Day after the win thoughts

Will add, D Jackson had a big pancake to spring Mason for his long run wide left.

Also should add that Rodriguez made some big plays in the middle as well.

greediron wrote:

Will add, D Jackson had a big pancake to spring Mason for his long run wide left.
Also should add that Rodriguez made some big plays in the middle as well.

Was it me or did it seem that LDR and Redmond played a TON of snaps? Need to get the Big Citrus and Banks more PT incrementally each week for some relief. Hell, Elijah Williams was an inactive for the game.

StickierBuns wrote:

Was it me or did it seem that LDR and Redmond played a TON of snaps? Need to get the Big Citrus and Banks more PT incrementally each week for some relief. Hell, Elijah Williams was an inactive for the game.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202609130min.htm#all_home_snap_counts

Redmond:  75%

TID:  62%

LDR:  50%

Citrus:  32%

Banks:  24%

medaille wrote:

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202609130min.htm#all_home_snap_counts
Redmond:  75%
TID:  62%
LDR:  50%
Citrus:  32%
Banks:  24%

Shall we call the TID edge experiment over? Seems to be a good 3-4 end. Not sure he has the skills for edge.

I am still stunned, once it was 22-10, I was starting to think it was going to be a lawn day 😀

Some of the thoughts I have as well -

• I was really surprised that Addison and Jennings did not have any catches, only 3 targets only, Addision was wide open for what should have been a big gain, surprised only 1 target for Jennings, but 4 for Oliver. I think they will make a conscious effort to get him the ball next week.

• Rodriguez really picked up the DL and made some huge plays, really happy for him.

• Van Ginkel by far continues to be the best move Kwesi ever made, especially for what we signed him for, our best player on defense, we got so lucky.

• Like the way Mason ran, but wish we had a burner back there, we miss that dimension to our game that we had with Cook, AD, Smith.

• Huge shot out to Myles Price, gave us a huge spark, he just continues to make plays.

Sooooft.

"Smart teams take leads. Physical, tough teams seal the game. They can't seal wins... Green Bay is a soft team. I'm sorry, but they are."@colincowherd on Matt LaFleur & the Packers' 6-game losing streak pic.twitter.com/NmBA6dmYUL

— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) September 14, 2026

Well we saw Kyler's first moon ball, which you cannot throw in that situation. We still haven't seen the hospital balls from him yet, but they sure will come. All I heard was how great he was at making plays with his feet and that would be the difference. Well, we sure saw how that worked out. Wish him well with recovery, but he got an absolute F for his first game as a Viking.

Just a few thoughts;

• Just an abysmal first half. The Kyler Murray MVP tour is off to a rousing start. The defense turned the tide and the offense finally caught fire after Wentz stepped in and got adjusted.

• Anybody still pissed about trading Greenard? Dallas Turner is going to be a problem for a lot of teams this year.

• I said this offseason that I thought the team was better off going with McCarthy and Wentz as the quarterbacks. Wentz is exactly what we've seen from quarterbacks who can succeed in the KOC offense. He fits that Cousins/Darnold mold and even last year, although he was getting killed behind a sieve offensive line, he played pretty well. Not saying things will continue, but he's a veteran who is smart, can make the throws, and for a big guy is athletic enough to move around.

• Heard an interesting stat this morning. As of the conclusion of the Seattle game last year (Brosmer), the Vikings ranked 31st in rushing attempts under OConnell. After that game and through the Packers game yesterday, the Vikings have ranked 2nd in rushing attempts, only behind Baltimore. So maybe, just maybe....the whisperer is starting to figure out that running the ball in a balanced offense is more condusive to winning football games.

• Pierre was all over yesterday.

• Big Citrus with the 4th down stuff was a thing of beauty. Looking forward to Banks finally rounding into form

Huge statement game this week against a well coached Bears team in their building

He comin’….

Big Citrus made one of the key plays in Sunday's game and then delivered the quote of the day.

More: https://t.co/aD3eb6UYjP pic.twitter.com/3JWB46SU7s

— Bring Me The Sports (@BMTNSports) September 14, 2026

StickierBuns wrote:

He comin’….
https://x.com/bmtnsports/status/2099593281025818926?s=46&t=ohFAAgt56m6anXyDpx1btQ

And thats how legends are made lol!

greediron wrote:

Will add, D Jackson had a big pancake to spring Mason for his long run wide left.
Also should add that Rodriguez made some big plays in the middle as well.

