Vikings @ Rams
Vikings -3. Probably a better matchup than it looks on paper. Rams took the Lions to OT and beat the 49ers and they're starting to get healthier. They need it more than the Vikings too. I don't bet on the Vikings when they're favored so not betting on this one. But I would place a bet Viking fans outnumber Ram fans in SoFi.
Flores needs to draw up something special NOW, assuming that our offense can get us the tie in these waning moments.
I'm not surprised that the Rams are playing us tough as hell with their guys back, but I'm seeing low energy on our sideline, and that's not good.
KOC, JJM, Flores...make a good plan, or you'll be following Kwesi....
with 7 minutes left I'm finished watching this game, I've had enough. I will always remember this game as; "Refs, get your hands on your flags, the Rams have the ball and it's third down."
They have to score TD’s!
That hurry up play that they ran after Jefferson’s catch on the sideline lost yards and they didn’t score. Darnold could have ran for the first down, but instead decide to try and toss the ball to the WR and they didn’t get the first down. 2 FG’s for a TD, can’t win that way.
Oh, and the D-backs suck!
Fuck the NFL!
Riphawkins wrote:
They have to score TD’s!That hurry up play that they ran after Jefferson’s catch on the sideline lost yards and they didn’t score. Darnold could have ran for the first down, but instead decide to try and toss the ball to the WR and they didn’t get the first down. 2 FG’s for a TD, can’t win that way.
Oh, and the D-backs suck!
Fuck the NFL!
Stafford had all day amd then some the whole night. Did anybody touch him besides Pace getting thrown into his legs early on?
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
JimmyinSD wrote:
Stafford had all day amd then some the whole night. Did anybody touch him besides Pace getting thrown into his legs early on?
No pressure, bad plan on D if that's what it was. Refs in the Rams pockets for some reason, made for a joke of game. Darnold on script is ok but as soon as he needs to think under pressure it's over. Nothing new, he's been that guy for 6+ years now.
I don’t understand the no call on that facemask!
Doesn’t matter if the Vikings were going to drive it all the way downfield. The arms got bailed out all night!
The guy knew he got the facemask too, you could see him grab his head like, Oh Crap they saw that one!
Why that’s not a booth review in this day and age is pathetic! I honestly don’t know why I watch the NFL anymore.
Riphawkins wrote:
I don’t understand the no call on that facemask!Doesn’t matter if the Vikings were going to drive it all the way downfield. The arms got bailed out all night!
The guy knew he got the facemask too, you could see him grab his head like, Oh Crap they saw that one!
Why that’s not a booth review in this day and age is pathetic! I honestly don’t know why I watch the NFL anymore.
Rip, think about it, you do understand because injustice has been attached to us for decades. I remember another one and I was at the game. Thursday night in 2016 vs the Cowboys. We were down by 8, got a TD at the end and went for two. Sam Bradford threw a pass and was completely roughed with no call. The home crowd booed in vain. The refs control outcomes and that's the way it is.
1VikesFan wrote:
Flores' defense has been figured out. Back to drawing board before Colts game.
Yeah, the early season success was all scheme. We don’t have the kind of overall talent to make up for that scheme being scouted out.
That’s where next year’s cap comes in. Talent + scheme = Championship D
And there's that other shoe we feared would be dropping.
I was pissed at the defense, but really disappointed in the O. They once again have a good game plan early, but fail to adjust to the changes and falter after that. Why no designed QB runs to force the rams D to keep those LBs at an honest depth on passing sets? I think KOCs gameplanning is maybe his strength and his in game work needs to improve. We seem to be hitting walls after hot starts pretty consistently and thats not all on the QB or stupid penalties.
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
Pressure and protection. That was the story of the game IMO. We got neither, they got both.
MaroonBells wrote:
Pressure and protection. That was the story of the game IMO. We got neither, they got both.
Yah, Stafford had all day back there and the running game was anemic - even b4 Darrisaw went out.
Despite what I consider to be > offensive average weapons, this team cannot win a track meet.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
I hated everything about this game before it started. On the road, short week. Vikings couldn't get Cashman or TJH back. While the Rams, a much better team than their record, were finally getting healthy.
I did not expect a win. But the part I dreaded most was the possibility of dropping two straight. Losing one game is almost meaningless, even against Detroit. But dropping two straight, even in a 17-game schedule, is a losing streak. And the narrative completely changes.
