The Chargers are another squad that inherited the 2009 season looking like it holded a existent shooting at a title

The Chargers are another squad that inherited the 2009 season looking like it holded a existent shooting at a title. Alternatively the squad is floundering about on both sides of the ball. For the Chargers hurts to their defensive line holds but decimated the unit. Squads are running ended them and but predominating their defensive unit. And while their offense is good plenty, it Holds not so fecund as to do upwards for their want of defense, especially with the clip of ownership is so heavily skewed in the opposites prefer. Rashard Mendenhall hotfoot the ball hard, picking upward 165 paces and two touchdowns, but I desire to see him make that against a stouter defense. The Steelers violative line pounded the Chargers, whose defense only could n't get off the field. The Chargers holded a nice riposte, but really maked n't come that more or less winning the game. Adding to the Chargers wretchedness, LaDanian Tomlinson is ailing and ineffectual and receiver Chris Chambers clearly holds seen his best years. I am surprised he is even still in the starting card. The Steelers hold appeared to correct their ship, at least for one game. Their defense holds rested stout and when Troy Polamalu comes back they will be even better. The Steelers are still an elect squad in the conference. MVP: Rashard Mendenhall, Rubidium Minnesota Vikings over Viridity Embayment Packers, 30-23 There was a good deal of ballyhoo bordering this game with Brett Favre confronting his old squad first. The game certainly fulfilled its plug. It was a playoff like game with much of difficult striking and great dramas by both squads on both sides of the ball. As antic as Favre played, it was really the Vikings defense that won the game. They coerced some turnovers and Jared Gracie 's4.5 pokes and safety was the fundamental difference in the game. But he maked take vantage of the Packers ' playing their 2d twine, then tertiary twine left tackle because of an trauma to Chad Clifton. But permit 's start with Brett Favre. As tired and vexed as I am with the play Rex 's offseason will he retire, wo n't he retire unremarkable, he is playfulness to watch drama football. He holded only an astonishing game. Astonishing. And he shoulded be with the Packers ' defense mostly close down Hadrian Peterson. Sometimes Farve is painful to watch, like when he throws multiple and sometimes obtuse interceptions in the postseason. At other times he is but awe inspiring. Therein game he was awe inspiring. And the Viking defense rattlingly took vantage of the slammed upwardly Viridity Embayment Packers ' violative line. Jared Allen and the residuum of the defense holded eight pokes against Aaron Rodgers, including one for a safety. The Packers really necessitate to unbend out their violative line if they trust to hold a nice season and a healthy Aaron Rodgers. Another standout for the Vikings was Antoine Winfield. This undersize cornerback can verily blare running dorsums and receivers. It Holds reviewing to see cornerbacks that can, and will, hit like Winfield. Aaron Rodgers holded an absolutely astonishing game himself, mayhap even better than Brett Favre given that Brett holded plenteousness of clip in the pocket an Aaron holded shielders in his face daylong. Differently a couple of miscues he cared the pressure and played rattlingly, rattlingly goodly. I was most impressed with his ability to maintain his squad going in face of the ferocious walk haste by the Vikings. And despite getting behind, the Packers ne'er stop on either side of the ball and gave themselves a opportunity to win at the terminal. If the Packers give Rodgers more clip to throw the ball, their offensive will rattlingly get to snap. And while Viridity Embayment 's defense was victimise by Favre, given the want of a walk rushing I maked n't conceive they were absolutely dreadful. They involve to happen a style to get more pressure on the quarterback to protect their defensive dorsums better. So far the defensive guru Dom Capers strategies are n't working that goodly for the Packers. Aaron Kampman, their best walk rusher last twelvemonth, dropping back into coverage only makes n't add up to me. Overall this was an astonishing game, and equally very much like it was Brett Favre 's nighttime, it was the Vikings dark overly. Cypher asks to oppugn why they so desperately wooed Favre in the offseason. With the best run back in the conference, a solid violative line, rapid receivers, and a top five defense, they were close but not nearly plenty, to being a Superintendent Bowl competition last yr. With Brett Favre, they may be the best squad in the conference. Allow 's confront it, Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels were not the reply at quarterback. Brett Favre may goodly be. MVP: Brett Favre, QB Participants OF THE Hebdomad