Vikes lose to Atlanta

Today the Vikings played the Atlanta Falcons in a game that would decide another team going to the playoffs. If the Vikings won they would be in and if Atlanta won they would be in. So with the Vikings lose they have to hope Chicago will lose to the Packers so they can still make it to the playoffs. The Vikings biggest problem today was their 6 fumbles and losing 4 of them. The Vikings got lucky though because Atlanta only scored 10 points off of the 4 fumbles they recovered. Tavaris Jackson had a good game he had 22 completions and 233 passing yards with 2 touchdowns. In the last 2 games Jackson has been able to do the oppisite of how he started the year. Jackson also tied Peterson for the most rushing yards today with 76. The leading reciever today was tight end Visanthe Shaincoe with 7 catches, 136 yards and 2 touchdowns. He scored the only touchdowns today for the Vikings also. The Vikings defense became a big part in the 4th quarter but they weren't really there earlier in the game but they still held the Falcons to under 100 yards rushing. In all today the Vikings had a pretty good game but came up short and now they have to have Chicago lose or they have to beat the Giants next week.