Jared Allen Gets Another Samsung Game Ball Of The Week

by Christopher Gates on Oct 19, 2011 5:16 PM CDT in Minnesota Vikings 2011 Season

Remember last week when I promised to be more consistent about doing polls for the whole "Game Ball of the Week" thing?

Well, at least I'm consistent in my inconsistency. Or something.

Yours truly has spent most of the past three days. . .and will spend most of the next two days. . .running around in chemical warfare gear, so my time for actually writing anything has been a bit scarce. But, we need to present another Samsung Game Ball of the Week, even in the face of a blowout loss, so let's go with one of the guys that made one of Minnesota's few impact plays on Sunday night.

Jared Allen registered his ninth consecutive game with a sack on Sunday night, and it was a big one. The Bears got the ball first after halftime, and on their fourth play, Allen game flying around the edge and got to Jay Cutler, knocking the ball out of his hands. Allen recovered the fumble himself, and the Vikings were set up on the Chicago 44-yard line. The subsequent drive led to the Vikings' lone touchdown of the night, as Adrian Peterson scored from four yards out to cut the deficit to 26-10.

ThentheVikingskickedtheballtoDevinHesterandweallknowwhathappened.

The sack by Allen increased his NFL-leading total to 9.5 sacks, and was by far the biggest play that any Vikings player made during the game. That's good enough for me to give #69 the game ball for this past Sunday night's game.

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Jared Allen

has been a monster this season. Hoping he puts up the sack record. That would give us so much promise for next season if Ponder performs well.

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Mark Twain

SKOL VIKINGS!

by Landonio on Oct 19, 2011 5:42 PM CDT reply actions

Yep. Jared

"Show me a hero, and I will write you a tragedy." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

by abba7 on Oct 19, 2011 6:02 PM CDT reply actions

Absolutely agree

There is no one on offense that deserves even a sniff. BB had his best game of the season, but dropped an early 3rd down that could have changed the tempo of the game. Same for Shank. Percy looked solid both before and after Ponder, but not gameball worthy. Longwell/WarCraftHero = duds. Saw Greenway either break his ankle, poop his pants or fall into a trance and not even get a finger on Marion Barber IX(or whatever # he is). Secondary got burned enough; no one there earned anything. Couldn’t get anything going on special teams. Couldn’t stop anything. McNabb is obviously a no-go even though his numbers looked alright. Couldn’t keep drives alive and he couldn’t keep the defense from keying on AP. Speaking of, Peterson got shut down. He did get a TD, but was ineffective the rest of the game. I could make an argument for Ponder(haha), but Jared Allen deserves it. Saw he was consistently in the pile wrapping up Barber or Forte. He was down the field, hustling, trying to bust through the double and triple teams. He’s clearly our best DE and we need to keep him around for a while. It’s the leadership, work and committment he brings to the team. He plays like a guy fighting for his next breath. No other way to say it. The guy is a stud.

Putting Ponder in isn't the question, it's the answer.
SKOL!!!

by DM_Purp on Oct 19, 2011 6:08 PM CDT reply actions