Cliches Abound For Vikings:
A football game is 60 minutes. Pundits, experts state the obvious each time a team loses at the end of games. Learn how to finish games, close out games. The Minnesota Vikings squandered three first half leads with at least 20 points for the first time ever. They’ve started the season 0-3 with Donovan McNabb at quarterback and the best running back, Adrian Peterson. In their latest defeat, the Vikings had a 20-0 lead over the Detroit Lions. Peterson had four carries in the second half. That’s it, why wouldn’t you ride your best offensive weapon for the win?
The Lions rode Calvin Johnson and came back to win, 26-23 in overtime. Minnesota drafted Christian Ponder in the first round as the quarterback of the future. Many Vikings fans have to wonder when Ponder will get a chance to start. The Vikings are in the best division, the NFC North, with the Lions and Green Bay Packers. Both those teams are 3-0 and the Chicago Bears have a solid defense and Jay Cutler is a good quarterback. The Vikings could finish a distant fourth. Ponder will start soon and the future will be now in Minnesota.
