This Week's Sprint Game Ball Goes To. . .

by Christopher Gates on Dec 9, 2010 11:33 AM CST in Sprint Game Ball of the Week

In what turned out to be a very close race for this week's Sprint Game Ball of the Week, the fine readers of the Daily Norseman have chosen to recognize the reemergence of wide receiver Sidney Rice by giving him this amazingly prestigious award.

You folks cast 950 votes in this week's race, and after Adrian Peterson got off to a quick early lead, Sidney closed the game pretty quickly and eventually overcame AP to garner 43% of the vote, having received 412 of the 950 votes cast to bring home the trophy.

Peterson wound up finishing second with 36% of the vote (343 out of 950 votes), with quarterback Tarvaris Jackson coming in third with 14% (142 votes), Jared Allen pulling up in fourth with 5% (48 votes), and the ubiquitous "Other" getting five votes, not even enough to get a full percentage point. . .that was approximately .53% of the votes cast, and the only "other" name I actually saw in the comments was Coach Frazier, if my memory serves me correctly.

But there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. Based on the votes of you, the fans, Sidney Rice is this week's recipient of the Sprint Game Ball of the Week!

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Which was the biggest surprise?

Hands down, the biggest surprise was Tarvaris Jackson leading the Vikings offense to 38 points. Who would have predicted that? Not even TJ’s most devoted fans.

Now, what about a trade, straight up, T-Jack for Kevin Kolb? Both guys would benefit, as would both teams. Of course, I’m assuming Frasier wants to keep the Childress system at least fairly intact, which requires a QB that can attack from the pocket. TJ, much like Vick, works best when he’s rolling out, creating his own passing lanes.

by jimbo55403 on Dec 9, 2010 12:43 PM CST reply actions

Respect the hat trick

AP won the game by himself. The offense was on the field more because of several defensive TOs. 3 INTs does not count as a hat trick, and against one of the worst pass Ds in the league, it’s more like an INT-Joke.

by KC Viking on Dec 9, 2010 1:44 PM CST reply actions

What constitutes a bad pass defense?

Yardage-wise they are actually a top 10 passing defense. And while they don’t have a lot of picks this year, they were 2nd in the league last year (28) with the same personnel so they’re obviously very capable (much like our front 7 and their sack numbers) of putting up INT’s.

Now I’m not saying that they have a very good defense (and in other passing categories they have indeed struggled), but give their pass defense a little respect. With by far the worst run defense in the league, it’s all they have.

by Cobra312004 on Dec 9, 2010 3:19 PM CST up reply actions