Oh, Neat, Another Blowout: Vikings 34, Cowboys 3

The Cowboys’ 34-3 drubbing at the hands of the Vikings is painful for Cowboys faithful, as they were doubtlessly longing for the team’s glory days to be resurrected. Over at Blogging the Boys, though, Dave Halprin refuses to rationalize, point fingers at the other team, or make excuses.

Click through to read the rest of the post, which also features a ton of comments from Cowboys fans that are far less civilized. Please, though, don’t troll them. This is a bad time for that.

For more, check out our Vikings blog, Daily Norseman, and our Cowboys blog, Blogging The Boys.

Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Brett Favre threw three of his four touchdown passes to Sidney Rice, and the Minnesota Vikings used a stifling defense to shut down the Cowboys, 34-3, and reach the NFC Championship Game.

The Dallas Cowboys enter their game against Minnesota with a lot of confidence based on recent play. They’re on a four-game win streak and their offense has been balanced, able to run the ball and strike with the pass. The Vikings are known for run defense, but they lost middle linebacker E.J. Henderson earlier this season. He was replaced by rookie Jasper Brinkley. Blogging The Boys says the Cowboys will test Brinkley in both the run and pass game.

Video: When the Cowboys want to attack the middle, they use Jason WItten.

Video: Even this Madden 10 game has the Cowboys beating the Vikings 24-20.

Cruising under the radar in last weekend’s Wild Card game was the injury to Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber going into the matchup. The Barbarian is suffering from a knee injury and only carried the ball three times in the first quarter last week before he was removed from the game. With Barber’s health in doubt for the upcoming Vikings game, the Cowboys will have to turn to their backups. And for Dallas, it’s not a problem.

Enter Felix Jones, first-round pick from two years ago, who has fought his own injury demons during his time in Dallas. But over the last few weeks, the Cowboys have been feeding Felix the Cat more carries, including last week’s stellar performance against the Eagles. And the Cat has responded.

In an effort to get closer to the truth about what will happen this weekend during the NFL Divisional Round Playoffs, we talked to bloggers representing all eight teams still left in the chase. For each participant, we asked the same batch of questions. This is the preview for Dallas and Minnesota squaring off up north.