The Vikings lose to the Falcons, on a miserable performance, 22-6. JJ McCarthy struggled and now finds himself out for a few weeks with a high ankle sprain. The defense played better but failed to win at the line of scrimmage for most of the evening, yielding a lot of rushing yards to the Falcons. We look back at some keys to the loss and name our players of the game.

We also look ahead to the Sunday matchup against the Bengals in Minnesota, where the Vikings are a 2 point favorite. We also look at other keys to that matchup and pick our winner and by how much.