Will add D Jackson completely botched his assignment leading to a sack. Like BADLY. No defensive shift. He just decided to double team Darrisaws guy and left the blitzer wide open. I think that blitzer had back to back sacks. The 1st one is the one where Jackson just straight up f'ed up. Wide open run to Wentz

supafreak84 wrote:

Just a few thoughts;
Just an abysmal first half. The Kyler Murray MVP tour is off to a rousing start. The defense turned the tide and the offense finally caught fire after Wentz stepped in and got adjusted.
Anybody still pissed about trading Greenard? Dallas Turner is going to be a problem for a lot of teams this year.
I said this offseason that I thought the team was better off going with McCarthy and Wentz as the quarterbacks. Wentz is exactly what we've seen from quarterbacks who can succeed in the KOC offense. He fits that Cousins/Darnold mold and even last year, although he was getting killed behind a sieve offensive line, he played pretty well. Not saying things will continue, but he's a veteran who is smart, can make the throws, and for a big guy is athletic enough to move around.
Heard an interesting stat this morning. As of the conclusion of the Seattle game last year (Brosmer), the Vikings ranked 31st in rushing attempts under OConnell. After that game and through the Packers game yesterday, the Vikings have ranked 2nd in rushing attempts, only behind Baltimore. So maybe, just maybe....the whisperer is starting to figure out that running the ball in a balanced offense is more condusive to winning football games.
Pierre was all over yesterday.
Big Citrus with the 4th down stuff was a thing of beauty. Looking forward to Banks finally rounding into form
Huge statement game this week against a well coached Bears team in their building

Disagree that Wentz is a QB who can succeed in any offense. Great veteran backup, can come in and function. But he is not good with his accuracy. That won't sustain drives if he is the starter.

Canthony wrote:

Well we saw Kyler's first moon ball, which you cannot throw in that situation. We still haven't seen the hospital balls from him yet, but they sure will come. All I heard was how great he was at making plays with his feet and that would be the difference. Well, we sure saw how that worked out. Wish him well with recovery, but he got an absolute F for his first game as a Viking.

Dude the defender intentionally lowered his shoulder into his head when he was already going down. How is that his fault?

GB was headhunting this game. Trying to take out our 2 most important positions with Murray and Jefferson. Both got penalties.

F the Packers!

supafreak84 wrote:

Just a few thoughts;
Just an abysmal first half. The Kyler Murray MVP tour is off to a rousing start. The defense turned the tide and the offense finally caught fire after Wentz stepped in and got adjusted.
Anybody still pissed about trading Greenard? Dallas Turner is going to be a problem for a lot of teams this year.
I said this offseason that I thought the team was better off going with McCarthy and Wentz as the quarterbacks. Wentz is exactly what we've seen from quarterbacks who cam succeed in the KOC offense. He fits that Cousins/Darnold mold and even last year, although he was getting killed behind a sieve offensive line, he played pretty well. Not saying things will continue, but he's a veteran who is smart, can make the throws, and for a big guy is athletic enough to move around.
Heard an interesting stat this morning. As of the conclusion of the Seattle game last year (Brosmer), the Vikings ranked 31st in rushing attempts under OConnell. After that game and through the Packers game yesterday, the Vikings have ranked 2nd in rushing attempts, only behind Baltimore. So maybe, just maybe....the whisperer is starting to figure out that running the ball in a balanced offense is more condusive to winning football games.
Pierre was all over yesterday.
Big Citrus with the 4th down stuff was a thing of beauty. Looking forward to Banks finally rounding into form
Huge statement game this week against a well coached Bears team in theor building

The problem with trading Greenard has less to do with Turner (since he would be here with or without Greenard) and more to do with depth.

What happens if Turner or Van Ginkel go down for several games with an injury?  Do we have someone that can adequately plug and play into that spot or are we going to be putting an awkward fit into that spot and hoping for some Flores magic?  Last year both Van Ginkel and Greenard went down for significant games and it wasn’t an issue because Turner just swapped in and the train kept rolling.

I’m not super worried about it, because I do think we’ve got some guys that could swap in and maybe hold the fort down, but if we were serious about contending this year, we could have just burned the cash and kept both of them.

I think we are going to have offensive issues through probably the 1st 8 games. Defense is going to probably HAVE to hold teams under 20 week in and week out. Yes we scored 39 this week, but it was mostly on the defenses back and a little luck. Can't count on that week to week.

Run game is ok, but I believe it will get better as the season moves on.

Turner is a stud. Who needs Myles Garrett? Pshaw!

