Quote: @pattersaur said:
Seems insane to think but can yall imagine if we somehow beat the Bills? Start saving for the sup bowl fellas!
Could you imagine a superbowl matchup of Vikings and Bills?
Quote: @greediron said:
@ pattersaur said:
Seems insane to think but can yall imagine if we somehow beat the Bills? Start saving for the sup bowl fellas!
Could you imagine a superbowl matchup of Vikings and Bills?
IT would end in a tie game...
Quote: @Wetlander said:
@ JimmyinSD said:
@ purplefaithful said:
It was suggested to running back Dalvin Cook that the Vikings were living on the edge.
“We’re not living on the edge,” he said, “we’re making plays when we have to.”
These 2022 Vikings certainly have a talent for living, but it didn’t come out of nowhere. Luck, Branch Rickey once wisely said, is the residue of design.
https://www.twincities.com/2022/10/30/john-shipley-vikings-have-a-talent-for-living-but-it-didnt-come-out-of-nowhere/
sorry DC... the way this team has won this year if the definition of living on the edge. the Vikes have had many early leads that they lose because the O goes flat and the D starts breaking a bit... it taking a late game offensive drive or a defensive big play or turnover to preserve the wins is textbook living on the edge, i think its this style that has so many fans on the fence as far as what we actually have for a team, we know we have a good team, you have to be good to keep winning in this fashion, but the fact that we really havent just dominated any team yet this year keeps most from seeing anything better than a "good" team at this time.
even our Zimmer led teams had a game here or there where you werent biting your nails all game long, and Zimmer was the poster child for going conservative to soon and seeing leads evaporate.
But here's the thing... what's wrong with being happy we have a "good" team right now? Are fan expectations that high we aren't happy with a good team? Especially one that wasn't "good" the last couple years under a different HC?
I'm surprised most of us here aren't more ecstatic about this 6-1 start. Yes, we had some talent on this team, but with a whole new offense and defense led by a rookie HC... this is the dream scenario being 6-1 at this point and it seems like everyone is being Debbie downer about it. Like I would have been fine with 7-8 wins given where I thought we had roster weaknesses and chalk up this first season to building culture and figuring out how to rebuild this roster under KOC's vision... but hot damn we are almost to that many wins and we aren't even half way thru the season!
For all the nitpicking about this or that, I'm sure the team we have seen the first 7 weeks will be different than the one we see the last 7 weeks. We've already seen the run defense, tighten up and a lot more turnovers on defense the past couple weeks. Something we didn't see often in the first month of the season. Same for the offense... Dalvin is being more productive, we're getting others besides Jefferson involved and it's starting to look good. I see a team that is good, is improving as the season rolls along, and is getting REAL confident... Gonna be fun to see how far they can take this thing in Year 1 under O'Connell.
BOOM
I think if Dalvin and the O-Line get rolling, we are going to be tough to stop. The win yesterday was about the run game, and that is a great sign coming out of the bye.
The toss right for 30 yards was a great play because the only player that saw Dalvin was being driven out of the play by Mundt. CD is fun to watch on running plays, he just keeps hammering on his guy. I really like how the line is coming along. Even on the pressure that caused Cousins to scramble for his TD, Watt was blowing up Ingram and Bradbury came over and gave him a shot in the ribs to open up the hole for Cousins to step up.
We've had better teams lose in the playoffs to inferior teams, so this just may be our ticket in. All we have to do is make sure we are the inferior team.
Quote: @wiviking said:
They remind me a little of the 2006 Bears.They kept winning games. Ugly wins, but wins. A pick here and there, a special teams turnover.No one ever saw them as a really good team. Yet, they kept winning.
Biggest difference is they had a very good defense and not an offense. They scored a lot of TD’s on takeaways and special teams.
The Vikings have a good offense, decent defense, and special teams are solid.
I think that Bears team would have lost a couple more games if they played now due to the changes in kickoff rules. Field position was changed by Hester, and he scored a couple of TD’s on returns. Not including his 3 on punt returns.
Quote: @greediron said:
@ pattersaur said:
Seems insane to think but can yall imagine if we somehow beat the Bills? Start saving for the sup bowl fellas!
Could you imagine a superbowl matchup of Vikings and Bills?
That would be poetic justice.
Quote: @purplefaithful said:
@ greediron said:
@ pattersaur said:
Seems insane to think but can yall imagine if we somehow beat the Bills? Start saving for the sup bowl fellas!
Could you imagine a superbowl matchup of Vikings and Bills?
IT would end in a tie game...
I've been afraid of that since the bills lost 4 straight superbowls....you already know how that one would end, don't you?
Happy they are 6 - 1 but no way will I ever get too excited about a Vikings team. I have been a Vikings fan since I was a 5 year old in 1961. I know how the letdowns and disappointments feel. I was crushed when they lost to the Chiefs in Super Bowl IV, as I was in the other 3 SB's and the many conference championship games etc.
They have the potential to be really good, but potential doesn't mean shit. Wins matter and they are doing that right now. So yes I am happy today.
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