This is supposedly the 2023 Viking's schedule

@"StickyBun" said: Defense needs to be aggressive and more unpredictable, I think Flores will bring that. I think guys like Cine, Booth, Davenport, Blackmon will be helpful to him. Offense will have a more rugged aspect to it with Mattison running the ball and Oliver in there as a great blocking TE. Can the offensive line make incremental improvement by being intact and the continuity being there? 

Minnesota was often at a disadvantage and limited by that horrible D last year. It infiltrated both sides of the ball and optimal play calling. If the D can even be 30-35% more effective, the ripple effect on a gameplan will be huge. 

The defense received a lot of hate but the offense was historically bad in the 3rd quarter last year and for a majority of games would be terrible for half.  

There were many games that should not have been 1 score games because the offense couldn't sustain drives.  That needs to change this year.

@"pattersaur" said: Win week 1 and we're on our way to 10+ wins I think. Lose v TB and blow it all up ha.

@"Skodin" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Defense needs to be aggressive and more unpredictable, I think Flores will bring that. I think guys like Cine, Booth, Davenport, Blackmon will be helpful to him. Offense will have a more rugged aspect to it with Mattison running the ball and Oliver in there as a great blocking TE. Can the offensive line make incremental improvement by being intact and the continuity being there? 

Minnesota was often at a disadvantage and limited by that horrible D last year. It infiltrated both sides of the ball and optimal play calling. If the D can even be 30-35% more effective, the ripple effect on a gameplan will be huge. 

As long as the offense becomes more efficient.  How?  More consistent running game.  I believe we had a historic number of runs for no gain or losses last year.  Better play calling on 3rd and 4th and short.  We were terrible at times and it cost us the @Det game, almost cost the Buffalo game.

The defense received a lot of hate but the offense was historically bad in the 3rd quarter last year and for a majority of games would be terrible for half.  

There were many games that should not have been 1 score games because the offense couldn't sustain drives.  That needs to change this year.

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"Skodin" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Defense needs to be aggressive and more unpredictable, I think Flores will bring that. I think guys like Cine, Booth, Davenport, Blackmon will be helpful to him. Offense will have a more rugged aspect to it with Mattison running the ball and Oliver in there as a great blocking TE. Can the offensive line make incremental improvement by being intact and the continuity being there? 

Minnesota was often at a disadvantage and limited by that horrible D last year. It infiltrated both sides of the ball and optimal play calling. If the D can even be 30-35% more effective, the ripple effect on a gameplan will be huge. 

As long as the offense becomes more efficient.  How?  More consistent running game.  I believe we had a historic number of runs for no gain or losses last year.  Better play calling on 3rd and 4th and short.  We were terrible at times and it cost us the @Det game, almost cost the Buffalo game.

The defense received a lot of hate but the offense was historically bad in the 3rd quarter last year and for a majority of games would be terrible for half.  

There were many games that should not have been 1 score games because the offense couldn't sustain drives.  That needs to change this year.

I think that religion was pretty pervasive in Eagan this year. Hence the Oliver signing. He's not a cure-all, but a big cog in fixing some stuff that needs fixin. 

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"Skodin" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Defense needs to be aggressive and more unpredictable, I think Flores will bring that. I think guys like Cine, Booth, Davenport, Blackmon will be helpful to him. Offense will have a more rugged aspect to it with Mattison running the ball and Oliver in there as a great blocking TE. Can the offensive line make incremental improvement by being intact and the continuity being there? 

Minnesota was often at a disadvantage and limited by that horrible D last year. It infiltrated both sides of the ball and optimal play calling. If the D can even be 30-35% more effective, the ripple effect on a gameplan will be huge. 

As long as the offense becomes more efficient.  How?  More consistent running game.  I believe we had a historic number of runs for no gain or losses last year.  Better play calling on 3rd and 4th and short.  We were terrible at times and it cost us the @Det game, almost cost the Buffalo game.

The defense received a lot of hate but the offense was historically bad in the 3rd quarter last year and for a majority of games would be terrible for half.  

There were many games that should not have been 1 score games because the offense couldn't sustain drives.  That needs to change this year.

I think that religion was pretty pervasive in Eagan this year. Hence the Oliver signing. He's not a cure-all, but a big cog in fixing some stuff that needs fixin. 

Plus our line returning in tact for the first time in a decade should help. Still, the Vikings should've been better running the ball than they were last year. While our IOLs struggled sometimes in pass pro, their run blocking grades were 90, 80, 72, 63, 78, which in context with the rest of the league is pretty remarkable. 

Mundt may have been the biggest culprit. I can't find his run blocking grade, but I did read somewhere that it was pretty bad. Oliver graded very high in both run blocking and pass blocking. 

@"Skodin" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Defense needs to be aggressive and more unpredictable, I think Flores will bring that. I think guys like Cine, Booth, Davenport, Blackmon will be helpful to him. Offense will have a more rugged aspect to it with Mattison running the ball and Oliver in there as a great blocking TE. Can the offensive line make incremental improvement by being intact and the continuity being there? 

Minnesota was often at a disadvantage and limited by that horrible D last year. It infiltrated both sides of the ball and optimal play calling. If the D can even be 30-35% more effective, the ripple effect on a gameplan will be huge. 

As long as the offense becomes more efficient.  How?  More consistent running game.  I believe we had a historic number of runs for no gain or losses last year.  Better play calling on 3rd and 4th and short.  We were terrible at times and it cost us the @Det game, almost cost the Buffalo game.

The defense received a lot of hate but the offense was historically bad in the 3rd quarter last year and for a majority of games would be terrible for half.  

There were many games that should not have been 1 score games because the offense couldn't sustain drives.  That needs to change this year.

Blitzing defenses, in particular Flores defenses, tend to be more effective against young, inexperienced QBs. There are quite a few on the schedule. 

Baker MayfieldJalen HurtsJustin HerbertBryce YoungPatrick MahomesJustin FieldsTrey Lance, Brock Purdy or Sam DarnoldJordan LoveDesmond RitterDerek CarrRussell WilsonJustin FieldsJimmy GJoe BurrowJared GoffJordan LoveJared Goff

They play the Bolts on my birthday