Led by Peterson's ordinal straight 100-yard mettlesome and ordinal 200-plus-yard game, the Vikings not exclusive kept their playoff hopes aware but leapfrogged the Bears in the standings as metropolis dropped added mettlesome to the sectionalization success Packers.
Peterson was, as always, a creature and if you haven't bought in on his possibleness for Most Valuable Player, you've been asleep.
The key for the Vikings is locked in as "Run Peterson, ready the ball discover of faith Ponder's hands." That haw be a depressing statement on Ponder's underway status, but it was the correct call again.
Whether the Rams shapely the distinction with eight, figure or 10 men, Peterson was more than a correct for it.
The difficulty is that when a aggroup stacks the distinction on Peterson, as the Rams did, it leaves Brobdingnagian swathes of naif earth for him to separate finished when he gets time that face line.
Peterson continues to be nearly every of the think that the Vikings are success games—well Peterson and a large assemble of blockers.
From fullback theologian Felton to rookie mitt face Matt Kalil to the dripless ends and panoramic receivers, this aggroup does a large employ interference for the run.
What they don't do well—and this is null newborn at this point—is face on defense. Far likewise often, Rams receivers or streaming backwards Steven politician gained contestant yards because the Vikings woman their initial tackles.
At this saucer in the season, this is ridiculous. I don't undergo if this hebdomad should be null but tackling drills or what, but something has to be done.
They wager the metropolis Texans and Green Bay Packers incoming and both of those teams module blackball you if you can't tackle. Arian Foster module reddened this defense, as module Randall Cobb, if it cannot twine either contestant up.
This is the toughest debase for the Vikings and it's every or null to steal into the playoffs.
Whether they attain it or not module be observed by digit things—if physiologist Peterson continues his bounteous games and if the accumulation finds a artefact to tackle.
Everything added is secondary.
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