It's become a question wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson has received weekly, during the week and after a game, since the season opener against the Rams.

"Will you ask offensive coordinator Norv Turner for more carries?"

Well, it happened again on Thursday when Patterson typically speaks to the media. He's only received one carry, losing seven yards, since the 102-yard rushing performance in Week 1. Patterson had a little fun this week in his response.

"I'm not a drama queen or anything," Patterson said. "I don't want to go to the offensive coordinator and try to demand the ball. One day, maybe if I get a couple more Pro Bowls, maybe I can do things like that; but the time is not right now. It's only my second year, and he's a new offensive coordinator for this team."

The questions have become about as redundant as his previous four performances, including just two catches for eight yards against the Packers for the dynamic wide receiver. Patterson has only received eight targets in the last two games, however, Teddy Bridgewater and Christian Ponder at quarterback.

"People say they don't see it but when I was little in junior college, I was a drama queen," Patterson said. "I just demanded the ball, and it paid off for me. If things keep going like this, I may have to be that drama queen one time."

Defenses have concentrated on Patterson over the last four week, which has contributed to his slump. That has opened up opportunities for other players, like running back Matt Asiata and wide receiver Jarius Wright, to make big plays on offense.

"It's fun being a decoy sometimes because you just open everything else for other people," Patterson said. "My decoy time, it's probably up. Everybody is going to start worrying about everybody else and then they're going to forget about me. I hope it's this week. I hope I get a couple of touchdowns this week."

Turner said he's anxious to get Patterson involved in the offense. Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer said he saw improvement in Patterson against the Packers that won't appear in the box score. Turner said that likely had to deal with the way Patterson ran his routes, especially the depth of his routes.

"There are times you're open and the ball doesn't come to you; no one sees that, but we do," Turner said. "There were some times where we had a lot pressure in that game. The ball didn't come out the way we'd like it to or didn't have an opportunity to get it out."