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StickyBun · 11-27-2023, 12:54 PM

Minnesota's D will show up, but need some passing connections from Dobbs and feed the ball to Chandler. Need the win and to show that they can pass the football down the field moving forward, with at least a semblance of a running attack with a RB with some speed and burst.

I'm sure it will be 'interesting', as always in Vikingland.

11-27-2023, 01:06 PM

Start Chandler. Do it because he's a better back. Do it to send a message to Mattison about fumbling. Do it for shits and giggles. Just do it.

11-27-2023, 02:35 PM

IT'll be a slobber-knocker game and it will be close - if history serves as our crystal ball.

Couldn't be any less entertaining than Chargers v Ravens last night.

11-27-2023, 02:38 PM

Quote: @StickyBun said:
Minnesota's D will show up, but need some passing connections from Dobbs and feed the ball to Chandler. Need the win and to show that they can pass the football down the field moving forward, with at least a semblance of a running attack with a RB with some speed and burst.

I'm sure it will be 'interesting', as always in Vikingland.

Agreed...

Every DC is going to play the Vikings with the mindset of making Dobbs beat them with his arm and not his legs.

IT damn near worked vs Saints and did work last week in key moments of that game.

Next move is up to KOC.

11-27-2023, 03:21 PM

This game will come down to KOC's playcalling and if he game plans to Dobbs strengths and has designed plays to get him out of the pocket or if he is going to do what he did last week and act as if his QB is still Cousins. The difference in the game last week was forcing Dobbs to be a pocket passer which he is clearly not great at.

11-27-2023, 04:07 PM

Quote: @JR44 said:
This game will come down to KOC's playcalling and if he game plans to Dobbs strengths and has designed plays to get him out of the pocket or if he is going to do what he did last week and act as if his QB is still Cousins. The difference in the game last week was forcing Dobbs to be a pocket passer which he is clearly not great at.

Dobbs has to learn some pocket awareness though, teams are going to play to keep him in the pocket and he ran into trouble when he didnt have to run in the first place on several occasions last week. Mobility is just one tool, if that is all he is going to use then he wont go far in this league, he needs to be able to sit in there from time to time and make plays with his arm and not be so quick to start his scramble drill.

11-27-2023, 04:09 PM

Quote: @JR44 said:
This game will come down to KOC's playcalling and if he game plans to Dobbs strengths and has designed plays to get him out of the pocket or if he is going to do what he did last week and act as if his QB is still Cousins. The difference in the game last week was forcing Dobbs to be a pocket passer which he is clearly not great at.

I agree....

It looked to me like they weren't playing enough to Dobbs strengths.

OTOH, props to the Bronco's too. I had a feeling Payton (with time to prep) and was going to have a good gameplan - and he did.

If they Vikings didnt have to overcome a -3 turnover ratio? They still would have won. But woulda, coulda shoulda doesnt win games.

11-27-2023, 05:00 PM

Keeping things simple:
Joseph- please make your kicks
Offense- please hold onto the football
Defense- please force at least one turnover

Coaching- please play Chandler lol
Team overall- if there's a fumble for the love of god would it kill someone in purple to come up with it? Probably just the deranged fan in me but I swear 80% of the fumbles by either team get recovered by the other team this year. A ball has to bounce our way one of these times, right?

11-27-2023, 05:05 PM

Quote: @pattersaur said:

Keeping things simple:
Joseph- please make your kicks
Offense- please hold onto the football
Defense- please force at least one turnover

Coaching- please play Chandler lol
Team overall- if there's a fumble for the love of god would it kill someone in purple to come up with it? Probably just the deranged fan in me but I swear 80% of the fumbles by either team get recovered by the other team this year. A ball has to bounce our way one of these times, right?

the ball is just balancing things out from last year when everything bounced our way.

11-27-2023, 06:29 PM

Don’t make the same mistakes as the Denver game. Trying to win with a running game and no deep threat. Turnovers