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National Pundits View:The Vikings are in trouble. In a year in which the defense is undergoing a major rebuild, the offense has not been able to pull its weight in two miserable early-season losses. 

The identity of this team is not what it has been for the past six seasons, and according to coach Mike Zimmer, the Vikings are "not very good at anything." 
It's going to take a while before Minnesota's defense is back to being one of the top units in the NFL. 
Until then, the offense has to find workarounds for its lackluster pass protection, unproven receiving corps (outside of Adam Thielen) and disastrous play at quarterback. -- Courtney Cronin
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2992...ings#sfnyj

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@purplefaithful said:

@Wetlander said:

@StickyBun said:
Its not the 0-2 record so much as how they've looked. Horrible and non-competitive. What's going to change? Barr is now out and did you see this week's injury report? Not good. 

That's just it...  If we had lost two close games and been in it (ball just didn't bounce our way)...  I would be more optimistic.

But we were thoroughly beat in both games.  Listening to Zimmer post game, he sounds like he doesn't have any answers.  I'm shocked by that.  First time I've heard him sound like a coach that doesn't know what to do.

We'll see what happens against Tennessee.  I'm not holding my breath that all of a sudden we start playing substantially better.

I wonder if Zimm and the staff knew they had major issues going into the season or not? I'll bet they did.

Maybe but I don't think so. I think they were cautiously optimistic about their young corners, but Dantzler got hurt, and now Hughes is out. And after playing pretty well the last couple of years, I doubt there was any way to predict Cousins would be as shit-bad as he's been, or that there would seem to be a serious disconnect between Kubiak and his offense, or that the (supposed) best safety tandem in the league would as clueless as they have. You can mitigate weakness here and there, but when every single unit on the team is struggling, it turns into a death spiral. 

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@purplefaithful said:

@Wetlander said:

@StickyBun said:
Its not the 0-2 record so much as how they've looked. Horrible and non-competitive. What's going to change? Barr is now out and did you see this week's injury report? Not good. 

That's just it...  If we had lost two close games and been in it (ball just didn't bounce our way)...  I would be more optimistic.

But we were thoroughly beat in both games.  Listening to Zimmer post game, he sounds like he doesn't have any answers.  I'm shocked by that.  First time I've heard him sound like a coach that doesn't know what to do.

We'll see what happens against Tennessee.  I'm not holding my breath that all of a sudden we start playing substantially better.

I wonder if Zimm and the staff knew they had major issues going into the season or not? I'll bet they did.

I think that's hard to answer given no preseason. I'm sure they saw some issues at practice but i'll bet the GB game was a real eye opener for them all.

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@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@Wetlander said:

@StickyBun said:
Its not the 0-2 record so much as how they've looked. Horrible and non-competitive. What's going to change? Barr is now out and did you see this week's injury report? Not good. 

That's just it...  If we had lost two close games and been in it (ball just didn't bounce our way)...  I would be more optimistic.

But we were thoroughly beat in both games.  Listening to Zimmer post game, he sounds like he doesn't have any answers.  I'm shocked by that.  First time I've heard him sound like a coach that doesn't know what to do.

We'll see what happens against Tennessee.  I'm not holding my breath that all of a sudden we start playing substantially better.

I wonder if Zimm and the staff knew they had major issues going into the season or not? I'll bet they did.

Maybe but I don't think so. I think they were cautiously optimistic about their young corners, but Dantzler got hurt, and now Hughes is out. And after playing pretty well the last couple of years, I doubt there was any way to predict Cousins would be as shit-bad as he's been, or that there would seem to be a serious disconnect between Kubiak and his offense, or that the (supposed) best safety tandem in the league would as clueless as they have. You can mitigate weakness here and there, but when every single unit on the team is struggling, it turns into a death spiral. 

How bad is Hughes' injury? I saw he did not participate in practice Wednesday but any idea if that was a day of rest or something worse? There were some reports late last season that his neck injury could be a reason to retire from football to avoid lifelong disability.

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the current Hughes injury was listed as neck again...

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As good as the Titans might be running, I think you'll see them pass on Sunday.