if you think you’re going to score 24 in tennessee. don’t get me wrong, i’ve always been a closet vikes fan (can’t help it, i love the horn) and ap’s sick, but we’ve got the best run defense in the league and the league leader in interceptions. the only way you win this one is if its a low scoring game. and thats not going to happen ;-)

20-7 for the vikings. We’ll put together another day just like we did against Carolina. 1 offensive TD, 2 field goals and this time a pick 6. Tennesee like everyone else will not run successfully against the Four norseman, which creates clear passing downs which allows our D to play “pin your ears back” pass D against…..Kerry Collins. They will put one solid drive together after a MN turnover.

This is going to be a closer game than most of us would like to admit, somewhere in the 18-24 point range for each team.

I agree that we’ll find out just how good Tennessee’s rush defense is when they face Purple Jesus, Chester “I Take Names” Taylor, and our O-Line.

Two things do bother me, though: I still have nightmares about what Kerry Collins did to us during 41-donut, and until the Vikes take it to him like they did Delhomme I’m not counting him out. And now that the Titans D has film on Frerotte, the defensive chess match begins. How long until the NFL figures out how to neutralize Frerotte’s passing abilities and force us to adjust? Fisher and the Titans have a good pedigree on D. Just sayin.

THE WAY I SEE IT WE HAVE ALMOST EXACT TEAMS IN EXEPTION THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE A LITLE BETTER DEFENSE. BUT WE BOTH HAVE A STELLAR D-LINE, A GOOD LINE BACKER CORE THERES MIGHT BE JUST A LITTLE BETTER, AND SOLID SECONDARYS, WHICH I THINK WE GET THE NOD FOR SLIGHTLY BETTER. DONT GET ME WRONG TITANS FANS, BUT FINNEGAN IS NOT AS GOOD AS YOU THINK, I WILL GIVE HIM PROPS FOR HIS FIRST TWO WHERE HE DID TAKE A BALL FROM FORMER VIKE T. WOODEN HANDS WILLIAMSON, BUT WHO CANT DO THAT? AND HE PLAY A SLANT TO THE “T” AGAINST THE JAGS FOR HIS SECOND. BUT THATS WERE IT STOPS. HIS NEXT TWO PICKS WERE IN MY OPOINION, A MATTER OF HI M BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. EXPECIALLY HIS LAST ONE AGAINST SCHAUB. IF THAT WASNT A FREE BE I DONT KNOW WHAT IS. ANY WAYS NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY ARE A TAD OVER RATED. VIKES SECONDAY IS PLAYING A LOT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR AND WE WILL GET SO MUCH BETTER WHEN MADIEAU WILLIAMS FINNALLY SHOWS UP. I EXPECT THIS ONE TO BE A CLOSE DEFENSIVE BATTLE WHERE THE VIKES ETCH OUT THE TITANS BY SIX. VIKINGS: 16 TITANS:10

I’ll give it to Tennessee. They’ve really pulled together, and have been playing some pretty good ball, despite all the VY drama. However, as so many others have pointed out… in comes Adrian Peterson.

I like AFC games because until we get back around to the AFC West in a couple years, these teams have never had to gameplan for the likes of Adrian Peterson. A majority of our NFC matchups have. I believe, much like Indianapolis two weeks ago, that Tennessee will have a lot of trouble stopping AP. Also, we’re approaching the 1/4 mark of the season already, and Peterson hasn’t broke a huge one yet… you KNOW he is due. This is the game. Titans D is scrambling to figure out how to get All Day to stop running all over them, and Gus is able to find receivers open amidst the confusion and run focus.

LenDale White will be completely shut down by the Vikings Defense. That is a fact. Tennessee is going to have to hope for some lightning from Chris Johnson if their running game is going to be a factor at all. It won’t be.

I predict a couple of heated exchanges are bound to occur, because both teams are gonna be playing this one with all they got.

Vikings in a bit of a bloodbath… 27 – 13

i just realized it wasnt a font error i had cap locks on. i agree with what vike 83 said about how it may be difficult for the afc to prepare for are king in purple, but rest assure this is the nfl and teams will gameplan by using other teams footage against us if they havent played ap. there not gonna know on the field how to stop him but on paper this team will study hard and do there best to stop us. they know where gonna run so expect chilly to throw sooner than later. i think we can honestly win the up the middle run against this line as hutch and birk the jerk are there. however the match up i really worry about is kyle vanden bosch vs. artis hicks. we cant really afford to pull hutch to much to doudle team him be cuz of haynesworth. so artis hicks really needs to win this battle especially in passing situations. frerotte does get sacked quite a bit but does ussually shake it off. but we cannot afford sacks against a hard defense like the titans. how ever i truly believe we when this battle, freroote will have enough time to stand back there and strike. i look forward to berrian running routes on finnegans overrated ass. and does any one know the status of rice i really think we could use him this game. and too rhino6705 that real defense couldnt evenstop houstons second stringer slaton. AP has done nothing but get better since last year and is going to nothing but get better aginst that defense so as long as he gets 80 yards frerotte gets 180 wiil win the game. ur offense has to score too buddy not ur defense. what u expect collins to throw for 250 yds with justin mcslow, and b juggles brandon jones. pleeeeeeeeeeease and lendale plus c johnson will be lucky to get 80 together. if u play against us like u played the houstons it will be a blow out. GO VIKES!!!!

It makes me laugh. We assume their offense blows because it’s Collins and White, they think they’ll shut down AP and Gus. Everybody’s got their colored shades on.

Including me. AP gets around 100 and a score, Gus tosses for 175 and a score (long as it’s not thrown to Shank), and we get two field goals. They have no running game but if they can slow the rush (notice the if) he’ll have a pretty good passing game, two scores. And they get a field goal. 20-17. Yay for the Purple Shades.

ok if it is gonna be a game about records we should at least look at the teams combined records that you played. that in my opinion dictates the kind of talent the team has actually had to play. i know its been said already but the titans are coming in 3-0 angainst teams that combined for a record of 1-7. the vikes have lost twice but honestly against teams that state a 5-4 record. slightly over .500. i like our chances. we lost a heart breaker to indy were if we had a qb we would have one that game. same thing with the faggot packers. frerotte is also 2-0 against collins. plus we shut down a way more potent carolina team.