3. Minnesota Vikings
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Minnesota is another 0-4 team and yet another small favorite (2.5 points), likely because they are home and face another 1-3 team in the Arizona Cardinals.
Once again, I smell a small upset.
The head coach of the Vikings, Leslie Frazier, seems to be the only one aware that quarterback Donovan McNabb doesn't have anything left in the tank and it's time to see what rookie Christian Ponder has under the hood.
McNabb has thrown for the third-fewest amount of yards among all qualifying starting quarterbacks in the NFL (just 680 yards in four games). The most startling indictment of McNabb is that he can't produce even when stud running back Adrian Peterson (81 carries for 376 yards, 4.6 yards per carry) draws eight or nine defenders into the box.
Cracks are starting to show in the Vikings' foundation off the field.
Wide receiver Bernard Berrian got involved in a Twitter spat with a state lawmaker, Rep. John Kriesel.
On the flip side, Arizona arguably got screwed out of a win against New York when Giants receiver Victor Cruz inexplicably let go of the ball only to see it not ruled a fumble.
While new quarterback Kevin Kolb hasn't justified the acquisition price of a second-round pick and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie yet, he also hasn't been awful by any stretch. The Cards' losses have come by one, three and four points, and even on the road they should come through here.