One more thing....

[purplefaithful]

You thought this was going to be a Steve Jobs moment didn't you?

No, this is about Kubiak - he's been around too long to need a game to get his feet wet. That said, maybe Covid has f'd things up to where even a grizzled vet like that needs some time to adjust. Get that side of the ball primed?

Maybe GB D that much better than Vikings O? That purple D was gassed at 1/2 time. 

Giving him a C grade from Sunday would be generous. The atrocious 4th down call was one of many examples 

[Guest]

GB's front seven overmatched the Viking OL in the first 3 quarters.  The Vikings front seven got shoved around by the GB OL on running plays and pass protection.  GB won the game of trenches, and the Vikings can't do a damn thing about this season. 

Maybe Kubiac and Zimmer just aren't very good coaches anymore, but the talent level on the OL and DL certainly has quite a bit to do with it too. 

I know I wasn't impressed with Ngakoue.  That guy was facing a backup RT I do believe, and he struggled all game.  He's an upgrade over Giff?

[Guest]

It was bad. Stefanski was polarizing and his debut with Cleveland was absolutely terrible, but we have zero stability at the OC position for going on what-- 7 years? That's ridiculous and makes it very difficult on players.
The stability argument aside because that's not Kubiak's fault, in just grading him then yeah I'd say a D. We had a great drive early and then nothing thereafter. After losing Diggs and seeing no improvement along the O-line, the biggest reason we fans had to be hopeful on the offensive side was Kubiak's playcalling.
Unless Jefferson or Irv feel like breaking out like right now, Kubiak is still our best chance at a better offense. Hopefully he settles in and gets it figured out, fast.
Side note- Denver came right out with Lindsay and Gordon sharing the backfield last night. It was only moderately effective but I'd love to see Dalvin and Mattison on the field at the same time. Or more WR pre-snap motion. Really anything to change up the looks and confuse defenses. Not sure Kubiak is the right guy to inject creativity, but that's what I'd like to see.

[Guest]

@purplefaithful said:
You thought this was going to be a Steve Jobs moment didn't you?

No, this is about Kubiak - he's been around too long to need a game to get his feet wet. That said, maybe Covid has f'd things up to where even a grizzled vet like that needs some time to adjust. Get that side of the ball primed?

Maybe GB D that much better than Vikings O? That purple D was gassed at 1/2 time. 

Giving him a C grade from Sunday would be generous. The atrocious 4th down call was one of many examples 

I'm not worried about the offense. Yet anyway. There are always going to be problems here and there. A bad pass here, a bad call there, protection issues...but that's the NFL. It's tough to criticize an offense that scored 34 points despite having the ball for only 18 minutes. 18 minutes! My daughter's showers are longer than that. Without the safety and the pick, this is a much different football game. 

Besides, definitely more than enough to criticize on the other side of the ball. 

[Guest]

Not much the coaching staff can do, Minnesota was outplayed by better players on the other side of the ball. Its not like LaFleur doesn't have our number, 3 in a row. 

So I'll say this: I think everyone is kind of low level assuming/hoping that we bounce back big against Indy: I'm not sure about that. 

[Guest]

There were two calls that turned the tide, plus one bad throw by Cousins.  The slow developing play action deep drop in the end zone from the 3 yard line was a bad call, particularly with this O-line.  You risk a holding penalty in the end zone (safety); a panicked throw to avoid a safety that could be a turn over; or what actually happened -- a blitz that does not get picked up and the QB has no chance.  That was a really, really, stupid call.  The fourth down call was equally stupid.  I was set to pin this one on Cousins.  I figured he saw the blitz and went to his one-on-one read, which happened to be a low percentage go route to a guy who has yet to catch a pass as a Viking.  Reading the explanations from yesterday, "take a shot" was actually what was called from Kubiak.  Makes no sense.  I believe Kirk when he says the safety was shifted toward Thielen, so he did not want to throw a go route into double coverage, so he went the other side.  Makes sense.  So many other calls result in a high percentage chance of a first down.  Get the first down and we likely put points on the board, give our defense some additional rest -- it starts to look like a game.