Vikings drop one, now 4-2

Yesterday's performance in Washington was dismal. Problems abounded in all four quarters. In the first quarter, while the defense was stellar, the offense was plagued with conservative play calling that left points on the field. The Vikings had to kick 3 field goals, giving them 9 points. I can understand that one of them should have been a field goal, but no reason they shouldn't have walked away with 17 points in the first. Then in the 2nd Quarter, the defense decided to shut down. This was the story for most of the remaining time left in the game. I can't think of anything good that came out of the 2nd or 3rd quarters, in which we again only got one field goal. Ponder's first two turn overs resulted in 14 points for the Redskins, one of which was a horrible, horrible throw. One of my biggest concerns though, was all the conservative play calling? This results in the offense not playing with any urgency. If they played with the urgency they played with in the 4th quarter when we were able to snag 14 points, the Vikings would have walked away with the win. If the defense played 60 minutes instead of 15, the Vikings would have walked away with the win. And undisciplined playing resulted in far too many penalties. I'm choosing not to go into too much detail because it's already a Monday morning and I don't need it to get any worse than it already is. But what I took away from this game is the offense needs to stop the conservative play calling and finish drives, defense needs to play the entire game and play smart, disciplined football.