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When you cant run the ball you are easy to defend against. Asiata doesn't hit the holes hard at all. Bradford isn't stepping up into the pocket... our tackles are not blocking, gaurds are getting blown up. I mean it is all horrible on the offensive line front. Also another thing.... how many batted down passes or tipped passes did we have?? Is Bradford not recognizing passing lanes? I mean these guys were not in his face tipping balls they were 3-4 yards away from him tipping them. The whole offense is sputtering. Not just the O-line.
Now lets talk about our defense the past two games...... 1 sack. So we are not getting the pressure on their QB. Their line dominated out D line. Our tackling was awful....we were bouncing off of their RB.
I will give the bears credit they played good and beat the Vikes out right.
Also some of the coaching calls bothered me. Like not hurrying up the offense when they were down, play calling I mean if the rush is beating you.... dives, draws, screens, swing passes, etc. Need those to slow down that rush... it also takes away your weakness at O line. How come we are not using Roudolph more.... quick passes, seams, etc.
The sky isn't falling just yet either....but they need to right the ship soon or it will be a long rest of the season.
Also to Packer fans who want to talk @#$..... About two weeks ago they were Booing their Hall of Fame QB.... now they think he is a god again. Two weeks ago the sky was falling in GB....now they are all thinking super bowl. That is how fast things can change good, bad, or indifference in the NFL. There are 9 games left in the season.... and the Vikes are still leading the division.... :bop:
Now lets talk about our defense the past two games...... 1 sack. So we are not getting the pressure on their QB. Their line dominated out D line. Our tackling was awful....we were bouncing off of their RB.
I will give the bears credit they played good and beat the Vikes out right.
Also some of the coaching calls bothered me. Like not hurrying up the offense when they were down, play calling I mean if the rush is beating you.... dives, draws, screens, swing passes, etc. Need those to slow down that rush... it also takes away your weakness at O line. How come we are not using Roudolph more.... quick passes, seams, etc.
The sky isn't falling just yet either....but they need to right the ship soon or it will be a long rest of the season.
Also to Packer fans who want to talk @#$..... About two weeks ago they were Booing their Hall of Fame QB.... now they think he is a god again. Two weeks ago the sky was falling in GB....now they are all thinking super bowl. That is how fast things can change good, bad, or indifference in the NFL. There are 9 games left in the season.... and the Vikes are still leading the division.... :bop:
Da Bears played a great inspiring game, something we didn't do at all, they out played us and out coached us, they better right the ship soon, but with the way the O-line looks it could be a long rest of the year, the defense can not score all the time to keep us in the game.....very disappointing loss with how we played........go vikes ......
long ways to go and your Predictions are not so good........speckline said:Game plan to beat the queens has been established :rollin: Reminds me of the 2015 Falcons. I predict they won't make the playoffs unless something major changes on offense. That offense is as bad as you can get!!!oke:
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I agree watch out for the Motor City Kitties..... They are playing good ball this year.
I have not been impressed with Norv for a long time. If you look back on all these threads you can see I haven't been impressed with him. I think a change was needed. Now again he is a great offensive mind but here in MN it seemed lacking. Every once in awhile you would see something....but then dull the rest of the year.
It will be interesting to see what will happen. The good thing is Shummer has been around Bradford a long time so knows more of his in's and out's than probably the rest of the Vikings staff. So it could be good or bad... HAHA.
But every division game is a big one. Hope they can rebound and get back rolling.
Skol Vikings.
I have not been impressed with Norv for a long time. If you look back on all these threads you can see I haven't been impressed with him. I think a change was needed. Now again he is a great offensive mind but here in MN it seemed lacking. Every once in awhile you would see something....but then dull the rest of the year.
It will be interesting to see what will happen. The good thing is Shummer has been around Bradford a long time so knows more of his in's and out's than probably the rest of the Vikings staff. So it could be good or bad... HAHA.
But every division game is a big one. Hope they can rebound and get back rolling.
Skol Vikings.
I sure hope that's what it takes, I have never been a huge fan of Norvs offense, very old school and predictable and yes, the Lions scare me , thye have been playing well this year without their big reciever, but it is a home game and I really think they wont lose 3 in a row.....Go Vikes !!!!!speckline said:
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Well we are still # 1 in our division.
I will say this the second half of the game looked better than the first half.
We are not getting pressure on the QB, we had horrible tackling (past two games), and some coaches decisions on Defense are questionable. Only rushing 3, why not kick a pooch kick at the end of regulation instead of into end zone. That would take off 4-5 seconds and they still get the ball on the 20-25 yard line, didn't use the last TO to "freeze" the kicker, etc. Again I am not saying Zimmer is horrible but there are some more questionable calls.
The O-Line looked not too bad. Two of the sacks were because Bradford didn't get rid of the ball or didn't step up in the pocket. But yes... 1 out of 3 games they didn't look horrible.
People will want to blame walsh..... Yes he did miss an extra point.... But the blocked FG.... the line. We also didn't come away with points twice in the red zone. Forth and inches and Asiata doesn't try to leap, stretch, etc for that extra few inches. He also didn't hit the holes hard for the past three weeks either. Bradford sack, penalty, etc. I mean good QB's when they get sacked most of the time they are moving towards the line of scrimmage. So only take a 5 yard loss not a 10 yard loss.
So again walsh's miss was big....but there are many things you can point at for this loss.
I mean look at the last play.... Rhodes goes in with a flying shoulder instead of a tackle. He tried to make a sideline "highlight reel" hit instead of just hitting him. Smith played like crap.... I mean Ebron had 100 yards, missed tackles, etc.
