is not based on a few games and Brees still has a league-high 109.6 QB rating, and leads the NFL with 34 touchdown passes.

      3. Chris Johnson, Tennessee Titans—This guy was racking up yards even before the Titans started winning games this season. And he’s so far ahead of the pack right now, with his sights on 2000 yards and even Eric Dickerson’s record of 2105 yards for a single season. That’s saying something.

      4. Philip Rivers, San Diego Chargers—Yes, he has numbers — 4155 yards, 27 TDs to 9 picks, second to Brees in QB rating with 104.5. But here is why Rivers belongs on here—because all he does is win games.

      5. Brett Favre, Minnesota Vikings—Let’s not lose sight of the fact that Favre brought his Vikings back from a 17-point deficit in chilly Chicago before losing in OT. His season has been and continues to be bordering on magical.

      Honorable Mention— DeSean Jackson, Eagles; Aaron Rodgers, Packers; Cedric Benson, Bengals; Reggie Wayne, Colts; Jared Allen, Vikings; Vince Young, Titans; Elvis Dumervil, Broncos; Darren Sharper, Saints; Wes Welker, Patriots; Darrelle Revis, Jets; Andre Johnson, Texans; Dallas Clark, Colts; DeMarcus Ware, Cowboys

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      When it comes to Brett Favre, Gregg Easterbrook is a revisionist historian

      December 29, 2009 /

      In his TMQ rant against Brett Favre and Brad Childress, Gregg Easterbrook participates in a little revisionist history…

      This should hardly come as a surprise, since Favre’s past two teams melted down late in the season. In 2007, the Green Bay Packers lost the NFC Championship Game at home, and Favre had so worn out his welcome in Green Bay — he had his own dressing area so he wouldn’t have to interact with other players — that coaches and management couldn’t wait to get rid of him. In 2008, the New York Jets were outstanding early, but lost four of their final five games and missed the playoffs. The coaches were all fired and Favre was given the boot. Basically, in a single season, he blew up an entire team. Now things have started well at Minnesota and are declining late. This is not a surprise, this is Brett Favre’s recent pattern. Don’t marry Zsa Zsa Gabor and think she really cares about you. Don’t hire Favre and think he cares about anything but Favre.

      Hmm.

      Let’s start with the ’07 Packers — if a team loses the NFC Championship Game in overtime to the eventual Super Bowl champs, it’s considered a meltdown? Since when? He threw for 236 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in that game. That’s a meltdown? Easterbrook claims that Packer management “couldn’t wait to get rid of him,” yet Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy stated publicly at the end of the season that they wanted him back, and when Favre wanted to unretire the first time (in the spring of ’07) they were all set to fly to Mississippi to talk it over before Favre called it off at the last second. Only then did they decide it was time to hand the keys to Aaron Rodgers.

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      The Vikings’ problems started in Arizona

      December 29, 2009 /

      Following their 36-30 overtime loss to the Bears on Monday night, the question that immediately popped into everyone’s minds was: What’s wrong with the Vikings?

      If you want to pinpoint when Minnesota’s troubles began, you’ll have to go back three weeks ago in Arizona. At the time, many wrote off the Vikings’ 30-17 loss to the Cardinals as just an “off” night. They had to travel cross country to play a motivated Arizona team and they lost – no big deal right?

      But what the Cardinals did that night was expose the Vikings’ weaknesses. Arizona utilized the three-step drop to neutralize Jared Allen and Minnesota’s pass rush in order to move up the field in short, quick bursts. The Vikings couldn’t get to Kurt Warner and he picked them apart.

      Another factor that has doomed the Vikings in recent weeks is the loss of middle linebacker E.J. Henderson, who suffered a season-ending injury in that same defeat to the Cardinals. Rookie Jasper Brinkley has filled the void left by Henderson in the middle and what was evident last night is that teams can throw on him at will. Toss in the fact that cornerback Antoine Winfield is playing hurt (he was abused by Jay Cutler a couple times last night) and that the safeties (Madieau Williams has been a ghost) are non-existent and it’s no wonder why Minnesota’s defense has allowed over 100 points in their last four games.

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