This defense ABSOLUTELY needs Smith and Cashman. A bad injury to either of those two and the defense falls down several ranks.

Citrus will continue to get better, but overall I felt like the DL played well. Redmond seems to be continuing his improvements from last year. They are slow walking Banks, and that is ok. LDR was in the backfield a lot.

Ivan Pace sighting! It's good to see him active again. May need him as it seems Eric Wilson got burned a few times. I know Pace can't cover bread with mayonnaise so hopefully Golday comes along soon.

Addison and Jennings blanked? That obviously won't continue.

Chicago is much better than Green Bay. Their defense probably isn't, but they can hang 50 on you quickly. Williams is slippery, gotta grab him and get him down.

I know Wince looked good at times yesterday, but think back to last year. When teams prepare for him and not Murray it's a different game. He becomes a statue with accuracy issues. He seems to be a bit Nick Mullenish with the Yolo balls some times. He will have us ripping out our hair by the end of the Bears game.

SurfnRide wrote:

Dude the defender intentionally lowered his shoulder into his head when he was already going down. How is that his fault?
GB was headhunting this game. Trying to take out our 2 most important positions with Murray and Jefferson. Both got penalties.
F the Packers!

HIs MVP, SB MVP, HOFer Tour is off to a tremendous start. Call it what you want. Terrible mechanics, but it's fine since it is Murray and not JJM. We will see, but I just don't see it at all now.

Vikesrock wrote:

I think we are going to have offensive issues through probably the 1st 8 games. Defense is going to probably HAVE to hold teams under 20 week in and week out. Yes we scored 39 this week, but it was mostly on the defenses back and a little luck. Can't count on that week to week.
Run game is ok, but I believe it will get better as the season moves on.
Turner is a stud. Who needs Myles Garrett? Pshaw!
This defense ABSOLUTELY needs Smith and Cashman. A bad injury to either of those two and the defense falls down several ranks.
Citrus will continue to get better, but overall I felt like the DL played well. Redmond seems to be continuing his improvements from last year. They are slow walking Banks, and that is ok. LDR was in the backfield a lot.
Ivan Pace sighting! It's good to see him active again. May need him as it seems Eric Wilson got burned a few times. I know Pace can't cover bread with mayonnaise so hopefully Golday comes along soon.
Addison and Jennings blanked? That obviously won't continue.
Chicago is much better than Green Bay. Their defense probably isn't, but they can hang 50 on you quickly. Williams is slippery, gotta grab him and get him down.
I know Wince looked good at times yesterday, but think back to last year. When teams prepare for him and not Murray it's a different game. He becomes a statue with accuracy issues. He seems to be a bit Nick Mullenish with the Yolo balls some times. He will have us ripping out our hair by the end of the Bears game.

I fully expect Wentz to play Sunday (and agree with Medaille) it would be some form of negligence to put K1 in this week.

But if I have to watch Wentz more than 2 weeks in a row? That would be tough for me to take.

God bless him for a fill-in, but starter? Ugh no

And how could i forget DeeJay Dallas (isn't even listed on the roster) drawing oohs with that block that sprung Price.

You can hear it in the announcers booth.

Canthony wrote:

HIs MVP, SB MVP, HOFer Tour is off to a tremendous start. Call it what you want. Terrible mechanics, but it's fine since it is Murray and not JJM. We will see, but I just don't see it at all now.

Damn dude step back off the cliff. I know you have 25K on the Vikings winning the SB and Murrays start didn't inspire confidence but it was 11 plays. Fries can't block a stationary garbage bin and Murray was under fire immediately. Brandels snapping balls too early and almost falling down.

I loved seeing his speed running to the outside and around the defender.

OL was trash and he had 2 seconds on his first int. Love threw a very similar ball the next series and was lucky it got out of bounds.

I have zero issues with us rolling with Murray from here on. Wentz and his 150 yards a game and statue mobility with Fries and Brandel in front of him is going to get him killed. AS SOON as he was the QB GB just pinned their ears back and mobbed the line and got to him over and over. ZERO threat of a run so that kills so many offensive options.

purplefaithful wrote:

I fully expect Wentz to play Sunday (and agree with Medaille) it would be some form of negligence to put K1 in this week.
But if I have to watch Wentz more than 2 weeks in a row? That would be tough for me to take.
God bless him for a fill-in, but starter? Ugh no

I agree. It’s 2026 and a serious team shouldn’t have Wentz at the helm. And yet of everything we’ve seen from our 4 QBs, he’s been the best. So here we are