Vikings 26, Ravens 29

The Vikings lose a 29-26 heart breaker to the Ravens today in Baltimore.  With this lose the Vikings fall to 3-9-1 on the season, they are also now officially eliminated from the playoffs.  Yet another late game collapse doomed the Vikings, I don't see how that can be anything other than an indictment on Leslie Frazier and his coaching staff, I would be very disappointed if they are brought back next season.  To be fair, the god awful officiating didn't help them much either.  In the end though, I guess a loss isn't a bad thing as the season is pretty much a loss already and they did improve their draft slotting. 

Observations:

• This was the craziest Vikings game that I can ever recall watching.  
• It's kinda fun watching a game played in a snow storm.  
• You do not kickoff to Jacoby Jones with a 4 point lead with less than 2 minutes to play. 
• Refs really blew it on that Gerhart fumble call & Chad Greenway pass interference call.  
• Chad Greenway continues to play at a Pro Bowl level. 
• Xavier Rhodes continues to provide a glimmer of hope for the future. 
• Adrian Peterson is not what I would call a "snow back".  
• Toby Gerhart on the other hand looked pretty good in the snow. 
• Get used to seeing Cordarrelle Patterson in the starting lineup.  He's a special talent.
• Matt Cassel > Christian Ponder.  He makes for a solid backup QB.   
• The Vikings have lost 5 games this year in the last minute of the game.  
• Is Alan Williams the worst defensive coordinator in the NFL? 
• Andrew Sendajo has been a real find in a dismal year for the Vikings.  
• Brian Robison has been solid at DE for the Vikings this year. 
• I kind of doubt that Chris Cook will be back next season. 
• There were 35 points scored in a 2:01 span of the fourth quarter. 
• You've got to love the new "snow" technology unveiled by Fox.
• Vikings 2014 Draft needs:  QB, OG/C, CB
• Up next?  @ home against the Philadelphia Eagles.