Nine minutes left in the game and Reggie Bush just took his second punt return back for a score this half. The Vikings are cooked, and we’re officially giving up on this game even though there’s all this time left. Too painful. If there’s no rally from this 27-20 deficit, you might as well fire Brad Childress and give up next year’s No. 1 pick for Brady Quinn (ha, like the Browns would do that).

The conservative Vikings, by our count, had perhaps one good play call the entire game – Chester Taylor’s half-back option TD pass. The defense has been spotty – a few forced turnovers and some big hits, but some horrible decisions on 3rd and long that have given Drew Brees far too room to create plays. It’s disgusting, actually