The Redskins and QB Griffin sign of life going 23-of-32 last week and he is ramping it up. Christian Ponder played less horrifically for the Vikings yet still made blunders as he threw a fourth-quarter interception, fumbled in the end zone as he was sacked and missed Greg Jennings on a deep shot late.

Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Alan Williams under fire. He needs to make adjustments, quite difficult in a short week.

Quitting is overused and the Vikings have not done that. But tougher to dig deep at 1-7 so the short week hurts them. On the other hand, the Redskins in division title race and adrenalin will means they short week is fine with them.

The Skins running the ball very well last five. This is a direct byproduct of RG3 starting to return to form and defenses must prepare at least for the threat of him running.

Redskins have averaged 173.6 rushing yards per game, second only to San Francisco. The one area the Vikings has stability was they 25 straight games with same starting OL, But now Phil Loadholt it out with a concussion.

The Skins and RG3 are on the rise. The Vikings can only hang their hat on the fact they are not the Jaguars.