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Absolute Horse Shit Play Calling In The First Half

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Playing with house money, and Stefanski has his sack tucked back...gutless, play not to lose bull shit...

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#1 · Dec 23, 7:58 PM
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Agreed.  And I don't mind the trick play but Diggs should have run for the first.

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#2 · Dec 23, 8:03 PM
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@"Ralphie" said: Agreed.  And I don't mind the trick play but Diggs should have run for the first.
Agreed
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#3 · Dec 23, 8:10 PM
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Yeah no Smith or Rudolph. This royally sucks.

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#4 · Dec 23, 8:33 PM
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brutal big game Vikings shrivel.

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#5 · Dec 23, 8:33 PM
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Looks like our old O line is back.

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#6 · Dec 23, 8:56 PM
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Draft more OL.

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#7 · Dec 23, 9:03 PM
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Cousins can't even hit a short pass

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#8 · Dec 23, 9:05 PM
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Reif and Company should be embarrassed.  What a collapse.

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#9 · Dec 23, 9:10 PM
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@"greediron" said: Cousins can't even hit a short pass
If the ground was the target, he couldn't hit it?  How much margin will be needed to work.
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#10 · Dec 23, 9:22 PM
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game is lost in the trenches.  

We need two more DT, another edge rusher, a RT and LG

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#11 · Dec 23, 9:23 PM
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The playcalling was the most questionable in the 1st half. We funneled ourselves into letting them really tee off. Perhaps the playcalling early was the way it was because we knew we couldn't block them... but, we made ourselves pretty predictable as the game wound down. It was even crazier that there was no extra protection when the playcalling asked Kirk to hold it and read, even down to the very last play.

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#12 · Dec 23, 9:29 PM
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The lack of Cook threatening the D was also huge...we were defeated prepping to play...O conceded defeat before the first snap...

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#13 · Dec 23, 9:32 PM
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KFAN is reflecting like it was "run run run punt" "run run run punt" in the first half...

It really wasn't boring ass runs that killed us. Our Time of Possession would have been better if we went run run run punt. We forced so many design plays that were hopeless as soon as the ball was snapped. Booger had a moment at the end where he was like "call a screen," we actually did, but they identified and covered it. Green Bay did that all game! Stefanski just kept hammering it in the 1st half. Shit passing plays mixed in stopped the clock, killed our drives and kept us out of rhythm. Way too many passing plays mixed in (and relied on) where Kirk's only option is to kill it if it's not there...

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#14 · Dec 23, 10:09 PM
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Too many 3rd and 4 to 6 and not relying on high percentage, short yardage passes to keep the chains moving. 

Like after the failed trick play that Diggs should have run....we just needed 4 yards but went for the bomb on 4th down. 

Unbelievable.

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#15 · Dec 23, 10:15 PM
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Just terrible throughout. I figured we'd miss Dalvin dearly, despite what many here were hoping for, but holy cow.
Super athlete Boone had nowhere to go. Cousins found almost nothing downfield. We abandoned the outside run game. TEs were mostly invisible. Thielen a couple drops on like 3 targets. Just really, really bad. Wow. Incredibly frustrating.
The small silver lining-- and I'm serious-- is that my expectations have now come crashing back down to Earth. I'll still get my hopes up in the playoffs because that's what being a fan is, but with this game being so near to the playoffs, it will be in firmly stuck in the back of my mind.
The Green Bay Packers are better than the Minnesota Vikings this year. I didn't want to believe it and it makes me sick typing it, but it's true. Damn.

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#16 · Dec 23, 10:25 PM
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@"Skodin" said: game is lost in the trenches.  

We need two more DT, another edge rusher, a RT and LG


So what do you want us to do?  Trade the farm and restock for 2021?

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#17 · Dec 23, 10:35 PM
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It's kinda hard for a QB to put the game on his back, when he himself spent so much time on said back.

The line was horrid, GB's defense had our scheme completely covered, and too many drops/mistakes killed most of our (rare) good moments.

It was like we'd regressed to early season stupidity and forgotten everything we learned about how this bunch wins.

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#18 · Dec 24, 7:51 AM
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It looked just like Vikings vs bears earlier this season. A shit job from the top down.

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