The Vikings kicked the Jets butts, plain and simple.  The Jets were awful on offense as the Vikings scored 3 TDs off of turnovers last night!  Chad Pennington made his pre-season debut last night and he couldn’t have played much worse.  He completed 7 of 10 passes for 40 yards with two pickoffs.  Both of his interceptions were returned for TDs by the Vikings’ defense.  2nd year man Kellen Clemens looked pretty good again as he completed 6 of 9 passes for 56 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 interception.  Marques Tuiasosopo also played in his first game last night and he did a pretty good job completing 5 of 10 passes for 64 yards with a TD pass.  Brad Smith did a little bit of everything last night as he completed 4 of 6 passes for 21 yards and he also carried the football 4 times for another 21 yards (5.3 ypc).  Leon Washington led the way for the Jets with 52 yards rushing on 11 carries (4.7 ypc).  Undrafted rookie Danny Ware had another solid performance with 11 carries for 45 yards (4.1 ypc).  WR Justin McCareins looked sharp last night with 3 grabs for 52 yards (17.3 avg) including a TD catch where he put an outstanding move on a player to get to the End Zone.  TEs Jason Pociask (3 rec, 35 yards, TD) and Sean Ryan (4 rec, 34 yards) each had good games.  The Jets ran the ball great gaining 148 yards on 31 carries (4.8 ypc) but they looked awful throwing despite completing 22 of 35 passes for 167 yards.

The defense didn’t play that great either.  They held the Vikings to 63 yards passing as they completed only 8 of 18 passes but that’s because they didn’t have to pass.  Not when you rush for 167 yards on 31 carries (5.4 ypc).

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