The Vikings
hosted the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday at noon. The Vikes are out of the
playoffs while the Eagles are fighting for the NFC East title. The question is
who will want the game worse?
The pregame
started with one of the best renditions of the National Anthem I Have ever
heard. The singer was former Vikings defensive lineman, Esera Tuaola. I don’t
believe I have heard fans talk right after just how good it was.
The
Gjlarhorn was blown by former Vikings quarterback, Daunte Culpepper. It was so
neat to see him once again in the dome. I did think it was unusual that he did
not have his old jersey on. He instead was dressed sharp in a suit and tie.
The
defensive players were introduced on Sunday. It is hard to believe it has come
down to the secondary starters as Marcus Sherels and Shaun Prater as the cornerbacks
and Andrew Sendejo and Jamarca Sanford were the safeties. I know the Eagles are
a high power offense so I could only hope this make shift secondary could play
big,
No Adrian or
Toby Gerhart so Matt Asiata gets the call to start in the backfield. I loved
the effort Matt gave with 30 carries for 51 yards. The yardage was not great
but when it counted Matt took advantage and scored his first 3 touchdowns of
his career.
The play of
Matt Cassel cannot go without saying I thought he played a brilliant game on
Sunday. Yes, he had an interception but other than that he was right on target.
The connection he had with Greg Jennings was so fun to watch. I found out after
the game that the 11 catches Greg had was a career high.
The Philadelphia
Eagles had gone 9 games in a row without giving up over 21 points. What do the
Vikings do? They lay 48 on this potential playoff team.
I loved the
tackling effort on Eagles running back, LeSean McCoy. He ended up with 38 yards
on the ground.
Eagles
quarterback, Nock Foles had a ton of pressure put on him by two Vikes in
particular and they were Brian Robison and Jared Allen. These 2 had 2 sacks
each on Sunday. Foles had over 400 yards but most of them I believe came as the
result of them trying to keep with the Vikings scoring machine. I watched the
young Vikings secondary keep everything in front of them. Eagle’s receiver,
DeSean Jackson was the soreness in the Vikings side as he made some of the
Vikings tacklers look rather silly.
I would like
to mention the halftime show which was the All- Metrodome team being introduced.
There are 27 players who made the list. There were six not in attendance and
they were Robert Smith, Randy Moss, Cris Carter, Percy Harvin, Antoine Winfield
and Coach Dennis Green. It was one ovation after another except for 2. The boo
birds came out when Harvin and Coach Green’s name were called out. It was still
a true thrill to see the guys from the past and with each I have a ton of
memories.
This Vikings
team has the terrible record which is a fact. The frustrating thing about that
is the offense is continually putting up big numbers on the scoreboard. It is
just another strange fact about the 2013 season.
The Vikings
had lost the first 3 in a row at home this season and now have won the last 3
including Sundays win over the Eagles.
I sit in my
seat knowing the stadium is coming to an end. It is truly sad as I have so many
memories through the years. The Lions game will be an emotional day for me.
Yes, I am excited for the new stadium but I can still have thoughts running
through my head of just how much I will miss the stadium. I guess new memories
are waiting around the corner for me.
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
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