Well I watched the game and I can say it was pretty hard to absorb. I was actually mad that I couldn't drop McNabb from my team at halftime and he was my starting QB in one league (P. Manning). He actually managed to throw an INT on a stop route!
As to how the game was as close as it was, Harvin ran back the opening kickoff, Peterson had a 49yd run to the 1 yard line, and San Deigo didn't actually start playing until after halftime.