Week 4, 2011 - Kansas City - Winnipeg59's Dynasty

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Week 4, 2011 - Kansas City

Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM.

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Minnesota Vikings at Kansas City Chiefs
Oct 2, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Minnesota Vikings (0-3)	7	3	0	6	16
Kansas City Chiefs (1-2)	3	9	0	0	12

Team Stats Comparison
	MIN	KAN
Total Offense	260	260
Rushing Yards	146	130
Passing Yards	114	130
First Downs	7	15
Punt Return Yards	27	53
Kick Return Yards	71	103
Total Yards	358	416
Turnovers	1 (+1)	2 (-1)
3rd Down Converstion	3-14	3-16
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/2	1/1
Penalties	6-55	5-55
Posession Time	21:06	26:54

Minnesota Vikings
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
McNabb	12/21	139	0	1
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Peterson	22	147	6.6	1
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Harvin	4	102	25.5	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
Abdullah	7	0	0	0
Henderson	6	0	0	0
Cook	4	1	0	0
Greenway	4	0	0	0
A.Allen	3	1	1	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
Longwell	3/3	1/1	10	38
PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	IN20
Kluwe	8	330	41.2	1

Kansas City Chiefs
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
Cassel	19/36	200	1	1
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Charles	22	131	5.9	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Baldwin	5	33	6.6	0
Bowe	4	88	22.0	0
Urban	4	34	8.5	1
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
Arenas	4	1	0	0
Jackson	4	2	0	0
Studebaker	4	0	0	0
Siler	4	0	0	0
Houston	4	0	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
Succop	1/1	1/1	4	24
PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	IN20
Colquitt	9	381	42.3	2

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 NORTH	W	L	T	PF	PA
Green Bay Packers	3	1	0	86	79
Detroit Lions	3	1	0	102	72
Chicago Bears	1	3	0	83	87
Minnesota Vikings	1	3	0	43	72

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
Pos	Player	Injury Note
RG	A. Herrera	Fractured Toe (1 week until return)
CB	C. Griffin	Torn Hamstring (2 more weeks)
CB	C. Cook	Partial 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.