Adrian Peterson: Vikings Outcoached ‘In So Many Different Ways’

The stat: QB Russell Wilson outrushed RB Adrian Peterson (51 yards to 18). His 5-yard scoring run gave the Seahawks a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter.

This Thursday the Vikings will be traveling to Arizona to take on the 10-2 Cardinals. “We didn’t play well as players and the coaches didn’t coach well”. It is what it is. “But I think we’ll be able to sit back and evaluate some things again and get back to what we do”. “So, I mean, we can bounce back from losses, there’s no doubt”.

“I’m sure he hears things”. Minnesota was down 21-0 at halftime and couldn’t sustain any drives, which led to Peterson’s off day.

After Wilson turned in yet another virtually spotless performance in leading the Seahawks to a shockingly easy 38-7 victory here against the Vikings on Sunday, teammate Richard Sherman said he’s never seen the Seattle quarterback play better.

Seattle was coming off of a win last week against the Steelers in a game where they scored 39 points and Russell Wilson accounted for five touchdowns.

His Vikings didn’t just lose to the Seahawks, they lost by 31 points at home. “We feel like the sky’s the limit for us”. But those guys were talking all game. To hear that is just – that’s typical Bruce.

“Obviously, we had some bad losses this season”, said Minnesota linebacker Chad Greenway.

Teddy Bridgewater finished the game with just 118 passing yards and an interception. He did allow himself to leave between Monday and Tuesday a.m. but his efforts to grab a bite were less fulfilled than he intended.

“I went to McDonald’s on the way home, because I was hungry”, Zimmer said, per ESPN. I am not the one to judge how a man disciplines his children. That’s the third-highest rating of Wilson’s career, a week after his second highest, 147.9 vs. Pittsburgh.

The Cardinals (10-2) ran out 27-3 winners over the St Louis Rams (4-8), with Carson Palmer throwing for 356 yards and two touchdowns in another one-sided match.

However, the potential of this team is off the charts – or people want to believe that potential is great with this team. Carroll said he spoke with BYU AD Tom Holmoe regarding offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell as a potential candidate for the Cougars’ head coaching job, but that Bevell was remaining with the Seahawks…. As a team I chose to win the first wildcard spot, there just seems to be major mounts of inconsistency.

TERSE ZIMMER: Vikings coach Mike Zimmer suggested he saw harbingers of a clunker while supervising practice during the week, and he was not in much of a mood to answer questions from reporters afterward. When the defense is playing with the type of ferocity the National Football League world has come to expect over the last two years, it becomes extremely hard to beat this team, particularly if the offense is rolling, too. “He made you hold your breath every time the ball was in the air”.

The Vikings were penalized nine times for 95 yards.

Doug Baldwin had two touchdowns and 94 yards receiving and Thomas Rawls rushed for 101 yards and a score as the Seahawks (7-5) did whatever they wanted against an injury-depleted Vikings defense.