Vikings on the right track after beating browns in London … not so fast

The Minnesota Vikings came through during their last ride of their two-week stay in Great Britain and could one 21-17 victory About the Cleveland Browns and now they return home and get a week off before they have to resume their season.

It may seem that one Day the week After two consecutive weeks in Europe is a good idea, but they will probably pay a big price when it comes to Jet -Lagged and Old when they return to the Philadelphia Eagles. That game starts a four -week test that also includes road races against the Chargers and the Lions before he comes home to face the wrestling but talented Baltimore Ravens.

The Vikings are 3-2 after five weeks, two games worse than at the moment last year when they won their first five games. The Kevin O’Connell team may not come close to the 14-3 record that they managed last season.

The victory over the browns saw Back-up Quarterback Carson Wentz passing through with a game-winning driving in the last moments. He made precise throws to Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison on the 10-play, 80-year drive that gave the Vikings the much needed victory.

But in general this was not an impressive performance. The Vikings could not produce one take -away meal against Cleveland Rookie Quarterback Dillon Gabriel, while Minnesota lost two junk that gave the Brown’s life.

The most impressive aspects of the game for the Vikings were the game of broad recipients Justin Jefferson and Addison. Jefferson showed his amazing skills – speed, jumping capacity, hands and willingness to fight for the ball. His last catch was a 21-year reception on the game-winning ride, despite a tight coverage of the excellent Denzel department of Cleveland.

Jefferson 7 passes for 123 meters With a long reception of 38 meters. Jefferson demonstrated that he could play the key when O’Connell decided to call his number.

Addison caught 5 passes for 41 yards, including the game-winning 12-yard TD reception with 25 seconds in the game.

Addison was confronted with discipline of O’Connell

Addison did not play in the first quarter due to O’Connell’s decision. Although the Vikings head coach is not known as a disciplinary, Addison had missed one of the team’s walk by practice sessions. O’Connell would not tolerate it and decided to bank his explosive Wideout.

He spoke with the media immediately after the game and was in a good mood after the Vikings came through in the last moments and won the game. Addison did not get a pass from his head coach.

“Things like that are not in accordance with our standards,” Said O’Connell. “I wanted to make sure he was held responsible for that, but at the same time he knows. I thought he treated it professionally. He spoke with the team to let them know that when I gave him the opportunity to go into the game, they could count on him. And he made the game-winning catch.”

Addison took his sentence and then came on, but he was suspended for the first three games of the season after the substances of the NFL of abuse policy. Missing a walkthrough less than two weeks after returning is not a great sign.

The Bye Week helps the wounded players of the Vikings to become healthy. Defensive stars Andrew van Ginkel and Blake Cashman were poorly missed during the European trip. Van Ginkel is a big game machine, while Cashman is the best tackler in the team. Both could return to the Line -Up soon.

The Vikings must become healthy in the attack where they have missed JJ McCarthy, Aaron Jones and 60 percent of their attacking line.

The return of McCarthy from his high ankle sprain seems likely, as long as O’Connell still believes that he is the best Quarterback on the Roster. Wentz clearly did well to fill it in, but McCarthy is the better athlete and he is a skilled passer -by.

However, it takes time for every young quarterback to fully understand the O’Connell attack, and the head coach may want to go with Wentz when the Vikings organize the Eagles in week 7.