Week 5: (4-0) Minnesota @ (0-4) St. Louis

[Primetime]

Minnesota Vikings @ St. Louis Rams

Edward Jones Dome

Time: 1:00 p.m. EST __________________ TV: FOX

Team Comparison

Offensive Team Comparison

<table border="2" bordercolor="#000000" style="background-color:#FFFFFF" width="50%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="5"> <tr><th>

PPG​

</th><th>

YPG​

</th><th>

PYPG​

</th><th>

RYPG​

</th><tr><td>

29.5​

</td><td>

321.5​

</td><td>

198.0​

</td><td>

123.5​

</td></tr><tr><td>

6.0​

</td><td>

251.2​

</td><td>

139.5​

</td><td>

111.8​

</td></tr> </table>

Defensive Team Comparison

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DPPG​

</th><th>

DYPG​

</th><th>

DPYPG​

</th><th>

DRYPG​

</th><tr><td>

20.0​

</td><td>

300.8​

</td><td>

211.2​

</td><td>

89.5​

</td></tr><tr><td>

27.0​

</td><td>

359.5​

</td><td>

224.5.0​

</td><td>

135.0​

</td></tr> </table>

QB Comparison

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Player​

</th><th>

QB Rating​

</th><th>

Com-Att​

</th><th>

Yards​

</th><th>

TD​

</th><th>

INT​

</th><tr><td>

Brett Favre​

</td><td>

104.6​

</td><td>

85-125​

</td><td>

837​

</td><td>

8​

</td><td>

1​

</td></tr><tr><td>

Kyle Boller​

</td><td>

63.6​

</td><td>

29-55​

</td><td>

272​

</td><td>

2​

</td><td>

2​

</td></tr> </table>

RB Comparison

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Player​

</th><th>

ATT​

</th><th>

Yards​

</th><th>

YPC​

</th><th>

TD​

</th><th>

YPG​

</th><tr><td>

Adrian Peterson​

</td><td>

84​

</td><td>

412​

</td><td>

4.9​

</td><td>

5​

</td><td>

100.3​

</td></tr><tr><td>

Steven Jackson​

</td><td>

83​

</td><td>

367​

</td><td>

4.4​

</td><td>

0​

</td><td>

91.8​

</td></tr> </table>

WR Comparison

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Player​

</th><th>

REC​

</th><th>

Yards​

</th><th>

YPR​

</th><th>

TD​

</th><th>

YPG​

</th><tr><td>

Sidney Rice​

</td><td>

14​

</td><td>

172​

</td><td>

12.3​

</td><td>

2​

</td><td>

43.0​

</td></tr><tr><td>

Donnie Avery​

</td><td>

13​

</td><td>

109​

</td><td>

8.4​

</td><td>

0​

</td><td>

27.3​

</td></tr> </table>

Defensive Comparison

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Player​

</th><th>

TAK​

</th><th>

Player​

</th><th>

SACK​

</th><th>

Player​

</th><th>

INT​

</th><tr><td>

E.J. Henderson​

</td><td>

35​

</td><td>

Jared Allen​

</td><td>

6.0​

</td><td>

Chad Greenway​

</td><td>

2​

</td></tr><tr><td>

James Laurinaitis​

</td><td>

34​

</td><td>

Leonard Little​

</td><td>

3.0​

</td><td>

James Butler​

</td><td>

1​

</td></tr> </table>
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[Leftwich]

David vs Goliath.

Goliath wins.

 

[Esjay]

Vikings 31, Rams 3.

 

[DomePatrol]

Viks.

 

[MrBill]

Vikings are prime for a letdown after getting so up for the Packers game. That said, I don't think it would be a big enough letdown to let them lose to the Rams.

 

[Primetime]

Vikings are prime for a letdown after getting so up for the Packers game. That said, I don't think it would be a big enough letdown to let them lose to the Rams.

Oh hai :wub:

 

[RainboUnicorn]

Upset Special?

 

[ram29jackson]

the Vikings should give Favre a rest and start A back up. The Vikings still won't lose.

 

[red33]

only thing i could say about this is rams lose by favre. Rams run D underrated, just their offense is so bad it gives other teams so much time.

peterson doesnt crack 100 yrds.

 

[Primetime]

Favre playing well so far again. Vikes up 14-0 early.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Penalties, penalties, penalties...

Penalties, mental errors & sloppy play are indicitive of the coaching staff. Spags was a mistake. One and done, please.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Minnesota defense can't stop anyone, with the awful Rams offense going up and down the field with ease.

But of course, Boller drops the ball untouched, then Jackson does the same thing.

Bad things happen to bad teams.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

These NFL announcers just live to gush about players.

"Look at Williams get his hand on Jackson before that fumble..."

The Vikings did nothing--NOTHING AT ALL--to "force" either fumble in this game. Boller lost control of the ball on the first one, and then botched a handoff on the second.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

NFL Defensive Rookie Of The Year (who wont win it because he plays for the Rams) James Laurinitas with the INT.

He's had a very good year.

 

[Tailback U]

Minnesota defense can't stop anyone, with the awful Rams offense going up and down the field with ease.

But of course, Boller drops the ball untouched, then Jackson does the same thing.

Bad things happen to bad teams.

tell me about it.

i watched the entire rams/49ers game last week and the game was a snoozefest untl the Rams decided to just fall apart in every facet of the game.

the 49ers were looking very mediocre up until the Rams started handing them touchdowns right and left.

but i don't think you can close the book on Spags so fast, i think he's a good coach.

if there's one thing i believe in it when it comes to success it is longevity within a coaching staff and system. teams have to keep their staffs and players together for a few years in order to succeed, the NFL is getting way too picky and impatient.

 

[Macken]

ANYONE GOT A STREAM?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Memo to Rams "coaching" staff:

Kyle Boller is not Tim Tebow.

WTF is with all of the designed runs with Boller?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

tell me about it.

i watched the entire rams/49ers game last week and the game was a snoozefest untl the Rams decided to just fall apart in every facet of the game.

the 49ers were looking very mediocre up until the Rams started handing them touchdowns right and left.

but i don't think you can close the book on Spags so fast, i think he's a good coach.

if there's one thing i believe in it when it comes to success it is longevity within a coaching staff and system. teams have to keep their staffs and players together for a few years in order to succeed, the NFL is getting way too picky and impatient.

People keep saying this.

Where is this evidance that Spags is a good coach? Nobody knew who he was until Eli Manning won three road playoff games, and the Giants upset the Pats.

The Rams have actually gone backwards from the Linehan era.

I said it was a bad hire when it happened, and he's done nothing to prove me wrong. He isnt a head coach, and he isnt even running the defense in STL. So why is he here?

 

[Tailback U]

People keep saying this.

Where is this evidance that Spags is a good coach? Nobody knew who he was until Eli Manning won three road playoff games, and the Giants upset the Pats.

Where is the evidence that he is a bad coach? you're going to judge him based on 4 games in his first season as a head coach?

The Rams have actually gone backwards from the Linehan era.

I said it was a bad hire when it happened, and he's done nothing to prove me wrong. He isnt a head coach, and he isnt even running the defense in STL. So why is he here?

you know better than i do, obviously, but what do you suggest they really do? fire him and start all over again? and what happens when the guy next year starts off 4-0? you just fire him again?

and who do you hire next year? there are lot of good coaches in the market, but what makes you think any of them are going to want to come to St. Louis? especially with all this Rush Limbaugh talk...

 

[Primetime]

Rams offense is running all over the Vikings defense. They just need to finish these drives.