Kudos to the defense
It was awesome to see them step up and play solid as a unit. That was an absolutely beautiful sight to see.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. — Robin Williams
It took the DEFENSE to finally put their foot on the Lions throat and end it.
I thought Cousins and the offense was going to get it done (after waiting through the third quarter and into the 4th) but they screwed up and fumbled the ball on the pitch out to Cook.
@"ThunderGod" said: It took the DEFENSE to finally put their foot on the Lions throat and end it. I thought Cousins and the offense was going to get it done (after waiting through the third quarter and into the 4th) but they screwed up and fumbled the ball on the pitch out to Cook.
We seem to have a problem with the number 17. We get stuck there alot I notice. Sometimes we never get off it. Today just took awhile. Great win.
Hunter was on fire. Defensive player of the week I would hope. Griff kicked in 1.5 as well. That was good to see. The defense set a franchise record for 10 sacks. Not at all a bad day at the office.
I really wish the broadcast crew would have provided more info about the record they broke. I looked it up and was like, "Oh, yeah, that game." Here's the info
Oct 25th @ ChicagoRandle - 3 SacksDoleman - 2 SacksThomas - 1.5 SacksBarker - 1 SackJenkins - 1 SackDel Rio - 0.5 Sacks
Plus Audray McMillian had a pick 6.
The Defense is starting to come back into the form that we expected.
Since the Eagles win we are seeing a defense that is limiting the other teams to well under 4 yards per carry and QB's to under 250 yards.
Stafford threw for 199 yards and the Lions run game had 66 yards and 2.8 per carry.
Last week, Bree's only threw for 120 yards and we limited their run game to 3.7 yards per carry which is very good vs Kamara
Today we had 17 hits on the QB with the 10 sacks. We only gave up one hit on Cousins the sack by Ziggy. So even the OL is starting to play better.
Team is shaping up nicely. Bears in Chicago and then a Bye. Hopefully we continue the upward trend in play on both sides of the ball next week and then get all healthy after the bye and the stretch.
A victory next week puts us in a very good spot for the second half with us building momentum!!
@"minny65" said:rf The Defense is starting to come back into the form that we expected.Since the Eagles win we are seeing a defense that is limiting the other teams to well under 4 yards per carry and QB's to under 250 yards.
Stafford threw for 199 yards and the Lions run game had 66 yards and 2.8 per carry.
Last week, Bree's only threw for 120 yards and we limited their run game to 3.7 yards per carry which is very good vs Kamara
Today we had 17 hits on the QB with the 10 sacks. We only gave up one hit on Cousins the sack by Ziggy. So even the OL is starting to play better.
Team is shaping up nicely. Bears in Chicago and then a Bye. Hopefully we continue the upward trend in play on both sides of the ball next week and then get all healthy after the bye and the stretch.
A victory next week puts us in a very good spot for the second half with us building momentum!!
Bye is actually before the Bears game.
@"1VikesFan" said:@"minny65" said:rf The Defense is starting to come back into the form that we expected.Since the Eagles win we are seeing a defense that is limiting the other teams to well under 4 yards per carry and QB's to under 250 yards.
Stafford threw for 199 yards and the Lions run game had 66 yards and 2.8 per carry.
Last week, Bree's only threw for 120 yards and we limited their run game to 3.7 yards per carry which is very good vs Kamara
Today we had 17 hits on the QB with the 10 sacks. We only gave up one hit on Cousins the sack by Ziggy. So even the OL is starting to play better.
Team is shaping up nicely. Bears in Chicago and then a Bye. Hopefully we continue the upward trend in play on both sides of the ball next week and then get all healthy after the bye and the stretch.
A victory next week puts us in a very good spot for the second half with us building momentum!!
Bye is actually before the Bears game.
Yea I just noticed that. Maybe the Lions can beat the Bears in Chicago next week before we go there?
@"1VikesFan" said: Great job by the D. 10 sacks, gotta love it.Yup. Think I called a beat down on Stafford, but had no idea it would be that bad. Weatherly knocked him over with the LT.
@"Vikergirl" said: https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1059157665144684544?s=19Loved this.
We were fortunate that the defense was so dominant today and that the Lions were fortunate enough to trade away the "Vikings Killer" Golden Tate. I thought Cousins had one of his worst games as a Viking today. Trying to force throws to Thielen, not seeing wide open receivers, the typical 3rd quarter coma, stupid turnovers. He has to play better these next 4 games after the bye week if we have are to have any shot at making the playoffs.
Great job on the pass rush today, no doubt.
If the Vikings can beat the Lions at USB next year, they'll finally be at .500 against Detroit at their new home. Impressive.
@"TBro" said: We were fortunate that the defense was so dominant today and that the Lions were fortunate enough to trade away the "Vikings Killer" Golden Tate. I thought Cousins had one of his worst games as a Viking today. Trying to force throws to Thielen, not seeing wide open receivers, the typical 3rd quarter coma, stupid turnovers. He has to play better these next 4 games after the bye week if we have are to have any shot at making the playoffs.well this thread was about the record breaking day from the D bit since you jacked it, Cousins threw some amazong passes too one of which should have been a TD
@"Maple Surple" said:Some people aren't happy unless they are miserable.@"TBro" said: We were fortunate that the defense was so dominant today and that the Lions were fortunate enough to trade away the "Vikings Killer" Golden Tate. I thought Cousins had one of his worst games as a Viking today. Trying to force throws to Thielen, not seeing wide open receivers, the typical 3rd quarter coma, stupid turnovers. He has to play better these next 4 games after the bye week if we have are to have any shot at making the playoffs. well this thread was about the record breaking day from the D bit since you jacked it, Cousins threw some amazong passes too one of which should have been a TD
Interesting thing that Zimmer said after the game: mentioned he had to tweak the D because so many teams now use his defense that they are figuring out ways to combat it. So the last 5 weeks they've made changes and its been successful. Said that 10-12 teams use a form of his defense.
@"Maple Surple" said:I'm sorry, I didn't realize we were counting moral victories in the evaluation of Captain Kirk's performance. He had the best OLine protection of any game this season. Great opening drive, but we failed to generate 1 point of offense in the second half. Since there was no pressure to perform with the defensive performance of the year, he didn't have to. The Head Coach called it out in his interview with Greg Coleman after the game that it's become an issue they need to fix. Zimmer knows that's not going to cut it after the bye.@"TBro" said: We were fortunate that the defense was so dominant today and that the Lions were fortunate enough to trade away the "Vikings Killer" Golden Tate. I thought Cousins had one of his worst games as a Viking today. Trying to force throws to Thielen, not seeing wide open receivers, the typical 3rd quarter coma, stupid turnovers. He has to play better these next 4 games after the bye week if we have are to have any shot at making the playoffs. well this thread was about the record breaking day from the D bit since you jacked it, Cousins threw some amazong passes too one of which should have been a TDTo get this back on topic, I thought the big key today was our ability to stuff the run and shutting down a very dangerous Kerryon Johnson. It completely derailed the Lions' gameplan and made them very one dimensional. The DLine rotation was the best I've seen all year.
@"Nichelle" said:Everybody was kung fu fighting. Those cats were fast as lightning.@"Vikergirl" said: https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1059157665144684544?s=19 Loved this.
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