Bernard Berrian

Minnesota's offense has explosive potential all around. Sydney Rice and Bernard Berrian at WR can change a game in minutes and I don’t need to really go in depth on how quickly Adrian Peterson can change a game. If those guys weren't enough, the Vikings drafted Percy Harvin from Florida who had a wildly successful collegiate career as an explosive game changer. The Vikings defense isn't without its talent with Jared Allen, Pat Williams, Kevin Williams, EJ Henderson, and Chad Greenway anchoring a defense that most teams don't even bother trying to run against.

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er Taylor (the last year of the Tice regime) was just as productive as Tarvaris Jackson throwing to Bernard Berrian and giving to Adrian Peterson.  Essentially, what I'm trying to say is that Childress has come nowhere near delivering the "kick-ass" offense he promised a few seasons ago.  Sure, the defense has been incredible, but Chilly lucked out in that regard (and was likely helped by the presence of Mike Tomlin, now Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers), as the Wilfs had just doled out the money to Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, and Darren Sharper, while Kevin Williams was becoming a major inside force.

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1 INT.  Adrian Peterson rushed for 103 yards on 21 carries.  Both Bobby Wade (98 yds) and Bernard Berrian (81 yards) turned in impressive performances.  Jackson's INT was also the only Vikings turnover lost in the contest.

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Taylor also scored on a pass.

The Vikings’ Bernard Berrian had a huge day, with a touchdown on a punt return and a second on a 41-yard pass from Jackson. Those were the first two scores in the game.

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nch would have meant seven points for Chicago.  From that point (well, actually, from the time Bernard Berrian started off at one goal line and ended up at the other with ball in hand), the Vikings completely dominated the game.  True, "dominated" is a relative word in Vikingland (as the Bears did get to within three points early in the third quarter), but the offense stepped up when needed with big runs from Peterson and only one glaring Frerotte mistake.  As usual, the defense also dominated the opposing players, limiting Orton to 153 passing yards and three picks, Forte to 96 on the ground (hey, it's under 100!), and seeing Jared "The Beast" Allen take Orton to the turf three times.

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could have converted and moved the chains), decided not to throw, and tried to weave the ball into Bernard Berrian, just too tight of a fit (resulting in an incompletion).  On the play, Frerotte also looked to have space to run for the necessary one yard, but his complete lack of mobility prevented him from doing so.

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Game over.

The Vikings' passing offense has picked up. Bernard Berrian, a former Bear, had a good game with  six catches for 81 yards and a touchdown. He's done his job lately.

The Vikings clearly haven't put it together in any game, yet they've been in every game at the end. At 3-4, they're only a game behind first place.

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Vikings lack one key component of that system: the ability to complete short passes.  Leaving Bernard Berrian out of the equation for the moment, the Vikings' other receivers (Bobby Wade, Aundrae Allison, and Robert Ferguson) are just not good enough to consistently get open and make the play required of them.  Allison is too inexperienced and penalty-prone, while Fergie and Wade are too old).  So, what ends up happening is that opposing defenses even leave the short-yardage receivers in loose coverage, instead choosing to stop-up Peterson, a strategy that has been quite successful in rendering the Purple impotent with the ball.  The end result is Peterson getting stuffed, and the receivers dropping enough passes (or just plain not getting open) to set up third and long situations, which a West Coast offense is not equipped to convert, as the defense can finally play a little looser knowing that a pass is almost surely coming.

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nts with 4:33 remaining in the third quarter and at their own 14 yard line, Frerotte found receiver Bernard Berrian on the left side and Berrian turned on the jets, running 86 yards for the score (exactly what we are paying him to do).  The Vikes elected to kick the extra point (I decision I didn't take too much offense with, as so often missed two-point conversions come back to haunt teams) and thus cut the deficit to 10-9.

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Kevin Williams had four sacks and eight tacklesa nd Bernard Berrian had five catches for 131 yards.

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The Vikes stole Bernard Berrian from the Bears, and that should improve the pass offense right off the bat. Yet we know that the quarterback play must improve.

In fact, Jackson did improve. He played well in some games, though the loss at home to Washington was a huge disappointment. He had a good game in the finale against Denver.

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