Does anyone really see us getting 'well' on the road in Arizona?

IF you peel back the layers of Dalvin Cooks game last week, you'll see a big reason for why the O struggled as much as it did (outside of the penalties). 

First down was especially poor. 61 yards rushing on 20 carries and a touchdown. But 17 of those yards came on one carry.

Credit the Bungles D, they knew to focus on DC and make KC beat em.

Vikings and Cousins are best when they can play action like mad, Bengals took em out of that most of the game. 

@"BarrNone55" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"BarrNone55" said: Line still at 3.5

Hmmmmm

Didn't it open at 4? Thought it would've doubled instead of gone down. 

Nope, opened at 3.5...At least what is being reported on NFL network

Nope 

Arizona wont dominate the run game the way Cincy did as Arizona doesn't really have a RB. If, and I say if, the Vikes are able to force a couple of turnovers then it could happen.

I don't get the doom and gloom.  I think we came out rusty, we clearly tried some new stuff that was outside our comfort zone.  We also had a bunch of pretty good plays.  I also think the Bengals looked alright, better than people are giving them credit for.
I think if our OLine improves just a little bit but dramatically cuts down the penalties and our defense tightens up a bit on the new schemes, we're a tough opponent against anyone.  Also, we get our home crowd back this season, so there's that.  We're tough at home against almost anyone.

@"MaroonBells" said: No, not if they play like they did in Cinci. But every week is a different game with different matchups and usually different results. It's why we watch.

But I'll agree, it doesn't look good, considering their dangerous QB, all their receivers, Chandler Jones coming off 5 sacks and their D shutting down Derrick Henry and beating a pretty good Tennessee team. I think they're a better team than either Cleveland or Seattle. 

But, hey, it's the NFL. Anything can happen. Last year, Vikings were 1-5, thinking about tanking, getting a top 5 pick, go into Lambeau against the 5-1 Packers and beat them fairly easily, turning around their season. 

Exactly.  I'll add crazy shit happens every year in Week 1.  Lopsided losses, upsets, etc.  The Cards/Titans game is a classic example...  the Cards are a good young team and Murray is a rising star at QB, but are they really 25 points better than the Titans?  I don't think so...

The Titans were sunk when they couldn't get Henry going and their QB who is very good at play-action...  were not able to use it because they were constantly behind schedule on 2nd and 3rd down.  The Cardinals were able to tee off on Tannehill on obvious passing downs. Sound familiar?

The way to beat the Cards is to attack their miserable secondary...  but you gotta stop Watt and Chandler Jones from wrecking your day...  and you have to be able to run the ball.  If the Vikings can get Cook rolling early and work in the play-action game to hit Jefferson and Thielen on crossers and deep shots, we'll hang in there.  Defensively we're going to have to be super disciplined in how we rush Murray.  Guys need to maintain their rush lanes and our secondary has to play better this week.  We can win, but I don't think it's likely...

Forgot that this is Patrick Peterson's return to AZ. Don't know if that favors us or them. Guessing he'll get Deandre.