Posts: 810
Threads: 61
Joined: May 2013
Reputation:
284
OK, so maybe I have too much thinking time today, but I was thinking about our 3 losses after watching too much football.
Despite the defense not gelling and a BS call, we played the current AFCN team to the last moment.
Similarly, we hung with the current NFCN and #1 team in power rankings all the way to a missed FG attempt.
The Browns loss...eh...I put most of that on our o-line's inability to protect KC's blind side, and our lack of Cook.
So, if I'm not panicked about Dallas, the pukers, and so forth...it's because the team seems to be gelling after staggering out of the gate. Darrisaw is an obvious upgrade, our new speed demon should add a wrinkle, and I'm hoping that Breeland/Dantzler/Hand can keep the pass protection improving while P2 recuperates.
Zimmer is the biggest question mark, and I hope he's aware that some of our impending games are gonna be shootouts. In any case, I'm hoping that a week from now, Hunter, Griffen, and Pierce ruin Dak's Halloween and take all his candy.
SKOL, brothers and sisters...I think we're better than some believe.
Build on 14-3, take back the NFCN, break the ****ing curse. Simple.
Good teams find ways to win those types of games, our record is what it is for a reason.
I think our biggest question mark is PK.
Youd think this. ould have been figured out by now
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
Good teams find ways to win those types of games, our record is what it is for a reason.
Yeah, I've been to too many rodeos with the Vikings for me to care about anything but record and playoff wins at this point. They are 3-3 now, lets see what they do from here. Its not like the NFC is a juggernaut of great teams.
Quote: @Vanguard83 said:
I think our biggest question mark is PK.
Youd think this. ould have been figured out by now
I think we've got bigger issues than a missed kick here or there. There are other reasons that these games are going to the wire and are left up to the kicker.
I'm convinced of only two things:
1. Vikings are one of the most talented teams in the NFL, capable of beating any team in the NFL.
2. Vikings are straitjacketed by their coach, whose conservative "play not to lose" style makes them capable of losing to any team in the NFL.
The woulda, shoulda, coulda or what ifs don't matter. Their record is what it is. Sure they have tweaked some things but they are still a work in progress as usual. If they show up against the Cowboys and win great. If not, then they are just further back once again. They gotta stop shooting themselves in the foot and digging holes for themselves.
Wake me when they beat a team with a winning record..
All that toxicity aside for a moment, I'm ready to jump on the wagon if they get their s hit together more so than looking like an 8 or 9 win team
https://www.nfl.com/standings/league/2021/reg
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
Good teams find ways to win those types of games, our record is what it is for a reason.
Sometimes good teams have challenging stretches of games
where they don’t look so good. What
matters is that you do good enough to get into the playoffs, and that you are
good enough at that time. Obviously it’s
better to be good all the time, but sometimes you have some obstacles to
overcome.
I’m still concerned, like most people are, about the lack of
aggression we see, but Zimmer has publicly acknowledged it, so hopefully it
will change.
The Vikings' first four opponents after the bye — the Cowboys, Ravens, Chargers and Packers — are a combined 20-6. They will face the 49ers and Lions in back-to-back road games after that, followed by a Thursday night home game against the Steelers.
Then comes a four-week stretch of games against NFC opponents that are currently in the playoff race (the Bears, Rams, Packers and Bears again). The Vikings' final two road games are at night in the NFC North's two coldest venues (Soldier Field and Lambeau Field).
If they are able to coax a playoff berth out of an 11-game schedule that includes six on the road, six against teams with winning records and four against NFC North opponents, they will have reason to think they can make a postseason run and that they should keep their GM-coach-QB triumvirate of Spielman, Zimmer and Cousins together.
A second consecutive season where the Vikings miss the playoffs — which hasn't happened yet under Spielman and Zimmer — could lead to big changes this offseason.
It doesn't figure to be uneventful, in a season where very little has been dull.
https://www.startribune.com/five-things-...600109659/
|
