Viking’ Season on Life-Support after loss in Lambeau
Vikings Territory Breakdown
The Minnesota Vikings lost 23-6 to the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau Field on Sunday, dropping to 4-7 on the season and safely mired in the NFC North cellar. It was their second game without scoring a touchdown this year, putting their season on life support—and the EMT’s aren’t coming. (EMT, in this case, stands for Easily Made Touchdowns.) Mistakes, turnovers, poor run tackling and dramatically sub-par quarterback plagued them early and often—leading to only four total yards gained in the second half and a low ebb in head coach Kevin O’Connell’s career.
The Vikings’ second-year signal caller J.J. McCarthy completed just 12 of 19 passes for 87 yards and threw two interceptions, but it may have been a third turnover, a muffed punt by rookie returner Myles Price, that turned some early second-half momentum into an insurmountable Packers lead to bury the Purple–leaving fans scratching their heads about where this team goes from here.
The Vikings sustained more injuries to their offensive line (Christian Darrisaw and Donovan Jackson) after getting their five offensive line starters together on the field for the first time this season. But injuries weren’t the reason for this embarrassing step backwards for a team that held so much promise after a 14-3 record in the previous campaign. This meltdown was teamwide with plenty of blame to go around (except perhaps for Will “The Thrill” Reichard who hit 52-yard and 59- yard field goals to keep the Purple from being blanked).
But we can’t fill a whole podcast with talk of those two kicks, so the fellas at the Vikings Territory Breakdown podcast, Joe Oberle, senior writer at vikingsterritory.com and purplePTSD.com and Mark Craig, NFL and Vikings writer for the Star Tribune and startribune.com), will discuss it all—good, bad and otherwise. Tune in and check it out. Skol!
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