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Week 4, 2011 - Kansas City 
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 12:16 PM.
Minnesota Vikings at Kansas City Chiefs
Oct 2, 20111ST2ND3RD4THSCORE
Minnesota Vikings (0-3)730616
Kansas City Chiefs (1-2)390012
Team Stats Comparison
MINKAN
Total Offense260260
Rushing Yards146130
Passing Yards114130
First Downs715
Punt Return Yards2753
Kick Return Yards71103
Total Yards358416
Turnovers1 (+1)2 (-1)
3rd Down Converstion3-143-16
4th Down Conversion0-00-2
2-Point Conversion0-00-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals0/21/1
Penalties6-555-55
Posession Time21:0626:54
Minnesota Vikings
PASSINGC/AYDSTDINT
McNabb12/2113901
RUSHINGATTYDSAVGTD
Peterson221476.61
RECEIVINGRECYDSAVGTD
Harvin410225.50
DEFENSETACKSACKINTTD
Abdullah7000
Henderson6000
Cook4100
Greenway4000
A.Allen3110
KICKINGFGXPPTSLONG
Longwell3/31/11038
PUNTINGNOYDSAVGIN20
Kluwe833041.21
Kansas City Chiefs
PASSINGC/AYDSTDINT
Cassel19/3620011
RUSHINGATTYDSAVGTD
Charles221315.90
RECEIVINGRECYDSAVGTD
Baldwin5336.60
Bowe48822.00
Urban4348.51
DEFENSETACKSACKINTTD
Arenas4100
Jackson4200
Studebaker4000
Siler4000
Houston4000
KICKINGFGXPPTSLONG
Succop1/11/1424
PUNTINGNOYDSAVGIN20
Colquitt938142.32


I love the smell of victory!

This week in practice we made a concerted effort to work on the passing game to see if we could get our completion percentage up a bit and, in turn, use that to keep the defense guessing as to when we were going to run. I like to think that it worked early. Donovan came out and toss a couple of crisp passes and that seemed to establish things. Then, on a simple zone run shortly after that Adrian Peterson was able to break one for 62 yards and a touchdown!

Unfortunately we seemed to appear satisfied that what we had done in practice worked...once! We then kind of settled into our same pattern of run, pass, run with only moderate success.

The defense played well and kept Cassel on his toes all day and despite a fourth quarter comeback attempt that looked like it would spell doom, Asher Allen came up with a crucial interception late and that sealed the victory and produced our very first win in 2011.

Only the Bears have surprised me in the NFC North so far. After week 4 here are the standings:

NFL Standings - Updated: Oct 1, 2011
NFC NORTHWLTPFPA
Green Bay Packers3108679
Detroit Lions31010272
Chicago Bears1308387
Minnesota Vikings1304372


It's painfully evident that our major problem is putting points on the board. We have to get more production from our passing game and keep pounding the rock at the same time with A.P. to become more two-dimensional in our offensive attack.

We also suffered another secondary injury when CB Chris Cook went out with a partial tear of his MCL. It would appear he'll sit for at least 8 weeks. Here's the injury status after week 4:

Minnesota Vikings Injury Report - Week 4
PosPlayerInjury Note
RGA. HerreraFractured Toe (1 week until return)
CBC. GriffinTorn Hamstring (2 more weeks)
CBC. CookPartial MCL Tear (8 weeks)


CONFIDENTIAL:
After our very slow start and with Christian Ponder waiting in the wings, I put out word after week three that we may be interested in moving Donovan McNabb, ending our experiment of bringing him in for short term relief this season and begin to rebuild.

And if we're going that route, I put out some feelers for Antoine Winfield. Given our CB situation at the moment, that might have to be put on hold.

I've had some interest from both Miami and the Bengals on both players. I will give our team one more week, at home against the 0-4 Arizona Cardinals and see what our division looks like after that before making any drastic, pre-deadline, moves.
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