Eagles 21, Vikings 10

The Vikings lost their first game of the season today 21-10 to the Eagles in Philadelphia.  The Vikings fall to 5-1 on the season with this loss.  It was a stinker of a game for the Vikings, they came out really flat, their OL was just dreadful, Sam Bradford struggled and they finally lost the turnover battle.  The defense played well enough to win, they can't do it all on their own though.  I really hope that their injury depleted and ineffective offensive line doesn't doom them moving forward.

Observations:

• The Vikings got 7 points in their 4 trips into the red zone today. 
• I think we saw bad Sam Bradford today, although his OL didn't help. 
• Injuries have really depleted the Vikings offense.  
• Mike Zimmer against a rookie QB is just not fair.  
• Cordarrelle Patterson needs more looks on offense.  
• The Vikings should have used more shorter QB drops & quicker passes today.
• It was only a matter of time before Sam Bradford threw an interception. 
• Andrew Sendajo is one of the more underappreciated Vikings. 
• Now we know why Jake Long was still available this far into the season. 
• The Vikings need to find a way to get Stefon Diggs more involved. 
• Turnovers:  Vikings 4, Eagles 4
• What the heck did the Vikings do over their bye week?  
• Cordarrelle Patterson has become quite the punt coverage gunner. 
• The Vikings had no turnovers before today, today they had 4. 
• That sure did look like defensive pass interference on the Eagles to me. 
• The Vikings may just have the worst set of OT's in the NFL. 
• Jeff Locke did a nice sales job on the running into the punter call early. 
• Was the halftime score really 11-3 today? 
• I suspect that the Eagles are happy with the Sam Bradford trade. 
• Up next?  @ Bears on Monday night October 31.