Peter King:

Adrian Peterson should not have disappeared late. It’s easy to say Peterson should have been used more — and, of course, he should have. He had 19 carries, all in the first three quarters, and touched the ball just once — a short reception — in the fourth quarter. But the Vikings ran only eight plays in the final quarter, and had the ball but four minutes. Still, I believe if the Vikes had kept trying to pound Peterson, who averaged 4.6 yards per rush, instead of trying to force a rusty Brett Favre into being the difference-maker in the fourth quarter, Minnesota would have won that game

M-E, more to the point:

Childress, on the other hand, is incapable of taking advantage of what the opponent gives him. Adrian Peterson ran well, gaining a healthy 4.5 yards per carry. Yet in the second half, beginning when the Vikings actually led the game, Peterson got only six carries. But he still gained 30 yards—that’s a 5.0 average. He was actually more effective in the second half! Yet instead of possibly riding Peterson to a tough victory, the rusty and ineffective Brett Favre passed twice as often as Peterson ran: 12 times, completing only 4. Along the way there was also a sack and a holding penalty on another attempted pass play. Some of that may be on Favre checking out of running plays—who can say?—but if that’s the case, Childress is cowardly in addition to clueless.

Something kept bugging me on my way back home….

Why didnt Payton go for two after our second touchdown?

We miss and, at 13-9, Vikes still need two FG or a TD to win. We go up 15-9 and you force them to go for a TD.

What am I missing?