Halftime: Denver, 14-3

Sloppy, sloppy game.

And if this is Minnesota's playoff push -- ugh.

The Vikes lose a first-quater touchdown on Chester Taylor's reversed-on-review fumble out of the end zone.

Then another decent-looking Minnesota drive yields only a Ryan Longwell field goal -- instead of a touchdown -- at the start of the second.

After which, predictably, Denver comes right back to score, the TD coming on a 15-yard Jay Cutler to Brandon Marshall pass, Marshall making a leaping grab along the left side of the end zone.

The Vikings follow that with a three and out.

On the next Minnesota series, Troy Williamson finds himself wide wide wide open, way way way behind the Denver secondary. Vikings quarterback Tavaris Jackson launches a missile, the ball going way way way out there, right to Williamson.

Who drops it.

Two plays later, Taylor, Mr. Let's Fumble Today, fumbles for the second time today, the ball recovered by Denver at the Minnesota 48.

On the very next play, Cutler, scrambling, finds Marshall in the middle of the field. After catching the ball, he is popped by Chad Greenway, and fumbles -- and, things going just this way for Minnesota, recovers his own fumble. First and 10, Denver, at the Minnesota 37.

A 31-yard touchdown run by Denver's Selvin Young two plays after that? Called back. Holding.

Never mind.

Five plays later, Denver punches it in, Cutler to tight end Tony Sheffler for 2 yards. 14-3.

Minnesota's offensive sequence thereafter: awful. Three and out. Less than a minute off the clock. Denver gets the ball back. The Broncos stay in their half of the field as the second quarter ends.

Oh, and in Washington, the Redskins lead Dallas, 10-3.