Wins
So hear me out. Yep, I was bitching and complaining for most of the game. Lots to worry about. Saints made some opportune penalties. Vikings should have put the game away long ago. I can do a laundry list of shit that bugged the crap out of me during that game. I'm with you. But.....
Loved the fake punt and pass for a 1st down. Loved it. The pass drop in the bucket to JJ from Cousins, awesome. But here's what I like even more: KOC has had more good, lucky shit happen to him in the first 4 games of his career than I've seen in the last 4 years of Viking's football. Could this be the dude that squashes the Viking's curse of late game collapses? Is he the guy that pulls rabbits out of his hat? I'll take these kinds of wins all day long because I see other teams do it ALL THE TIME. But not in Vikingland. Until this year.
Wins: its the only thing that matters. Gritty, hang around and make plays wins. A little luck. Hard play. Are you going to tell me you didn't expect Lutz to make that FG? Of course you did. But he bonked it around and missed. Very un-Vikinglike. Totally awesome.
great take!
I actually didn’t expect him to make it. My wife did nd I said “two 60 yarders back to back is tough”. But damn if he wasn’t close!
I was amazed at the good luck but I love it. That fake was awesome.
@"Mike Olson" said: I actually didn’t expect him to make it. My wife did nd I said “two 60 yarders back to back is tough”. But damn if he wasn’t close!I said a similar thing, said to my wife, 'He's not going to make this kick'. Just felt like it wasn't going to happen.
Also:
- Joseph 5-5 for FGs
- I said out loud: 'they left Kirk too much time'
- I felt KOC would gameplan something to help the team win.
We are 3-1 and I'm still not sure if we are a good team or not. Beat a depleted Packers team week 1, barely beat a depleted Saints team today and we clearly have some issues on both sides of the ball. Those couple plays a game we've been coming up short on the last couple years under Zimmer are going our way so far this year, so at least there is that
I think with a whole new coaching staff we are nowhere near where we WILL be so being 3-1 ia gravy.
@"supafreak84" said: We are 3-1 and I'm still not sure if we are a good team or not. Beat a depleted Packers team week 1, barely beat a depleted Saints team today and we clearly have some issues on both sides of the ball. Those couple plays a game we've been coming up short on the last couple years under Zimmer are going our way so far this year, so at least there is thatTotally agree, I don't know either. But if they turn out to be a good one, these wins right now will turn out to be huge.
This roster seems to improve as the season moves along, the start is good no doubt but damn, it seems this team could be so much better.
Just execution, like Cousins choosing Adam for the TD instead of dumping down to Mundt who dropped it or his pass to Jefferson in the endzone behind him.
If this offense can clean up the red zone, we look impressive in the last 2 wins, the game in Philly is much closer.
The defense seems like a mess but does a good job vs scoring. We rarely blitz or play man, but when we do it seems to work.
Go 2-1 over the next 3 and we are 5-2 through 7, hopefully gelling on offense.
The Special Teams group, they have been great so far. I hope they keep it up because they were a big reason we won today.
Honestly? After how snake-bit we were last year? And how snake-bit Zimm was for so many of his years? I'll take a little lady luck too.
Winning/losing margin is so thin in the nfl, I appreciate any win we get.
Bring on the Bears and lets get to 4/1 before playing Teddy and the Phins.
Thrilled with 3-1 start but I am looking for continued improvement which I did not see in this game from the last on any side of the ball.
But to be 3-1 with your best and most complete game in the first week I'll certainly take it.
We have a lot of area's for improvement.
Never look a gift "double-doink" in the mouth...
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@"Vikergirl" said: https://twitter.com/SKORNorth/status/1576599503578112000?t=3bG69TBcb--rYHMS4HbKdg&s=19Stone cold throw. Rookie punter, lmao.......that won't be the last time you see that.
@"StickyBun" said:@"Vikergirl" said: https://twitter.com/SKORNorth/status/1576599503578112000?t=3bG69TBcb--rYHMS4HbKdg&s=19 Stone cold throw. Rookie punter, lmao.......that won't be the last time you see that.
He was a qb so that is definitely an advantage and I bet we see it again.
They are winning games they lost last year and that works for me.
@"supafreak84" said: We are 3-1 and I'm still not sure if we are a good team or not. Beat a depleted Packers team week 1, barely beat a depleted Saints team today and we clearly have some issues on both sides of the ball. Those couple plays a game we've been coming up short on the last couple years under Zimmer are going our way so far this year, so at least there is thatThe team is definitely not elite at this point, but the fact that they are winning the kind of games that tormented them last season is a really good sign. I feel like O'Connell has managed the end of halves a lot better than Zimmer did. Up until today, they were keeping penalties under control. The offense is a lot more aggressive. It doesn't always work, but they are going for TDs to finish off games and are not just trying to run down the clock in the 3rd quarter. The D while not great is better than last season and they've come up with some big plays to get the other team off of the field. There is a still a lot of room for growth. The D only has the talent to be OK this year, but the offense has a chance to be special, but they really need the other skill players to step up and take advantage of the mismatches that Jefferson creates. Special teams is looking a lot better this year & I love that they already have a blocked field goal and have come close on others and converted a fake punt.
@"Tyr" said:Agree with both takes. We have been lucky so far but maybe it’s our turn to get lucky. God knows we haven’t had much of that in the last few years. The Cine injury is a scary one. Seeing that respirator in his mouth when he was carted off was chilling.@"supafreak84" said: We are 3-1 and I'm still not sure if we are a good team or not. Beat a depleted Packers team week 1, barely beat a depleted Saints team today and we clearly have some issues on both sides of the ball. Those couple plays a game we've been coming up short on the last couple years under Zimmer are going our way so far this year, so at least there is that The team is definitely not elite at this point, but the fact that they are winning the kind of games that tormented them last season is a really good sign. I feel like O'Connell has managed the end of halves a lot better than Zimmer did. Up until today, they were keeping penalties under control. The offense is a lot more aggressive. It doesn't always work, but they are going for TDs to finish off games and are not just trying to run down the clock in the 3rd quarter. The D while not great is better than last season and they've come up with some big plays to get the other team off of the field. There is a still a lot of room for growth. The D only has the talent to be OK this year, but the offense has a chance to be special, but they really need the other skill players to step up and take advantage of the mismatches that Jefferson creates. Special teams is looking a lot better this year & I love that they already have a blocked field goal and have come close on others and converted a fake punt.I don’t know how the local reporters have talked about the team but I have yet to hear any national announcer state what is so clear—the last two minutes of the first half and the last two minutes of the games last year were nightmares. This year has has seen a total change. Enormous difference.
Just the fake punt alone was something. How many years has it been since we have seen a special teams play like that. For too many years it was considered too risky of a play, it was always something the other team did to the Vikings. Times are a changing at least so far this year.
The small things always would be a reason Minnesota would lose....now its how they've been wining.
I just can't get over how different this year is from last year. Not just different, the exact opposite. From 1-3 and playing very well to 3-1 and playing like shit.
The narrative last year at this time was that the Vikings were much better than their record. And it was true, especially as we came to realize just how good the Bengals and Cards were. That narrative would remain through the season. This year it's that they aren't as good as their record...at least it is for me. And I sure as hell hope that narrative doesn't remain.
I like the winning, but Vikings have to start playing better.
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