The Vikings got a rousing win last week in Chicago to improve to 2-3 on the season while the Cowboys got beat down by the Patriots last weekend to fall to 5-1.  These two teams have contrasting styles which should make for an interesting football game.

The Vikings will go with what works which is running the football.  Adrian Peterson (607 yards rushing, 175 yards rushing) and Chester Taylor (143 yards rushing) will get the ball against a Cowboys defense that is only allowing 79.7 yards rushing per game and 3.4 yards per carry so far this season.  If the Cowboys stop the Vikings running game this will get ugly quickly.  But the Vikings are averaging 170.2 yards rushing per game and 5.6 yards per carry so far this season.  Plus, the Cowboys haven’t faced a back (Adrian Peterson) or offensive line like the one the Vikings will play.

The Cowboys would like to keep the offense balanced with Marion Barber (381 yards rushing) and Julius Jones (268 yards rushing) pounding the ball on the ground and Tony Romo throwing the ball to his elite corps of receivers.  It will be interesting to see if the Cowboys have much luck running the ball as the Vikings only allow 66.2 yards rushing and 2.7 ypc so far this season.  This could cause the Cowboys to attack the Vikings downfield and that will be a huge problem for the Vikings who are allowing 288.4 yards passing per game.  Look for Tony Romo to have a field day throwing the ball down the field to Terrell Owens (27 rec, 453 yards), Patrick Crayton (24 rec, 381 yards) and Jason Witten (32 rec, 454 yards) who should all have big games Sunday.

PREDICTION:  The Cowboys are averaging 35.7 points per game at home this season and I just don’t see any way that the Vikings will be able to keep up with them.  Cowboys 35, Vikings 14.