The team got bullied after turning it over at horrible times

Final: Buccaneers 20, #Vikings 17.

There's the regression in one-score games that everyone was forecasting. The Vikings fall to 0-1 and three of their next four games are against the Eagles, Chargers, and Chiefs.

It's just one game, but that is a brutal loss.

— Will Ragatz (@WillRagatz) September 10, 2023

Letting inferior teams hang around is such a risky game to play. It didn't burn the Vikings last year, but it will at some point.

— Will Ragatz (@WillRagatz) September 10, 2023

The defense looked slow in the second half,  they seemed to be once again playing catch up instead of dictating the game.  Its like they had nothing else to show to try and throw off baker. 

Meanwhile Mayfield settled in but Kirk looked to play worse as the game went along.

Yep,  igggles gonna shit stomp this team in 4 days.

Kirk got clobbered early and often and didn’t quite have the magic in the fourth.

We barely ran the ball which seems to be a KO special but it was working at times. Other times— like on 1st n goal from the 1– it got totally blown up.

Kirk kept looking to KJ which wasn’t really working and Hockenson was mostly a ghost. 

Offense just wasn’t in sync much other than some awesome plays to Jefferson and the Addison TD. Hopefully just rust.

Turnovers… woof. 

The defense played well enough against a pretty terrible offense.

Overall, disappointing. I think we’ll “play up” to our opponent on TNF but even with a much better showing I wouldn’t put money on us actually winning. Maybe they’ll shock us.

Sigh. 

Disappointing for sure...We're going to have to win one back in the conference now somewhere.

Turnovers
Too much heavy sets imo, offense looked out of sync today, bring me back 2022 offense please. 
Kirko was off and under duress
Those neutral zone infractions on D killed em

So glad I wasted my afternoon at the stadium - KLUNK!!

@"StickyBun" said: Really tired of seeing this team get manhandled and bullied. Even last year when they pulled games out of their asses, they still got bullied. Couldn't get a defensive stop in the 2nd half when they needed to. Pass rush became non-existent. The turnovers were tough, but they could have overcome them. Don't get me started on the offensive line. Bradbury's back an issue again?? Are you f*cking kidding me? Philly is going to bitch slap the shit out of them Thursday night.

It might very well be that we won't have to worry too much about Minnesota's being in decent position to draft their QBOTF. 

Once the Bucs figured out the Cover Zero, our Defense didn't have much impact on what the Bucs wanted to do. I still think the D played good enough to win, but the offense was just flat out bad most of the game except some nice plays to JJ. This Oline is not going to get fixed whether Bradbury can play next Thursday or not. We have no answers and there is no excuse for Kwesi and KOC not addressing it. If we can't beat the Bucs at home, where is the fist win on this schedule? This team could realistically start out 0-7 before we have to go on the road and play an improved Jordan Love and the Packers. 

@"pattersaur" said: Kirk got clobbered early and often and didn’t quite have the magic in the fourth.

We barely ran the ball which seems to be a KO special but it was working at times. Other times— like on 1st n goal from the 1– it got totally blown up.

Kirk kept looking to KJ which wasn’t really working and Hockenson was mostly a ghost. 

Offense just wasn’t in sync much other than some awesome plays to Jefferson and the Addison TD. Hopefully just rust.

Turnovers… woof. 

The defense played well enough against a pretty terrible offense.

Overall, disappointing. I think we’ll “play up” to our opponent on TNF but even with a much better showing I wouldn’t put money on us actually winning. Maybe they’ll shock us.

Sigh. 

all of this. 

I thought we were going to be balanced on O, obviously it did not happen. If you are going to throw it, you have to keep Cousins clean. He got hammered today and it was a big reason he didnt have it in the 4th. Disappointed 

I just don't sense a toughness. Bucs players were laughing most of the game, zero fear and played way more physical. 

@"StickyBun" said: Philly is going to bitch slap the shit out of them Thursday night.

You haven't been at this "Vikings fan" thing very long, I take it?   Whenever we look like utter shit and every fan thinks the next game is a 40 point loss, well, you know what happens.   They suck you back into believing with some improbable miracle victory lol.

@"TBro" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Really tired of seeing this team get manhandled and bullied. Even last year when they pulled games out of their asses, they still got bullied. Couldn't get a defensive stop in the 2nd half when they needed to. Pass rush became non-existent. The turnovers were tough, but they could have overcome them. Don't get me started on the offensive line. Bradbury's back an issue again?? Are you f*cking kidding me? Philly is going to bitch slap the shit out of them Thursday night.

It might very well be that we won't have to worry too much about Minnesota's being in decent position to draft their QBOTF. 

Once the Bucs figured out the Cover Zero, our Defense didn't have much impact on what the Bucs wanted to do. I still think the D played good enough to win, but the offense was just flat out bad most of the game except some nice plays to JJ. This Oline is not going to get fixed whether Bradbury can play next Thursday or not. We have no answers and there is no excuse for Kwesi and KOC not addressing it. If we can't beat the Bucs at home, where is the fist win on this schedule? This team could realistically start out 0-7 before we have to go on the road and play an improved Jordan Love and the Packers. 

Watching the 49ers and Cowboys it became very evident - we just dont have the personnel
to be a force in the NFC.

@"comet52" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Philly is going to bitch slap the shit out of them Thursday night.

You haven't been at this "Vikings fan" thing very long, I take it?   Whenever we look like utter shit and every fan thinks the next game is a 40 point loss, well, you know what happens.   They suck you back into believing with some improbable miracle victory lol.

@"Vanguard83" said: Watching the 49ers and Cowboys it became very evident - we just dont have the personnel to be a force in the NFC.

Welcome to the dark side. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Vanguard83" said: Watching the 49ers and Cowboys it became very evident - we just dont have the personnel to be a force in the NFC.

Welcome to the dark side.