Vikes Win! Crush Dallas in 2009-2010 Playoff Debut for the Vikings

What a great way to open the playoffs if you are a Minnesota Vikings fan such as myself! On the other hand, if you are a Dallas Cowboys fan you have to be disappointed after the Vikings completely demolished the "red-hot" Cowboys 34-3 earlier today.

It was clear who the better team was. The Minnesota Vikings manhandled the Dallas offensive line forcing six sacks and three turnovers. All game the Vikings prevented the Cowboy offense from clicking. Their stout running game was held to under one hundred yards, and quarterback, Tony Romo, was held to under 200 yards passing along with an interception and three fumbles, two of which were lost. The Vikings offense, on the other hand, allowed quarterback Brett Favre all day to find Vikings receivers down the field. For the most part this receiver was Sidney Rice, who had a career day with three touchdown receptions and 141 yards receiving.

All this week I had heard how the Cowboys were a matchup nightmare for the Vikings. How the Vikings needed to play their best football to beat them. How Dallas's offense was unstoppable and how their defensive line would have a field day against the Vikings. Well, how did that all turn out? The Vikings CRUSHED the Cowboys and showed that they are now the team to beat in the NFC. I can't wait to hear the analysis of the game by all the analysists that said the Vikings had no chance of winning. Sure they have to go to New Orleans, but the Vikings will be fine. They are a matchup nightmare and will be very tough to beat next week.

Tony Romo played terrible and the Cowboys looked like a team that didn't know what to do. The Vikings were killing them and they had no way to stop them. With this slaughter, Dallas's head coach's, Wade Phillips, job is on the line as he has only one playoff win in six tries and is forced to watch the rest of the playoffs back home.

Brett Favre, on the other hand, played amazing as well and became the only quarterback in NFL history to win a playoff game in his 40's. He also beat Dallas in the playoffs for the first time in his career. After this great performance, I am very excited for next weekend's big game between my Vikings and the New Orleans Saints.