My daughter conned me into taking my granddaughter to a ballet program so I didn't get to my favorite sports bar and had to wait for game clips via ESPN! BTW, I hope Henry Jones does better next week. This from PurpleHaze:

Finally!

It was ugly, but it was a win! The Vikings finished perhaps the drive of the year to win the game and Chamberlain has to be the MVP today! The Vikings make a comeback and win 20-16 over the Bucs.

The drive was a 96-yard 11-play touchdown drive that ate up most of the clock and showcased the skills of not only Culpepper, but Chamberlain as well. The drive was capped by a ten yard run by Culpepper.

Throughout the game Culpepper was bailed out by great catches by Chamberlain and the final drive never would have happened had Chamberlain not made a spectacular catch in traffic and then ran to the Buc three yard line before being knocked out of bounds. Chamberlain went up for a wobbling dead-duck pass from Culpepper that three Tampa Bay defenders were trying to catch. The ball was tipped and somehow Chamberlain then tipped it to himself and he was off to the races.

The Vikings still have not found their great offense, but many on the offense are stepping up to make some plays. Chamberlain and Bennett both played great football today and the offense will be back next week. We needed this win to get some of that confidence back and next week we should be ready to play Viking football.

Nice win and a good start to the streak.

-- Jan Zumbo (dvt99@aol.com), October 01, 2001