Last 2 games went how I feared
typical, frustrating Vikings finding ways to lose on the road.
Lets hope they're 2/2 after the next few. Otherwise I'm going to start labeling this year just a continuation of 2020.
0/4 or 1/3 would not be good for us fans or Viking employees.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Wide receiver Adam Thielen is getting tired of the Vikings losing close games. Thielen, in his eighth season, has the second-longest continuous tenure with the team. With the Vikings off to an 0-2 start following a 27-24 overtime loss at Cincinnati in Week 1 and a 34-33 defeat Sunday at Arizona, he feels for the fans.
“We’ve got to find a way,’’ Thielen said Monday. “And I feel like we’ve been getting close to that but we’re kind of, I think, as Vikings fans are, we’re sick of getting close. We’ve got to go and finish it because we’ve got to find a way.’’
The Vikings fell in the opener after running back Dalvin Cook lost an overtime fumble at the Cincinnati 39, and the Bengals drove for a winning field goal. They lost at Arizona when Greg Joseph missed a 37-yard field goal on the final play.
“We’re probably two plays away from being 2-0 on the road,’’ said Vikings coach Mike Zimmer.
Instead, the Vikings are 0-2 for the second straight year and 14th time in their 61-year history. The only time the Vikings have made the playoffs after being 0-2 was in 2008, when they finished 10-6 and won the NFC North.
Minnesota has dropped plenty of close games since Zimmer took over in 2014, which was also Thielen’s first season on the active roster. In regular-season games since then decided by three points or less, the Vikings are 8-15-1.
Now, Zimmer is hoping the Vikings can get their first win of the season Sunday against Seattle in the home opener. With no fans allowed at Minnesota home games last season due to the pandemic, it will mark the first regular-season game at U.S. Bank Stadium with fans since Dec. 29, 2019 against Chicago.
“We got to play with great effort and intensity,’’ Zimmer said. “Typically, the crowd helps us do that.’’
https://www.twincities.com/2021/09/20/wr-adam-thielen-on-0-2-vikings-were-sick-of-getting-close/
Sorry Adam, teams reflect the personality of their h.c. and yours is a turtle.
Is it just me or does anyone else not want to hear anything but see results instead? I am so not feeling the woulda, coulda, shoulda.
@"Vikergirl" said: Is it just me or does anyone else not want to hear anything but see results instead? I am so not feeling the woulda, coulda, shoulda.
Yep, talk is cheap.
Zimmer might not like that home crowd so much as he thinks (depending on the game flow)
@"kmillard" said: Zimmer might not like that home crowd so much as he thinks (depending on the game flow)I expect lots of booing if it gets ugly.
@"Vikergirl" said: Is it just me or does anyone else not want to hear anything but see results instead? I am so not feeling the woulda, coulda, shoulda.Yep.
If Adam was so concerned about the team and winning he would have gotten vaccinated. There are a lot of intangibles that go into winning and leadership is a significant one which I think this team is severely lacking.
Vikings, as a team, haven't been good for years. The trend continues.
Empty promises. Empty trophy case.
Fans deserve better than what they are paying for.
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