Vikings' Pass Rush. What happened to it?
Since Griffin injured his foot in London, our pass rush has not been the same after the team returned
from the bye week. It's great that we are still beating teams, but I believe we will need that dominate
Pass Rush to regain its form in the Playoffs to make our SB run. Our Sack numbers are down, QB Hits
are down, and there appears to be a noticeable lack of pressure on the QB the past several weeks putting
more responsibility on our secondary and linebackers to make plays in coverage. On a positive note, the
defense forcing turnovers has been excellent over that same period, especially interceptions.
Is this all a grand plan by Zimmer focusing his game strategy more on coverage, or is this something we
need to be concerned about when we start our playoff run in January?
Lambeau field is absolute crap so that definitely negated the pass rush. The boatload of holding didn't help. There are still other areas of the defense that are thriving. Third down opponent conversion percentage and points allowed per game are key areas of success for the defense.
@"TBro" said: Since Griffin injured his foot in London, our pass rush has not been the same after the team returned from the bye week. It's great that we are still beating teams, but I believe we will need that dominate Pass Rush to regain its form in the Playoffs to make our SB run. Our Sack numbers are down, QB Hits are down, and there appears to be a noticeable lack of pressure on the QB the past several weeks putting more responsibility on our secondary and linebackers to make plays in coverage. On a positive note, the defense forcing turnovers has been excellent over that same period, especially interceptions.Is this all a grand plan by Zimmer focusing his game strategy more on coverage, or is this something we
need to be concerned about when we start our playoff run in January?
at least in the packer game they were on poupose holding up and containing hundley. there were many many plays where they literaly stopped rushing and covered the running lanes
@"Maple Surple" said: It would have been better if it was a "Frozen Tundra" as mentioned a thousand times...ughWhat? You didn't like the obligatory "Ice Bowl" mini-documentary Michaels and Collinsworth prattled on about when waxing poetic about the cold weather?
I guess they feel every football viewer in America needs to pay homage every f****** time it gets cold in Cheezeville.
Recent wins at 34-7 and 16-0 will tell you that although the sack counts aren't there, the pressure is.
Okay, which one of you is named Connor?
Monday Morning Mailbag: Keenum's Play, Pass Rush vs. Packers, More
Very satisfying to sweep the Packers and get a shutout. But where was the pass rush? Especially with all the injuries on the Packers’ offensive line, this unit should have done a lot more. Was it a fluke? Was it the cold? Do we need to be concerned about them?
-- Connor
No, there is no need to be concerned. In fact, head coach Mike Zimmer said during a conference call with reporters on Sunday that the Vikings changed their game plan mid-stride Saturday night, taking the emphasis away from sacking Hundley and instead focusing on keeping Hundley in the pocket because he was making plays as a rusher. In the end, the Vikings wound up with 26 pressures of Hundley, which came out to pressures on 37% of his dropbacks, an impressive number for the Vikings defense.
http://www.vikings.com/news/mailbag/article-1/Monday-Morning-Mailbag-Keenums-Play-Pass-Rush-vs-Packers-More/4b6acf24-9aec-4c1a-920b-e17a6a68937e
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