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Week 8 - Unstoppable? Pats Steamroll Vikings, go to 8 and 0

Posted on September 25, 2010 at 05:55 PM.

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The clash of the undefeated titans didn't exactly live up to its hype. Both quarterbacks threw careless interceptions early on, and after the Vikings settled for a field goal on an otherwise good drive, this game looked like it'd be a defensive struggle until late in the first quarter, when in the redzone, Patriots QB Tom Brady finds WR Randy Moss on a screen in the flat, and with good WR-blocking, Moss runs it up 8 yards for the first touchdown of the game. The Pats had an easier time than expected containing Minnesota's offense, as for whatever reason Minnesota did not utilize star RB Adrian Peterson much in the first half. The Pats soon took another offensive trip deep into the redzone near the goal line, Brady lobbed it to big-bodied TE Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski for the second touchdown of the game. The Pats would carry that momentum in the second half, when Patriots WR Wes Welker, serving as the Kick Returner, returned it 91 yards for the third Patriots touchdown. The special teams score helped cement the Patriots lead and, in effect, took Peterson effectively out of the game, because it forced QB Brett Favre to take shots deep downfield to catch up, which he simply could not accomplish consistently enough.