Who Deserves This Week's Sprint Game Ball Of The Week?
Alright, this week there could actually be a little bit of debate as to who gets this week's Sprint Game Ball of the Week, so I will leave it to you, the people, to make the decision.
I have, however, narrowed the list down to two nominees. They both play the same position, and they both impacted the game in different ways on Monday night.
Our first nominee is Randy Moss. After three days of practice in the Vikings' offense, all Moss did was manage to rack up 81 yards and a touchdown while being covered by the "great" (his words, not anybody else's) Antonio Cromartie. Moss also, alertly, took a penalty on a pass intended for him where he fell down, and dragged Cromartie to the ground with him. It's not often you give guys props for taking a 10-yard penalty for offensive pass interference, but if not for that play, the pass likely would have been intercepted and we wouldn't have gotten the first of Percy Harvin's two touchdown catches. Oh, and he brought in Brett Favre's 500th career touchdown pass. So he's got that going for him. . .which is nice.
Speaking of Harvin, he's our other nominee for this week. Harvin led the Vikings in receiving with five catches for 97 yards and two scores. The first score came on a pass that Brett Favre appeared, initially, to be throwing to nobody, but Harvin's speed allowed him to catch up with the pass, reel it in, and score from 34 yards out. The second score was as good a catch as you're going to see all year, as Favre found him in the back left corner of the end zone, and Harvin went high to get it and still managed to get both feet down. That play brought the Vikings to within a point, and set the stage for what could have been a huge comeback.
I'll leave the poll open for 24 hours, at which point I'll declare the winner. Have at it, ladies and gentlemen!
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Got to be Percy
because with a well thrown pass from Favre, it would have been 3 TD’s.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon
How about faithful fans for sticking through a 1-3 start?
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by Eric J. Thompson on Oct 13, 2010 2:09 PM CDT reply actions
If things don't change soon
fans are going to start dying from heart attacks and alcohol poisoning.
When we start winning, fans will still be dying from alcohol poisoning, but it will be a happy death!
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon
by JethroBoViking on Oct 13, 2010 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Harvin.
He also had a couple good KO returns to set up good field position. But that 2nd TD reception was a thing of beauty.
Voted for Harvin
But! You could argue that Moss really was the one who set all this in motion. When he went deep in the endzone it changed the complection of the game and maybe even this horrible start to the season. If that 3 and forever TD play doesn’t happen I’m not sure we ever get anything going in that game but when he brought that ball down in the endzone it raised the spirtits of the entire Vikings nation as well as the team.
True, but you have to also mention the perfect pass
I mean the coverage was solid. That ball just dropped out of the sky in the perfect spot.
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Oh yeah!
No argument there it was awesome. I for on thought Favre played a great game after a horrible start. I said it before in another post he really came alive and gave the team a spark in that 2nd half.
My prediction:
You’ll start to see a LOT more of Harvin doing this week to week as Moss commands coverage like no one else in the league. It did magic for Welker’s career. Harvin is WAY more athletic than Welker.
by Jepp The Viking on Oct 13, 2010 3:01 PM CDT reply actions
They were saying Percy has struck great chemistry with Moss and is learning a lot of things from him.
Excellent
That is tremendous to hear. Percy is a phenomenal athlete but he is very much still learning to be a WR (he really was more a RB up until last year). Carter to Moss and now Moss to Sidney and Harvin. The chain continues on…
And CC and Jake Reed
Jake’s kind of overlooked, but he had a few great seasons, then got hurt when Moss got here.
A healthy Reed for a few seasons along side Moss and CC? Moss, Sid, and Percy would have been hard pressed to match that production.
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Now that penalty was the perfect example of difference between Moss and someone like BB
Don’t want to start the discussion again but there cannot be a bigger contrast between the efforts of the two receivers.
Voted Percy.
Percy Mofin Harvin... Nuff Said
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Oct 13, 2010 3:34 PM CDT reply actions
LOL
gotta agree… but you could SHARE it this week…
If not for Moss, Percy is not that open and/or effective… but the kid hauled ’em in on his own!
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Oct 13, 2010 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
.... Naw I think ill give it to the Say Mercy Kid :)
What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your entire rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Oct 13, 2010 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree with the above posters
It is a bit of a conundrum, Percy ripped it up, but can that be attributed to moss? Has harvin found his groove? or was the mere presence of moss the factor? I was hoping for more from Peterson, esp from the alleged deep threat moss brought. Can they split it?
Maybe they give it to BB as a severance package!
It was a tough choice.
But I voted for Harvin. Considering how little time he’d had with Favre though, the catches Moss made just served to illustrate how incredible his abilities are. Can’t wait to see more from both of them.
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+84
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"A parent's only as good as their dumbest kid. If one wins a Nobel Prize but the other gets robbed by a hooker, you failed."
"Pull your 84 jerseys out, man. I think this is going to be a fun ride." Randy Moss, WR, Minnesota Vikings
yeah no doubt the welcome back party gives me chills just thinking about it.
Might break the dome with the thunderous cheering.
It's a lot easier to love the Vikings when they win...
This is how Randy would have wanted it .
And to think ESPN and are Editors thought we had nothing after going 0-2 . Look how fast Ziggy changed all that . And the extra rest really helped that hip ..huh ?
Gunga galunga
So he’s got that going for him. . .which is nice.
Well, Favre’s a big hitter, lol.
I gave the ball to Moss. Harvin did great, but Moss did it with only 3 days of practice. ’Natch.
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Honestly I think Harvin and Moss did great
and out of the choices on the poll I picked Harvin becuase honestly he should have won the game for us. However, (there is always a however) I personally would have either given the game ball to the entire defense, or maybe Winfield. The Jets had the ball so many times it seemed every time I went to get a drink they were back on offense (I was drinking a lot) Holding them so that we had a chance in the 4th quarter was amazing. Making sure they three and out’d the Jets when we need the ball back for that last drive? Un freaken beleivable! I mean I was jumping up and down (also jumped up and down on the Moss catch and the second TD by Harvin…)
So, Harvin and Moss well done, but in my eyes at least, defense the day is yours.
It's a lot easier to love the Vikings when they win...

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