Now they go into the Colts game with not just a little bit of anxiety. It's not a must-win in playoff terms, but it sure is in terms of team psyche.
“Our front seven, the first five weeks, was lights out,” Metellus said from the visitor’s locker room at SoFi Stadium. “The plan is to mitigate that pressure, whatever they can do to stop that pressure for however long and then throw the ball down the middle of the field in the vacated zones where we’re playing deep, or the underneath defender is playing too short. Very similar game plans; ball out quick.”
“A lot more screens this week than we’d seen against Detroit, so I’d say that’s a different thing,” he added. “For the most part, the stuff on tape we’ve been giving up, that’s going to be on there for the season, so it’s on us to stop that.”
“Tried to mess with the edges a little bit, tried to add extra ,” edge rusher Jonathan Greenard said of the Rams. “Lot of gadget stuff. Seemed like 10 screens from the beginning of the game.”
The Vikings didn’t try to blitz during any of Stafford’s four touchdown passes. He was only pressured during one: a 7-yard toss to Rams receiver Cooper Kupp in the second quarter.
The flurry of screens against the Vikings defense isn’t just to get the ball out fast. Opponents are trying to get an older Vikings secondary to rally and tackle on the perimeter, according to Griffin.
“A lot of people got the game plan from what happened ,” he said. “A lot of people are probably going to use that against us. We’re seeing more screens, seeing more run attacks. They’re trying to get us to tackle.”
Penalties became a new problem. The Vikings defense, which had been one of the least penalized units through six games, was called for five flags that led to Rams first downs.
Source: Strib
MaroonBells wrote:
I hated everything about this game before it started. On the road, short week. Vikings couldn't get Cashman or TJH back. While the Rams, a much better team than their record, were finally getting healthy.I did not expect a win. But the part I dreaded most was the possibility of dropping two straight. Losing one game is almost meaningless, even against Detroit. But dropping two straight, even in a 17-game schedule, is a losing streak. And the narrative completely changes.
Now they go into the Colts game with not just a little bit of anxiety. It's not a must-win in playoff terms, but it sure is in terms of team psyche.
Stars might align in terms of timing, at home and getting players back for the Colts. Darrisaw is obviously a huge issue.
The D is going to be a challenge to figure out the rest of the way. I dont know what Flores is going to be able to do tbh, he's got the cards dealt that he's going to have for the year.
Getting Cashman back should help some.
Frankly, getting pressure from the DL w/out Blitzing would be the best thing - and thats on the players. Might the game have swung differently if we had a Simmons or Lawrence on that line last night??
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
purplefaithful wrote:
Frankly, getting pressure from the DL w/out Blitzing would be the best thing - and thats on the players. Might the game have swung differently if we had a Simmons or Lawrence on that line last night??
Both losses were close, so you can point to a half dozen things that might've swung two losses into two wins. Refs, penalties, especially penalties on 3rd down, protection, pressure, injuries. Our corners aren't elite, but they'll hold up fine if you can generate a reasonable amount of pressure on the QB.
If the Vikings hope to be in this at the end, they have a few things to fix. It's going to be a long 10 days before they can wash the stink off. And in order to do that, I think they can't just beat the Colts. They need to dominate them.
MaroonBells wrote:
Both losses were close, so you can point to a half dozen things that might've swung two losses into two wins. Refs, penalties, especially penalties on 3rd down, protection, pressure, injuries. Our corners aren't elite, but they'll hold up fine if you can generate a reasonable amount of pressure on the QB.
If the Vikings hope to be in this at the end, they have a few things to fix. It's going to be a long 10 days before they can wash the stink off. And in order to do that, I think they can't just beat the Colts. They need to dominate them.
I'm not sure anymore if we are really an upper echelon NFC team?
Re the Colts, is Richardson back to playing? If so, the key will be to make him throw.
He should be quite a bit simpler to solve than a still savvy and dangerous Stafford.
I'll take a win, dont care about style pts. anymore.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Not sure where to put this but I have one more whine about last night/the team, so I'll drop it here: Nailor stinks :(
I knew we were going to lose. When we scored on the opening drive and then the Rams got the ball, 1st down and ten...13 yard run, 1st down and 10...12 yard run and so on and so forth. The defense could not stop the run and during passing downs, no pressure and no decent coverage.
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