1. We ended up with the easy win, 27-10. At times it seemed like we were doing all we could to give the Lions a chance to stay in the game. They couldn't catch up though, partially thanks to good defense, partially thanks to the Lions general lack of football skills. We ended up with 13 penalties during the game for 91 yards. I guess we can use the "rusty" excuse, coming off the bye week, and expect the penalty issue to get corrected before next week's game with Seattle.
2. Adrian Peterson had an awesome game, yet not a very good game at the same time. He racked up 133 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carriers, but lost two fumbles in disappointing fashion. First, he made a terrible pitch to Percy Harvin on an attempted reverse, pitching it well behind Harvin. Then, after a great run, busting his way through traffic, he was in the open field galloping towards the end zone before being caught from behind and stripped of the football. We lost both fumbles. Sidney Rice could have saved AP with a decent effort on the second fumble, which he could have recovered in the end zone for a touchdown. Unfortunately Rice's coordination for recovering fumbles doesn't quite match his coordination for catching passes. It was kind of pathetic to watch.
3. Favre and Rice get an A+ for the day, even with Rice's aforementioned klutzy effort on the AP fumble. Favre threw for 344 yards and one touchdown, with no interceptions. Favre's current total for interceptions this season is three. The fewest he has ever thrown in a season before this year is 17. Gunslinger? Maybe not anymore, or if so, at least an accurate gunslinger. Rice had seven catches for 201 yards. Seven catches of a total of nine passes that were thrown to him. Not a bad average.
4. I sincerely hope that we don't give up on using creative play calling after the AP to Harvin botched pitch on the reverse. I was secretly hoping all bye week that Childress had intentions of refining a Wildcat option with Harvin taking some snaps for the second half of the season. There wouldn't be a scarier combo in the backfield in all of the NFL than Harvin and AP. Both are capable of busting one at any time. For example, when Harvin bounced off a major hit against the Lions and took off for a 40 yard gain.
To see a number of Favre and Rice's highlights, check out this video. (skip to the 2:25 mark of the video to see Harvin's sweet play)
http://www.nfl.com/videos/minnesota-vikings/09000d5d814356b8/WK-10-Brett-Favre-highlights
For a sweet Ray Edwards highlight, involving him flying through the air, not touching Mathew Stafford at all, then getting a 15 yard penalty for a helmet to helmet hit on the quarterback, check out this clip. It looks awesome though. It's at the 1:50 mark.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/minnesota-vikings/09000d5d81436652/NFL-Scoreboard-Lions-Vikings-highlights
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