12-04-2017, 04:43 PM
Quote: @dadevike said:To be fair, MN's offense yesterday was a thing of beauty. Keenum was basically perfect. 2 of his 5 incompletions came when Diggs and Theilen ALMOST made great sideline grabs. At least 1 was a throw away. I can't recall the other 2 but if our Offense plays as good as they did yesterday the rest of the year we'll have our 1st ring.
Rhodes will be in crisis mode on Sunday. The Panthers do not have a receiver worthy of his attention. Funchess? Really? I'm a Michigan fan and even I don't think he is a number 1 receiver. Rhodes may ask to cover Olsen. Or McCaffrey. Maybe he will try to cover any two receivers who line up close to each other.
I do not see Carolina beating us through the air. So will they rely on their run game to win? That's typically not a formula for success against this defense. No, I don't think Carolina's offense can win this game. We do not give up many big plays and Cam is not accurate enough to pick us apart.
Actually, I think Carolina will need their defense to score or at least set up their offense in really good field position several times. If the Vikings' offense is even as good as it was yesterday and they do not turn it over, I see another road win.