Minnesota Loses, Still 10-2

Tonight was not a good night to be a Minnesota Vikings fan. After manhandling their last two opponents, the Vikings struggled. They ended up losing 17-30. And to make matters worse, Viking middle linebacker, E.J. Henderson got injured and looks like he's done for the year.

But it is only one game. The Vikings and Favre have looked really sharp this year, and tonight just wasn't their night. This is bound to happen a couple of times during a season, so I am not the slightest bit nervous.

And the bad news just kept piling up last night for the Vikings. They are now two back from the New Orleans Saints, who won in overtime over the Washington Redskins. They are both fighting for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, and it looks like the Vikings will most likely have to win out to secure this. This is still very possible. The Saints do need to lose, though, and that hasn't happened yet this season. But even though we might not win home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, we are still going to be a force to reckon with when the playoffs come around. We are very good this year and have shown, in 10 out of this year's 12 games, that we are very talented and are one of the best, if not the best in the National Football League.

As I said before, games like this are bound to happen. I'm glad they're getting this out of their systems now, and I still really like their chances this year in the playoffs.

Let me throw this out there really quick and get it over with. Brett Favre did not have a good game last night. Now all you Packers fans are probably thinking that Favre is finally back to his old ways. Well, hold your horses. He still has 26 touchdown passes on the year and just 5 interceptions. Sure he threw 2 last night, but that is just one game. I'm positive that he can put this behind him and be the MVP-caliber quarterback that the fans in Minnesota have grown accustomed to this season.