PURE SURVIVAL
VIKINGS 21 BROWNS 17 Entering the season, it seemed pretty clear that the pre-bye portion of the Vikings schedule was where they were going to need to pile up some wins, before the schedule gets a lot harder. So imagine the despair I felt throughout much of Sunday's game, watching the Vikings again play mistake-filled football against a very beatable team, which looked to be sending them to a 2nd straight loss in Europe, and a 2-3 record into the bye that would make any hopes for a meaningful season slim at best. Fortunately, as had happened so often during the KOC era, the Vikings managed to escape with a late touchdown to get the hell out of there with the win. Coming off last week's loss in Dublin, it was off to London (where the Vikings are undefeated) to face a bad Browns team starting rookie QB Dillon Gabriel. The Browns defense is pretty good though, and once again the Vikings were starting an offensive line that couldn't be less ideal (Blake Brandel at center, Joe H...