But again.... all hope isn't lost. We are still 1/2 game ahead of Detroit and winning the division. Things looked better in the second half than the previous 10 quarters of football.
I will say this.... I need to see how they play against the Redskins before I start to say, "go wild and screw football".....lol. For now it is still Go Vikings and Go Wild.
I will say this the second half of the game looked better than the first half.
We are not getting pressure on the QB, we had horrible tackling (past two games), and some coaches decisions on Defense are questionable. Only rushing 3, why not kick a pooch kick at the end of regulation instead of into end zone. That would take off 4-5 seconds and they still get the ball on the 20-25 yard line, didn't use the last TO to "freeze" the kicker, etc. Again I am not saying Zimmer is horrible but there are some more questionable calls.
The O-Line looked not too bad. Two of the sacks were because Bradford didn't get rid of the ball or didn't step up in the pocket. But yes... 1 out of 3 games they didn't look horrible.
People will want to blame walsh..... Yes he did miss an extra point.... But the blocked FG.... the line. We also didn't come away with points twice in the red zone. Forth and inches and Asiata doesn't try to leap, stretch, etc for that extra few inches. He also didn't hit the holes hard for the past three weeks either. Bradford sack, penalty, etc. I mean good QB's when they get sacked most of the time they are moving towards the line of scrimmage. So only take a 5 yard loss not a 10 yard loss.
So again walsh's miss was big....but there are many things you can point at for this loss.
I mean look at the last play.... Rhodes goes in with a flying shoulder instead of a tackle. He tried to make a sideline "highlight reel" hit instead of just hitting him. Smith played like crap.... I mean Ebron had 100 yards, missed tackles, etc.
But again.... all hope isn't lost. We are still 1/2 game ahead of Detroit and winning the division. Things looked better in the second half than the previous 10 quarters of football.
I will say this.... I need to see how they play against the Redskins before I start to say, "go wild and screw football".....lol. For now it is still Go Vikings and Go Wild.
Vikes are bringing in kickers to look at today.
I hate prevent defenses. They never work. Why were the defensive backs sitting at field goal range. Detroit did not need a touchdown. Detroit has the best kicker at long range in the league. He has the record of 68 yards. Yet they sit there at long field goal range and let a pass completion right in front of them. POOR COACHING. And that is totally Zimmer's fault.
At least in this game they looked like a team that wanted to win. There are always games during the season where you are destined to lose no matter what you do. This was one of those games. Hopefully they now have some fire in the belly to beat Washington next Sunday. :bop:
I hate prevent defenses. They never work. Why were the defensive backs sitting at field goal range. Detroit did not need a touchdown. Detroit has the best kicker at long range in the league. He has the record of 68 yards. Yet they sit there at long field goal range and let a pass completion right in front of them. POOR COACHING. And that is totally Zimmer's fault.
At least in this game they looked like a team that wanted to win. There are always games during the season where you are destined to lose no matter what you do. This was one of those games. Hopefully they now have some fire in the belly to beat Washington next Sunday. :bop:
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Ken....
I agree 100%.....
I think bringing in kickers is a good idea. Not to get a new one but to get into Walsh's head. Lot of times when a team brings in a kicker to try out it gives the old kicker a "boot" to the rear end. So hope this will work for Walsh. Other than the last year and this year he as been one of the best kickers in the league. So he just needs to get his head right to get back on track.
I agree 100%.....
I think bringing in kickers is a good idea. Not to get a new one but to get into Walsh's head. Lot of times when a team brings in a kicker to try out it gives the old kicker a "boot" to the rear end. So hope this will work for Walsh. Other than the last year and this year he as been one of the best kickers in the league. So he just needs to get his head right to get back on track.
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Well lets put it this way.....
It isn't over we are tied for division (tie breaker as of now goes to lions).... so all hope isn't lost.
Yet we have no OL and took another hit with another tackle going down for the year. Our DL has only gotten 3 sacks in the last 4 games.... we have no run game.... Bradford hangs on to the ball too long.... our defense cant stop anyone... our offense cant get inches when it is needed.... etc.
At least we are ahead of the PACKERS.... :bop:
I am not giving up... I haven't in 38 years.....lol
It isn't over we are tied for division (tie breaker as of now goes to lions).... so all hope isn't lost.
Yet we have no OL and took another hit with another tackle going down for the year. Our DL has only gotten 3 sacks in the last 4 games.... we have no run game.... Bradford hangs on to the ball too long.... our defense cant stop anyone... our offense cant get inches when it is needed.... etc.
At least we are ahead of the PACKERS.... :bop:
I am not giving up... I haven't in 38 years.....lol
I admire your optimism Chuck, 57 years old and watched 3 Super Bowl losses, we had a snow storm for one of them and lost power,so I missed one of there losses, and I really had the fever this year, after they were 5-0 I ordered a Vikings jersey for the wife for her Birthday and actually ordered one for myself,told the wife after yesterdays loss maybe we should burn them to turn the luck.....ha....but with the O-line and all the injuries we have had there maybe we shouldn't of never been 5-0, and I just cannot figure out whats going on with the Defense, held them to 4 FG's in the second half but they don't look like the same team ,I will keep watching them like I have for the last 50 years I guess and there's always next year.....and boy the Pukers are REALLY STRUGGLING.....................
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I have always said... if the Vikings have two wins a season it is a good year... and you can guess who those wins need to be against.... the Packers... LOL oke:
And I know Packer fans who say the same thing. :beer:
oke:And I know Packer fans who say the same thing. :beer:
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