Its amazing what a loss does.

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@StickyBun said:

@JimmyinSD said:
I just wonder how many people move so quickly in real life... they are in love with a girl, ready to marry the girl... and then she farts... its over.

If you are into comparisons, the 'girl' in question has left us all at the altar in the worst manner possible multiple times. She's not trustworthy. We continue to forgive and come back each time...some quicker than others, shame on us. Its not really a love affair, its a long-term love/hate relationship. The biggest problem is she's not even an ex-wife, because we've never actually gotten married once. 

Your comparison is weak because it doesn't take into consideration the 50+ years of heartbreak and ultimate heart-wrenching breakups EVERY time.

I’m not sure it makes sense to punish Zimmer’s Vikings for
what happened before his time.


I think it makes more sense for the metaphor that we are
punishing our current girlfriend's rough couple of weeks because our previous
girlfriends traumatized us and all we can see is abuse in every action.

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I can totally understand that perhaps a prerequisite for
becoming a dynasty is to lock down a franchise QB, but I’m not sure how the
Jaguars are on there and we’re not.  They
kind of just gloss over that point and suggest that “but the Jags will get a QB”.
I think the Vikings are the epitome of a dynasty.  They just need to find a dynasty worthy QB, whether its on the roster or not.

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@medaille said:
I can totally understand that perhaps a prerequisite for
becoming a dynasty is to lock down a franchise QB, but I’m not sure how the
Jaguars are on there and we’re not.  They
kind of just gloss over that point and suggest that “but the Jags will get a QB”.
I think the Vikings are the epitome of a dynasty.  They just need to find a dynasty worthy QB, whether its on the roster or not.

 and how much longer is brees going to keep playing?  or at least playing at a high level?

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@medaille said:
I can totally understand that perhaps a prerequisite for
becoming a dynasty is to lock down a franchise QB, but I’m not sure how the
Jaguars are on there and we’re not.  They
kind of just gloss over that point and suggest that “but the Jags will get a QB”.
I think the Vikings are the epitome of a dynasty.  They just need to find a dynasty worthy QB, whether its on the roster or not.

I agree - QB issues. The talking heads see that we have no starting QB under contract along with no O Coordinator in house. Seems rather unsettling that a 13-3 team has both of those issues to solve.

When we do land our OC and make our QB decision, we can then start to understand how our Offense will take shape for 2018 and beyond. But that is why I think we are not looked at as a "top 5" future potential dynasty team right now.

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@JimmyinSD said:
I just wonder how many people move so quickly in real life... they are in love with a girl, ready to marry the girl... and then she farts... its over.

Yep, that would pretty much do it for me...

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To me it's simple. Zimmer's a Defensive Guru who's Number #1 Defense and historically great 3rd Down Defense got shredded for 6+ Quarters as Zerk pointed out.

The identity of the Team nationally was Defense full of great Players and Guru Coach with Plucky Underdog Career Backup QB.

The Defense wasn't great. The bloom faded from the underdog QB.

It would be different if the Defense was missing a Household Name in Philadelphia. Clay Matthews has sucked for years...but he's a Household Name. He gets hurt and the story becomes GB's Defense falters without Star Player everyone has heard of.

Although they should be, Harrison Smith, Xavier Rhodes, Everson Griffin and Linval Joseph aren't Household Names. Nor were they out for all 6 quarters the Defense floundered.

And the Offense was nearly blanked the last time they were seen on National TV. Meanwhile, Philadelphia, New England, New Orleans and Pittsburg had no problems scoring. Even Jacksonville was moving the ball well and nationally Bortles is considered a bust.

The other narrative here is that the Rams, Falcons, Panthers and Saints have the same opportunity to improve this offseason that Minnesota has with the major difference being that they already have their QBs in place. Same thing in the AFC with Pittsburg and New England. Jacksonville gets a QB and they might be ready to unseat Brady.

All that before you start wondering if Seattle can fix their O-Line, how much will San Fran improve, etc., and I'm not surprised the Vikings aren't getting a lot of love right now.

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The Vikings got beat twice in the playoffs. They may have won the Saints game but the Saints beat them before the follow-up beating by the Eagles

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@Hidalgo said:
The Vikings got beat twice in the playoffs. They may have won the Saints game but the Saints beat them before the follow-up beating by the Eagles

Pretty sure the Aint's fans don't feel that way. 

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The Vikes were gassed. Griffin, Sendejo, Rhodes were all battling injuries not including Thielen and the O line shuffling.  The aggressive team we saw against the Rams and Falcons wasn't there the last two weeks.

Bud was correct in saying "it's not who you play but when you play them."  

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To be fair, it was a huge loss. They got their asses kicked which was a major downer after the elation of the previous game. And yes it was one game but they did get exposed to a degree. There was a lack of creativity and adjustments. I know there were a lot of injuries too. But there were OL issues and the defense was scrambling. The talking heads usually talk down about the Vikings, so that is not surprising. If they don't sustain the quality of play next season, then they will see it as a fluke. Maybe this will help propel the offense to a higher level in regard to scoring and line play. There is still the unresolved (at least publicly) in regard to the qb position. And some questions on defense. Hopefully, the right decisions get made and they keep moving forward. But it is definitely something to learn from.