Darnold a bad day today
Even if we win. He has been wayyyy off. We really miss Aaron jones today.
Can we stop the MVP nonsense. JJM is the future.
He is having a bad game but play calling is not helping. Way too many pass pass pass. Rushing to the line and not utilizing the clock. It sucks that Jones is out. Jefferson is not playing well.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. - Robin Williams _
The entire offense had a bad day today. Darnold looked like the old Darnold, throws were off and once Jones went out the running game went with him. Good time for the bye week.
They should have adjusted when Darnold got hurt. Seriously it was absolutely ridiculous that they kept doing the same nonsense
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. - Robin Williams _
Vikergirl wrote:
He is having a bad game but play calling is not helping. Way too many pass pass pass. Rushing to the line and not utilizing the clock. It sucks that Jones is out. Jefferson is not playing well.
Play calling was fine. We had guys open, Darnold was just missing. Aaron Jones going out definitely hurt the flow of the offense, Chandler ran a little tentatively between the tackles and we were struggling to stay in favorable down and distances in the 2nd half.
Jumping out to big leads and hoping the D can hold on seems to be their comfort zone right now.
Its not going to be sustainable.
Time to spend the bye self-analyzing, hoping like hell Jones can get back in timely fashion - and getting ready for the biggest game of the year-to-date vs Lions.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Vikergirl wrote:
They should have adjusted when Darnold got hurt. Seriously it was absolutely ridiculous that they kept doing the same nonsense
I don't think the play calling was bad, the play execution sometimes was very bad in the passing game. And that's on Darnold.
The Vikings are opportunistic. That won't hold up.
MAD GAINZ wrote:
That's what a great coach does, takes the blame for his players not executing.
He is absolutely part of the blame. There was both poor execution and poor playcalling. He held himself accountable too, that's what a great coach does
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. - Robin Williams _
Vikergirl wrote:
He is absolutely part of the blame. There was both poor execution and poor playcalling. He held himself accountable too, that's what a great coach does
And JJ said the players left a lot of yards and points on the field against the Jets...
Honestly complaining about play calling is such a fan thing to do. Didn't see anyone praising Kevin when the offense is clicking...
I'm sure Kevin wished he called a few plays differently based on what the Jets defense did at certain points of the game, but the other team is trying to win too. I saw more bad execution than bad play calls.
The only decision I would give KOC any blame for is passing on the early FG when it was 10-0 to go for it on 4th and 2. Jets have a good defense, you don't have your 'home' crowd, it was a lot of travel leading up to the game, and it felt like one of those games where points would be a premium.
MAD GAINZ wrote:
And JJ said the players left a lot of yards and points on the field against the Jets...
Honestly complaining about play calling is such a fan thing to do. Didn't see anyone praising Kevin when the offense is clicking...
I'm sure Kevin wished he called a few plays differently based on what the Jets defense did at certain points of the game, but the other team is trying to win too. I saw more bad execution than bad play calls.
The only decision I would give KOC any blame for is passing on the early FG when it was 10-0 to go for it on 4th and 2. Jets have a good defense, you don't have your 'home' crowd, it was a lot of travel leading up to the game, and it felt like one of those games where points would be a premium.
The call I was most impressed with was the wheel route for Jones when Mullens went in for one play: just a decent throw would have scored a TD. I know, I know, Mullens was cold. But Jones bailed him out with that catch because he was WIDE OPEN. I also think that was play that Jones hurt himself on.
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