Oct 20th 2008 9:00AM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, Vikings, NFC North
What a crazy game.
You’ve got an old-school NFC North — formerly NFC Central — battle. The black and blue division. Two foes who like to use the “run and defense/smash mouth” method to win football games.
Or not.
Let’s try 558 yards passing as opposed to 208 yards rushing. Or think about the 72 passing attempts compared to 54 rushes.
People who bet the “under” in this game were done before the first quarter ended (please note I don’t mean the over/under was 27, I’m just saying the writing was on the wall for those who choose to illegally gamble).
Let’s try to sort out this mess of a game, which was by far the most fun game I’ve seen this season. Obviously my being a Bears fan helped, but there were so many wacky occurrences. Like …
- The Vikings lost the turnover battle five to one, yet still only lost by a touchdown.
- Gus Frerotte threw four interceptions to a Bears secondary that has been decimated with injuries — Nathan Vasher, Charles Tillman, and Danieal Manning all missed the game.
- It was Gus Frerotte and Kyle Orton at QB. Glance back up above at those passing vs. rushing numbers.Continue Reading
