Another week, another ugly, catastrophic loss by my Vikings, as they fell 37-8 to the longtime losers known as the Cincinnati Bengals, who are now 2-0. Once again the team failed in all facets of the game on offense, unable to pass, run, catch, or block- and this time the defense went belly-up as well. Saddest of all was that the Bengals committed 17 penalties- and still managed to beat Minnesota by 29 points.
Only two silver linings- one, despite no touchdowns and FIVE interceptions, Daunte Culpepper managed to climb out of negative fantasy points, scoring 3 (as opposed to negative-six last week). And two, with owner Zygi Wilf said to be taking on a more active role in football matters, perhaps one or two more performances like this one will lead to the long-overdue midseason firing of coach Mike Tice. Were he coaching in Philly, Tice would probably be dead by now.
(Tom Powers of the Pioneer Press:
"Here's an interesting bit of trivia. What do Zygi Wilf, Glen Taylor, Tom Clancy and Reggie Fowler have in common?Posted by Stephen Silver at September 19, 2005 12:39 AMThe answer is that they all have zero victories as owner of the Minnesota Vikings.")
Yes Steve, would you have thought that by week 2 that the North standings would be directly upside down from everyone's predictions?
Posted by: John B. at September 19, 2005 10:25 PM