It's stunning that this game could have been as close as it was given the Cowboys racking up nearly 400 yards of total offense while Tavaris Jackson went 6-19 for 65 yards. The defense almost outscored the offense again, when Kevin Williams recovered a fumble and ran it so far back he required oxygen (that return was called back) and when Cedric Griffin recovered a fumble, dropped it, and recovered it on the bounce to run 50 yards for a TD. Adrian Peterson did score one TD for the offense, but unfortunately our field goal unit also gave up a 68-yard TD return on a blocked kick. For all their success moving the ball, I can't believe the Cowboys didn't score more... as it were they were fortunate to get TO's score on a total breakdown in pass coverage by the best players in the Vikings secondary. The Vikings couldn't hang onto the ball long enough to do much with it, going 2/12 on third down, and while I won't say Jackson looked anywhere near good, I still wonder how he'd be with a year as a starter, decent play calling, and somebody to throw to, given that nobody but Peterson steps up on offense to make anything happen under pressure... anybody looked good as QB when Cris Carter and Randy Moss could make plays on uncatchable balls. The Vikings will still stink this year, but that's at least a couple weeks where they stayed in games to the end, and hanging in there with the Cowboys, holding the lead at halftime... that isn't half bad.
Now if only my underperforming fantasy football team, the Brussels Sprouts, could turn things around. Leaving town without setting a roster, and then forgetting about them during the bye week didn't help their record too much. Usually the league of European soccer fans isn't so tough a challenge, I can't believe I'm on a six game losing streak.
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