Who "Manned Up" For the Vikings Against The Raiders?

by Christopher Gates on Nov 26, 2011 10:34 AM CST in Minnesota Vikings 2011 Season

It's Saturday, and it's been a bit of a weird week, but yours truly needs to take this one last opportunity to talk about last week's game against the Oakland Raiders by attempting to determine who "manned up" for Minnesota.

We do have a couple of candidates for this one.

LB Chad Greenway - The artist formerly known as the invisible man played a hell of a game against Oakland, getting in on 15 combined tackles (7 solo with 8 assists), getting his first sack of the season, and helping to cause the Michael Bush fumble that the Vikings recovered to get back in the ball game.

WR/RB/KR/Swiss Army Knife Percy Harvin - Harvin continues to do everything for the Vikings, leading the team in receiving yards with 73, including a 26-yard touchdown, and carrying the ball five times for 21 yards.

QB Christian Ponder - Yeah, he threw three awful interceptions. We know that. He also showed that he has a short memory for those sorts of things by leading the Vikings on a comeback and giving them an opportunity to win at the end, and with this team, that's just about all we can ask. Oh, and he led the Vikings in rushing with 71 yards, largely because he was trying to not get himself killed.

DT Kevin Williams - On a day when Jared Allen was kept quiet by the Raiders' offensive line, the old warhorse played what was definitely his best ball game of the season, notching a sack and throwing in three tackles for loss on top of it.

So, there you have it, folks. . .who "manned up" the most against Oakland?

Poll

Who "Manned Up" for the Vikings in their Week 11 match-up against the Oakland Raiders?

LB Chad Greenway

60 votes

WR Percy Harvin

77 votes

QB Christian Ponder

38 votes

DT Kevin Williams

79 votes

Other (specify in the comments, por favor)

3 votes

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I love Kevin to much

to vote for anyone else.

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by FFXVIKE on Nov 26, 2011 11:48 AM CST reply actions

1 sack & 3 tackles used to be an average Sunday for Kevin :)

If it wasn’t for Harvin and AD, the Vikes wouldn’t have any Offense.
Harvin is the man for this wk’s “Manned Up Award”

by chaosg on Nov 26, 2011 1:22 PM CST reply actions

What I don’t understand is how the Vikes could have this many players man up, yet still look so bad out there and lose. Not to open up a can of worms here, but who was responsible for undermining their performance?

by mg7505 on Nov 26, 2011 2:25 PM CST reply actions

The big culprits

Are generally our secondary and our offensive line.

Can’t see any reason not to point the finger in that direction this time, too.

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by Christopher Gates on Nov 26, 2011 6:06 PM CST up reply actions

Sure they're bad ... but THAT bad? Yikes.

by mg7505 on Nov 26, 2011 7:12 PM CST up reply actions

Did you watch the game?

or any game this season?

They are THAT bad

by Grape Drank on Nov 26, 2011 11:20 PM CST up reply actions

I like Greenway but he is terrible in coverage still and probably will be for his entire career

Here is an article detailing the massive difference in his run stopping and pass coverage abilities …

http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2011/11/26/three-to-focus-on-vikings-falcons-week-12/

He has already given up 44 receptions and 4 TDs whilst in coverage if you believe PFF.

I think the Vikings had to franchise tag him because they did not trust Rice’s ability to stay healthy. But I still would have tagged Rice and tried to sign Greenway once free agency started. There were some options in free agency like Manny Lawson for example.

by MarkSP18 on Nov 26, 2011 5:59 PM CST reply actions

Agreed. Greenway would have been an easy FA signing

Given how much the Vikes paid him via the franchise tag, it’s clear we want him way more than other teams do … or did he have some suitor(s) lined up?

by mg7505 on Nov 26, 2011 7:15 PM CST up reply actions